Scott Loses a Flip, Drops to 6,500
Level 8
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,500 |
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,247
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
It's Only Five Big Blinds
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Level 8
: 200/400, 50 ante
What is five big blinds anyways?
This is what Dwyte Pilgrim was telling his opponent. Pilgrim was in the big blind for 400. His opponent pushed all in for 2,150 preflop and action folded to Pilgrim. For Pilgrim any two cards were good to play for only five big blinds as he called.
Pilgrim: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Pilgrim's only shot of winning was the straight draw on the turn. It missed and Pilgrim doubled up the short stack. He does not have to worry to much as he had an above average stack of 19,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000 | -2,000 |
Deadman Most Certainly Alive and Kicking
Level 8
: 200/400, 50 ante
Simon Deadman has only been in Las Vegas for four days and he already has his first WSOP cash of the series. Anyone who follows British poker will not be surprised at all by that fact. For those of you who are not so clued up on poker in the UK, let us tell you a bit about Mr Deadman.
Deadman cut his teeth in the poker world by grinding the low-to-medium buy-ins at the Nottingham-based Dusk Till Dawn poker club. It was here that Deadman had his first five-fogue score, £24,684 to be exact, when he won the DTD monthly £300 tournament in 2011. One month later, Deadman finished third in a £1,000 buy-in GUKPT Main Event for an additional £21,930.
If you check out Deadman's live tournament results, you will discover they are littered with five-figures score. The largest of which tops the scales at €67,500, his reward for winning the World Poker Tour National Dublin Main Event in January 2013. We would not be the slightest bit surprised if Deadman banked his first six-figure score here in Las Vegas; Deadman would have to finish fifth or higher to do that in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,925 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
A Couple Bigger Stacks
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
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30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Crane Building Towers
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
Russell Crane has already managed to reach the money in four events at the 2013 WSOP and is looking a good bet to add cash number five by the time Event #49 is over with.
Crane was in the hijack seat and led for 2,600 on a board reading 
and it instantly folded out the vocal and talented Brit that is Sam Grafton.
Grafton and Crane are being kept company by Joseph Cheong, Cheong being seated to Grafton's immediate left. Crane doesn't have the best seat in the house, but that does not seem to have been a hindrance to him so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,600 | |
|
7,100 | -6,400 |
One Sick Individual
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
We were walking around and just spotted Joseph Cheong who was playing with a bigger stack. Everyone knows that Cheong is a dangerous individual. As Sam Grafton was saying at the table he is a "sick individual".
The one hand we happened to catch involved Grafton and Cheong. Grafton had bet on a board 
. Cheong then put a giant stack of purple and yellows out in front. This was to signify he was putting Grafton all in. Grafton took a minute and then mucked.
As he mucked he pleaded, "Please don't show me a bluff!"
Cheong obliged and gave his hand to the dealer faced down.
Grafton metioned, "I don't pay in high roller events because I don't want to play with people like you! Your a sick individual!" Grafton giving credit where credit is due as the former November Niner knows how to beat his opponent whether the buy in is $100,000 or just $1,500.
A Selection of Counts
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
A quick scout around the room shows that these fine people have this many chips in their stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,800 | |
|
28,800 | 9,500 |
|
27,500 | 500 |
|
20,900 | 4,900 |
|
18,000 | |
|
|
17,200 | -1,800 |
|
12,400 | |
|
12,300 | -2,100 |
|
11,100 | -900 |
|
9,600 | 2,600 |
|
8,050 | |
|
5,700 | -3,300 |
|
5,400 | |
|
3,800 |
Kavermann Swaps The One Drop for the $1.5k
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
Yesterday, Byron Kaverman bought into the $111,111 buy-in One Drop High Rollers event. Unfortunately, for him at least, Kavermann's tournament didn't exactly go to plan and he busted out. Rather than sit on the sidelines and feel sorry for himself, Kaverman jumped straight into the next tournament that he could find, which happened to be the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event that you are reading about.
His appearance set us wondering how you alter your mindset to play in a tournament that costs only $1,500 to enter when you were playing in one costing $111,111 only a few hours ago. He seems to have made the necessary adjustments because he's up to 10,100 from his 9,000 stack, not a huge leap but it's progress nonetheless.
Also doing OK for himself is Dutchman Ruben Visser. The reigning EPT London Main Event champion has added 4,100 chips to his stack since we last checked on him and is now armed with 11,300 and is cruising along nicely. Visser is looking for what would be his third-ever WSOP cash here in Event #49.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,300 | 4,100 |
|
|
10,100 |
Laplante Chips Up
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
On a 
flop, Ryan Laplante checked from the big blind and Dominik Nitsche checked from his seat in the cutoff. The button took a peek at his cards before betting 875. Laplante called, but Nitshce's cards hit the muck.
The turn was the and now Laplante led for 1,850 and after tanking for close to 90 seconds before sending his cards back to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,200 | 11,700 |
|
7,500 | 3,300 |