Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-20-2013 18:43 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Tamayo	15,000 15,000	15,000

Bruno Fitoussi	15,000 15,000	15,000
Paul Sokoloff	15,000
Matt Lefkowitz	15,000 15,000	15,000
David "ODB" Baker	15,000 15,000	15,000

John Hennigan	15,000 15,000	15,000

Beginning to See Eliminations

Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

With fairly large starting stacks and relatively low limits early in the event, it can take a few levels before the first bustout. But in level three, we've had at least one elimination.

The first bustout that we noticed was Arkadiy Tsinis, who has left the tournament area with no chips in front of his former seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arkadiy Tsinis	Busted

Tags: Arkadiy Tsinis

06-20-2013 18:55 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Around the Room

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Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Chiu	31,000 10,500	10,500

Michael Moore	29,500 500	500
Ronnie Bardah	26,000 8,000	8,000

Ben Yu	23,000 5,000	5,000

Andre Akkari	20,000 5,500	5,500

Bill Chen	19,000 2,000	2,000

Mike Leah	18,500 3,500	3,500

Joe Kuether	18,000 2,000	2,000
Andy Bloch	15,000 4,500	4,500

Joseph Cheong	14,000 1,000	1,000

John Hennigan	10,000 5,000	5,000

Sam Grizzle	8,000 7,000	7,000
Rep Porter	8,000 7,000	7,000

06-20-2013 18:56 UTC-8

Grizzle Getting Low Early

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Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Sam Grizzle opened with a middle position raise and Stuart Rutter three-bet from the next seat over. Action folded back around to Grizzle who tossed out a call.

The flop brought and Grizzle check-called a continuation bet. The turn was the and Grizzle checked again. Rutter shot out another bet and Grizzle stuck around. The finished the board and Grizzle check-called once more.

Rutter slapped down onto the felt.

"It's good," said Grizzle as he shook his head. Grizzle tossed his hand away and is now down to about 4,800. Rutter, on the other hand, is now sitting on about 17,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stuart Rutter	17,500 2,500	2,500
Sam Grizzle	4,800 3,200	3,200

Tags: Sam Grizzle Stuart Rutter

06-20-2013 18:57 UTC-8

Raskin Done in by Liu

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Micah Raskin is known as a go-big-or-go-home player, and today it ended up being the latter result.

Raskin was down to his last 400 when he moved in from middle position. The players in the hijack and cutoff called, J.J. Liu did the same from the small blind and then the big raised it up. Three calls followed and a side pot was created.

All four active players checked the flop and the dealer burned and turned the . Liu was first to act and bet 600, the big blind immediately raised to 1,200 and both the hijack and cutoff folded. Liu took a moment before three-betting to 1,800 and the big blind snap-folded. Liu tabled the for trips, and Raskin was in trouble with his .

"Bink," Raskin quipped as the dealer put out the river. It was the . Raskin couldn't bink a ten and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
J.J. Liu	16,000 2,000	2,000
Micah Raskin	Busted

Tags: J.J. Liu Micah Raskin

06-20-2013 19:15 UTC-8

Various Chip Counts from Around the Room

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Froehlich	30,500 17,000	17,000

David Chiu	29,000 2,000	2,000

Daniel Negreanu	29,000 4,000	4,000

Matt Matros	24,000 500	500

Andre Akkari	23,000 3,000	3,000

Jeff Shulman	20,000 5,000	5,000
Ben Yu	19,000 4,000	4,000

Bill Chen	16,400 2,600	2,600

Maria Ho	15,000
David "ODB" Baker	14,000 1,000	1,000

Barry Shulman	13,600 1,400	1,400

John Monnette	12,500 1,000	1,000

Joe Kuether	12,000 6,000	6,000
Daniel Idema	12,000 3,000	3,000

Chris Tryba	11,000 1,900	1,900

Shawn Buchanan	9,600 5,400	5,400

Michael Schneider	7,300 200	200
Sorel Mizzi	7,100 7,900	7,900
Justin Smith	5,300 6,200	6,200
Carlos Mortensen	5,200 9,800	9,800

06-20-2013 19:20 UTC-8

Liu Rivers Straight

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Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Matt Matros, J.J. Liu, and two other players saw a flop of . Action checked to Matros, who bet out, and everyone called. The turn was the , and Matros again bet out. This time, only J.J. Liu called. On the river, Matros bet out again, but Liu raised. Matros called the raise, and Liu turned over for a rivered straight. Matros showed before sliding his cards toward the muck.

After the hand, Liu is up to 22,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Matros	24,500 500	500

J.J. Liu	22,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: J.J. Liu JJ Liu Matt Matros

Level: 4

Limits: 300/600

Ante:

06-20-2013 19:23 UTC-8

Updated 2013 WSOP POY Leader Board (6-20-13)

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Current 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Standings

Place	Player	Points
1	Daniel Negreanu	459.28
2	Tom Schneider	427.88
3	Daniel Kelly	344.70
4	Matt Waxman	300.00
5	Benny Chen	300.00
6	Mark Radoja	292.50
7	Matthew Ashton	289.75
8	Mike Matusow	268.75
9	Charles Sylvestre	260.00
10	Jason Duval	256.25

06-20-2013 19:43 UTC-8

Straight for Tran and Bardah

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Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

JC Tran bet out on the flop with the board reading . Ronnie Bardah called, and the dealer turned the . Tran bet again, but this time Bardah raised. Tran called, and the fell on the river. Bardah bet out, and Tran raised. Bardah called and turned over . Tran also turned over , and the players split the pot with matching straights.