2013 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$506,764
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,203,110
Entries
807
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jesse Wilkie
Jesse Wilkie
185,000 12,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
77,000 40,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
75,000 66,000
Roman Valerstein us
Roman Valerstein
74,000 6,000
Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
WSOP 5X Winner
67,000 40,000
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
66,000 -7,000
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
59,000 -12,500
Hasan Habib us
Hasan Habib
WSOP 1X Winner
48,000 39,000
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
48,000 34,000
Mike Carson
Mike Carson
WSOP 1X Winner
43,000 8,000
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
39,000 25,500
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
38,000 13,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
35,000 2,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
26,000 17,000
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
26,000 5,700
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
22,000 13,600
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 8,000
Lee Childs us
Lee Childs
18,000 -6,500
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
17,000 1,000
Russell Crane us
Russell Crane
Busted
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
Busted
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
Busted
Gaëlle Baumann
Gaëlle Baumann
Busted

Aguiar Sends One Packing

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante
Jonathan Aguiar
Jonathan Aguiar

A player moved all in preflop and action folded to Jonathan Aguiar in the big blind.

"How much is it?" he asked. "Four Thousand?" When the number was confirmed, Aguiar threw in the call.

Aguiar was holding {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and he was ahead of his opponents {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. After the flop of {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} Aguiar had a commanding lead and his opponent was already standing to leave. The {3-Hearts} on the turn offered no help and left the player drawing dead. The {5-Diamonds} came on the river for a little overkill and Aguiar took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
20,300 -27,500

Valerstein Busts Mercier

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jason Mercier has been eliminated from the tournament.

According to Lee Childs, Mercier pushed all-in after a pre-flop raise and a call, and Roman Valerstein then re-raised. All other players folded. Mercier showed {9-}{9-} and Valerstein held {10-}{10-}. The board improved neither player, and Mercier was eliminated. Valerstein now has 68,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Valerstein us
Roman Valerstein
68,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier

Level: 8

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Hellmuth Over 20,000

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

We caught up to Phil Hellmuth on a board of {4-Spades}{A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{Q-Spades}. A player had made a raise, then Hellmuth made a reraise to 5,500 more.

After a long while in the tank, and attempting to get some reads on Hellmuth, the player called.

"Aces full," Hellmuth said turning over his {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}.

"I figured you were trying to trap me," another player said from across the table. "I've seen it on T.V."

"I was trying to trap you, but I got lucky and trapped him instead," Hellmuth said.

Hellmuth is now inching closer and closer to the current average stack size.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
25,000 9,000

Unofficial Chip Leader

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

We found Jesse Wilkie as he was stacking chips after a recent bustout. He now has 173,000 in front of him.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Wilkie
Jesse Wilkie
173,000

Jaka Shows a Three

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Faraz Jaka
Faraz Jaka

Manuel Bevand raised to 800 preflop. In the next seat over, Faraz Jaka raised to 2,200. Bevand called.

On the {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop, Bevand checked to Jaka who bet 1,800. Bevand called.

The turn was the {10-Clubs} and Bevand checked to Jaka again. This time Jaka bet 3,200. Bevand tanked for a bit, then folded.

Jaka just showed the {3-Spades} and mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
34,000 25,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
26,000 10,500

Gunnerson Forces Fold from Hellmuth

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Joel Gunnerson is on a hot streak.

We caught up with Gunnerson just as his pocket aces held up and eliminated another player at the table, nearly doubling him up. On the very next hand, Gunnerson raised to 800 pre-flop, and Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 2,500. Gunnerson quickly four-bet 20,000, enough to put Hellmuth all-in. Hellmuth thought for a moment, then elected to fold.

After the virtual double-up and the short confrontation with Hellmuth, Gunnerson is up to 37,500.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Gunnerson
Joel Gunnerson
37,500

Ivey Busts One

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Phil Ivey raised to 800 pre-flop, and Nick Evans re-raised for the last of his chips, a little more than 2,000. Ivey quickly called and turned up {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}, but Evans was ahead with {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. Ivey spiked a king on the flop however, and Evans received no help on the turn or river.

After the elimination, Ivey sits with 33,000.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
33,000 5,050
Nick Evans
Nick Evans
Busted

Tags: Phil Ivey

An Orbit With Phil Ivey

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

What's it like to be Phil Ivey? We shadowed Ivey at his table for a full orbit to see what it's like to be in his shoes. Here's what we saw:

Before any action had started, Jason Mercier walked over to Ivey's table and handed him a stack of $100 bills. Ivey looked confused for a bit, but then asked, "Who do you like for the next game?" which got both men laughing.

Chip count to begin orbit: 27,950

Hand #1: Action folded to Ivey in the cutoff. He raised to 800 and won the pot.

Hand #2: Action folded to Ivey in the hijack seat. He raised to 800. Nick Evans was on the button, he moved all in for 3,975. Action folded back to Ivey and he made the call. Evans showed {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}. "Boom!" Ivey said turning over his {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}. "I'm happy to see that," he said.

The flop fell {4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. "Not now," he said immediately after see the flop.

The turn {6-Clubs} and river {8-Hearts} were both bricks for Ivey and he shipped over the chips.

Hand #3: From under the gun Ivey raised to 800. The player directly to his left raised to 2,000. Action folded back to Ivey who made the call.

The flop was {8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and both players checked. The turn was the {A-Clubs} and Ivey checked again, only to see his opponent raise to 2,700. Ivey put in a check raise to 8,000 and his opponent folded without much thought.

Hand #4: Nick Evans raised to 800 from the hijack seat. Action folded around to Ivey in the big blind who also folded.

Hand #5: Action folded to Phil Ivey in the small blind who raised to 1,000. He found no resistance and won the pot.

Hand #6: Dan O'Brien raised to 800 after everyone folded. Ivey folded his button and both blinds folded awarding O'Brien the pot.

Hand #7: Back in the cutoff, Ivey raised to 800 when action was folded to him. Everyone else folded and Ivey scooped another pot.

Chip count to end the orbit: 31,325