Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,841,750
Entries
2,105
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Getting Baked
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Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
David "Bakes" Baker has a laid back personality, a cool nickname, and after the last hand he played, a stack that is now as high as a kite.
Bakes called a raise of 13,000 out of the big blind, seeing a flop of 
spread across the green felt. The early position raiser continued with his aggressive line, leading for 14,000, and Baker came along to see the 
drop on the turn.
After his opponent fired up another bet of 33,000 his way, Bakes made the call, bringing the 
on board.
Both players knuckled the table, and when he rolled over 
, Bakes top pair blazed a path to yet another potential final table appearance.
Polychronopoulos Sucks Out With Running Flush
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Athanasios Polychronopoulos just knocked out another player to add to his chip lead. He held 
and needed help against his opponent's 
. The 
flop made it hard for Polychronopoulos to win the hand. The turn gave him a way to win. Any club would do.
And the river came the 
. Out of nowhere Polychronopoulos won the hand and he knocked out his opponent in dramatic fashion. He is enjoying the chip lead with 765,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
765,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
Polychronopoulos Prevails Over Chronological Peril
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Athanasios Polychronopoulos is known on the circuit for his long last name, as well as for his WSOP bracelet win in a 2011 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, and tonight he is moving closer to a second win here at poker's premier series.
After Polychronopoulos limped in, a player in the hijack raised the action to 29,500, and the young pro decided on a three-bet to 75,500. This move must have rattled is young opponent, because he had trouble counting out the appropriate chips for a call, first placing an insufficient amount in the pot, then throwing to many orange T5000 tournament chips towards the dealer.
Nonetheless, the call was made and the two players took a flop of 
. That's when the hand appeared to enter some sort of time warp, because although the action was checked through the turn (
), more than seven minutes passed while both players stared at each other, the board, their stacks, and perhaps even Amnon Filippi's spiffy iPad stand across the table.
When the 
finally arrived on the river, another long pause preceded Polychronopoulos' next move, which happened to be an all-in shove. This time, his opponent didn't need any time to think things through, and his cards went sailing towards the muck.
Khachatryan Nearly Doubles While Knocking Out Opponent
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Levon Khachatryan and his opponent were all in preflop. Khachatryan had his opponent barely covered.
Khachatryan: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and with that Khachatryan nearly doubles as he knocks out his opponent. He sits with 155,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Amnon Filippi Flops it, Finishes One Off
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Holding 
, Amnon Filippi elected to reraise a player in the small blind, making it 22,000 to play after that player opened for 13,000. The small blind was unafraid, however, and he shipped the rest of his 87,000 stack with the 
.
Filippi was in a dominant position, and the flop of 
put him even further ahead of the suited connector held by his opponent.
The on the turn made things interesting, giving the small blind a gutshot draw to make Broadway, while giving Filippi a sweat.
River: 
The brick on fifth street sealed the deal, sending the rest of the small blind player's chips to the dangerous pro from New York City.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
335,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
The Kid is Back
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
When Spencer Uniss woke up in the small blind with , he shipped his short stack of 58,000 into the middle.
Ken Stroud saw an opportunity to eliminate an opponent and move one step closer to the final table, so he decided to call with the .
Stroud found himself dominated by Uniss' better kicker, and the final runout of 
left Stroud with an inferior two pair.
"You didn't believe me?" Uniss asked Stroud, while stacking his newly acquired chips.
"What's that got to do with it?" Stroud shot back, obviously frustrated that he had not found the coin flip situation he was looking for when he made the call.
"The kid is back!" replied Uniss to nobody in particular, obviously excited at earning a second chance to bag and tag chips at the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
116,000
99,200
|
99,200 |
Chip Counts
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
555,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
405,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
335,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
322,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
|
295,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
273,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
270,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
270,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
270,000
222,300
|
222,300 |
|
265,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
205,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
|
||
|
205,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
160,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
143,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
||
|
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
104,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
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