Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #42: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Matros KOs Two More Just Before Break
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
If Matt Matros hadn't established himself as the chip leader yet he's definitely done so now.
Just before break Matros raised to 900 from early position. The player directly to his left moved all in. Action folded to the player in the cutoff who moved all in over the top. Action folded all the way back around to Matros who snap called.
Matros: 
Early Position All In: 
Cutoff: 
Matros was in a great position to notch two more knock outs when no one improved on the 
flop. The turn was the 
leaving Matros out front. The river was safe for Matros too when it fell the 
. After that hand, Matros stacked his chips into the break. He has breached the 70,000 chip mark and looks to have more than anyone else in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,500 | |
|
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All About The Benjamins (A Title by Jamie Rosen)
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We came to Jamie Rosen's table just as it was about to break. While we were moving to the table, a pot of over 40,000 chips had be piled into the middle of the table. We asked Rosen for the preflop action and he informed us what had happened.
From middle position a player raised, he was called by Andrew Watson, before Gregory Benjamins reraised to 4,550. With action back on the first player he moved all in for roughly 18,000. Watson then moved all in over the top for roughly 26,000. With action back to Benjamins, he went into the tank for several minutes. He had a covering stack on both players.
Benjamins stood up from his chair and rustled with is hat while talking himself through his decision out loud, speculating what hands the players could have and more. Eventually, the tank had gone on long enough and Rosen called for a clock while Benjamins was thinking.
"If you had aces here, you'd be my official favorite person," Watson said to Benjamins before Rosen called the clock.
About 15 seconds into his clock, Benjamins flashed his hand 
, whether accidental or not this is unknown, then he announced a call, creating an almost 70,000 chip pot.
First All In Player: 
Watson: 
Benjamins:
The board came out 
giving the chop pot to Benjamins and Watson. The all in player was eliminated. As the floor was already at the table, he gave Benjamins a one round penalty for exposing his hand before making a decision. Benjamins accepted what happened, and all the players began moving to their new table.
"I can see the headline now," Rosen said, putting his hand above his head. "All about the Benjamins."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | |
|
35,000 |
J.J. Liu Done
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We caught up to J.J. Liu before the flop and she was all in against two other players for her tournament life.
Player 1: 
Player 2:
Liu: 
The board rolled out 
and that was it for Liu who was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
A Lesson In Punting by AP Phahurat
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
AP Phahurat had one of the biggest stacks in the room which was just about 50,000 but now it's experienced quite a bit of shrinkage. We didn't catch the hand, but Phahurat took to twitter to explain what happened to his monster stack:
Welp first punt of the summer, or in a while actually. 5b rip A3o btn vs co 1010 for 50k ... #didnotwin #braceletpuntingFollow @LegitAP47
When we got to the table to count what was left of Phahurat's stack, he had shoved all in with a covering stack over another players all in. Everyone folded and the two were headed to a showdown.
All in: 
Phahurat: 
The board rolled out 
giving Phahurat trips and the knockout blow, and he was able to recover a few of his lost chips. He's nowhere near where he once was, but every little bit counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
"The Master" Becomes the Student
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We didn't see his last hand, but Men "The Master" Nguyen was exchanging pleasantries with his tablemates on his way out the door. He's no longer one of the living in this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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Color Up!
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
The players are taking a short break to color out the green T25 chips.
Break it Down Counts
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
Here are some chip counts from the some players while they are on break:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
88,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
51,250
51,250
|
51,250 |
|
||
|
|
40,000 | |
|
35,700
20,300
|
20,300 |
|
||
|
35,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
28,300
-6,700
|
-6,700 |
|
24,600
-400
|
-400 |
|
||
|
16,100
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
11,000
-300
|
-300 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Last Two Levels
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
The players are now playing out the last two levels of the night. There are less than 100 players until the money bubble bursts, so we may see who the bubble boy is tonight.