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2013 World Series of Poker
Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,336,000
Entries
132
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
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
A Few More Updated Chip Counts
Level 4
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
221,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
218,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
||
|
195,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
||
|
180,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
180,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
||
|
155,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
155,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
148,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
142,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
134,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
130,000 | |
|
||
|
130,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
125,000
-36,100
|
-36,100 |
|
||
|
120,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
119,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
|
||
|
118,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
||
|
109,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
Baranov Falling
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
174,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
73,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Club Flush Scoops For Mizrachi
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
111,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
||
"This Is Insane! This Is F***ing Insane!"
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
296,000 | |
|
80,000
-106,000
|
-106,000 |
Queens for Matusow
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
136,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
Updated Chip Counts
Level 4
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
215,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
206,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
155,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
148,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
|
||
|
146,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
140,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
|
114,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
|
108,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
105,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
102,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
Schneider Over South
Level 4
Pot-Limit Omaha
Tom Schneider, gunning for his third bracelet of the summer, lost chips during the early levels today, but he just claimed a few back from Cole South in a hand of PLO.
With the board showing 
, Schneider tossed out a bet of 10,000 — a bit less than half the pot — and South thought it over a short while before calling. "Straight," said Schneider as he spread his hand — 
. "Straight's good," said South, and he slid his cards face down to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
194,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
114,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
Mizrachi Turns Full House
Level 4
No-Limit Hold'em
We picked up with the action to see Marco Johnson and Michael Mizrachi looking down at a board of 
. With about 23,000 already in the middle, Johnson checked over to Mizrachi who fired out 15,000. Johnson tossed out calling chips and the struck the river.
Johnson checked again and Mizrachi shuffled some chips on the table for a moment before casually tossing out both of his T25,000 chips for a bet totaling 50,000. Johnson went into the tank for roughly a minute before removing two chips from his own stack and moving them forward.
Mizrachi rolled over 
for deuces full of treys which made Johnson muck his hand. Mizrachi's full house earned him the pot and he now sits at around 215,000 while Johnson was knocked to to roughly 62,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
|
|
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