Here are the full list of chip counts as we enter the money.
2013 World Series of Poker
Terrence Hastoo was down to a few thousand chips, and on the first hand of hand-for-hand play, he was dealt the worst up-card in stud, the
. He couldn't help but laugh at the sight of it, tossed out the bring in, and folded when the action was back on him.
With just 1,000 remaining, he tossed in the ante of 500 on the second hand, the folded the
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On the third hand, he was automatically all in with the
, and David Moskowitz brought it in with the
. Andre Akkari called with the
, Helmut Koch called with the
, and Kenn Wittock completed with the
. Everyone folded, the hands were opened, and the boards ran out like this:
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Hastoo started with three to a flush, but proceeded to be dealt brick after brick, and was drawing dead on sixth street.
He hit the rail, while the remaining 32 players are all guaranteed a minimum of $3,889.
After continuously folding, Ryan Tepen was all in for his final 500 as an ante. Adam Friedman completed and Gary Benson made the call before folding to a bet on fifth after both players checked fourth.
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for a pair.
Friedman caught a
to Tepen's
and going into seventh Friedman failed to improve as he found the
. Tepen began squeezing out his final card needing an ace, king or jack to stay alive, but unfortunately he could only find the
to end his tournament in 34th place; just two shy from the money.
Adam Friedman completed and Gary Benson raised. Both players exchanged raises until it was capped with five bets. Friedman fired on fourth, fifth and sixth before Benson eventually released his hand.
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for a set to take the pot and move back over 100,000.
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Mizrachi brought it in, Chiu completed, Puchkov raised, and Joyce cold-called. Mizrachi and Chiu called the raise as well. The action checked to Joyce on fourth street, and she bet. Mizrachi raised, Chiu folded, and both Puchkov and Joyce called.
Mizrachi checked on fifth, Puchkov bet, and both Joyce and Mizrachi called.
All three players knuckled on sixth, and Joyce fired on seventh. Mizrachi quickly folded, and Puchkov tanked for well over a minute before folding as well.
The players started guessing the contents of Joyce's hand, and she offered to show it for $20. Nobody bit, and she mucked the winner facedown.
Prior to the level change, Frank Mariani was eliminated by Australian Gary Benson. We unfortunately missed the action, but Mariani held two aces against Benson's jacks-up. Mariani, a friend and colleague of the late great Dr. Jerry Buss hit the rail, hit the the rail just short of the money.
Level: 14
Limits: 500/2,000
Ante: 500
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A player brought it in with a deuce, Chen completed, and Seiver called. Chen led out on fourth, fifth, and sixth street, Seiver called all three bets, and Chen checked on seventh.
"I'm not even gunna try," Seiver said, checking behind. "I can't beat ace-high."
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for aces and kings, winning the pot.
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Zintel fired out a bet on fourth street, Weiss raised, two players folded, and Zintel called. Zintel check-called a bet on fifth, and when Weiss paired up on sixth, he led out. Zintel called. The two knuckled on seventh, and Zintel showed ![]()
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for a pair of kings. Weiss showed the
for two pair, and raked in the pot.
Andre Akkari had the bring in before a player moved all in for 1,400. Ben Cohen made the call before Akkari fired out for a double-bet on fourth. Cohen called, and then called a bet on fifth before leading on sixth before both players checked seventh.
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With Cohen slipping to 40,000, Akkari climbs to 55,000 and leaves just 37 players remaining in the tournament.