Event #11: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-05-2013 15:27 UTC-7

We Back

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The players are in their seats again, and the dealers are getting to work.

06-05-2013 15:31 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Larichev	Busted
Tyler Meeks	Busted
Allen Kessler	Busted
Shane Douglas	Busted
Jesse Martin	Busted

Helio Liberman	Busted

JC Tran raised it up to 2,500 in middle position, and Roman Valerstein called from the button, as did the big blind. The flop came down , and it was checked to Tran, who c-bet to 8,000. Only Valerstein called, and the turn brought the . Tran moved all in, and Valerstein quickly called.

Valerstein:
Tran:

The turn was certainly an action card, as it gave Valerstein the second nut flush, and Tran the nut flush draw. Tran would need a spade to survive, but the came on the river, ending the pro's day early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Valerstein	123,000 52,700	52,700
JC Tran	Busted

Tags: JC Tran

06-05-2013 16:01 UTC-7

The Biggest Stacks in the Room

[user217354]

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

These players are on the tops of the counts and they pose a threat for the remaining short stacks that reside in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamara Tibbles	360,000 126,700	126,700
David Randall	260,000 20,000	20,000
Nicholas Grippo	240,000 102,400	102,400
Chino Rheem	210,000 73,600	73,600
Marcio Cid	195,000 58,200	58,200
Santiago Nadal Sordo	170,000 128,500	128,500
Jeremiah Keeney	163,000 56,800	56,800
Steven Kelly	156,000 -68,000	-68,000

Tom Braband	135,000 -5,000	-5,000

06-05-2013 16:06 UTC-7

Busto

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The payouts are now updated through 77th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Revniaga	Busted
Maurice Paradis	Busted
Ovadya Kohen	Busted
Nicolas Halvorson	Busted
Narendra Banwari	Busted
Derrick Huang	Busted
Manuel Bevand	Busted
Jorden Fox	Busted

06-05-2013 16:20 UTC-7

Ostrander's Queens Hold

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Greg Ostrander and another opponent got in a raising war that saw all the chips go in preflop. Ostrander's were dominating the of his opponent, and the board ran down ten high, coming .

After scoring that knockout, Ostrander has worked his stack up to 174,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Ostrander	174,000 95,500	95,500

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

06-05-2013 16:27 UTC-7

Randall With Worse Pair

[user217354]

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

In the hand David Randall was in the button and Steven Kelly was in the small blind. The two took a flop of . Kelly bet out 7,500 and Randall called. The turn brought the and kelly bet out 23,000. Randall called again. The river came the and this time Kelly bet out 42,000.

This put Randall into the tank. He tanked so long that he got the clock called on himself.
After much deliberation Randall decided to call.

Kelly flipped over for a pair of queens. Randall went to much his cards but they accidentally flipped over and revealed his .

Player	Chips	Progress
David Randall	206,000 -54,000	-54,000

06-05-2013 16:29 UTC-7

Charette Still In

tayke2

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Simon Charette won the $3,000 Six-Max Event last year, and since there was no $2,500 version of this event last year, some consider him to be the "defending champion." Well Charette has continued to fly under the radar, as we just spotted him for the first time today a short while ago. He is grinding a short to medium stack with about 40,000.