Event #21: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-13-2013 01:29 UTC-7

Not a Little Chip Stack Short and Stout

Josh_Cahlik

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Table chip leaders Matt Stout and Erik Seidel just engaged each other in what culminated to be quite the massive pot. It began when Stout opened to 18,000 from the cutoff and it folded to Seidel who three-bet to 55,000 out of the small blind. Action came back to Stout and he flat called.

The two took a low flop of and Seidel continued for 60,000. Stout stuck around and the turn paired the board with the . Seidel pumped the brakes and checked his action and Stout followed suit. A second pair hit the board when the touched down and Seidel came out with a bet of 75,000.

"Call," announced Stout after a beat.

Seidel turned up but was surprised to find Stout show for a higher pocket pair. Stout scooped up the pot and is now our overwhelming chip leader with 1.26 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Stout	1,260,000	275,000
Erik Seidel	545,000	15,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Matt Stout

06-13-2013 00:40 UTC-7

Rhys Jones Eliminated in 16th Place ($19,475)

Josh_Cahlik

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Picking up with the action on the flop of , Martin Finger led out with a bet of 15,000. Rhys Jones replied by shipping his short stack all in over the top. Finger snapped him off and rolled over for top pair. A dejected Jones showed for top pair with a lower kicker and needed help on one of the next two streets.

The turn was the and the river the , meaning that Jones was unable to improve and eliminated in 16th place. Jones will collect $19,475 for his efforts.

Finger scooped up the pot and is now sitting pretty with about 540,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Finger	540,000	90,000
Rhys Jones	Busted

Tags: Rhys Jones Martin Finger

06-13-2013 00:18 UTC-7

Stout Takes Gigantic Pot From Finger

MrCleverFox

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Preflop Matt Stout raised to 14,000. On the button Martin Finger raised to 30,000. Action folded back to Stout who four bet to 70,000. Finger put in a fifth bet to 110,000 and finally Stout stopped the preflop action by just calling.

The flop came and Stout checked to Finger. Finger put out a bet of 50,000 which prompted Stout to put in the relatively quick check raise to 120,000.

Finger went into the tank, but not for too long before he folded his hand.

Stout started raking in the chips then he grabbed one of his cards and flung it face up across the table. It was the .

"Can you beat an ?" Stout asked Finger, sticking the needle in deeper.

Stout and Finger locked eyes across the table and continued to stare each other down as Stout stacked up Finger's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Stout	985,000	165,000
Martin Finger	260,000	-160,000

06-12-2013 23:58 UTC-7

Timoshenko Taken Away

MrCleverFox

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Andrew Dean and Yevgeniy Timoshenko got the money in preflop and the two of them were off to a showdown.

Timoshenko:
Dean:

The flop came down giving Timoshenko a set and the lead. It was looking good for Timoshenko to double up on the turn as well, but the on the river was a dream crusher to Timoshenko as it gave Dean the winning straight. Timoshenko hit the rail in 19th place and collected $15,509 for his run.

06-12-2013 23:10 UTC-7

The Dragon Pulls Off a Monster Bluff

MrCleverFox

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Fabrizio Gonzalez and David Pham are developing a large rivalry here in Event #21. We just saw David Pham pull off the biggest three barrel bluff we've seen all tournament so far.

Just before the break, Gonzalez opened to 10,000 from the cutoff. On the button Pham reraised to 27,000. Action folded back to Gonzalez who made the call.

On the flop, Gonzalez checked to Pham who bet 30,000. Gonzalez went into the tank, but called after about 30 seconds.

The turn was the and Gonzalez checked again to Pham who continued his line of agression with a bet of 65,000. Gonzalez tanked again, then made the call.

Gonzalez checked for a third time on the river.

"How much did you start the hand with," Pham asked Gonzalez. He received no response. Pham grabbed his entire stack of orange T5,000 chips, coupled with a stack of 20, T1,000 chips and bet 120,000, leaving himself with only about 150,000 behind.

Gonzalez went deep into the tank. He stayed there for roughly five minutes trying to think his way through the hand. He grabbing calling chips, then almost mucked his hand and went back to calling chips, back and forth several times. Finally, he found a fold and threw his cards into the muck, leaving him self about 160,000 behind.

Pham looked at his cards, then decided to turn them over. He tabled for a total airball.

"That took a lot of heart," Matt Berkey said from across the table.

