2013 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$665,397
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,801,600
Entries
2,816
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Arttu Raekorpi Eliminated in 3rd Place ($291,392)

Level 22 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Arttu Raekorpi - 3rd place
Arttu Raekorpi - 3rd place

Hand #178: From the button Arttu Raekorpi moved all in for 1,635,000 and Brett Shaffer made the call from the small blind.

Raekorpi: {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Shaffer: {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

With Raekorpi trailing, the {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop gave him four additional outs to a straight. The turn of the {3-Spades} changed little, and needing a jack or ten to stay alive, the river landed the {5-Spades} to end his tournament in 3rd place for a $291,392 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Arttu Raekorpi fi
Arttu Raekorpi
Busted

Tags: Brett ShafferArttu Raekorpi

Vamplew Pushes Forward

Level 22 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #175: With the button on Arttu Raekorpi, he folded before Brett Shaffer raised to 380,000 total with David Vamplew making the call as the flop fell {5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Clubs}.

Shaffer pushed out a continuation-bet of 250,000 before Vamplew raised to 620,000 from the large blind. With the action back on Shaffer, he re-checked his hole cards before pushing them to the muck to award Vamplew the pot.

Hand #176: The action passed to David Vamplew in the small blind and he pushed in a stack of 25,000-denomination chips while announcing all in. Arttu Raekorpi paused for a few moments and then released his hand.

Hand #177: David Vamplew opened to 320,000 and collected the blinds and antes.

Tags: Brett ShafferDavid VamplewArttu Raekorpi

Level: 22

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000

Just 3 Remain; Vamplew Leads

Brett Shaffer, Arttu Raekorpi, David Vamplew
Brett Shaffer, Arttu Raekorpi, David Vamplew

Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the 2013 World Series of Poker for Day 4 of Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em!

Although expected to finish late this morning, three players remained as play closed for the night with Scottish pro David Vamplew leading with 5,345,000. Snapping on my heels is Brett Shaffer who is lucky to still be alive after cracking Vamplew's aces with queen-nine.

Rounding out the rear is Finnish player Arttu Raekorpi who also had a great chance to take control of the tournament before losing ace-king to the ace-queen of Vamplew.

SeatPlayerChip Count
2David Vamplew5,345,000
5Arttu Raekorpi2,055,000
9Brett Shaffer5,285,000

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand until an Event #53 Champion is crowned, so stay tuned right here as we provide all the live updates from 1 p.m. local Las Vegas time.

Tags: Arttu RaekorpiBrett ShafferDavid Vamplew

Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

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