2013 World Series of Poker

Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$191,605
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$870,750
Entries
645
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Day 3 Started

From 19 to One

Eric Froelich - Chip leader
Eric Froelich - Chip leader

Good afternoon, and welcome back to the 44th annual World Series of Poker.

Today, 19 players return for the third and final day of Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em, and the chip leader is two-time bracelet winner Eric Froehlich. E-Fro was the only player to bag more than 300,000 chips after Day 2, and his closest competitors are Mark Mierkalns (266,000), Morgan Newman (242,000), and Aaron Ogus (233,000).

Froehlich is the only bracelet winner returning today, but Queen made the final table of this event last year and has plenty of experience as well.

Jeff Shulman also has tons of experience on the felt. The 2009 November Niner is still looking for his first career bracelet - both of his parents Barry and Allyn Jaffrey have earned one - and he'll need to do a lot of work today as he's only starting the day with a few big bets.

The cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. local time. Be sure to stay tuned for all of your up-to-the-minute live updates straight from the tournament floor.

Table Draw

tableseatplayerchips
4461Melanie Banfield47,000
 2Jeff Shulman23,000
 3John Zipperer114,000
 4Eric Froehlich319,000
 5Brent Wheeler153,000
 6Thomas Blizniak170,000
    
4471Jack Jiang161,000
 2Binh Ly197,000
 3Brian Nichols182,000
 4Grayson Scoggin125,000
 6Ahmed Mohamed130,000
 7Scott Mierkalns266,000
    
4522William Newman242,000
 3Brandon Guss76,000
 4Chiduziem Obi183,000
 5Malissia Zapata161,000
 6William James42,000
 7Aaron Ogus233,000
 8Alexander Queen83,000

Level: 19

Limits: 6,000/12,000

Ante:

Jack Jiang, Where Art Thou?

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Jack Jiang isn't in his seat yet so he's missing at least the first two hands. All the other players are here and ready to go.

Update: Jiang is here, but Aaron Ogus isn't yet. Hurry up Mister Ogus, we've started without you!
Update: Ogus is here as well!

Jeff Shulman Out

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Jeff Shulman
Jeff Shulman

We already have our first elimination of Day 3 of this limit hold'em tournament. Jeff Shulman raised from middle position, and Eric Froehlich reraised from the button. Shulman got the last of his very short stack in.

Froehlich: {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Shulman: {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}

The flop came {5-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, an airball for both and leaving Froehlich ahead with ace-high. A {j-Spades} turn meant Froehlich needed to catch up, and that's exactly what he did when he spiked the {a-Hearts} on the river. Shulman, who final tabled the main event in 2009, has been eliminated from contention.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
345,000 26,000
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
Busted

Tags: Eric FroehlichJeff Shulman

Two Tables

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

The redraw is complete and we now have two tables with nine players. Let the game continue.

Redraw

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
TableSeatPlayer
4521Binh Ly
4522Aaron Ogus
4523Grayson Scoggin
4524Thomas Blizniak
4525Alex Queen
4526Malissia Zapata
4527Brandon Guss
4528Mark Mierkalns
4529John Zipperer
   
4471Ahmed Mohamed
4472Jack Jiang
4473Brian Nichols
4474William James
4475Morgan Newman
4476Eric Froehlich
4477Chiduziem Obi
4478Melanie Banfield
4479Brent Wheeler

Banfield Doubles Through Mohamed

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Melanie Banfield just opened the button, bet on the flop and bet allin on the turn. Ahmed Mohamed made the call preflop and check-called both flop and turn. The board was as followed when the cards were tables: {2-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{4-Hearts} | {K-Spades}.

Mohamed ({K-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}) must have had good hopes of eliminating Banfield with his turned king, but he was already drawing dead for this small pot. Banfield showed {4-Spades}{4-Clubs} for a flopped set. "That will win it" Mohamed said as the dealer brought out the {Q-Hearts} to complete the board.

Player Chips Progress
Ahmed Mohamed us
Ahmed Mohamed
140,000 10,000
Melanie Banfield us
Melanie Banfield
45,000 -2,000

Tags: Ahmed MohamedMelanie Banfield

Banfield Triples Her Stack

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Eric Froehlich raised it up from middle position, and Chiduziem Obi made it three bets from Froehlich's left. Melanie Banfield, in the next seat, cold-called, and Froehlich came along.

The flop came {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}, and both men checked to Banfield. She bet, they both called. The turn double-paired the board with the {j-Clubs}, and both men again checked to Banfield. She tossed out her last orange T1,000 chip and was called by both opponents. Froehlich and Obi checked the {2-Diamonds} river.

Banfield: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Obi: {9-}{9-}
Froehlich: {5-}{5-}

Banfield let out a "whew" upon seeing her queens were good, and she now has more than 15 big bets after starting the day with just a few.

Player Chips Progress
Melanie Banfield us
Melanie Banfield
105,000 60,000

Tags: Chiduziem ObiEric FroehlichMelanie Banfield