Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
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
Back From Break
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Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
We are back from dinner and the cards are in the air.
What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
Poker can be a funny old game. One minute you're sat with 20 big blind, the next you're jamming your small pocket pair into a larger one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
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
|
11,700 |
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7,500
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
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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
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4,100 |
|
|
10,100 |
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
|
9,500 |
|
||
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27,500
500
|
500 |
|
20,900
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
|
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|
18,000 | |
|
17,200
-1,800
|
-1,800 |
|
||
|
12,400 | |
|
12,300
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
11,100
-900
|
-900 |
|
9,600
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
||
|
8,050 | |
|
|
||
|
5,700
-3,300
|
-3,300 |
|
|
||
|
5,400 | |
|
||
|
3,800 | |
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.
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
|
-6,400 |
|
|
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A Couple Bigger Stacks
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50