Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,801,600
Entries
2,816
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 2,816
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Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
We caught a hand where Lauren Kling went all in on the turn on a board of 
. Kling showed 
for a set of kings, and her opponent showed 
. The kings have helped Kling double up to 7,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,200
2,700
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2,700 |
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
We were just called over to Table 19 by a gentleman, who let us know how recent bracelet winner, Michael Gathy, had taken out a player, quads over quads. Gathy held 
and his opponent had 
, with the two betting hard on every street, as the board ran out 
.
That’s right, Gathy hit running queens, to defeat his opponent, as he races up to 9,700 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,700
5,200
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5,200 |
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Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500
3,450
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3,450 |
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4,700
4,700
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4,700 |
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4,300 | |
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3,950
3,950
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3,950 |
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Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,700 | |
|
6,000 | |
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5,200 | |
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5,000 | |
|
3,125 | |
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2,275 | |
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2,200 | |
|
2,000 | |
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Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
We caught a hand with California-based tournament player Joel Calcagno, who already has two cashes at the WSOP this year. Calcagno, who is celebrating a birthday today, said he would like nothing more than to beat the 2,500+ field for the gold bracelet.
Calcagno limped-in preflop while in early position, and was called by the small blind and big blind. The flop came 
. The opponent in the small blind bet 125, the big blind folded and Calcagno called. On the turn came the 
, and the small blind lead out again for 300. Calcagno called.
On the 
river, both players checked, and Calcagno announced, "Straight," as he tabled 
. He had a nut flush draw going into the river, and ended up hitting a wheel instead. His opponent quietly mucked as the action continued.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,100
600
|
600 |
Level 2
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Gavin Smith opened to 125 from under the gun, before his opponent to his left, bumped it up to 275. The action folded back around to Smith, who made the call, as both players saw the flop come 
. Both checked, as the 
fell on the turn. Smith checked, as his opponent led out for 425, which was called.
The river brought the 
, before Smith slid out a bet of over 5,000 in chips, which had his opponent covered, who snap called the bet.
Smith tabled his for a rivered flush, but had lost the hand against his opponent, who quickly tabled his 
for quad threes.
“Four threes?” said Smith, looking over at his opponent’s hand. “Very nice,” he added.
“Great flop, great run out,” replied his opponent, who welcomed the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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7,000
1,700
|
1,700 |
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
We caught the action on a jack-high flop when an unknown player got his stack of around 1,700 in and received a call from WSOP Circuit regular Austin Buchanan, who had the bigger stack by just 50 in chip. The unknown player turned over 
for top pair and top kicker, but it was no good as Buchanan held the overpair.
Unfortunately for Buchanan, who is donning a bright orange Miami Dolphins hoodie, the dealer burned and turned a to give his opponent trips. Buchanan remained silent but was far from content with the sudden turn of events. The river was a blank and Buchanan was crippled before being eliminated a short time later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Level 2
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We are smashing records today just before the first break, as over 2,500 tournament players have bought into Event #53. At the time of this post, the current player count is 2,545. Besides the Millionaire Maker Event--which drew over 6,000 players--today's event so far has attracted 400 more players than Event #40, which gathered 2,161 bracelet hopefuls.
Who will be the one to take it all down? Stay with PokerNews for live updates and chip counts throughout the tournament.
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
The players in today's event, are on their first 20-minute break of the day!