Gonzalez just leaned back in his chair after the hand and tried to take it all in, while Pham was left with a pile of new chips to stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	540,000	150,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	160,000	-140,000

06-12-2013 22:49 UTC-7

Dean Busts Habib

Josh_Cahlik

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We arrived at the table just in time to see the cards turned over on Hasan Habib's final hand in the tournament. Habib was all in for his last roughly 56,000 against Andrew Dean before the flop.

Habib:
Dean:

Dean jumped out into the lead when the flop paired his ace on . Dean made two pair when the struck the felt on fourth street and Habib could not catch up once the completed the board. Habib was sent packing and Dean stacked up chips to bring his stack to 390,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Dean	390,000	70,000
Hasan Habib	Busted

Tags: Hasan Habib Andrew Dean

06-12-2013 21:54 UTC-7

The Dragon Gets Boosted Into The Chip Lead

MrCleverFox

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We just witnessed a huge pot take place between David "The Dragon" Pham and Justin "BoostedJ" Smith.

There was at least 50,000 chips in the pot by the turn where Pham made a bet of 45,000 chips on a board of . Smith took a while to tank before he finally slid the chips into the pot for a call.

The river was the and Pham didn't waste too much time betting 75,000. Smith fell into the tank again but this time he settled on a fold. He grabbed his cards and tossed them into the muck, while Pham slid his hand facedown to the dealer.

Pham has a clear cut grasp on the chip lead after scooping the huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	510,000	215,000
Justin Smith	200,000	-70,000

06-12-2013 21:50 UTC-7

Seidel Scoops Massive Pot; Tedschi Eliminated

Josh_Cahlik

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Action trickled around to Erik Seidel on the button and he came out with a raise to 8,000. Paul Tedeschi called him from the big blind and the two went heads up to the flop.

The dealer fanned and Tedeschi checked. Seidel fired out a continuation bet of 9,000 and Tedeschi came right back over the top for 25,000. Seidel went into the tank and repeatedly shuffled a small stack of orange t25,000 chips. He looked at his cards one more time then went back to shuffling.

"Raise," Seidel quietly said.

Seidel slowly and deliberately cut out a three-bet that made the action 80,000 to go. Tedeschi waited about fifteen seconds before declaring that he was all in Seidel took one more look at his cards and called.

Tedeschi:
Seidel:

Tedeschi managed to flop top two pair but it was nothing against Seidel's made straight. Tedeschi was looking to make a full house on the subsequent streets but did not get there as the turned and the rivered. The chips were counted to find Seidel had 236,000 which just covered Tedeschi's 226,000. The Frenchman hit he rail while Seidel dragged in the massive pot. He's currently sitting on about 485,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	485,000	210,000
Paul Tedeschi	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Paul Tedeschi

06-12-2013 20:01 UTC-7

Not So LuckyChewy

MrCleverFox

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Andrew Lichtenberger was just crippled, then eliminated by Connor Allisen and here's what happened:

Action folded to Allisen who raised to 6,000 from the button. From the small blind Lichtenberger reraised to 13,500. The big blind folded putting the action back on Allisen who reraised all in. After getting a count Lichtenberger made the call.

Allisen:
Lichtenberger:

The board was dealt out offering no help to Licthenberger who was forced to give up his chips to Allisen, leaving him with lessthan ten big blinds.

Shortly thereafter, Lichtenberger was eliminated from the tournament by Allisen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Allisen	161,000	101,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

06-12-2013 19:26 UTC-7

A Lesson In "Running Like God" By Timo Eckert

MrCleverFox

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

One of the newest chip leaders in the room is Timo Eckert. Short after moving to Eckert's table, Victor Ramdin got to experience what Eckert referred to as "running like god."

Ramdin moved all in for 128,400 before the flop and when faced with that decision Eckert made the call.

Ramdin:
Eckert:

The flop came safe for Ramdin when it fell . The turn offered a little sweat though, as it gave Eckert a slew of new outs.

"Please don't do it to me," Ramdin pleaded with the dealer and the poker gods.

But they did it to him when the fell on the river. Ramdin mumbled some expletives while Eckert came over to give some condolences.

"I've just been running like god for the last three days," he told Ramdin.

"Yeah you're running like god," Ramdin said pointing to the board. "And you're gonna need a lot more of it to ship this tournament."

Ramdin made his exit stage left, but still collected a little payday for his efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timo Eckert	325,000	325,000