Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Livingston | 30,000 | |
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Martin Zamani | 30,000 | |
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Ryan Leng | 30,000 | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aram Zobian | 315,000 | |
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Peter Vitantonio | 133,000 | |
Bob Shao | 123,000 | |
Javier Zarco | 112,000 | |
Brock Wilson | 108,000 | |
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Stanley Lee | 104,000 | |
Jim Agate | 90,000 | |
Isaac Kempton | 65,000 | |
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Ryan Laplante | 57,000 | |
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Ali Imsirovic | 44,000 | |
Longsheng Tan | 31,000 | |
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Craig Varnell | 28,000 | |
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Jesse Sylvia | 26,000 | |
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Matt Berkey | 26,000 | |
Ben Yu | 25,000 | |
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Adam Hendrix | 18,000 | |
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Scott Clements | 13,000 | |
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PokerNews is in town to live report both the $1,700 Main Event and $2,200 High Roller here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas, but those are just three of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #8: $600 NLH Black Chip Bounty, 168 runners created an $86,520 prize pool that was paid out to the top 26 players including Stephen Song (3rd - $7,557), Noam Muallem (6th - $2,969), Michael Rossitto (9th - $1,463), Ian Steinman (15th - $1,045), Jason Seitz (20th - $838), and Lamar Lee (25th - $759).
In the end, Canada’s Russell Serion beat Matt Leecy in heads-up play to win the title for $17,517 and his first gold ring.
“It feels good, I have been on a heater. Last couple of years have been pretty good,” said the 37-year-old Serion.
He continued: “I got lucky once when I made a bad call, but other than that I think I played pretty well. I was down 3-to-1 in chips, but I’ve played a lot of heads-up and I felt like I had a lot of chips still. I could still chip away at him, so I never felt uncomfortable.”
Final Table Results
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
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1 | Russell Serion | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | $17,517 |
2 | Matthew Leecy | Ottawa, Kansas | $10,820 |
3 | Stephen Song | Greenwich, Connecticut | $7,557 |
4 | Ryan Holloway | N/A | $5,403 |
5 | Barry Raymos | Fairfield, California | $3,956 |
6 | Noam Muallem | Las Vegas, Nevada | $2,969 |
7 | Raanan Yacovgam | N/A | $2,285 |
8 | Mace Reed | Colorado Springs, Colorado | $1,805 |
9 | Michael Rossitto | Brooklyn, New York | $1,463 |
The completed board read . Leo Worthington-Leese made a bet of 34,000 over to Javier Zarco who thought for about 15 seconds before calling.
Worthington-Leese turned over the for a turned set and collected the pot as Zarco mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Leo Worthington-Leese |
310,000
310,000
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310,000 |
Javier Zarco |
73,000
-39,000
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-39,000 |
The action was uncertain but Ali Imsirovic had face-up with a board of . His opponent had already mucked their hand and Imsirovic's pair of kings was good for the pot, sending him a complete double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ali Imsirovic |
60,000
16,000
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16,000 |
The tournament has now seen the late registration option come and go. A total of 290 entry slips for the first flight of this event and just 90 remain at the end of level 13.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
On the turn the board read . Brock Wilson called a 12,000 bet from his opponent to see the come off on the river.
On the river his opponent checked and Wilson checked behind after about ten seconds of thought.
Wilson showed the which bested the two picture cards that his opponent flashed as Wilson took in the pot to add to his growing stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brock Wilson |
175,000
67,000
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67,000 |
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Alex Livingston open-shoved 35,000 from the button and Barry Hutter snap-called in the big blind, putting Hutter at risk of elimination.
Alex Livingston:
Barry Hutter:
The flop came down and Livingston took the lead with his two pair.
A landed on the turn and the Canadian needed to dodge one more card to double up but the completed the board, shifting the lead back to Hutter who now had a higher two pair and Livingston was sent out the door.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Barry Hutter |
115,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Alex Livingston | Busted | |
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