Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-30-2013 16:23 UTC-7

Gathy is Gone

Matthew Pitt

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

There was a limp in late position that was greeted with an all-in bet of 18,700 from recent WSOP bracelet winner Michael Gathy. Mathieu Laforce cold called the shove and the initial limper got out of the way.

Gathy:
Laforce:

The board ran and with that Gathy was gone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Laforce	70,000 -18,800	-18,800
Michael Gathy	Busted

Tags: Michael Gathy

06-30-2013 16:29 UTC-7

Bartlett Involved in Another Huge Pot

Matthew Pitt

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

Steve Bartlett opened to 4,500 from early position and the small blind called. Scott Davies was the big blind and he pumped up the cost to play to 14,500. Only Bartlett called so it was heads-up to the flop.

Bartlett moved all in and Davies called, the latter turning over as he did so. Those aces were in front of the of Bartlett and remained so as the turn and river came into view.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Davies	192,000 19,000	19,000

Steve Bartlett	78,000 -134,000	-134,000

Tags: Steve Bartlett Scott Davies

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

06-30-2013 16:32 UTC-7

Busted

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

This trio scooped $3,041 for their efforts. The next players to bust will receive $3,345.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Hoellein	Busted
Christopher Echols	Busted
Alexey Dubrovkin	Busted

06-30-2013 16:36 UTC-7

Payouts Please

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

These unfortunate souls have been eliminated from the tournament, but at last they all have $3,345 in prize money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Yanovski	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted

Benjamin Pollak	Busted
John Seiter	Busted
Peter Rho	Busted
Jonathan Kedj	Busted
Kristian Lunardi	Busted
Sachin Ramrakhani	Busted
Christopher Kastler	Busted
David Sklansky	Busted

Ryan Hoffman	Busted
Gerasimos Deres	Busted
Grant Foster	Busted
Sharon Elzarat	Busted
Katherine Bowen	Busted
Amanda Musumeci	Busted
Sunny Chattha	Busted
Alexander Lakhov	Busted

06-30-2013 16:44 UTC-7

Gimbel Claims Another Scalp

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Harrison Gimbel continues to add chips to his stack and that spells bad news for anyone who has to face him in this tournament.

Desmond Portano open-shoved from middle position for 9,400 and Josh Schoonover called next to act. The action passed around to Gimbel in the blind and he called.

The dealer spread the flop and Gimbel bet 10,600. Schoonover folded and the cards of the other two players were revealed.

Gimbel:
Portano:

The turn and river failed to help Portano and his tournament came to an end. Gimbel seems unstoppable right now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harrison Gimbel	246,000 56,000	56,000

Desmond Portano	Busted

Tags: Harrison Gimbel

06-30-2013 16:50 UTC-7

Wallace Approacing 200,000 Chips

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Sean Wallace has chipped up nicely and is currently sat with 175,000 chips.

A raise to 4,500 from under the gun was called by Tonio Roden in middle position, Wallace in late position and the big blind. The foursome saw the flop come into vie, the big blind checked, the initial raiser continued with a 16,000bet and only Wallace called.

The saw a 20,000 bet from the under the gun player, who then folded when Wallace moved all in for 97,000 in total.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Wallace	175,000 77,100	77,100
Tonio Roder	145,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Sean Wallace Tonio Roder

06-30-2013 16:54 UTC-7

Showers!

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The following list of players have been sent to the showers, having lost their chips but gained $3,345 in prize money.

Any future bustouts have locked up at least $3,725.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Finkelstein	Busted
Oliver Gergely	Busted
Yustinus Karib	Busted
Tomas Petru	Busted
Michael Lipesky	Busted
Christian Hanusse	Busted
Anthony Martocci	Busted
Larry Vickers	Busted
Brian Maier	Busted
Derrick Huang	Busted
Malik Boney	Busted
Laurence Grondin	Busted
Christophe de Meulder	Busted

Christoph Zeppetzauer	Busted
Michael Amato	Busted
Karan Modi	Busted
Andrew Taylor	Busted
Robert Kacher	Busted

06-30-2013 17:22 UTC-7

How Do They Stack Up?

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Here's a selection of chip counts for you to have a look at.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harrison Gimbel	288,000 42,000	42,000

Inigo Rodriguez	265,000 177,000	177,000
Michael Brockley	191,000 100,600	100,600
Thanh Lam	190,000 53,000	53,000
Humberto Brenes	184,000 29,000	29,000

Scott Davies	177,000 -15,000	-15,000

Sean Wallace	173,000 -2,000	-2,000
Tonio Roder	141,000 -4,000	-4,000
Christopher Danek	140,000 101,200	101,200
Brent Hanks	127,000 -18,000	-18,000

Steve Bartlett	118,000 40,000	40,000
Eugene Todd	113,000 39,400	39,400
Erwann Pecheux	97,000 -31,200	-31,200
Fred Berger	96,700 6,100	6,100

Arden Cho	93,000 -31,800	-31,800
Barry Greenstein	84,000 -8,000	-8,000

Mathieu Laforce	73,400 3,400	3,400
Laikoon Lim	73,000 -31,200	-31,200
Loni Harwood	63,000 41,400	41,400

Alban Juen	57,000 -3,000	-3,000
Mark Defaria	50,200 -59,800	-59,800
Tim Duckworth	40,000 12,400	12,400

Thor Hansen	18,100 -19,200	-19,200

06-30-2013 17:31 UTC-7

One Outer Wins Big Pot for Rabinowitz

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There was a raise to 4,800 from Darren Rabinowitz from his seat under the gun and Talal Shakerchi called in the hijack. Alexander Nudin then moved all in from the button for 29,300 in total. This put the action back on Rabinowitz who shipped in his entire stack of 94,100. Shakerchi took some time to make his decision before calling.

Nudin:
Shakerchi:
Rabinowitz:

Shakerchi took the lead on the flop and his hand stayed best on the turn. However, the case jack fell on the river, gifting Rabinowitz a set of jacks and a huge double up to 224,000.