Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-07-2013 17:06 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	30,000
Salvatore Bianco	30,000
Martin Staszko	30,000
Jonathan Duhamel	30,000

Chance Kornuth	30,000

Dani Stern	30,000
Bryn Kenney	30,000

Dario Minieri	30,000

Aaron Wilt	30,000
Barry Woods	30,000
Jake Cody	30,000

Nick Schulman	30,000

Max Silver	30,000

Ayaz Mahmood	30,000

Russell Rosenblum	30,000
Vojetch Ruzicka	30,000
Ludovic Lacay	30,000

Daniel Steinberg	30,000
Fabrice Touil	30,000
Phil Ivey	30,000

Ben Lamb	30,000

Michael Brady	30,000
Kevin Eyster	30,000

Oleksii Kovalchuk	30,000

James Calderaro	30,000

Brandon Meyers Says "Ciao" to Chou Chou

Level 2 : 100/300, 0 ante

We noticed a dealer packing up his well, and two empty seats at Table #350, which could only mean that the match between Brandon Meyers and Chou Chou had come to a quick conclusion.

Although we missed the bustout hand, Meyers was victorious party, and he will return at 8:00pm PST to compete in Round 2 action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Meyers	60,000 30,000	30,000
Chou Chou	Busted

06-07-2013 17:17 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Douglas Polk	60,000 30,000	30,000

Jason Mo	Busted

Marchese Meets the Meat Grinder

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Another quick elimination just occurred, as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has defeated Tom Marchese to advance into the next round.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	60,000 30,000	30,000

Tom Marchese	Busted

06-07-2013 17:22 UTC-8

Ladouceur Doubles

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Both Jonathan Duhamel and Marc-Andre Ladouceur have yet to dip into their add-ons, but we found Ladouceur all in for his first bullet holding before the flop. Ladouceur's hand was crushing Duhamel's .

The board ran out and Ladouceur was able to double to around 16,600 with two add-ons back. Duhamel is now sitting on about 3,400 with two add-ons.

06-07-2013 17:23 UTC-8

More Victories

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Another two quick victories were reported from the floor as Scott Seiver was able to beat Darren Elias in their match while elsewhere in the room Nicholas Petrangelo felted Suk Min Sung for the victory.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Petrangelo	60,000 30,000	30,000
Scott Seiver	60,000 30,000	30,000

Darren Elias	Busted

Suk Min Sung	Busted

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

06-07-2013 17:29 UTC-8

Nguyen Bests Saraf

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We arrived at the table to find Steve Saraf all in for his tournament life before the flop. Saraf held but was crushed by Don Nguyen's .

The board fell and Nguyen's bullets were able to hold, securing him a first round victory.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don Nguyen	60,000 30,000	30,000
Steve Saraf	Busted

06-07-2013 17:32 UTC-8

Dropping Like Flies

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We just caught wind that Marc-Andre Ladouceur's momentum against Jonathan Duhamel has propelled him into a victory. He will be advancing to the next round. Duhamel quickly took to his Twitter after the match.

Jonathan Duhamel @JonathanDuhamel

Went all in PF to @MarcAndre_FDawg thinking he had 8k in chips, but he had some 5k's chips behind... That was real stupid..June 07 2013

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Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	60,000 30,000	30,000
Jonathan Duhamel	Busted

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06-07-2013 17:33 UTC-8

Touil Tangling With Ivey

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Level 3 : 200/400, 0 ante

French pro Fabrice Touil is showing that he will not be cowed by one of poker's most intimidating forces.

Touil raised preflop, making it 3,200 to go, and Ivey came along to see the flop fall . Touil then led out for 5,300, and Ivey tossed out three chips for a raise, pumping the action to 11,000. Undeterred by Ivey's characteristic aggression, Touil moved all-in over the top, and Ivey wasted no time in mucking his hand.