2013 World Series of Poker

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

Potter Chips Up; Lubarsky Takes a Hit

Level 7 : 200/400, 0 ante
Hal Lubarsky
Hal Lubarsky

A player raised in middle position, and Jason Potter defended his big blind. Both players checked on the flop ({9-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}) and the turn ({a-Diamonds}), and the {k-Spades} completed the board. Potter led out, and that was good enough to win him the pot.

A few tables over, Hal Lubarsky three-bet an early position raiser. A player near the button cold-called, the original raiser called as well, and the flop fell {j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. The original raiser checked, Lubarsky bet, and the player near the button called. The original raiser check-raised, and both players call.

Lubarsky folded to a bet when the {6-Diamonds} turned though, leaving himself with just 1,800 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Potter
Jason Potter
7,000
1,900
1,900
Hal Lubarsky
Hal Lubarsky
1,800
-4,000
-4,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 0

Ivey is a Hero

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

After losing a few pots, Phil Ivey's stack dwindled down to a few big bets. At that point, he opened in middle position, and was called by two players, one on the button and the other in the big blind. The player in the big blind check-called a bet on a flop of {q-Clubs}{k-Spades}{3-Hearts}, then both players checked when the {6-Diamonds} turned.

The {8-Diamonds} completed the board, and the player led out. Ivey thought long and hard before tossing two purple chips forward, prompting the player to show {j-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} for jack-high. Ivey tabled {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for essentially fifth pair, and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
7,000
3,000
3,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Negreanu Runs Kings into Aces

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

A player check-raised Daniel Negreanu on a flop of {10-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{2-Spades}, and Kid Poker made the call. The turn was the {5-Spades}, the player led out, and Negreanu quickly raised. The player called.

The {10-Clubs} completed the board, and the player check-called one last bet.

"Kings," Negreanu said, showing two cowboys.

The player opened up {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} however, and Negreanu shook his head before mucking his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
3,800
-8,700
-8,700

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Taking Over

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

Nick Schulman, aka "The Takeover," had a short-stacked opponent all in and at risk preflop holding {a-}{j-}. The player was in good shape to double, that is until the turn brought an ace. The player couldn't make a set of kings on the river, and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
26,500
8,500
8,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner

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Unofficial End-of-Day Counts

Level 8 : 300/500, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chiduziem Obi us
Chiduziem Obi
40,800
40,800
40,800
William James us
William James
40,400
40,400
40,400
Steve Gee us
Steve Gee
39,800
26,800
26,800
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
31,800
5,300
5,300
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
28,700
19,300
19,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
28,400
24,200
24,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
27,600
15,600
15,600
WSOP 1X Winner
John Monnette us
John Monnette
27,300
2,300
2,300
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
27,100
11,100
11,100
WSOP 4X Winner
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
24,700
12,500
12,500
Lee Goldman us
Lee Goldman
23,600
20,600
20,600
Alex Keatling
Alex Keatling
21,700
21,700
21,700
Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
21,200
-2,800
-2,800
Mark Gregorich us
Mark Gregorich
20,000
20,000
20,000
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
18,800
9,300
9,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
16,000
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
15,200
200
200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Gabriel Nassif fr
Gabriel Nassif
7,100
-3,400
-3,400
Don Zewin us
Don Zewin
5,600
-6,800
-6,800
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
3,900
-3,100
-3,100
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Octo-Niner Among Leaders After Day 1

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante
Steve Gee
Steve Gee

Day 1 of Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em is in the books, and among the leaders of the 177 remaining players are Miguel Proulx, Chiduziem Obi, William James, and Octo-Niner Steve Gee. Gee, who finished ninth in the 2012 World Series of Poker, won a bracelet in 2010, besting a field of 3,042 runners. Proulx also won a bracelet in 2010, taking down a $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $315,311.

Event #10 attracted a total of 645 players, generating a prize pool of $870,750. The top 72 players are guaranteed $2,455, every player at the final table will take home at least $14,585, and the winner will bank $191,605 along with the gold bracelet. There were plenty of notable grinders in the field, including Jason Mercier, John Racener, Randy Lew, Michael "Squeaky" Winnett, Scott Seiver, Justin Bonomo, Carlos Mortensen, Rep Porter, Jeremy Ausmus, Matt Glantz, Phil Hellmuth and Barry Greenstein. Unfortunately for all of the players mentioned above, they were unable to survive the day.

Many of the big names registered late - some because the basketball game was on, others because they were deep in other tournaments - and Phil Ivey was the very last player to take his seat. Despite making a hero call in the last level of the day, he was unable to get anything going and bagged just 3,900 chips. Daniel Negreanu was also one of the players who registered very late, and he too took a hit during the last level of play when he ran kings into aces, but bounced back. Kid Poker ended up bagging 16,000 which will be 13 big bets to start Day 2.

Todd Witteles had a roller coaster day which saw him peak as high as 24,000 chips and drop down as low as 2,400. He was also involved in the craziest hand of the day, where he eliminated three opponents including NBA forward Earl Barron. Witteles flopped a flush draw against two sets and a gut-shot straight draw, and made his flush on the river to score a rare triple knockout.

The Day 1 survivors will return tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time, and play until they reach a final table or they complete 10 levels. We're wagering that it will be the latter, and we hope you return for all of our up-to-the-minute updates straight from the tournament floor.

Until then, goodnight from Las Vegas!

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