Todd "Dandruff" Witteles Leads as 12 Advance to Day 3
What began with 170 players in Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em of the 2013 World Series of Poker is now down to the final 12. After ten one-hour levels of play on Day 2, the returning 103 players battled it out to make the money at the top eighteen, and tomorrow they’ll go for the $211,743 first-place prize. Todd "Dandruff" Witteles, who won a bracelet in the 2005 WSOP $3,000 Limit Hold'em for $347,385, is best positioned to make a run at the prize and the gold bracelet that comes with it.
That said, he is being chased by limit hold'em bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah and Greg "FBT" Mueller, who has two bracelets in limit hold'em and is looking to make his third final table of the summer!
The day began with a multitude of eliminations including those of Matt Matros, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Shawn Buchanan, Mike Leah, Ron Burke, Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker, Jason Mercier and Joe Cassidy.
It was about that time that the money bubble rolled around. It happened in with 19 people left in Level 17 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000. What could have taken a long time was over relatively quickly as Danny Warchol was extremely short. He got his last 10,000 or so all in with 
but was unable to win a race against Witteles' 
.
After Warchol hit the rail, the in-the-money eliminations began to mount. They included Brock Parker (18th - $11,337), David Chiu (17th - $11,337), Justin "Boosted J" Smith (16th - $11,337), Brent Wheeler (15th - $13,455), Vincent Gironda (14th - $13,455) and Bruno Fitoussi (13th - $13,455).
While many players fell on Day 2, a select few punched their ticket to Day 3 including Steve Landfish, Justin Bonomo, Michael Moore, Dom Denotaristefani, Gabriel Nassif and Ben Yu.
Here's how things will stack up on Day 3:
| Seat | Player | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | empty | - |
| 2 | Ben Yu | 41,000 |
| 3 | empty | - |
| 4 | Greg Mueller | 216,000 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Yass | 39,000 |
| 6 | empty | - |
| 7 | Justin Bonomo | 258,000 |
| 8 | Michael Moore | 387,000 |
| 9 | Gabriel Nassif | 141,000 |
| 1 | Jan Sjavik | 70,000 |
| 2 | Ronnie Bardah | 425,000 |
| 3 | empty | - |
| 4 | empty | - |
| 5 | empty | - |
| 6 | Steve Landfish | 142,000 |
| 7 | Todd Witteles | 442,000 |
| 8 | Brian Aleksa | 164,000 |
| 9 | Dom Denotaristefani | 225,000 |
The third and final day will begin at 14:00 PST, so join us then as look to crown a Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em champion. Until then, good night from the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada!
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, and Bardah improved to a full house to take the pot and eliminate Fitoussi. He'll earn $13,455 for his 13th-place finish.
flop when a raising war saw Vincent Gironda get his last 14,500 all in holding the 
, which was well out in front of Justin Bonomo's 
.
, and Wheeler bet out. Witteles raised, and Wheeler three-bet all in. Witteles called and the players turned up their cards.
and the 
, and Witteles won the hand with his pair of queens. Wheeler busted out in 15th place, earning $13,455.
, and the river the 
, putting two pair on board. Yu had a better two pair, though, with his kings and sevens. Yu took the pot, and Smith was crippled.
. Warchol needed either an ace or jack on the river to stay alive, but you already know neither came. Instead it was the 
and Warchol was sent packing as the bubble boy.
. Leah checked, Witteles bet, and Leah called. Then the hand started to get interesting. The turn was the 
, which was not one of Leah's outs, and he has been eliminated from the tournament.
