2013 World Series of Poker

Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 2
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

Right Call, Wrong Turn for Hansen

Level 7

No-Limit Hold'em

Right before the break a big hand arose involving Gus Hansen and Brandon Cantu. A significant pot had already developed by the flop with the board showing {4-Spades}{K-Spades}{6-Hearts}, at which point Cantu had shipped his last 105,000 into the middle, forcing Hansen deep into the tank.

Finally the Dane emerged to make the call, turning over {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for top pair of kings, and he was glad to see Cantu turning over {7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} for bottom pair of fours.

Hansen was decidedly less pleased once the dealer delivered the turn, however — the {7-Spades}. Two pair for Cantu, and after the {8-Clubs} river Cantu had scored a big double while Hansen was left muttering.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
313,000 193,000
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
80,000 -150,000

Tags: Brandon CantuGus Hansen

Level: 7

Triple Draw 2-7 - Limit Hold'em - Omaha-8 - blinds 1,300-2,500; limits 2,500-5,000
Razz - Stud - Stud-8 - ante 500; bring-in 700; complete 2,500; limits 2,500-5,000
No-Limit Hold'em - Pot-Limit Omaha - ante (NLHE only) 300; blinds 600-1,200

A Few More Chip Counts

Level 6
Player Chips Progress
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
WSOP 3X Winner
250,000 -15,000
John D'Agostino us
John D'Agostino
245,000 -400
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
235,000 59,000
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
230,000 80,000
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
WSOP 1X Winner
180,000 800
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
WSOP 1X Winner
175,000 5,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
160,000 24,800
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
155,000 14,400
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
138,000 21,600
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
120,000 8,500
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
110,000 -41,500
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
80,000 -21,700
Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
71,000 25,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
65,000 -34,700
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
45,000 -20,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
32,000 -7,600

Abe Still Able

Level 6
Abe Mosseri
Abe Mosseri

2-7 Triple Draw

Abe Mosseri began the day with a short stack and was just all in and at risk in a deuce-to-seven hand against Scott Seiver. Mosseri was standing pat with an {8-}{6-}{4-}{3-}{2-} while Seiver still had one last live draw to a seven, but Seiver didn't make a winner and Mosseri survived.

The next hand saw Mosseri raising from middle position and getting a single caller in Talal Shakerchi playing from the big blind. Both players took two on the first draw, then Mosseri stood pat while Shakercki drew one on each of the last two rounds. Mosseri led with bets on all three rounds, and after calling the first two, Shakerchi let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
98,000 -31,700
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
WSOP 2X Winner
65,000

Tags: Abe MosseriTalal Shakerchi

Deeb Takes on the Octo-Niner

Level 6

No-Limit Hold'em

Shaun Deeb opened for 3,300 in early position and received a call from Octo-Niner Jeremy Ausmus in the hijack. The rest of the field got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the {a-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Hearts} flop.

Deeb wasted little time in continuing for 2,400, Ausmus called and the dealer burned and turned the {4-Clubs}. Deeb bet again, this time 6,100, and again Ausmus called. When the {8-Spades} completed the board on the river, Deeb slowed down with a check and Ausmus did the same. Ausmus then rolled over the {a-Spades}{3-Spades} for a pair of aces and Deeb rapped the table before mucking his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
166,000 -12,000
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
WSOP 6X Winner
78,000 15,000

Tags: Jeremy AusmusShaun Deeb

Brunson, Makarov Split

Level 6

Picking up the action on fifth street, Alexey Makarov was leading the way by betting his pair of eights showing with Doyle Brunson calling and Dee Tiller stepping aside. Makarov bet sixth as well and Brunson again called, then both players checked on seventh.

Makarov: {x-}{x-} / {8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} / {x-}
Brunson: {x-}{x-} / {3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} / {x-}
Tiller: {x-}{x-} / {7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} — FOLDED

Makarov tabled {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}, giving him two pair for the high, while Brunson showed {A-Spades}{K-Spades}{4-Spades} to make an 8-6-4-3-A low and they split the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Doyle Brunson us
Doyle Brunson
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
212,000 -20,000
Alexey Makarov ru
Alexey Makarov
128,000 -5,200

Tags: Alexey MakarovDoyle Brunson

"Just an Ace"

Level 6

2-7 Triple Draw

Greg "FBT" Mueller raised to 4,000 from the hijack and Jared Bleznick defended from the big blind. Bleznick drew one, Mueller two and then the former check-called a bet.

The number of cards draw repeated itself as did the betting. On the final draw, both players took one and each followed that up with a check.

"Just an ace," Mueller said before tabling the {a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. It was good as Bleznick sent his cards to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
340,000 -10,000
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
WSOP 3X Winner
265,000 3,700

Tags: Greg MuellerJared Bleznick