2013 World Series of Poker

Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
Day: 1
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Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦a♣
Prize
$606,317
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,425,200
Entries
516
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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And Quiet Flows the Don

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante
Don Nguyen (Seen Here on Day 3 of his $10,000 Heads-Up Run)
Don Nguyen (Seen Here on Day 3 of his $10,000 Heads-Up Run)

After making a deep run through Event #16 ($10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em) earlier in this 2013 World Series of Poker, where he finished in 2nd place to Mark Radoja, Don Nguyen is here today trying his hand in yet another big buy-in event.

Unfortunately for Nguyen, he was unable to recapture the magic of his heads-up run in a recent hand, dropping nearly half of his starting stack in the process.

We caught the action on the flop, with the board reading {4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, and Ron Minnis with a bet of 700 in front of him. Nguyen thought things over for a moment, before calling to see the {4-Hearts} arrive on the turn. Minnis immediately led out again, this time for 1,000, and again Nguyen called.

On the {10-Spades} river, Minnis rolled a bet of 4,000 into the pot, and Nguyen went into the tank, counting his stack and looking across the table with a quizzical expression.

"You can fold," said Minnis, leaning back in his chair. "You're making my heart pump over here."

With this apparent tell motivating him, Nguyen elected to look Minnis up, but he quickly mucked when he saw the {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for a full house on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen 		7,500
7,500
 7,500

Tags: Don Nguyen

Early One for Bari

donpeters
donpeters
Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

In the first level, after an under-the-gun raise to 200, Allen Bari called on the button. Tony Cousineau called from the small blind, then the big blind called as well.

The flop came down {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, and action checked to Bari. He bet 450, and only the big blind made the call. The turn was the {3-Spades}, and the big blind checked. Bari bet 1,600, and his opponent folded.

Tags: Allen BariTony Cousineau

The Guillotine

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Moments after winning a big pot against Don Nguyen, Ron Minnis has just given all of those chips back and them some, with French pro Manuel Bevand the recpient after a fortunate river card.

The action started on the turn, with the board showing {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Minnis checked to Bevand, and then called the Frenchman's bet of 1,500 to see the {4-Clubs} drop on the river.

Minnis then led out for 3,000, and Bevand slowly cut out enough chips for a raise, before pushing a stack of 9,700 forward. Minnis snap-called and rolled over {5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for trip sixes on the flop that had materialized into a straight.

Bevand revealed the {4-Spades}{6-Clubs}, however, and his trip sixes had transformed into an unbearable full house.

Still believing he had a lock on the hand, Minnis had to stand and peer across the table before discovering the bad news.

"You've got six-four?", he asked, "Damn, that really cut me back down."

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand 		23,450
8,450
 8,450
Ron Minnis
Ron Minnis
11,500
11,500
 11,500

Tags: Don NguyenManuel Bevand

Esfandiari's Two Pair Is Second Best

donpeters
donpeters
Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Faced with a bet of 2,000 on the {A-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop, Antonio Esfandiari made the call to see the {Q-Clubs} land on the turn. Esfandiari's opponent checked, and Esfandiari checked behind after a minute of thought.

On the river, the {4-Diamonds} completed the board. The first player checked the newly-provided pair of fours on the board, and Esfandiari bet 3,200. His opponent quickly called.

Esfandiari rolled over the {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, but his opponent's {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} proved better. Esfandiari lost the pot and dropped back to 10,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari 		10,000
-5,000
 -5,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

Golden Oldies

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante
TJ Cloutier (Seen Here in Earlier WSOP Competition)
TJ Cloutier (Seen Here in Earlier WSOP Competition)

With the Brasilia Room filled to the brim with several of poker's young guns, two of the game's founding fathers are duking it out at the same table.

World Series of Poker icon T.J. Cloutier and Full Tilt Poker computer programmer Steve Brecher recently played a small pot, with Brecher raising preflop and taking it down with a c-bet, but their conversation understandably focused on the age discrepancy between themselves and the field.

"I bet big and pushed him off, so I showed the deuce-seven offsuit for no pair," said Cloutier, speaking of a prior incident in which a younger player dared to disrespect the living legend. "Told him, 'Listen here whippersnapper, I've forgotten more about poker than you'll ever know...' After that the kid never said another word."

Player Chips Progress
Steve Brecher us
Steve Brecher 		16,750
16,750
 16,750
T.J. Cloutier us
T.J. Cloutier 		13,500
-1,500
 -1,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Steve BrecherT.J. Cloutier

Some Chip Counts

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren 		27,000
12,000
 12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin 		26,500
11,500
 11,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst 		19,000
4,000
 4,000
WSOP 3X Winner
PokerStars
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh 		18,500
3,500
 3,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings 		18,500
550
 550
WSOP 6X Winner
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija 		18,200
3,200
 3,200
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly 		17,500
2,500
 2,500
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann 		16,500
1,500
 1,500
Winamax
Tai Nguyen us
Tai Nguyen 		16,500
16,500
 16,500
Trevor Pope us
Trevor Pope 		16,500
16,500
 16,500
WSOP 1X Winner
David Peters us
David Peters 		13,700
-1,300
 -1,300
WSOP 2X Winner
T.J. Cloutier us
T.J. Cloutier 		13,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos 		13,500
13,500
 13,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith 		13,000
13,000
 13,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon 		12,200
-2,800
 -2,800
WSOP 1X Winner
GGPoker
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly 		11,400
-3,600
 -3,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson 		11,000
-4,000
 -4,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad 		11,000
-4,000
 -4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari 		2,800
-7,200
 -7,200
WSOP 3X Winner

Ludovic Riehl Survives the Death Stare

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Ludovic Riehl is a French pro with a great record in six-max events around the world, including a 40th place finish here in this year's WSOP (Event #22 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed), and today he is already displaying that proficiency for the shorthanded game.

We caught Riehl, who goes by the name "mikedou" online while playing as a Team Winamax team pro, playing a hand on the turn, with the board reading {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. After a player in the small blind checked, Riehl fired a bet of 3,250 forward, prompting his opponent to tank for over a minute before calling.

On the {a-Spades} river, the player then tanked for two minutes before tapping the table, and Riehl calmly moved the rest of his stack in the middle, for a 9,775 all in bet.

His opponent then went about as deep into the tank as you can dive without the clock being called, staring at Riehl in the next seat over for more than five minutes, counting out the chips to call and pump faking the fold a few times. Eventually, despite all of the theatrics, the player was convinced by Riehl's bet, and his hand was finally tossed to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Riehl fr
Ludovic Riehl 		21,500
21,500
 21,500
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