2013 World Series of Poker

Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$546,080
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,247
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Yun Lo us
Yun Lo
140,000 140,000
Tue Phan us
Tue Phan
115,000 115,000
Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
WSOP 3X Winner
109,500 100,500
Brent Becker us
Brent Becker
108,400 108,400
Tripp Kirk us
Tripp Kirk
101,300
Thomas Butzhammer de
Thomas Butzhammer
92,900
Charles Nelson Robinson us
Charles Nelson Robinson
91,400 91,400
Lily Newhouse us
Lily Newhouse
90,300 300
Craig Carrillo us
Craig Carrillo
88,800 88,800
Thomas Lutz us
Thomas Lutz
87,800 87,800
Robert Bonneau ca
Robert Bonneau
86,500 86,500
Jeremy Joseph us
Jeremy Joseph
84,800 84,800
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
84,600
Mark Wahba us
Mark Wahba
84,200 84,200
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
80,900
Daryl Katz us
Daryl Katz
80,800 80,800
Sergei Stazhkov ru
Sergei Stazhkov
80,000
Russell Crane us
Russell Crane
79,700
Derek Dempsey us
Derek Dempsey
79,400 -600
Dario Pavan ca
Dario Pavan
79,000 79,000
Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
78,000 18,000
Walter Metella ca
Walter Metella
77,300 77,300
James Anderson us
James Anderson
WSOP 1X Winner
77,000
Joshua Schiffman us
Joshua Schiffman
76,200 76,200
Taras Kripps ca
Taras Kripps
75,000 75,000

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Tripp Kirk Leads as Bubble Looms in Event #49

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Tripp Kirk
Tripp Kirk

Tripp Kirk looks to be the chip leader going into Day 2 of Event #49, the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. Kirk turned his 4,500 starting stack into a tournament leading 101,000 chips and is the man to catch when play resumes on Friday afternoon.

Kirk is a regular on the WSOP Circuit where he has 19 cashes and a handful of final table appearances. Kirk also has two WSOP in the money finishes on his poker résumé; a 70th place finish in a $1,000 buy-in event in 2010 and a 16th place finish in a $1,500 event in 2011.

Hot on Kirk’s heels are a plethora of talented players and big name professional players. Germany’s Thomas Butzhammer has 92,900 chips, which are enough to place him second overall going into Day 2. Butzhammer has two cashes so far at the 2013 WSOP and is odds on to make the money in this event.

Other notables vying for the $546,080 first place prize and the coveted WSOP bracelet include Lily Newhouse (90,000), Ryan Reiss (84,600), Dutchman Govert Metaal (80,900), the in-form Russell Crane (79,700), Eric Baldwin (73,900), Matt Stout (56,500), Erica Lindgren (43,400), David Peters (42,600), and Faraz Jaka (23,500).

Day 2 gets underway at 2 p.m sharp on Friday inside the vast Amazon Room and the players will continue to bet, raise, three-bet and bluff until 10 60-minute levels have been completed. The money bubble is guaranteed to burst because from the 2,247 players who started the day with high hopes only 257 remain and of those, 243 will receive prize money.

Join the PokerNews Live Reporting team from 2 p.m local time as we bring you all the action, as it happens, from Event #49 of the 2013 WSOP.

**Late Edit** We received a message through that indicates Kirk may not be the chip leader, but a Brent Becker is. Becker has apparently bagged up 108,400 chips which would make him the man to catch. As soon as the official chip counts are in from the WSOP, we will update accordingly.

Final Day Chip Counts

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tripp Kirk us
Tripp Kirk
101,000 -300
Thomas Butzhammer de
Thomas Butzhammer
92,900 3,900
Lily Newhouse us
Lily Newhouse
90,000 -300
Ryan Reiss
Ryan Reiss
84,600 71,100
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
80,900 3,900
Sergei Stazhkov ru
Sergei Stazhkov
80,000 80,000
Russell Crane us
Russell Crane
79,700 5,700
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
73,900 36,900
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
56,500 16,500
Erica Lindgren us
Erica Lindgren
43,400 -600
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
42,600 600
Katie Dozier us
Katie Dozier
40,300 40,300
Barney Boatman
Barney Boatman
37,000 37,000
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
31,200 7,200
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
23,500 10,500
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
20,400 4,400
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
18,000 1,300
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
17,700 1,700
Tim Duckworth au
Tim Duckworth
PokerNews
16,700
Kelly Kim us
Kelly Kim
15,300 -6,200

Counts as the Day Draws to a Close

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We've around 13 minutes left of Day 1 of this event. Here's how a few of the bigger names stack up.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Butzhammer de
Thomas Butzhammer
89,000 31,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
77,000 51,000
Russell Crane us
Russell Crane
74,000 24,800
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
48,000 31,600
Erica Lindgren us
Erica Lindgren
44,000 4,000
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
43,000 -16,600
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
42,000 21,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
40,000 23,600
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
37,000 -3,800
Katie Stone us
Katie Stone
35,000 22,600
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
34,000 34,000
Jamie Rosen us
Jamie Rosen
34,000 17,900
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
WSOP 2X Winner
33,000 15,000
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
24,000 1,000
Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
20,000 2,800
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
17,000 -18,500
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
16,700 700
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
16,000 -19,000
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
16,000 -13,000
Alex Goulder gb
Alex Goulder
13,700 7,200
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
13,000 3,400
Tim Duckworth au
Tim Duckworth
PokerNews
11,000 -9,000

Waking Up With Aces in the Short Stack

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Nicolas Vaca-Rodon was all in as a short stack. Fortunately for him he was holding {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} and got called by his opponents {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}. The board ran out {8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{3-Spades} and with that Vaca-Rondon got the double. It must be nice to wake up with aces when short stacked and with that Vaca-Rondon went up to 22,000.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Vaca-Rondon co
Nicolas Vaca-Rondon
22,000

Quads Get Knockout After a River Switch

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The floor was called over as Bryan Buonocore and his opponent were playing on the board of {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} and they were also seeing the {5-Hearts} on the river.

The reason the floor was called over was because Bounocore's opponent never checked on the turn. What had happened was on the turn the dealer only saw Bouncore check and never saw that the opponent never checked. The floor ruled that the {5-Hearts} was going to be brought back and Bounocore's opponent had action back on the turn.

The opponent elected to check and Bouncore also checked.

The new river was the {10-Hearts}. Bounocore's opponent then bet out 5,000. This got Bounocore to push all in and the opponent called. Bounocore showed {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} for quad jacks! His opponent had to muck but not before showing that he had {a-}{q-}. That meant the new river gave the opponent the nut straight. If he would have just gone along and checked right away or the dealer didn't miss the action on the turn then Bounocore would not have doubled with quads and his opponent would not have busted.

It was all good for Bounocore as he loved the river to give himself a near double and move up to 28,000 after the crazy hand.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Bounocore
Bryan Bounocore
28,000

Duckworth Doubles

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Tim Duckworth is back in business after coming from behind to secure a double up.

We caught Duckworth all in for 9,000 with {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and facing the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} of his opponent, who covered him. Duckworth took the lead on the {A-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop and his hand stayed best when the turn and river fell {3-Spades} and {2-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Tim Duckworth au
Tim Duckworth
PokerNews
20,000

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