2013 World Series of Poker

Event #5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
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Prize
$216,958
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
374
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Official End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
WSOP 1X Winner
57,800
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (Allyn Shulman) us
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (Allyn Shulman)
51,500
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
WSOP 3X Winner
47,100
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall
WSOP 1X Winner
39,900
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
38,700
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
37,100
Lawrence Fujii us
Lawrence Fujii
36,300
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
35,200 9,200
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
34,100 -2,900
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
33,700
Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
WSOP 4X Winner
33,300
James Van Alstyne us
James Van Alstyne
WSOP 1X Winner
33,200
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
33,000
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
WSOP 4X Winner
33,000
Berry Johnston us
Berry Johnston
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
31,700
Jon Seaman us
Jon Seaman
31,200
Jeremy Harkin us
Jeremy Harkin
WSOP 1X Winner
30,600
Mikhail Semin ru
Mikhail Semin
30,300
George Fotiadis us
George Fotiadis
30,000
Ronald Winkelvoss us
Ronald Winkelvoss
29,400
Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
WSOP 4X Winner
29,200
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
29,200 15,700
Yarron Bendor us
Yarron Bendor
29,000
Thomas Keller us
Thomas Keller
WSOP 1X Winner
28,900
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
28,500 21,000

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Event #5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better

Day 1 Completed

Matthew Ashton Leads The First Mixed Event of the Summer!

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Matthew Ashton
Matthew Ashton

Well it was an exciting day for many of the most well known poker players in the world, as it marked the start of the Mixed Game tournaments here at the 2013 World Series of Poker. We are talking about Event 5, the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-better, which just completed Day 1 after eight levels of play. The player at the top of the mountain with 178 left is Matthew Ashton, who bagged up 57,800 chips. By our counts, the only other player who cracked the 50k barrier was bracelet winner Allyn Shulman, who bagged up 51,500.

Play kicked off at 5 PM local time, and it wasn’t until we got near the first break that we had our first elimination. From there, we lost a few notables, including David Bach, Jason Mercier, Vanessa Selbst, Scotty Nguyen, and Phil Ivey. We also lost defending champion Oleskii Kovalchuk, who busted in one of the last hands of the night.

Despite losing these players, we have a laundry list of notables who will be moving onto day 2. This list includes Eli Elezra (38,700), Mike Matusow (29,200), Cyndy Violette (21,200), Todd Brunson (20,900), Robert Mizrachi (20,700), and Justin “Boosted J” Smith (18,900), amongst countless other notables.

The players have bagged and tagged for the night, and are off to get some much needed rest. They will return at 2 PM tomorrow to continue play. As always, the goal is to get down to a final table, but if that doesn’t happen, we will stop after ten levels of play, and come back the next day for the third and final day. Pokernews.com will of course have all the coverage of this event, and with all of the notables who are still left, it should make for an exciting, action packed day. Thanks for tuning in, and goodnight from the Rio!

End of Day Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
WSOP 1X Winner
57,800 17,800
Allyn Shulman us
Allyn Shulman
WSOP 1X Winner
51,500 7,500
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
38,700 17,700
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
33,000 33,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
27,600 -2,400
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
WSOP 6X Winner
26,500 1,500
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
WSOP 3X Winner
25,900 16,900
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
25,000 -5,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
22,700 -2,300
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
WSOP 1X Winner
21,200 7,200
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
20,900 4,600
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
20,700 -12,300
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
19,100 -400
Justin "Boosted J" Smith
Justin "Boosted J" Smith
18,900 11,400
George Danzer de
George Danzer
16,600 4,700
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
14,100 6,200
Bart Hanson us
Bart Hanson
13,800 -1,100
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
11,700 4,200
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
WSOP 1X Winner
10,800 10,800
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
8,700 4,200
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
7,100 -3,400
Norman Chad us
Norman Chad
7,000 7,000
David Williams us
David Williams
5,000 -9,400
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
4,800 -700
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
4,700 -2,600

Kovalchuk Won't Defend His Title

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Oleskii Kovalchuk was riding a short stack for much of the second half of the day, and he lost the rest of his small stack in one of the last hands of the night. The final hand happened in Stud-8, when Kovalchuk was unable to beat the two pair that his opponent made on 6th street. There will be a new champion in this event!

Player Chips Progress
Oleskii Kovalchuk
Oleskii Kovalchuk
Busted

Millionaires Everywhere On 366

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Earlier in the day, we talked about a couple tables that were quite stacked. Well as the night winds down, another table has emerged that has quite the impressive lineup. There are five players at the eight handed table that have over a million in live tournament earnings, and the five players combined have won over $14.2 million! Here's how that table looks, along with the players current chip counts.

Seat 2: Adam Friedman
Seat 4: David "ODB" Baker
Seat 5: Brian Rast
Seat 6: Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 8: Moshin Charania

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
WSOP 6X Winner
25,000 19,600
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
25,000 -2,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
19,500 19,500
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
7,500 -9,100
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
5,500 -500

Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 0