Event #19: $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-09-2013 23:21 UTC-8

A Few Chip Counts From Around The Room

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	72,000 21,000	21,000

Jason Mercier	60,000 400	400

Paul Volpe	50,000 29,000	29,000

Chris Brammer	37,000 20,000	20,000
Steve O'Dwyer	35,000 17,000	17,000
Mike Leah	35,000 21,000	21,000

Marco Traniello	30,000 3,000	3,000
Kevin MacPhee	21,000 6,000	6,000

Kyle Julius	17,000 3,000	3,000

Stuart Rutter	14,500 500	500
Alex Venovski	14,000 4,700	4,700
Andy Frankenberger	6,000 7,500	7,500

Brian Hastings	Busted

Jason Duval	Busted

Micah Raskin	Busted

06-09-2013 23:08 UTC-8

Ivey, Ivey, Ivey?

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Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Over on Table 368 Seat 2, there is a lonely, unattended stack of 9,575 chips slowly dwindling away. The owner of the stack is Mr. Phil Ivey, and save for one or two hands, he hasn't played it at all this evening.

What's the reason for Ivey's absence, you ask? He's currently among the chip leaders in Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with around 40,000 chips. Ivey can't multi-table the event properly either, because his other stack is across the Rio in the Brasilia Room, and the last break was synced in the two events.

We will keep you updated if Ivey makes his way back into the Amazon Room, and if his stack dips into the danger zone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	9,575 725	725

Tags: Phil Ivey

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

06-09-2013 22:45 UTC-8

Break

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Mickey Doft

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The players are on a 15-minute break.

06-09-2013 22:44 UTC-8

Hasan Habib Eliminated By Ted Lawson

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Mickey Doft

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

Ted Lawson just added about 15,000 to his stack after eliminating Hasan Habib. The chips went in after a flop and Habib trailed with against Lawson's . Habib was not helped by the turn or river, giving Lawson the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Lawson	94,000 19,000	19,000

Hasan Habib	Busted

Tags: Hasan Habib Ted Lawson

06-09-2013 22:41 UTC-8

Smith Eliminated

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Mickey Doft

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

Dan Smith had been sitting on a short stack for a while, but was making a comeback after eliminating Todd Terry. He was charging his iPhone charger by our media desk and was fast approaching, bringing some bad news.

"Just bluffed it all off, have a good night guys," he said.

Tags: Dan Smith

06-09-2013 22:40 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated By Mark Herm

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Mickey Doft

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

Allen Kessler informed us of Phil Hellmuth's pending all in, so we rushed over and found a short-stacked Hellmuth all in from the small blind with against Mark Herm's from under the gun.

The flop fell to keep Hellmuth ahead, but the turned to give Herm the lead. The river was no help to Hellmuth, ending his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Herm	57,000 5,000	5,000
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Mark Herm Phil Hellmuth Allen Kessler

06-09-2013 22:37 UTC-8

Eames Busts One

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We're not sure when the money went in on Table 364, but when we arrived the scene looked like this:

John Eames:
Opponent:

Board:

Eames' opponent hit the rail, while the Brit dragged in a pot to bring his total to 30,700 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Eames	30,700 5,700	5,700

06-09-2013 22:34 UTC-8

Todd Terry Eliminated by Dan Smith

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Mickey Doft

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

Todd Terry raised from the cutoff and Dan Smith three-bet from the button. Action folded back to Terry who called all in for his last 5,000-ish with . Smith tabled and won the race as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	13,000 6,000	6,000

Todd Terry	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith Todd Terry

06-09-2013 22:28 UTC-8

Galfond Has a Lot Worse Than Kings

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Phil Galfond (Event 16) had a lot worse than Kings

There was an open to 800 from early position. Brock Parker and Hans Winzeler called in late position, and Phil Galfond tanked for a bit before three-betting to 2,600 out of the small blind. All three players called.

The flop fell , and Galfond led out for 3,200. The original raiser tanked for a considerable amount of time, then called. Parker and Winzeler both folded quickly.