2013 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$518,755
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,841,750
Entries
2,105
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

The Case of the Public Exposer

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

A gentleman at table 394 had exposed his cards with action pending.

On a {7-}{j-}{q-} flop a player moved all in for about 1,200. Another player called and the third player said call but put out all his chips and flipped up his cards. Now because he said call and not all in the floor ruled that his only play was to call the 1,200 from the first player. Now the {k-} came on the turn. With the two other players still in action the first checks and the one who exposed his cards went all in.

The second player proceed to fold none other than pocket sevens for a flopped set. But how could he fold such a monster?

The exposed player's cards were none other than pocket jacks for second set. The jacks won the pot, knocked out the first player, and received a one round penalty for exposing his cards. But the real punishment was not getting all the chips from the set of sevens.
The whole table laughed and the man with pocket seven was relieved because in most circumstances he would not know his opponent held such a big set and would have gone broke.

Another case of making the minimum for being a public exposer.

Katz Flops Two Pair

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Cary Katz (photo: event 2)
Cary Katz (photo: event 2)

When we arrived Cary Katz had just called a 3-bet to 775 from the player in the cutoff. Another player folded and Katz went heads up to the flop: {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Katz checked to the cutoff who continuation-betted. Before we could count how much it was, Katz had shoved all in for 1,575 total and the cutoff had made the call.

"Well played" said the player in the cutoff position sarcastically as he concluded his {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} had been out flopped by Katz' {7-Spades}{5-Spades}. The {8-Diamonds} on the turn gave the cutoff some more outs but the {J-Diamonds} was not one of them. Katz is back in action with a little over 5,100 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
5,150
150
150

Tags: Cary Katz

Got Chips?

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

Ludovic Lacay has to answer that question with a big no. While the Frenchman departed Carter Phillips just sat down. THe field is still growing with more and more players late registering:

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
9,000
4,300
4,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
9,000
4,500
4,500
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
5,300
800
800
David Pham us
David Pham
4,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
4,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
4,500
WSOP 2X Winner
David Sklansky us
David Sklansky
4,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
2,625
-625
-625
WSOP 3X Winner
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
700
-3,800
-3,800
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
Busted

Tags: Carter PhillipsLudovic Lacay

"The Italian Pirate" Off to a Great Start

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Max Pescatori (photo: event 5)
Max Pescatori (photo: event 5)

Max Pescatori is only been playing for an hour but he has already almost doubled his starting stack. He's up to 8,800 now after just eliminating a player with {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} preflop all in against {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Pescatori hit an ace on the turn and river to send his opponent packing. "Nice job dealer" said the player with a big wink and laugh after being eliminated. Pescatori didn't laugh and just focused on stacking his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
8,800
4,300
4,300
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Max Pescatori

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante:

Chip Counts as of Level 4

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
10,700
6,500
6,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
10,500
7,000
7,000
Kevin Taylor
Kevin Taylor
9,700
-100
-100
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
9,500
500
500
WSOP 2X Winner
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
8,900
4,300
4,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
8,000
2,800
2,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
5,000
500
500
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
3,900
3,900
3,900
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
1,400
-3,100
-3,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
1,300
-4,800
-4,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Makowsky
Daniel Makowsky
Busted
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

And the Hot Seat Winner Is...

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

They announced the winner of the WSOP Hot Seat for this event and the winner was seated at Table 387 Seat 9. The whole Amazon Room turned their heads to see who it was. At first glance it appeared to be Barry Greenstein but after further counting of chairs we realized he was sitting in the Seat 8. Greenstein laughed and blurted, "Just my Luck" as Nolan Dalla commented on Greenstein being the bubble of the hot seat.

The winner was in fact Amir Rastkhiz from Phoenix, Arizona. He will get $100 deposited into his wsop.com account when he signs up for an account and the site becomes legal for real money players. If only Rastkhiz signed up for wsop.com he would have received $500 for signing up and wearing the WSOP sponsored patch.

If you have not gone already then go sign up for wsop.com and get ready for this site to become legal in the upcoming months. If for no other reason you have a chance to win $500 if your a hot seat player and also chances to win seats into bracelet events. Sign up today, now, or on your next break.