2013 World Series of Poker

Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$211,743
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$799,000
Entries
170
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 170
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Notable End of Day 1 Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
94,600
4,600
4,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Slavko Todorovic it
Slavko Todorovic
64,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Brent Wheeler us
Brent Wheeler
57,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
54,800
14,800
14,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vincent Gironda us
Vincent Gironda
49,100
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
46,600
7,600
7,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
46,100
100
100
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
42,700
21,700
21,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
42,200
7,200
7,200
Profile photo of Todd Witteles us
Todd Witteles
38,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Kwon us
Chris Kwon
37,400
7,600
7,600
Profile photo of Michael Moore us
Michael Moore
37,300
10,700
10,700
Profile photo of Robert Como us
Robert Como
35,100
35,100
35,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Meinders us
Brian Meinders
34,500
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
33,200
1,800
1,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of J.J. Liu
J.J. Liu
33,100
1,400
1,400
Profile photo of David Chiu us
David Chiu
32,400
5,400
5,400
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
32,100
32,100
32,100
Profile photo of Ron Burke us
Ron Burke
31,500
16,500
16,500
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
30,300
4,700
4,700
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
29,600
9,600
9,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
27,700
6,700
6,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ben Stark
Ben Stark
26,100
7,600
7,600
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
25,900
1,900
1,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Lefkowitz us
Matt Lefkowitz
25,900
3,100
3,100

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Mueller Holds Monster Day 1 Chip Lead; Bonomo & Bardah Thrive

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Greg Mueller Chip Leader
Greg Mueller Chip Leader

The 2013 World Series of Poker continued Thursday evening with the start of Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em. The tournament attracted 170 runners—up four from last year's field of 166—and created a prize pool of $799,000. That will be distributed to the top 18 players with the eventual winner taking home $211,743. The man best positioned to make a run at the top prize of the 103 surviving players is monster chip leader Greg "FBT" Mueller, who finished with 94,600 after eight one-hour levels of play.

Given that it was a limit event, it took awhile for the action to heat up. When it did, the defending champ, Benjamin Scholl, was among the first to go. Last year Scholl could do no wrong as he captured the gold bracelet and accompanying $206,760 first-place prize. Five days ago, Scholl's run good continued as he finished runner-up to Tom Schneider in Event #29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $197,228. Unfortunately Scholl's momentum came to a screeching in the fourth level of the day.

It happened when Scholl, who had dwindled down to 800, raised to 600 from the cutoff. Sean Chen responded with a three-bet to 900 from the small blind, and after the big got out of the way, Scholl called off.

Scholl: {j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Chen: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Scholl seemed a bit frustrated, and understandably so as he was having the polar-opposite experience than a year ago. With that said, he was drawing to live cards. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Scholl had a 30.98% of surviving the hand, though that dropped to 16.36% on the {k-Spades}{a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} flop. Scholl was looking for some help on the turn, but instead the {K-Diamonds} left him drawing dead as Chen improved to trips. The meaningless {7-Spades} was run out on the river for good measure as Scholl made a beeline for the exit.

Others who joined him over the next five levels were Micah Raskin, John Hennigan, Carlos Mortensen, John Monnette, Mothel Santoro, Andy Bloch, Josh Arieh, Dan Kelly, JC Tran, Sam Grizzle, Maria Ho and Nick Abou Risk.

Not everyone was as unlucky as the aforementioned. Among the notables who survived the day were Todorovic Slavko (64,900), Brent Wheeler (57,500), Ronnie Bardah (54,800), Justin Bonomo (46,600), Brock Parker (46,100), Mike Leah (42,700), Jeff Shulman (42,200), Todd Witteles (38,200), Terrence Chan (35,000), Joe Cassidy (32,200), David Chiu (32,400), Ben Yu (30,300), Barry Greenstein (29,600), Mohsin Charania (27,700), Phil Ivey (24,200), Alexander Kostritsyn (17,000) and Daniel Negreanu (15,900).

Day 2 action is set to begin at 14:00 PST, so join us then as we bring you all the limit hold’em action you can handle from the Amazon Room inside the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas!

Tags: Benjamin SchollGreg MuellerJustin Bonomo

Official Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
94,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Slavko Todorovic it
Slavko Todorovic
64,100
100
100
Profile photo of Brent Wheeler us
Brent Wheeler
57,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
54,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Aleksa us
Brian Aleksa
54,400
54,400
54,400
Profile photo of Vincent Gironda us
Vincent Gironda
49,100
Profile photo of Jeffrey Yass
Jeffrey Yass
48,200
48,200
48,200
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
46,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
46,100
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
43,600
11,600
11,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
42,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
42,200
Profile photo of Brian Tate us
Brian Tate
42,100
42,100
42,100
Profile photo of Tam Hang us
Tam Hang
42,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ray Dehkharghani us
Ray Dehkharghani
38,400
38,400
38,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Todd Witteles us
Todd Witteles
38,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Kwon us
Chris Kwon
37,900
500
500
Profile photo of Michael Moore us
Michael Moore
37,300
Profile photo of Paul Sokoloff gb
Paul Sokoloff
35,700
8,700
8,700
Profile photo of Danny Warchol
Danny Warchol
35,500
35,500
35,500
Profile photo of Matthew Schreiber us
Matthew Schreiber
35,400
35,400
35,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Robert Como us
Robert Como
35,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dom Denotaristefani
Dom Denotaristefani
34,900
34,900
34,900
Profile photo of Brian Meinders us
Brian Meinders
34,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Marwan Abdelal
Marwan Abdelal
34,100
34,100
34,100

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Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

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