2013 World Series of Poker

Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$1,774,089
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,336,000
Entries
132
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

More Counts

Level 2
Player Chips Progress
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
180,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Doyle Brunson us
Doyle Brunson
180,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
172,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
170,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
161,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
161,000
3,000
3,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
155,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
146,000
146,000
146,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
138,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
137,000
-19,000
-19,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
136,000
-14,000
-14,000

Mercier Claims Most of Perry's Stack

Level 2
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

Pot-Limit Omaha

We came upon a huge PLO hand brewing between Jason Mercier and Ralph Perry. They'd reached a {5-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop and there was already a big pot developed with Perry having fired a bet into it. Mercier had raised all in with his entire stack, and after tanking quite some time Perry decided to call, thus building a total pot of more than 300,000.

Mercier had {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{10-Spades}{5-Spades} for top two pair while Perry had {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs} for aces. The turn was the {4-Hearts} and river the {J-Clubs}, and Mercier had suddenly scored a big double as they near the end of Level 2. Meanwhile, Perry will be going to the dinner break with less than 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
338,000
163,000
163,000
Ralph Perry us
Ralph Perry
22,000
-128,000
-128,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jason MercierRalph Perry

Level: 3

Triple Draw 2-7 - Limit Hold'em - Omaha-8 - blinds 500-1,000; limits 1,000-2,000
Razz - Stud - Stud-8 - ante 200; bring-in 300; complete 1,000; limits 1,000-2,000
No-Limit Hold'em - Pot-Limit Omaha - ante (NLHE only) 100; blinds 300-500

Duhamel Doubles Through Selbst in PLO Clash

Level 3
Vanessa Selbst Loses Massive Pot
Vanessa Selbst Loses Massive Pot

Pot-Limit Omaha

We arrived at the table in time to see Vanessa Selbst and Jonathan Duhamel looking down at a flop of {6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Selbst was in the small blind and fired out 2,000. Duhamel cut out a raise to what looked to be 10,600 after Selbst's original bet was pulled in .

The two headed to the turn and saw the {7-Hearts} hit the felt. Selbst checked and Duhamel fired 14,500. Selbst thought for about 45 seconds before moving out a raise to 68,700. Duhamel did not waste much time before quietly announcing that he was all in.

"Shit," sighed Selbst. Almost immediately after the word left her mouth she moved out a call.

Duhamel: {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Selbst: {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}

Both players had a straight but Duhamel's was higher with a straight to the eight. The river paired the board with the {7-Diamonds} and Duhamel ended the hand with a winning sevens full of fives. Selbst was forced to ship a vast majority of her stack over to Duhamel and now sits on just 44,000 in chips. Duhamel, however, has soared to one of the top stacks in the room with about 290,000 in chips.

Selbst took to Twitter immediately after the hand:

Vanessa SelbstUghhhhh just lost most of my chips in PLO board 653ss7 I bet/c flop check pot turn with AA64ss. He didnt fold 4578 and I brick. 44k now.
Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
290,000
140,000
140,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
44,000
-116,000
-116,000

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelVanessa Selbst

Nuts For Williams

Level 3

Pot-Limit Omaha

The flop read {8-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Spades} when we came upon David Williams and George Danzer playing a heads up pot. Williams checked and Danzer fired out 2,800 into the middle of the table. Williams flat called and the {2-Diamonds} came on the turn. Williams check-called again, this time to the tune of 5,800.

The river brought the {9-Spades} and the action quickly went check-check.

"Nuts!" said Williams as he showed {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for the nut flush. Danzer threw his hand away and Williams dragged in the pot. Williams is now sitting on about 122,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
George Danzer de
George Danzer
168,000
-12,000
-12,000
David Williams us
David Williams
122,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: David WilliamsGeorge Danzer

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 3
Player Chips Progress
Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
186,000
36,000
36,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
184,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Doyle Brunson us
Doyle Brunson
184,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Cole South us
Cole South
180,000
6,000
6,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
180,000
-15,000
-15,000
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
168,000
-34,000
-34,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
165,000
-16,300
-16,300
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
164,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
164,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dee Tiller us
Dee Tiller
160,000
10,000
10,000
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
160,000
10,000
10,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
155,000
5,000
5,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
155,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
145,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
145,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
140,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
136,000
-1,000
-1,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
136,000
-14,000
-14,000
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
135,000
WSOP 2X Winner
George Lind us
George Lind
126,000
-24,000
-24,000
PokerStars
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
126,000
-39,000
-39,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
122,000
-28,000
-28,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
120,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
118,000
-32,000
-32,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
118,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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