2013 World Series of Poker

Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 4
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Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣10♦
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
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Chip Counts

Mickey Doft
Mickey Doft
Level 17
Player Chips Progress
Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen 		2,165,000 -95,000
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
WSOP 3X Winner
2,105,000 570,000
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,495,000 440,000
Michael Glick us
Michael Glick 		1,489,000 314,000
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
WSOP 2X Winner
1,300,000 -180,000
George Danzer de
George Danzer
WSOP 4X Winner
PokerStars
1,206,000 -39,000
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
WSOP 1X Winner
1,182,000 12,000
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
1,138,000 138,000
Minh Ly us
Minh Ly 		1,062,000 -138,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
PokerStars
958,000 368,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
940,000 162,000
Troy Burkholder us
Troy Burkholder 		917,000 -403,000
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
672,000 17,000
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
630,000 -210,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
620,000 -227,000
Tommy Hang us
Tommy Hang 		422,000 -383,000
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
WSOP 4X Winner
342,000 -10,000
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
WSOP 1X Winner
305,000 -42,000

First Break of the Day

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 17

The first level of the day is in the books, and that means it's time for the first 20-minute break of the day. Here's a look at the highlights from Level 17:

Smith Sent Off

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Level 17
Justin Smith - Eliminated
Justin Smith - Eliminated

Pot-Limit Omaha

Matthew Ashton raised to 26,000 from under the gun, George Danzer called on the button, and Justin Smith raised the pot from the big blind. Ashton re-potted, Danzer folded, and Smith called all in for around 300,000.

Ashton: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Smith: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}

Ashton's aces held as the board rolled out {4-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, and Smith was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
WSOP 1X Winner
1,170,000 650,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith 		Busted

Tags: Justin SmithMatthew Ashton

Bach's Run at a Second Title Come to an End

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 17
David Bach
David Bach

Razz

Gary Benson: {a-}{6-} / {8-}{a-}{7-}{7-} / {4-}
David Bach: {a-}{6-} / {10-}{k-}{5-}{9-} / {6-}

David Bach won this event back in 2009 and was looking to join Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi as the only player to win the title twice. Unfortunately for Bach, his dreams of doing so just came to an end courtesy of Australian Gary Benson.

It happened when a raising way saw Bach get his short stack of 86,000 all in from the get go. He was holding a 10-6-A low and needed to improve against Benson's 8-6-A low. He did on fourth when Benson paired, and he stayed in the lead on fifth and sixth. That meant Benson needed to improve on seventh to eliminate Bach, and that's just what he did when he caught a {4-}. Bach paired his six and that was all she wrote for Bach.

Player Chips Progress
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
655,000 85,000
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: David BachGary Benson

Former POY Falls

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Level 17
Erick Lindgren - Eliminated
Erick Lindgren - Eliminated

Razz

Don Nguyen: {x-}{x-} / {7-}{2-}{k-}{9-}
Erick Lindgren: {x-}{x-} / {4-}{q-}{q-}{5-}

We caught up with the action on fourth street, where 2008 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Lindgren called a bet from Nguyen. He called another on fifth, but folded on sixth street.

Lindgren: {x-}{x-} / {k-}{3-}{9-}{9-} / {x-}
Max Pescatori: {x-}{x-} / {7-}{k-}{7-}{a-} / {x-}
David Benyamine: {x-}{x-} / {9-}{4-}{9-}{4-} / {x-}

On the very next hand, Lindgren brought it in, Pescatori completed, and both Benyamine and Lindgren called. Benyamine bet out on fourth when Pescatori was dealt a king, Lindgren called all in, and Pescatori called.

Benyamine fired again on fifth, but slowed down on sixth, check-folding when he made two pair on board. He smiled and tabled a {4-}, signifying that he actually had a full house.

Lindgren: {6-}{3-}
Pescatori: {a-}{2-}

Both players had two pair, and Lindgren was drawing live, but when Pescatori pulled a {5-} on seventh street to give him {a-}{2-}{5-}{7-}{k-}, Lindgren couldn't make a better hand. He mucked his seventh card, and is off to register for the noon event.

Player Chips Progress
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 -175,000
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
WSOP 4X Winner
490,000 -13,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Don NguyenDavid BenyamineErick LindgrenMax Pescatori

Mueller's $50K Poker Players' Championship Comes to an End

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 17
Greg Mueller
Greg Mueller

Razz

Greg Mueller: {8-}{7-} / {10-}{3-}{4-}{5-} / {9-}
Huck Seed: {x-}{x-} / {j-}{q-}{5-}{a-} / {x-}
Bryn Kenney: {x-}{x-} / {4-}{q-}{k-} Fold
Minh Ly: {x-}{x-} / {q-}{j-}{3-}{5-} / {x-}

We picked up the action on fourth street with Greg Mueller already all in for 25,000 or so. Bryn Kenney bet and received calls from Huck Seed and Minh Ly. The latter took the lead on fifth and checked, which prompted Seed to bet. Kenney, who received a king, folded and Ly made the call.

Ly then called a bet on sixth before betting after Seed checked seventh. Seed got out of the way and Ly tabled a 7-6-5-3-2 low, which bested Mueller's 8-7-5-4-3 low.

Player Chips Progress
Minh Ly us
Minh Ly 		1,200,000 30,000
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Greg MuellerMinh Ly

Chidwick Eliminated & Smith Quartered by Danzer

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 17
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

Omaha-8

George Danzer raised from early position only to have Justin "Boosted J" Smith three-bet from the cutoff. Stephen Chidwick then four-bet all in for 84,000 from the big blind and Danzer completed that up to 100,000. Smith five-bet, Danzer called and a side pot was created headed to the {2-Spades}{5-Spades}{5-Clubs} flop. Danzer bet and Smith called off for his last 16,000.

Chidwick: {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}{q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}
Danzer: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}{3-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Smith: {a-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The {8-Diamonds} was put out on the turn followed by the {10-Diamonds} on the river. Chidwick missed his open-ended straight draw and couldn't best the two pair of Danzer, who shared the same low as Smith. That meant Chidwick was eliminated while Smith got quartered by Danzer.

Player Chips Progress
George Danzer de
George Danzer
WSOP 4X Winner
PokerStars
1,245,000 125,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith 		90,000 -130,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: George DanzerJustin SmithStephen Chidwick

PokerNews Podcast Episode #168: Private Public Cash Games feat. Greg Merson

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Level 17
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about the controversial tweet he released on Tuesday regarding private public cash games at Aria, and respond to criticism regarding the language of the tweet. Merson also discusses Macau, the potential return of online poker to New Jersey, and his friend Tony "End Boss" Gregg's win in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller.

You can subscribe to the PokerNews Podcast on iTunes here.

Tags: Greg MersonPokerNews Podcast

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