2013 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $2,500 10-Game Mix (Six Handed)
Day: 2
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Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$220,061
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$846,300
Total Entries
372
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 372
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Nguyen Cracks 100k

Level 14
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen

No-Limit Hold'em

Action folded around to Scotty Nguyen's button and he made it 2,500 to go. Joseph DeLuca three-bet to 6,500 from the small blind and the big blind folded. Nguyen flat called to see a flop.

The dealer fanned {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{K-Clubs} on the table and DeLuca continued out for 7,400. Nguyen stuck around and both players checked the {9-Hearts} on fourth street. The board completed with the {8-Clubs} and DeLuca checked for a second time. Nguyen announced a 12,000-chip bet and DeLuca went into the tank for about forty-five seconds. Eventually DeLuca decided to call but mucked his cards after Nguyen showed {K-Hearts}{q-Spades} for top pair. Nguyen scooped up the pot and now has about 105,000 in chips.

44 Remain

Level 14

With just minutes to go before the dinner break, they are down to 44 players — just two away from the money. Play has slowed at all tables, with short-stacked players on more than one checking the placards to see which games are coming up as they contemplate their strategy to try to last into the cash.

Still More Chip Counts

Level 14

Some More Chip Counts

Level 14

Chip Counts

Level 14

Rocha Squeezes, Survives

Level 14

Stud

There are 49 players left at the moment — just seven off of the money — and so the drama surrounding the stort stacks' hands has increased a touch now that the money bubble is nearing.

Just now came an interesting stud hand between two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jose-Luis Velador and Alex Rocha in which the latter was all in by third street showing {A-Spades}{K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and Velador held {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}.

Velador drew another heart — the {7-Hearts} — right away on fourth to get a step closer to a flush, then was dealt {A-Diamonds} and {8-Spades}. Meanwhile Rocha picked up {J-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} to sit with trip queens with one card to come.

They each squeezed their seventh street cards, and Velador turned over his first — the {K-Hearts}. He'd made his flush, but Rocha was still drawing live. He, too, squeezed, then flipped over his final card — the {A-Clubs}. Rocha had filled up, and survived albeit still with a short stack.

Tags: Alex RochaJose-Luis Velador

Level: 14

No-Limit Hold'em - Razz - Limit Hold'em - Badugi LIMIT 1,000 2,000 2,000-4,000
Stud - NL 2-7 Draw - Omaha 8 500 500 2,000 2,000-4,000
PLO (No Ante) - 2-7 Triple Draw - Stud 8 NL/2-7/PLO 300 500 1,000

McLoughlin Doubles Through Abrams

Level 13

Pot-Limit Omaha

Steven McLoughlin was just all in and at risk on the turn versus 2012 WSOP Main Event 12th-place finisher Scott Abrams.

The board showed {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}, and McLoughlin was behind with {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} (kings) versus Abrams's {J-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Spades} (sevens and sixes plus a straight draw).

But the river brought the {2-Hearts}, giving McLoughlin a better two pair and he survived with the double-up.

Tags: Scott AbramsSteven McLoughlin

Chiu Chiu Train Leaves The Station

Level 13

Stud

Sebastion Saffari{8-Spades}{5-Spades} / {5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{10-Spades} / {10-Clubs}
David Chiu{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} / {2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} / {K-Clubs}

We arrived at fourth street to see David Chiu all in and at risk against Sebastion Saffari. Chiu was in the lead with his queens in the hole and Saffari would need to improve without Chiu improving to send him home. By seventh street, Saffari had made tens up and was ahead of Chiu. Chiu squeezed his final card and was looking for a queen, a card to make a better two pair, or a diamond. In the end, he did not find it as he dejectedly flung the {K-Clubs} on the table and made a gracious exit from the tournament area.

After absorbing Chiu's stack, Saffari is now sitting on about 49,000 in chips.

Tags: David ChiuSebastion Saffari

Smith Over James (Bamboozled at Badugi)

Level 13

Badugi

Kenna James opened with a bet from middle position and got a single caller in Howard Smith from the small blind. When Smith only asked for one card on the first draw, James pretended to be taken aback.

"Only one, eh?" said James. "Okay, I'll take two… if you had taken two, I'd have taken one," he added.

"I've gotta check," grinned Smith, and James promptly fired a bet. Smith then check-raised. "Whoa!" said James. "I knew you were creative… okay, I'll be seeing you at showdown." James called.

On the last two draws, Smith stood pat and James drew one card. After the second draw Smith bet and James called, but on the end Smith just checked and James checked behind as well.

James tabled {5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}{A-Clubs}, and the dealer explained he had a 3-card hand. "I have a seven," said Smith leaning forward, turning over {7-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}.

"The old Badugi check-raise!" said a smiling James as postscript to the hand. "You gotta love it!"

Tags: Howard SmithKenna James

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