2013 World Series of Poker

Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$331,190
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Level Info
Level
6
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Radoja Doubles

Level 5 : 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
Mark Radoja
Mark Radoja

With only one match remaining, we will now provide you with hand-for-hand coverage.

Hand #1: Mark Radoja raised to 40,000 on the button, Phil Hellmuth called, and the flop came {8-Spades}{j-Spades}{10-Hearts}. Hellmuth checked, Radoja fired out 30,000, and Hellmuth said, "Raise it a hundred."

There was a dispute as to whether or not this meant 100,000 or 130,000, and the floor ruled that it was the latter. Radoja folded.

Hand #2: Hellmuth limped in on the button, Radoja checked, and the flop fell {8-Clubs}{k-Spades}{4-Hearts}. Both players checked. The turn was the {5-Spades}, Radoja led out for 20,000, and Hellmuth clicked it back, raising to 40,000. Radoja called. The {10-Diamonds} completed the board, Radoja checked, and Hellmuth fired out 100,000. Radoja folded.

Hand #3: On the first hand of Level 5c, Radoja open-shoved for 180,000 on the button. Hellmuth assembled enough chips to call, thought for a moment, then committed them.

Radoja: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Hellmuth: {k-Spades}{4-Spades}

Hellmuth was dominated, and Radoja held as the board came {9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts}. He doubled to 360,000, and still has one lammer behind.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,240,000 -40,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
680,000 40,000

Tags: Mark RadojaPhil Hellmuth

Level: 5c

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 0

Randy Lew Eliminated in 6th Place ($54,024)

Level 4 : 1,000/20,000, 0 ante
Randy Lew - 6th Place
Randy Lew - 6th Place

Randy Lew had the button and raised to 40,000. Ben Sulsky moved out a large stack of green t25,000 chips and Lew waited a beat, shrugged, and announced all in for his last roughly 300,000. Sulsky snapped him off.

Lew: {Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Sulsky: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The dealer tapped the felt and produced a completed board that read {10-Spades}{A-Spades}{J-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and just like that Lew was eliminated from play. He will collect $54,024 for in tournament winnings.

Sulsky, on the other hand, will return for the final day of play where he will face off against Don Nguyen in the semifinals.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Sulsky us
Ben Sulsky
1,920,000 320,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
Busted

Tags: Ben SulskyRandy Lew

Hellmuth Roundhouses Radoja

Level 4 : 1,000/20,000, 0 ante
Phil Hellmuth is All Smiles After Dodging Mark Radoja's First Bullet
Phil Hellmuth is All Smiles After Dodging Mark Radoja's First Bullet

After both players connected on a flop of {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Spades}, Phil Hellmuth and Mark Radoja each got the last of their original 320,000 starting stack into the middle without further delay.

Showdown:

Hellmuth: {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Radoja: {10-Spades}{2-Spades}

Hellmuth had flopped top pair with a good kicker, while Radoja found a flush draw to work with. The young Canadian pro lived up to his country's reputation for kindness as he wished the "Poker Brat" good luck.

The turn brought the {k-Hearts}, giving Hellmuth two pair and stripping two of the spades Radoja held as outs from the deck.

River: {7-Spades}

Radoja made his flush on the river, but as Hellmuth brusquely reminded the room, the card also gave him a full house.

With that, the first bullet Radoja fired was a blank, and he is now working with his second 320,000 stack.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,280,000 296,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
640,000 -296,000

Sean Winter Eliminated in 7th Place ($54,024)

Level 4 : 1,000/20,000, 0 ante
Sean Winter - 7th Place
Sean Winter - 7th Place

Don Nguyen opened with a raise to 40,000 from the button. Sean Winter announced all in for 452,000 total and Nguyen asked for a count. About twenty seconds after getting a full count, Nguyen announced a call and showed {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}.

"Really?" Winter asked, showing {A-Spades}{5-Hearts} and questioning why Nguyen tanked with such a big hand.

Winter was behind and needed help heading to the flop. He did not find it as it fell {10-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and the turn brought nothing either with the {6-Diamonds}. Winter needed to pair on the river but ultimately came up short as the {7-Spades} completed the board. Winter will collect $54,024 in prize money for his deep run in this event.

Player Chips Progress
Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen
1,920,000 442,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
Busted

Tags: Sean WinterDon Nguyen

Lew Busts Two Bullets

Level 4 : 1,000/20,000, 0 ante
Randy Lew
Randy Lew

Randy Lew found himself all in and at risk for his first bullet with {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} against the {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} of Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky. The {9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{7-Spades} flop gave Sulsky a leading pair of kings, and they held as the turn and river bricked {2-Hearts}, {9-Spades} respectively.

Lew then cashed in his second lammer, only to lose that bullet a few hands later. Lew moved all in preflop with {9-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Sulsky called with {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}. The board came {10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, leaving Lew with just 320,000 chips.

Sulsky has 960,000 chips plus two lammers.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Sulsky us
Ben Sulsky
1,600,000 674,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
320,000 -674,000

Tags: Ben SulskyRandy Lew

Level: 4c

Blinds: 1,000/20,000

Ante: 0

Nguyen Seizes Control

Level 3 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Don Nguyen and Sean Winter
Don Nguyen and Sean Winter

Don Nguyen had the button and popped it up to 32,000. Sean Winter came over the top with a three-bet to 80,000 straight and Nguyen brought heat right back by making it 150,000 to go. Winter announced a five-bet shove and Nguyen called.

Nguyen: {J-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Winter: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Nguyen's jacks were able to hold, securing him victory over this hand. He currently has 1.478 million with 320,000 in the form of an unused add-on. Winter was forced to cash in his final lammer and now has about 442,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen
1,478,000 838,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
442,000 -838,000

Tags: Don NguyenSean Winter

Hellmuth Making Laydowns

Level 3 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Phil Hellmuth is Attempting to Small Ball His Way to a Historic 14th WSOP Bracelet WIn
Phil Hellmuth is Attempting to Small Ball His Way to a Historic 14th WSOP Bracelet WIn

Phil Hellmuth's patient style of play has become synonymous with his burgeoning poker brand, as the "Poker Brat" has mastered the art of small ball poker.

He recently told his young opponent "I have a weird style ... it's like the anti-internet. I've read all your books, studied your moves, and its like Matrix Reloaded ... I just mix it all up on you."

Radoja simply smiled in response, but a recent hand showed that Hellmuth's ability to find the fold button may just be what separates him from the new generation of players raised on a steady diet of five-bet barrels and stone cold bluffs.

The action began with a preflop min-raise to 32,000 from Radoja which Hellmuth called. Before the flop of {4-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} hit the table Hellmuth had already checked dark, prompting Radoja to fire a bet of 21,000 forward.

Checking in the dark once more, Hellmuth watched Radoja bet 61,000 after the {2-Diamonds} dropped on the turn. He called to see the {10-Diamonds} arrive on the river, and after a third check by Hellmuth, Radoja moved all-in for his last 163,000.

Hellmuth's pained expression suggested he had a piece of the board, but he mucked his cards and lived to fight another day, rather than play the hero and run face first into trip sevens or a rivered flush.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
1,080,000 -35,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
840,000 35,000