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

06-09-2013 21:04 UTC-7

Jesse Martin Doubles Through Brandon Meyers

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Picking up the action after the river of a board with about 27,000 in the middle, Brandon Meyers was contemplating a decision for 13,825 from Jesse Martin, who was all-in. After a little while in the tank, Meyers called.

Martin tabled for the nut straight, Meyers mucked, and Martin collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	53,000 27,000	27,000

Brandon Meyers	13,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: Brandon Meyers Jesse Martin

06-09-2013 21:15 UTC-7

Chips for Chidwick

[user101598]

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

When we arrived at the table, Mickey Petersen, Stephen Chidwick, and Darren Elias were three handed on a flop of . Petersen checked, Chidwick tossed out 1,050, and only Elias called.

The turn was the , Chidwick slowed down, checking to Elias who fired out 3,600. Chidwick called.

Both players checked when the completed the board, and Chidwick showed Elias mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	17,800 2,800	2,800

Mickey Petersen	12,800 -2,200	-2,200

Darren Elias	7,600 -7,400	-7,400

Tags: Darren Elias Mickey Petersen Stephen Chidwick

06-09-2013 21:16 UTC-7

Mark Herm Doubles Up

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Picking up the action after an flop, we arrived to see Mark Herm's opponent call about 14,000 from Herm (who had one T100 gray chip behind) to see the turn. Herm committed that final chip with , trailing his opponent's .
The hit the river, though, giving Herm a flush to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Herm	43,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Mark Herm

06-09-2013 21:17 UTC-7

Ognjen Sekularac Eliminated By Noah Schwartz

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Picking up the action after the river of a board with about 11,000 in the pot, Ognjen Sekularac was all in for 8,100. Noah Schwartz gave it some thought before he he called.

Sekularac tabled for ace high, falling to Schwartz's for a pair of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	31,000 31,000	31,000

Ognjen Sekularac	Busted

Tags: Noah Schwartz Ognjen Sekularac

06-09-2013 21:17 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Mickey Doft

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

The players are on a 30-minute dinner break.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante:

06-09-2013 21:56 UTC-7

Late Arrivals

Mickey Doft

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

Among the final players to arrive are...

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	15,000

Dan Kelly	15,000
Phil Galfond	15,000

Erik Seidel	15,000

Bertrand Grospellier	15,000

Hasan Habib	15,000

Chris Brammer	15,000
Kristijonas Andrulis	15,000
Ashton Griffin	15,000

06-09-2013 22:00 UTC-7

Griffin and Habib Play an "Important Pot"

[user101598]

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

Ashton Griffin and Hasan Habib were heads up on a board of . Habib tossed out 4,500 into a pot of around 8,000, and Griffin made the call.

The river was the , Habib instantly announced, "check," and Griffin went all in for roughly 6,200. Habib folded.

"That was an important pot," Griffin said after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashton Griffin	23,200 8,200	8,200
Hasan Habib	5,850 -9,150	-9,150

Tags: Ashton Griffin Hasan Habib

06-09-2013 22:10 UTC-7

JJ Liu Doubles Through Mike Linster

Mickey Doft

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

JJ Liu limped in from the hijack and Mike Linster raised to 825 from the cutoff. Layne Flack called from the big blind before Liu reraised to 2,500. Only Linster called to see the flop come down .

Liu bet 5,000, Linster raised, and Liu called all in for 12,100.

Liu:
Linster:

The turn and river were no help to Linster, giving the pot to Liu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Linster	46,000 -15,000	-15,000
JJ Liu	31,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: JJ Liu Mike Linster

06-09-2013 22:20 UTC-7

"Sure Looked Like a Set"

[user101598]

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

When we arrived at Table 364, Ted Lawson and Andrey Zaichenko were heads up on a board of . Lawson checked, Zaichenko fired out 7,250 into a pot of around 10,000, and Lawson called.

The river was the , Lawson checked again, and Zaichenko moved all in for 14,725. After moving all of his chips in the middle, the Russian turned his attention to his iPad. Zaichenko is notorious for grinding on his iPad while grinding at the table, and for the next four minutes he was slashing away, clicking through various pages including Facebook and, of course, PokerNews.com.

While Zaichenko was busy trying to consume all that the internet has to offer, Lawson was deep in thought. He cut out enough chips to make the call, pushed them back into his stack, and then grabbed them once more. Holding them above the felt, he looked at the board, then at Zaichenko, then back at the board.

Finally, John Eames called the clock on Lawson, and the floor was summoned. With about 15 seconds left in his time bank, Lawsone dropped the chips onto the felt.

"Set's good," he blurted, flinging face up into the middle of the table.

Zaichenko frowned, told Lawson that he was good, and mucked his hand before packing up his bag and leaving.

"Wow!" Lawson exclaimed when Zaichenko mucked. "Wow! Sure looked like a set."

Lawson now sits with around 75,000 chips, and appears to be one of our chip leaders.