2013 World Series of Poker

Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$525,272
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,161
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Hands #93-96 Allan Vrooman Eliminated in 3rd Place ($230,178)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Allan Vrooman
Allan Vrooman

Hand #93- Peter Hengsakul made it 100,000 from the button, and Allan Vrooman, who was the lone blind, reraised to 350,000. Hengsakul folded, and Vrooman collected the pot.

Hand #94- Hengsakul had the button again, and he made it 100,000 to go. Jared Hamby defended his big blind, and the flop came down {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. Hamby check called a bet of 100,000, and the turn was the {3-Hearts}. Hamby checked again, and this time around, Hengsakul fired out 425,000. Hamby tanked for about a minute before calling, and the river was the {a-Clubs}. Hamby checked a third time, and Hengsakul moved all in. Hamby sat back in his chair, shuffling his chips as he contemplated the decision. He ended up folding his hand, and Hengsakul took down another pot.

Hand #95- Vrooman made it 125,000 on the button, and Hengsakul reraised to 375,000. Vrooman quickly moved all in for about 1.7 million total, and Hengsakul tanked for a minute before calling.

Hengsakul: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Vrooman: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

It was another classic coin flip to decide a huge all in confrontation at this final table, and Vrooman's eight's survived the {9-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{10-Spades} flop. Hengsakul was looking for any paint card to win the hand, and while the {9-Spades} on the turn wasn't that, it did bring the {9-Spades}, giving counterfeit outs to Hengsakul. Half the deck would work for him, and the {j-Hearts} on the river gave Hengsakul broadway, knocking out Vrooman in 3rd.

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Huge Double for Hamby

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Jared Hamby in final table action
Jared Hamby in final table action

Hand #121: Jared Hamby raised to 130,000 and won the pot.

Hand #122: Peter Hengsakul raised to 120,000 and Jared Hamby three-bet to 340,000 from the big blind. Hengsakul paused momentarily before making the call as the dealer dropped a {10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop.

Hamby grabbed an assortment of chips and slid out a bet amounting to 315,000. Hengsakul moved all in and Hamby instantly called for his 1,260,000-chip stack total.

Hamby: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Hengsakul: {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

The {A-Diamonds} on the turn changed nothing, and when the {7-Clubs} paired the board on the river, Hamby doubled through to 3.2 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Hengsakul us
Peter Hengsakul
6,505,000
-1,920,000
-1,920,000
Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
3,220,000
1,920,000
1,920,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jared HambyPeter Hengsakul

Peter Hengsakul Eliminated in 2nd Place ($325,780); Jared Hamby Wins!

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Peter Hengsakul - 2nd place
Peter Hengsakul - 2nd place

Hand #140: Peter Hengsakul raised to 160,000 and Jared Hamby moved all in. After re-checking his hand, Hengsakul made the call for his 1,800,000-chip stack.

Hamby: {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Hengsakul: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

As the crowd rose to their feet, the dealer spread a {4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} flop to keep Hengsakul in the lead, but it would be {K-Clubs} on the turn that would see Hamby's rail erupt with cheers.

With Hengsakul needing to spike a two-outer to stay alive, the {7-Hearts} on the river would unfortunately not be it as he was sent to the rail in 2nd place for a $325,780 payday while Hamby went rushing to his rail for congratulatory hugs.

"You avenged me! You avenged me!" screamed one of Hamby's railbirds in Griffin Benger in reference to the aces against kings beat he took at the hands of Hengsakul to bust in 12th place.

Tags: Jared HambyPeter Hengsakul

Jared Hamby Wins Event #40 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em ($525,272)

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Jared Hamby Winner
Jared Hamby Winner

After three full days of poker, another champion has been crowned at the 2013 World Series of Poker. That player is Jared Hamby, who took down Event #40 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em by overcoming a big chip deficit heads up. Hamby beat out 2,160 other poker players on route to winning his first gold bracelet, and $525,272 for first place.

22 players came back today, and it did not take long to get to the mothership. Along the way, Peter Hengsakul sucked out on Griffin Benger in a huge hand on the river that saw Hengsakul take 25% of the chips in play with 12 players to go.

Allen Cunningham was eliminated on the official final table bubble, and the eliminations didn’t slow down once the players got to the main stage. David Nicholson was the first person eliminated on Hand #14, when his {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} couldn’t catch against the {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds} of Matt Berkey. Fred Berger then went out in 8th, and Richard Dubini shortly followed him out, after being crippled in a huge hand against Brazilian Joao Dorneles Neto.

Matt Berkey had been grinded down to just 325,000 when he shoved with {K-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Jared Hamby looked him up with {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, and after Hamby flopped trip jacks to send Berkey packing. Neto went out next when his flopped top pair was no good against the flopped middle set of Hengsakul.

Nicolas Fierro was next to go after losing a huge pot to Jared Hamby to lose most of his chips. His {ac]{5-Spades} was no match for the {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs} of Allan Vrooman, and he bowed out in 4th. Speaking of Vrooman, he was next to go three handed after losing a race to Hengsakul to get us to heads up between Hengsakul and Hamby.

Hamby started the heads up at a severe chip disadvantage, and he had to get lucky twice to stay in the tournament. In the first hand, Hamby got it in good with {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, and after Hengsakul paired the flop, he rivered a better pair. On the second one, Hamby got it in with top pair against the bottom two pair of Hengsakul, only to counterfeit him with running deuces. On the final hand, it was king-ten again that hit for Hamby, as he outran the pocket fives of Hengsakul.

Lynn Gilmartin was table-side to speak our champion straight after his win:

Congratulations again to Jared Hamby, the latest champion of the 2013 WSOP. Tune in tomorrow to see who will take home the next gold bracelet! Until then, so long from the Rio!

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