2013 World Series of Poker

Event #27: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Mixed Max)
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$372,387
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,618,890
Entries
593
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Stout Looking For Another Big Showing

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante
Matt Stout
Matt Stout

We just spotted Matt Stout in the field, fresh off his second-place finish in yesterday's Event #21: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) for $313,370. That second-place finish marked Stout's third final table in the last three years, he finished third in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event last year for $192,813 and eighth in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event in 2010 as well for $63,032.

Stout looks to improve upon his finish from last night with another good run today but Stout has some work to do as he has already lost one third of his stack in a recent hand:

On a board of {4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts} action checked to Stout who was on button. He bet 1,350 and was called by the player in the cutoff. The player in the hijack seat made a check raise to 2,850. Stout tanked a bit before folding his hand, as did the player in the cutoff.

Stout still has plenty of chips to work with though as he looks for another deep run here in Event #27.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
6,000
-3,000
-3,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Mizzi Eliminated Early

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Sorel Mizzi had all his chips in front of him with the all in button as well. The board read {j-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and Mizzi was showing {q-}{q-}. His opponent had made the call and flipped up {2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. That made two pair and it won the pot.

After closely counting out the chips Mizzi had slightly less then his opponent which meant Mizzi's time was up here as he was an early casualty.

Player Chips Progress
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
Busted

Metaal Undercover

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Ryan D'Angelo raised on the button, Govert Metaal, who looks like he's undercover, wearing a WSOP hoodie and sunglasses, three-bet to 625 out of the big blind, and D'Angelo called.

The flop fell {2-Hearts}{a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, Metaal led out for 400, and D'Angelo called. The turn was the {5-Hearts}, both players knuckled, and a repeat five - the {5-Diamonds} - completed the board. Metaal checked again, D'Angelo tossed out 800, and Metaal tank-called.

"You win," D'Angelo said, frustrated that Metaal took so long to call.

He showed {k-Spades}{j-Spades} for king-high, which Metaal had beat with {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for a pair of queens. Metaal took an early hit and is still below the starting stack of 9,000.

Player Chips Progress
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
7,300
-1,700
-1,700
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
5,200
-3,800
-3,800
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Govert MetaalRyan D'Angelo

Eslami Off to a Fast Start, Despite Doubling Jarvis

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

When we reached the table, we noticed that Ali Eslami had already chipped up above 20,000. He also had a four-bet of 2,200 sitting in front of him, and his opponent, Matthew Jarvis, moved all in for 7,650.

"I'm pretty much free rolling," Eslami said, referring to an earlier hand where he apparently beat Jarvis.

Eslami called, tabling {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}, and he was racing against Jarvis' {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

The board came {8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}{6-Clubs}, and Jarvis doubled. Eslami is still very healthy with 17,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
17,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Jarvis
Matthew Jarvis
11,000
2,000
2,000

Tags: Ali EslamiMatthew Jarvis

Counts

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
17,400
8,400
8,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Ben Sulsky us
Ben Sulsky
15,000
15,000
15,000
Run It Once
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
13,000
4,000
4,000
LaVonne Joyce
LaVonne Joyce
12,300
3,300
3,300
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
10,600
1,600
1,600
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
10,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
9,600
600
600
Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
9,400
-400
-400
James Mackey us
James Mackey
9,300
300
300
WSOP 1X Winner
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
9,200
9,200
9,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
9,000
9,000
9,000
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
8,500
8,500
8,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
8,400
8,400
8,400
Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
7,200
-1,800
-1,800
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
7,200
-1,800
-1,800
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
6,300
-2,700
-2,700
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
5,800
5,800
5,800
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
5,600
5,600
5,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Kasra Khodayarkhani us
Kasra Khodayarkhani
5,500
-3,500
-3,500
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
5,300
-3,700
-3,700
David Singer us
David Singer
4,500
-4,500
-4,500
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
2,600
-6,400
-6,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Andreas Hoivoid
Andreas Hoivoid
2,400
-6,600
-6,600

Olisar Looking For Fifth Cash of the Summer

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante
Ryan Olisar
Ryan Olisar

Ryan Olisar has been making deep runs all summer here at the World Series of Poker. Most recently he finished 36th in Event #21: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed). He also has one final table already this summer in Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry. Today he's off to a great start and has already tripled his stack.

In the most recent hand we saw from Olisar, a player opened to 300 and Olisar called from the button.

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and the opening raiser bet 425 into Olisar who called on the button. On the {8-Diamonds} turn, the opener continued with a bet of 1,050. Olisar raised to 2,450 and got a call from the opener.

On the river {4-Diamonds} the player who opened checked to Olisar. Olisar moved all in with a covering stack, more than 13,250. The player went into the tank for almost 10 minutes. He apologized to the table for taking so long. Eventually he announced a call.

"Nuts," Olisar said turning over the {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

His opponent looked dejected, but eventually shipped the chips over to Olisar and took his leave from the tournament.

After that hand Olisar has a huge stack here on day one as he looks for his fifth cash of the summer.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
30,000
21,000
21,000