2013 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Dana Castaneda
Winning Hand
95
Prize
$454,207
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,883
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Andrews Makes Her Leave

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante
Cherish Andrews from an earlier event.
Cherish Andrews from an earlier event.

Cherish Andrew's last level was a complete nightmare for her. After Tyler Patterson moved to her table, she lost a bunch of chips to him where Patterson got lucky to scoop a monster pot. Here's his tweet about it:

Tyler PattersonJust got lucky with @CherishAndrews....not like that you sickos

By dinner break she was left with just 4,000 chips when she had started the level with around 14,000. Just after dinner break Andrews tweeted about her bust from the tournament:

Cherish AndrewsBusto. 10's to seidels QQ.

And just like that she has left the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
18,500
15,800
15,800
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Tyler Patterson us
Tyler Patterson
14,400
-600
-600
WSOP 1X Winner
Cherish Andrews us
Cherish Andrews
Busted

Seidel Applies the Pressure

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante
Erik Seidel (Seen Here Competing in an Earlier WSOP Event)
Erik Seidel (Seen Here Competing in an Earlier WSOP Event)

We caught Erick Seidel pushing the table around, as is the pro's wont, and his power poker resulted in another pot being pushed his way.

After a player in late position raised to 1,000, the holder of eight WSOP bracelets three-bet to 2,000. His opponent flatted, and the flop fell {k-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}.

When the other player tapped the table, Seidel continued with a bet of 2,000, and this was enough to force the fold.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
18,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Basil Exposition

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

Anytime three players stand up in anticipation of an all-in encounter, the chances for fireworks are high, and a recent hand demonstrated this fact perfectly.

Ira Basil moved his short stack into the middle holding {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} against two opponents, but he found himself needed a miracle against {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} and {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}.

Looking for three more diamonds, Basil was disappointed when the flop came all black, but the {4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades} did offer a glimmer of hope.

Turn: {4-Hearts}

When the dealer burned and turned, Basil's tablemates gasped at his good fortune, and when the river fell {k-Spades}, many congratulated him on staving off elimination in such an unlikely fashion.

Player Chips Progress
Ira Basil ca
Ira Basil
12,400
-21,100
-21,100

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Stout's Out

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante
Matt Stout
Matt Stout

After a raise to 675 from the player in the cutoff, Matt Stout jammed all in over the top from the button for 9,575 chips. Anthony Spinella in the big blind then dropped in a stack of yellow chips, representing a call.

The player who originally raised from the cutoff folded and the two players turned up their hands.

Stout: {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Spinella: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

The flop came out safe for Spinella, offering no extra outs to Stout when it came down {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. The {2-Clubs} on the turn was also safe, and Spinella notched the knockout when it was the {J-Clubs} that fell on the river.

With that Spinella made his way up the chip leader board, as stout made his exit from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
Busted

Coach Star Cut

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante
Bill Fagerbakke Has Played His Last Hand Here on Day 1
Bill Fagerbakke Has Played His Last Hand Here on Day 1

We are sad to announce that Bill Fagerbakke, of Coach, SpongeBob SquarePants, and How I Met Your Mother fame has been eliminated.

We missed the bustout hand, but saw Fagerbakke's unmistakably tall frame sauntering out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Fagerbakke us
Bill Fagerbakke
Busted

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Kenny Nguyen Does Not

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante
Kenny Nguyen (Seen Here Competing in an Earlier WSOP Event)
Kenny Nguyen (Seen Here Competing in an Earlier WSOP Event)

After raising to 925 in early position, pro Kenny Nguyen watched Chris Winter throw out a pile of chips, and after asking for a count things got a bit confusing. Winter had pushed 1,425 forward, and it took some sorting to determine whether or not he had made a minimum raise, or simply a call.

The raise stood, and Nguyen was perplexed by the meaning of the bet.

"Now I don't know if you mean to raise or just call," said Nguyen, fishing for some added information. "OK, let's see the flop."

The dealer fanned the {k-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} across the felt, and both players opted to tap the table. On the {q-Clubs} turn, Nguyen checked a second time, and his opponent bet 1,800.

"I have a good pocket pair," Nguyen said as he mucked his {9-}{9-}. "But too many big cards out there."

Despite the setback, Nguyen remains in good spirits, laughing and joking with the rest of the table every few minutes or so.

Winter, however, probably wished Nguyen had flopped a bigger piece of the board, as his {A-}{10-} was good for the nuts on the turn.

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Marcus Aurelius, The Chip Emperor

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

We came to Marcus Aurelius' table during the aftermath of an obscenely large pot for this stage in the tournament. Aurelius was raking in stacks, and stacks of black, yellow, light blue, and green chips. So many chips in fact that they were overflowing into the spaces next to him.

We didn't catch the hand he won, but a player who was a part of the vicious battle informed us, in a very cliff notes fashion, of what happened.

Apparently, Aurelius called a raise with {4-}{5-}, and took to a flop with two other players. On the flop of {J-Spades}{4-}{5-Spades} all three players got all the money in the middle creating a massive pot. Aurelius was ahead in the hand with two pair, but he was against {K-}{K-} for a scary looking overpair, and {A-Spades}{10-Spades} for the nut flush draw. The board apparently bricked out with a {6-} and a {9-} and that was it. Aurelius had both players covered and he scooped up the monster potten without any issues, except for the issue of space for his newly acquired stack.

With that, Aurelius now has a stack of over 130,000 going into the blind levels of 200/400 with a 50 ante, which represents a factor of more than 300 big blinds.

"If you don't cash now, you really suck," someone told Aurelius as he was gathering his chips. "You could just sit there and cash." But poker is a swingy game, and anything can happen. One thing is for sure, we'll be keeping our eye on this monster potten winner as the day goes on.

Player Chips Progress
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
135,000
135,000
135,000