Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-27-2013 23:35 UTC-7

Color Up

[user217354]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players went on their last break which means they will do a color up of the green chips. 20 minutes and the players will finish out the last two levels.

06-27-2013 23:33 UTC-7

Weisner Chops a Pot

Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Melanie Weisner opened to 1,200 from the hijack and was called by the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and the dealer got to work spreading the flop into view.

Weisner continued with a 1,500 continuation bet and was quickly called by her sole opponent. The turn slowed both players down and they checked their option to bet. The was greeted by a 2,500 bet from Weisner and a snap-call by her opponent.

Weisner flipped over for a straight to the king, and her opponent turned over for the same straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Melanie Weisner	29,000	9,600

Tags: Melanie Weisner

06-27-2013 23:29 UTC-7

Only Gold and Silver Left

[user217354]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We are down to only Gold and Silver tables. The clock reads 440 for players and 243 are needed to make it in the money.

06-27-2013 23:27 UTC-7

Peters Scoops Up a Pot

[user217354]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The board read out . David Peters was facing a bet into an already developed pot. He took quite some time to make a decision. Once he figured it out he decided to call. The player did not show much and Peters showed for a set. He scooped up the pot and brought his stack up to 23,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	23,000	10,000

06-27-2013 23:18 UTC-7

Update Alert

[user217354]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Butzhammer	58,000	58,000
Erica Lindgren	40,000	6,200
Lily Newhouse	32,000	3,550
Jamie Kerstetter	25,000	-300
Matt Stout	20,000	-7,500
Melanie Weisner	19,400	8,300
Ryan Laplante	19,000	-6,200
Michael Rocco	15,000	15,000
James Dempsey	9,500	-150
Steve Gee	8,500	8,500
Mohsin Charania	8,000	-1,000

06-27-2013 23:13 UTC-7

Boatman's Creature Comforts

Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Barny Boatman has been moved to table Gold #7 and has in front of him a jar of Marmite, not the typical card protector that's for sure.

"You'll see a change in me now I have this," said Boatman when we asked where he got the yeast-based food product from. Maybe we will, Boatman is currently armed with 18,000 betting tokens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	18,000

Tags: Barny Boatman

06-27-2013 23:09 UTC-7

Vamplew Vanquished

Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

David Vamplew has been eliminated from Event #49 after getting his short stack (circa 3,500 chips) into the middle with and finding himself up against the .

The board ran out , leaving Vamplew drawing dead by the turn. Game over for the young Scot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vamplew	Busted

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06-27-2013 23:02 UTC-7

Pateychuk Loses a Flip

Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

There was a raise to 1,200 from under the gun and that looked to be the last of the action as each player folded int turn to the player in the hijack seat. He moved all in for 4,450 and Andrey Pateychuk called in the cutoff. The blinds and original raiser folded and Pateychuk discovered he was racing with pocket queens versus .

It was a race he would lose because the was the second card onto the flop. Pateychuk, an EPT and WPT champion, was drawing dead by the turn as his opponent had improved to a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	12,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk

06-27-2013 22:59 UTC-7

Grafton Gone

Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The noise level here in the Brasilia Room is around 25 decibels lower than 30-minutes ago and that can only mean one thing, Sam Grafton has busted. GG sir.