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

06-20-2013 19:45 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Moore	39,000 9,500	9,500
Steven Wolansky	25,000

Matt Matros	22,500 2,000	2,000

Joseph Cheong	22,000 8,000	8,000

Daniel Negreanu	21,000 8,000	8,000

Jeff Shulman	21,000 1,000	1,000
J.J. Liu	18,000 4,000	4,000
Daniel Idema	17,000 5,000	5,000

Chris Tryba	16,000 5,000	5,000

Dario Alioto	15,500 500	500

David "ODB" Baker	13,000 1,000	1,000

Shawn Buchanan	9,000 600	600

Carlos Mortensen	2,000 3,200	3,200

Defending Champ is Down

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Last year in this very event, Benjamin Scholl could do no wrong as he ultimately captured his first gold bracelet and the 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 halt in today's tournament as the defending champ has already been eliminated.

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:
Chen:

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 flop. Scholl was looking for some help on the turn, but instead the left him drawing dead as Chen improved to trips. The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure as Scholl made a beeline for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Scholl	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Scholl Sean Chen

06-20-2013 19:55 UTC-8

A Couple Eliminations

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Israelashivili	Busted
Matt Glantz	Busted

John Hennigan	Busted

06-20-2013 19:59 UTC-8

Yu Forces Fold

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Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Ben Yu raised preflop, and action folded around to Darin Thomas, who defended his big blind. The flop came , and Thomas check-called Yu's bet, then check-called again when the hit the felt on the turn. The river was the , and Thomas again checked to Yu, who bet out. Thomas thought for a minute, counted out the chips to call, then put them back in his stack and slid his cards toward the dealer.

Yu is now up to 32,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	32,000 13,000	13,000

06-20-2013 20:07 UTC-8

More Chip Counts

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Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	30,000 7,000	7,000

Ben Yu	28,000 4,000	4,000

Artem Litvinov	27,000 11,000	11,000
David Chiu	25,000 4,000	4,000

Eric Froehlich	25,000 5,500	5,500

Jonathan Tamayo	20,000 5,000	5,000

Gabriel Nassif	19,500 8,500	8,500

Bill Chen	19,000 2,600	2,600

Darin Thomas	16,000 3,500	3,500
Andy Bloch	13,500 1,500	1,500

Jeff Lisandro	11,000

Justin Smith	10,000 4,700	4,700
John Monnette	8,000 4,500	4,500

Rep Porter	8,000

Joe Kuether	4,000 8,000	8,000
Barry Shulman	3,000 10,600	10,600

06-20-2013 20:08 UTC-8

Chip Counts Approaching Dinner Break

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Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	29,500 11,000	11,000

David Chiu	28,000 3,000	3,000

Justin Bonomo	24,000 9,000	9,000

Bill Chen	23,000 4,000	4,000

Barry Greenstein	21,500 4,500	4,500

Matt Matros	20,000 2,500	2,500

Gabriel Nassif	16,500 3,000	3,000

Maria Ho	11,500 3,500	3,500
Sam Grizzle	7,000 2,200	2,200
John Monnette	7,000 1,000	1,000

Joe Kuether	4,000

06-20-2013 20:13 UTC-8

Former Main Event Champion Down

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

David "ODB" Baker raised to 600 from middle position and action folded around to 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen, who made the call from the big blind. Mortensen then checked the flop, Baker bet and Mortensen woke up with a check-raise to 600, leaving himself the same amount behind. Baker pushed back with a three-bet and then called when Mortensen four-bet all in.

Mortensen:
Baker:

Baker held top set, which meant Mortensen was in need of either an ace or running diamons. The turn was no help and neither was the river. Mortensen silently gathered his things and exited the Amazon Room.