Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-28-2013 16:49 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tim Adams	75,000 75,000	75,000
Chris Lee	75,000 75,000	75,000
Pascal Lefrancois	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tom Marchese	75,000 75,000	75,000

Salman Behbehani	75,000 75,000	75,000
Jeff Gross	75,000 75,000	75,000

Chris Moorman	75,000 75,000	75,000

Chris Hunichen	75,000 75,000	75,000

Dario Sammartino	75,000 75,000	75,000

Keith Lehr	75,000 75,000	75,000

Davidi Kitai	75,000 75,000	75,000

Paul Volpe	75,000 75,000	75,000

Merson Eliminated

Level 1 : 150/300, 0 ante

With the board reading and around 26,000 in the pot, Greg Merson opted to move all in for his last 38,825 in chip. His opponent in the hand was Don Nguyen, who tanked over his decision for a few minutes, before finally making the call.

Merson reluctantly turned over his for king-high, before Nguyen showed his for two-pair, and the winning hand.

It is and early exit for Merson, who took down the $10,000 version of this event last year, before going on to be crowned the WSOP Main Event champion!

Player	Chips	Progress
Don Nguyen	125,000 50,000	50,000
Greg Merson	Busted

Tags: Don Nguyen Greg Merson

06-28-2013 17:03 UTC-8

Four More Tables

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Level 1 : 150/300, 0 ante

Additional tables are appearing, with more notable names taking their seats.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moore	75,000
Niklas Heinecker	75,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	75,000

Stephen Chidwick	75,000

David "The Dragon" Pham	75,000
Betrand Grospellier	75,000
Jason Mercier	75,000

Matt Giannetti	75,000
Grant Levy	75,000

Tags: Four More Tables

06-28-2013 17:09 UTC-8

Litvinov and Stout Not Throwing Punches

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Sam Cosby

Level 1 : 150/300, 0 ante

We caught up with Artem Litvinov and Matt Stout in a pot worth already 25,000 going to the river on a board of .

The river dropped the and went into the tank. He thought four a little over a minute before finally checking.

Next it was Litvinov's turn to tank. He thought about it for nearly a minute as well before checking behind. Stout turned up his for ace high, but it was no good against Litvinov's

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Litvinov	80,000
Matt Stout	63,000 12,000	12,000

06-28-2013 17:16 UTC-8

Litvinov Starts Throwing Punches, Knocks Out Stout

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Sam Cosby

Level 1 : 150/300, 0 ante

Matt Stout, heads-up in a six-max event earlier this year.

Just after Artem Litvinov and Matt Stout avoided a huge early cooler by choosing to play a flop instead, the two took to playing another giant pot just after.

Apparently, Stout was holding against Litvinov's and they got it all in preflop. He didn't catch up on the flop, turn, or river and he was sent home as one of the first casualties of the day.

This is a rather unfortunate turn for Matt Stout who told some of our tournament reporters that he was really looking forward to this event, especially after running deep in a six-handed event, earlier in the year.

Litvinov however is up big after cashing in for all of Stout's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Litvinov	121,500 41,500	41,500
Matt Stout	Busted

Level: 2

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

06-28-2013 17:25 UTC-8

Moorman Short

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Level 2 : 150/300, 25 ante

Chris Moorman (just before being eliminated in 5th place in yesterday's $1,500 Ante-Only NLHE event)

A short-stacked Chris Moorman opened to 675 from the button, before Niklas Heinecker bumped it up to 1,700. With the option back on Moorman, he moved all in for his last 9,000 in chips, as Heinecker’s cards quickly went into the muck.

Looking at both player’s stacks, it looks like the two might’ve already tangled once before, as Heinecker sits behind a stack over 130,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Heinecker	132,000 57,000	57,000
Chris Moorman	11,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Chris Moorman Niklas Heinecker

06-28-2013 17:27 UTC-8

Haxton Crippled By Smith

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Sam Cosby

Level 2 : 150/300, 25 ante

We didn't see how the money got in but Isaac Haxton was holding against Dan Smith who was holding . The board was showing and with that, Haxton was counting out chips to send over to Smith.

With that, Smith, who had dropped a little since we had last seen him, doubled back up to around starting stack while Haxton was left with just 9,200 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	77,000 41,000	41,000

Isaac Haxton	9,200 65,800	65,800

06-28-2013 17:40 UTC-8

Jaka Puts Kitai's "Big Hand" in the Toilet

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Sam Cosby

Level 2 : 150/300, 25 ante

We caught up to Davidi Kitai and Faraz Jaka in a pot on the river. In the hand, Kitai had put out a bet of 6,200. After that Jaka put in a reraise to 33,100 and that sent Kitai in the tank. On the board was .

He thought about it for roughly four minutes before he said, "I have a really big hand." Kitai thought about it for a little while longer before eventually deciding to fold his hand, face up. Kitai turned up the before surrendering his chips, for a rivered two pair.

Jaka just collected the chips without giving Kitai any information about his own hand.

"Show the four of hearts," Matt Salsberg said to Jaka, who was also at the table.

"No one gives me credit for a big hand?" Jaka asked the table as he collected some new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	80,000 5,000	5,000

Davidi Kitai	70,000 5,000	5,000

06-28-2013 17:55 UTC-8

Adams Takes On Marchese

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Level 2 : 150/300, 25 ante

The player under the gun opened to 700, and was called by Tom Marchese in the hijack, as well as Niklas Heinecker on the small blind. The action was on Tim Adams, who raised it up to 3,800 from the big blind, forcing a fold from the original raiser. Marchese thought for a moment, before putting in another raise to 9,500. Heinecker got out of the way, before Adams took his time, and four-bet to 16,200 in chips. The bet quickly saw Marchese throw his hand in the muck, relinquishing the pot to Adams.