2013 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Moorman Mauled by "The Bear"

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We joined the action on a {k-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop where Barry Greenstein checked from the big blind and Chris Moorman bet 4,200 from middle position. Greenstein then check-raised to 18,000 and Moorman called.

The {7-Spades} was the turn card and it was greeted with an all in bet of 20,700 by Greenstein and a call by Moorman.

Moorman: {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}
Greenstein: {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

The river was the {9-Diamonds}, improving Greenstein to a straight and decimating Moorman's stack.

Moorman hit the rail a few hands later.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
92,000
55,600
55,600
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Barry GreensteinChris Moorman

Break started

Break: 20 min.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Recently Eliminated

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Finishing in positions 232-248 was worth $3,041 to this list of people.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Grigorian us
Chris Grigorian
Busted
Leonardo Cavarge br
Leonardo Cavarge
Busted
Nabil Zumont
Nabil Zumont
Busted
James Strong us
James Strong
Busted
Theodoros Aidonopolos gr
Theodoros Aidonopolos
Busted
Kevin Olsta us
Kevin Olsta
Busted
Maarten Meijer nr
Maarten Meijer
Busted
Darin Stout us
Darin Stout
Busted
Albert Yarlott us
Albert Yarlott
Busted
Desmond Portano us
Desmond Portano
Busted
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Kenneth Krause us
Kenneth Krause
Busted
David Blatte us
David Blatte
Busted
Luca Moschitta it
Luca Moschitta
Busted
Patrick Mcmahil us
Patrick Mcmahil
Busted
Daniel Suied us
Daniel Suied
Busted
Andre Coehlo
Andre Coehlo
Busted

Duckworth Wins Flip and Climbs to 75,000

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Tim Duckworth opened to 4,200 from under the gun only to see the lady on the button move all in for 22,600. Duckworth tanked for a while before calling with {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and finding himself in a flip against the {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} of his female opponent.

Duckworth spiked an ace on the {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop and when the {2-Hearts} turn and the {k-Spades} river failed to change the course of the hand, Duckworth climbed to 75,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Tim Duckworth au
Tim Duckworth
75,000
-500
-500
PokerNews

Tags: Tim Duckworth

Brenes and Lam Collide

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Thanh Lam raised to 4,700 from under the gun and his only customer was Humberto Brenes — and his toy sharks — in the cutoff. Lam led for 6,700 chips on the {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop and Brenes called. Lam reverted to checking on the {8-Spades} turn, Brenes taking up the role of aggressor with a 10,000 bet. After some deliberation, Lam folded and Brenes continued his march up the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
155,000
47,000
47,000
Thanh Lam us
Thanh Lam
137,000
41,400
41,400

Tags: Humberto BrenesThan Lam

Good Game

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The following boys and girls each take home $3,041 in prize money.

Player Chips Progress
Csaba Malnai hu
Csaba Malnai
Busted
Armando Sbrissa br
Armando Sbrissa
Busted
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
Busted
Steven Lotz us
Steven Lotz
Busted
Pellegrino Marotta at
Pellegrino Marotta
Busted
Michael Adamo ca
Michael Adamo
Busted
Nam Le us
Nam Le
Busted
Thomas Conway us
Thomas Conway
Busted
Tanya Kirk us
Tanya Kirk
Busted
Jeffrey Borneman us
Jeffrey Borneman
Busted
William Draper us
William Draper
Busted
Rob Sterken nl
Rob Sterken
Busted
Daniel Landriault ca
Daniel Landriault
Busted
Ismail Abou Sharkh us
Ismail Abou Sharkh
Busted
Stephan Kjerstad no
Stephan Kjerstad
Busted
Felix Lambertz de
Felix Lambertz
Busted
Sage Nelson us
Sage Nelson
Busted
Steve Gee us
Steve Gee
Busted
William Criego us
William Criego
Busted
Michael Shelton us
Michael Shelton
Busted
Mazin Khoury us
Mazin Khoury
Busted

What a Time to Find Aces!

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

There's never a bad time to find pocket aces, but when your opponent has a pair of kings in his hand having aces in yours is superb, just ask Steve Bartlett.

Bartlett raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and instantly called when Andrew Taylor three-bet all in for 50,000 from the big blind. Taylor showed {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} and was in a whole world of pain against the {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} of Bartlett.

Taylor was drawing dead by the turn of the {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board, while Bartlett climbed to the top of the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Bartlett us
Steve Bartlett
212,000
101,800
101,800
Andrew Taylor gb
Andrew Taylor
Busted

Tags: Andrew TaylorSteve Bartlett

From Anon to Among the Leaders

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

While writing the opening post to today's blog, we were beckoned over to the rail where a gentleman asked to be added to the chip counts. He had bagged up 39,000 chips at the end of Day 1, but also bagged up his white chip count slip too, meaning he was not included in the overnight chip counts.

Had it not been for that mistake, we would not have know that man was called Josh Schoonover, but we certainly know him now because his 39,000 chips that he started the day with no top the scales at 190,000.

We caught to hands with Schoonover that both resulted in him adding chips to his seemingly ever-growing stack. The first saw a player in Seat 6 raise to 4,500 preflop from late position and Schoonover three-bet all in for 46,000 effective. Seat 6 folded and Schoonover raked in the pot.

The second saw Harrison Gimbel raise to 4,000 under the gun, Schoonover call in the hijack and the small blind call. The big blind moved all-in for around 66,000 which folded out Gimbel, but Schoonover called. The small blind mucked and the cards were revealed.

Schoonover: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Big Blind: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

Schoonover caught a queen on the {7-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop and when the turn and river were the {9-Spades} and {7-Clubs} respectively, the big blind busted and Schoonover climbed to 190,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Joshua Schoonover us
Joshua Schoonover
190,000
151,000
151,000