2013 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$730,756
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
1,736
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Official Chip Counts (full)

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Anthony Ruberto us
Anthony Ruberto
178,200
Florens Feenstra nl
Florens Feenstra
171,700
Robert Panitch
Robert Panitch
150,700
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
148,300
Alan Bertenshaw
Alan Bertenshaw
147,800
Alvaro Gorriz
Alvaro Gorriz
145,000
Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
142,400 400
Rahul Raju Byrraju
Rahul Raju Byrraju
137,700
Jamil Kanji ca
Jamil Kanji
129,900
Tobias Wenker de
Tobias Wenker
126,000
Chris Karambinis us
Chris Karambinis
123,100
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
122,700 115,200
Sebastien Comel fr
Sebastien Comel
117,600
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
116,300
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
113,900
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
113,100
Elias Jaajaa
Elias Jaajaa
110,300
John Scaife
John Scaife
109,600
Jacob Schindler us
Jacob Schindler
107,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
106,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Julius us
Ryan Julius
103,000
Ami Alibay ca
Ami Alibay
102,500 11,500
David Borg
David Borg
101,700
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
101,600
Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
100,100

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Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Tony Ruberto Leads Into Day 2

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Nicolas Levi
Nicolas Levi

Tony Ruberto leads the final 243 players of today's $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event, amassing a stack of 178,200. Today's event started with 1,736 entrants. After Day 1, Ruberto is only 6,000 ahead of the second stack, Florens Feenstra (171,700). Alan Bertenshaw (147,800), Jamil Kanji (129,9000) and Chris Karambinis (123,100) also bagged hefty stacks.

Of course, a few notables made a showing today, but didn't manage to hold up until the end. Those no longer with us include Antonio Esfandiari, Pius Heinz, Layne Flack, David Williams, Maria Ho, Jennifer Tilly and Annette Obrestad, among many others.

We did find a few notables still in contention after Day 1, including Mark Teltscher (113,100), Jonathan Tamayo (91,900), Josh Arieh (79,800), Chris Johnson (75,100), Erik Seidel (58,000), David Peters (44,600), Blair Hinkle (36,900) and Amit Makhija (37,000).

The 243 survivors from today will be back tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Amazon Room to play some more cards. As always, check in with PokerNews for live updates and chip counts during the action tomorrow for Day 2 of this $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event.

End of Day 1 Counts

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tony Ruberto us
Tony Ruberto
178,200
Florens Feenstra nl
Florens Feenstra
171,700 171,700
Bob Panitch
Bob Panitch
150,700 150,700
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
148,300 23,300
AJ Bertenshaw
AJ Bertenshaw
147,800 57,000
Alvaro Borriz
Alvaro Borriz
147,000 147,000
Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
142,000 142,000
Jamil Kanji ca
Jamil Kanji
129,900 129,900
Chris Karambinis us
Chris Karambinis
123,100 100
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
113,100 113,100
Elias Jacijaa
Elias Jacijaa
108,300 108,300
Ryan Julius us
Ryan Julius
103,000 18,000
Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
91,900 66,900
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
79,800 9,800
WSOP 6X Winner
Chris Johnson us
Chris Johnson
75,100 27,900
Robert Cheung ca
Robert Cheung
67,300 -12,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
58,000 21,750
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
48,600
David Peters us
David Peters
44,600 -15,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
37,000 18,000
Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle
36,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Lee Childs us
Lee Childs
21,600 -6,400
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
Busted

Smith Value Shoves River

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We found Dan Smith with enough chips in the middle to put his opponent all in on the end. The board read {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{a-Spades}{3-Clubs}. Smith's opponent tanked for a couple of minutes before announcing a call. Smith revealed {k-Hearts}{7-Spades} for two pair, and his opponent tossed his cards into the middle and got out of his seat.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
65,500 31,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dan Smith

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Peters Busts Esfandiari

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
David Peters
David Peters

We walked up to the table just as Antonio Esfandiari went all-in for 20,200 of his remaining chips. David Peters, two seats to the left, also announced, "All in," after a short tank. The rest of the players folded, and Esfandiari showed {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, while Peters tabled {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}.

The board came {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}, hitting a queen for Peters and coming up short for Esfandiari. After an apparent downswing, Peters is now sitting at a healthy stack of around 60,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
60,000 25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Sylvia's Queens Hold

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jesse Sylvia opened for a raise to 1,700 on the button, and the small blind reraised all in for about 17,000. The big blind folded, and Sylvia insta-called.

Sylvia: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Small blind: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{k-Spades}, and Sylvia busted his opponent on the last hand before their table broke.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
41,000 2,500

Tags: Jesse Sylvia