Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-01-2013 00:09 UTC-7

Queens for Matusow

Shamus

Level 4

Limit Hold'em

Josh Arieh raised from the cutoff seat and got two callers including Mike Matusow playing from the small blind. The flop came . It checked to Arieh who bet, Matusow check-raised, the big blind folded, and Arieh called. Arieh then called bets from Matusow following both the turn and river.

Matusow tabled , and Arieh mucked, now down to less than 40,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	136,000	12,000
Josh Arieh	36,000	-22,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Mike Matusow

07-01-2013 00:09 UTC-7

"This Is Insane! This Is F***ing Insane!"

donpeters

Level 4

Pot-Limit Omaha

Alexander Kostritsyn opened with a raise to 1,500 from early position, and Jared Bleznick called from the cutoff seat. On the button, Tom Schneider also called, and the dealer rolled out the flop. Kostritsyn led with a bet of 4,000, Bleznick called, and Schneider folded.

The turn card was the , and Kostritsyn kept firing away. He bet 11,000, but Bleznick didn't go anywhere and made the call.

The river was the , and now things got really fun. Kostritsyn first bet 26,000, to which Bleznick studied, then raised to 60,000. Kostritsyn came back with a reraised to 100,000. Bleznick shrugged his shoulders and made the call, almost as if to say, "OK, let's chop this one up."

But wait...

As soon as Bleznick called the river, Kostritsyn mucked his hand with a smile. Bleznick seemed a little shocked, but began to pull in the pot anyway. He didn't show his cards and some of the players at the table said he had to show the winning hand. Bleznick protested that he had to show, and tried to push his hand to the muck. The dealer held onto the cards and called over the floor to get a ruling. According to World Series of Poker rule, the winning hand must always be shown. The floor gave this decision to Bleznick, and he was again shocked.

At any rate, the dealer tabled his hand to reveal the for the nut straight... the stone cold nuts on the river. And now for the second issue.

"Well, wait a minute," said someone at the table. "He just called with the nuts."

The floor had only been able to take two steps away before being summoned back to the table. The dealer explained what happened, and the floor ruled that because Bleznick just called in position with the nuts on the river, that he would now receive a one-round penalty.

"Are you kidding me?!?!" exclaimed Bleznick. "This is insane!"

The floor explained the WSOP ruling, but Bleznick was simply in awe.

"This is f***ing insane!" he half yelled. "Every f***ing time I play a WSOP tournament I get a f***ing penalty! Every time!"

Bleznick finished pulling in the pot before stepping away from the table for an entire round. During his penalty, Bleznick has been wandering around the tournament area telling several other tables what had happened.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	296,000
Alexander Kostritsyn	80,000	-106,000

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Jared Bleznick Tom Schneider

06-30-2013 23:53 UTC-7

Club Flush Scoops For Mizrachi

Josh_Cahlik

Level 4

Stud-8

Michael Mizrachi	/ /
Konstantin Puchkov	/ /

We arrived at the table on sixth street to find Michael Mizrachi fling out a bet. Konstantin Puchkov took some time, looked at Mizrachi's board then at his own hole cards, and finally decided to call.

The players were dealt their final cards and Mizrachi fired one last bet. Puchkov quickly called but ultimately mucked when Mizrachi showed for a club flush. Mizrachi took down the pot and now has about 122,000 in chips while Puchkov has dropped to around 111,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	125,000	20,000
Konstantin Puchkov	111,000	-19,000

Tags: Konstantin Puchkov Michael Mizrachi

06-30-2013 23:38 UTC-7

Baranov Falling

Josh_Cahlik

Level 4

Stud

Sergii Baranov	/ /
Richard Ashby	/ /
John Hennigan	/ - (FOLDED)

On fourth street we found John Hennigan check the action to Sergii Baranov who fired out a bet. Richard Ashby called and Hennigan stuck around too. It was checked to Baranov on fifth and he fired once more only to find a raise from Ashby. Hennigan folded and Baranov called.

Baranov paired his tens on sixth and led out. This bet was met with a call from Ashby and both players checked seventh. Ashby tabled for two pair- sevens and fours and Baranov tossed his hand to the muck. Baranov is now down to about 73,000 while Ashby sits on 174,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Ashby	174,000	24,000
Sergii Baranov	73,000	-17,000

06-30-2013 23:37 UTC-7

A Few More Updated Chip Counts

Shamus

Level 4

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Glick	221,000	-21,000
Greg Mueller	218,000	49,000
Huck Seed	195,000	44,000
John D'Agostino	180,000	-54,000
John Hennigan	180,000	-38,000
David Bach	155,000	5,000
Justin Bonomo	155,000	5,000
John Racener	148,000	-10,000
Michael Mizrachi	142,000	-13,000
Brian Hastings	134,000	6,000
Konstantin Puchkov	130,000
Jeremy Ausmus	130,000	-20,000
Daniel Negreanu	125,000	-36,100
Dan Kelly	120,000	-30,000
Ben Yu	119,000	-31,000
Mike Gorodinsky	118,000	-20,000
Ville Wahlbeck	115,000	-35,000
Erick Lindgren	109,000	33,000

Level: 4

Triple Draw 2-7 - Limit Hold'em - Omaha-8 - blinds 600-1,200; limits 1,200-2,400
Razz - Stud - Stud-8 - ante 300; bring-in 300; complete 1,200; limits 1,200-2,400
No-Limit Hold'em - Pot-Limit Omaha - ante (NLHE only) 100; blinds 300-600

06-30-2013 23:05 UTC-7

Let's Take a Break

Shamus

Level 3

Having reached the end of Level 3, players are taking another 15-minute break.

06-30-2013 23:04 UTC-7

Perry Out

Shamus

Level 3

Ralph Perry hung on for nearly all of Level 3 with his stack of less than 10,000, but finally lost the last of his chips just before the break arrived to become a Day 1 casualty of Event #55.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ralph Perry	Busted

Tags: Ralph Perry

06-30-2013 23:03 UTC-7

Assorted Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	220,000	-4,000
Paul Volpe	180,000	25,000
Jeff Lisandro	165,000	15,000
Phil Hellmuth	146,000	146,000
Todd Brunson	135,000	-26,000
Tom McCormick	130,000	-6,000
David "ODB" Baker	125,000	-45,000
Randy Ohel	82,000	-33,000

06-30-2013 23:02 UTC-7

Buchanan With an Eighty-Seven

Shamus

Level 3

Razz

Shawn Buchanan completed and Bryn Kenney called, then David Oppenheim raised and the other two both stuck around.

Buchanan: () / / ([x])
Kenney: () / / ([x])
Oppenheim: () / / ([x])

On fourth it was Oppenheim betting and the others calling, while on fifth and sixth it was Kenney leading and the others calling. On seventh street Kenney checked as did Oppenheim, then Buchanan bet and both of the other two called.

Buchanan tabled for an 8-7-5-4-3, and the others mucked.