2013 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$432,411
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,731
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Wasicka Misses his Straight, Loses 100,000 Pot

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Paul Wasicka
Paul Wasicka

As we arrived the flop was already out there: {7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. In front of the small blind was 2,900, while the big blind had 9,100 laying out there. Paul Wasicka, who played the hand from middle position, had the All In token in front of him, indicating he had put all of his 126,000 in the middle. The small blind pushed his stack forward and the big blind folded.

Wasicka was looking for a ten or five as he tabled {6-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for the open-ended straight draw. The small blind was the proud owner of a set with {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} and would see his hand hold: {9-Diamonds} on the turn and {K-Clubs} on the river. Wasicka counted 48,700 and pushed them to the small blind.

Paul WasickaLost a huge one
Player Chips Progress
Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
80,000
-46,100
-46,100

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Stein Making a Charge

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Bracelet winner Sam Stein was hovering around a slight above average stack for most of the day yesterday before making a late surge and ending with 74,500. Well it looks like he has carried that momentum into today, as he is already pushing 100,000, and has emerged as one of our big stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
98,000
23,500
23,500

Russell Thomas Wins a Flip

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Russell Thomas, fourth in last years Main Event for $2,851,537, just made a three bet from the cutoff. His opponent Terry Oswald had opened to 4,200 but before we could count how much Thomas had made it, Oswald had already announced all in and Thomas had already snap called.

"Ok, how bad is it?" asked Oswald as he turned over {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. Thomas showed {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} and added "I'm pretty good at these." And good he was as he spiked a king on the flop: {K-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}. The {2-Hearts} on the turn and the {6-Spades} on the river did him no harm and he could start stacking chips. Thomas made several uneven stacks out of his newly acquired chips so we had a lot of trouble counting. It looked like at least 120,000 but we're not a hundred percent sure.

Player Chips Progress
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
130,000
36,000
36,000
Terry Oswald us
Terry Oswald
Busted

Tags: Russell Thomas

Next Round of KO's

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Eric Ornstein us
Eric Ornstein
Busted
David Thompson us
David Thompson
Busted
Kiran Srinivas us
Kiran Srinivas
Busted
Rick Grayson us
Rick Grayson
Busted
William Cummings us
William Cummings
Busted
Franklin Caldwell us
Franklin Caldwell
Busted
Pierre Milan fr
Pierre Milan
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
David Nelson us
David Nelson
Busted
Jed Hoffman us
Jed Hoffman
Busted
Ken McKay ca
Ken McKay
Busted
Lyle Demoline ca
Lyle Demoline
Busted
Todd Akiyama us
Todd Akiyama
Busted
Pedro Rios us
Pedro Rios
Busted
Chad Luongo us
Chad Luongo
Busted
AP Phahurat us
AP Phahurat
Busted
Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton
Busted
Shane Douglas us
Shane Douglas
Busted
Jaska Russell us
Jaska Russell
Busted
Alex Bolotin us
Alex Bolotin
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Marc Raby ca
Marc Raby
Busted
Randy Antrikin us
Randy Antrikin
Busted
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
Busted

Thomas Clashes with Ramdin

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We're not sure what happened, but a 120,000 pot just went Ramdin's way and Russell Thomas was the one parting with those chips. On the table we saw {2-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{9-Spades} | {6-Spades} | {8-Spades} and Ramdin's hand was {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Thomas his hand was mucked already and he was counting out chips to give to Ramdin.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
124,000
49,200
49,200
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
67,000
-63,000
-63,000

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Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

We Have a New Chip Leader

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mohsin Charania
Mohsin Charania

The hijack opened to, what appeared, 3,500 and Mohsin Charania on the button made the call. The player in the small blind made a three-bet to an unknown amount and both the hijack and Charania made the call. Three players saw the {2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop and the small blind bet out 13,500. The hijack folded immediately but Charania on the button made the call. The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and appeared harmless. The small blind checked to Charania who bet a mere 9,000. The small blind thought for a second and then announced all in. Charania made the call instantly and had the small blind drawing slim with his {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}. Only an eight could save the small blind who had tabled {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. The {9-Clubs} on the river was just adding insult to injury and didn't help the small blind.

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
241,000
-19,000
-19,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Madsen Gone

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We're just a little bit too late, a little bit too often today. Again we missed all the action but again we were in time to write down the cards. Jeff Madsen was leaving the table and his chips were on their way to the small blind. From the cutoff Madsen had gotten it in with {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. The small blind had {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds} but at what moment the chips went in is unclear. The board didn't improve anyone with {Q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{5-Diamonds} | {5-Hearts} | {5-Clubs}. Both made a full house out of their pocket pair, but the kings from the small blind stayed best.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Jeff Madsen