96 Players Left
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
With an average stack of almost 100,000.
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
Balsiger Gains a Ton of Chips
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Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Last year's third place finisher in the WSOP Main Event Jake Balsiger had already put a bet out on a flop of 
when his opponent pushed all in. Balsiger asked for a count but before the dealer could give him an accurate number Balsiger looked back at his cards and quickly called.
Balsiger's 
easily trumped his opponents small kicker of 
. The board ran out blank and Balsiger eliminated his opponent. Balsiger looking to make some noise in this year's series just like he did eight short months
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
201,000
173,400
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173,400 |
Steven Versus Cada
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Table 437 is an interesting one with Joe Cada, Vanessa Selbst and foremost Brandon Steven. Steven, who was one of the players of the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop last year, is a man of action and is involved in the better portion of the hands in an orbit.
Just now he raised it up to 5,200 from the hijack and Joe Cada on the button was the only player looking him up. 
on the flop and Steven continuation bet 5,700. Cada made the call and also called the 12,700 Steven asked of him on the -turn. The river was the 
and both players decided to check.
"One pair" Steven announced. Cada showed his 
and Steven mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
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64,000
-20,000
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-20,000 |
Greenstein Aces Get Cracked
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Barry Greenstein raised it up to 5,500 preflop. He gets calls from a player in early position, late position, and the button. The four take a flop of 
. Greenstein tries to mow down the players with a bet of 9,000. Only the late position player calls. The turn is the 
. Greenstein checked and so did his opponent. On the river the 
came. Greenstein bet out 15,000. His opponent called and showed 
for trip jacks. It was a cooler for Greenstien as he held Pocket Aces 
the whole time. Greenstein down to 74,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000
-26,000
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-26,000 |
|
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Frazer Snap Calls Bolotin
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
On a 
| board we saw Alex Bolotin bet out 15,600 from the under-the-gun plus one position. Ian Frazer on the button made the call. The 
on the river made Bolotin think for a second. With an unlit cigarette dangling in his mouth he cut out 20,000, and then added another 6,800 to make it 26,800 total. Almost even before Bolotin had released his chips, Frazer had already called. Bolotin mucked his cards and Frazer showed his to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
57,000
-79,000
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-79,000 |
|
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Greenstein Wins This Time
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
After a barrage of raises preflop Barry Greenstein got his opponent to go allin and Greenstein was ahead.
Greenstein: 
Opponent: 
The flop did wonders for Greenstein 
as it brought him a set. The turn and river did not change anything and green stein is back up to 142,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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142,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
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Finkelstein Hits His Ace
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Levon Khachatryan raised it up to 6,000 in late position. Jeffery Finkelstein Bumped it up to 16,000. Khachatryan re-bumped it to 46,000. Finkelstein then moved all in and Khachatryan called. They turned over their cards. Khachatryan turned up the and Finkelstein turned up the . The flop came 
. The turn came the . But the real card was on the end when Finkelstein hit his .
Finkelstein happy with the results stacks up 225,000 while Khachatryan is down to 225,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
112,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
20 Minute Break
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
We're getting rid of the 100 chips this break. We'll see you in 20 minutes as we continue this tournament.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Engel in the Danger Zone
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Ari Engel opened to 6,000 from middle position and was called by the big blind. Both players checked on and the dealer put out the 
as the turn. Engel's opponent bet out 7,000 and Engel made the call. The river brought the 
and the big blind now bet 16,000. Engel had a tough decision but after a minute or two of thinking (and some talking with no response) he eventually folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,500
8,800
|
8,800 |
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