Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-02-2013 21:19 UTC-7

Watson Takes on Laak

Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Phil Laak raised from late position and then called when Canadian star Mike Watson three-bet to 2,200 from the button. Laak tapped the table and checked the arrival of the flop. Watson fired a continuation bet of 2,500 and Laak immediately called.

The turn brought the into view and Laak checked again. Laak's insta-call on the flop didn't deter Watson from betting again and he set the price to play at 6,200. Laak considered his options for around 15-seconds before settling on a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Laak	52,000	875
Mike Watson	41,000	41,000

Tags: Mike Watson Phil Laak

07-02-2013 21:10 UTC-7

Seidel Flushes River

[user80015]

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Erik Seidel moved all in for his last 4,900 and found action form a player a few seats over.

Seidel:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Seidel rivered a flush to double through to just over 11,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	11,500	5,500

Tags: Erik Seidel

07-02-2013 21:06 UTC-7

Mizzi Doubles and Gain a New Playlist

Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

As we were doing our rounds of the tournament floor, we saw Phil Laak stood behind Sorel Mizzi. Mizzi was unaware of Laak's presence until Laak placed his headphones over Mizzi's head.

"That's really relaxing," said Mizzi, "What is it?"

Laak then placed the headphones on us so we could listen to the relaxing music for ourselves.

"It's the Dallas String Quartet," explained Laak, "If you need to know why I have so many chips it because of this music."

Laak then placed the headphones back on Mizzi just as Mizzi was about to act from the button.

"Oh! You're in a hand! You have to turn down the volume two notches otherwise the music won't help you win!"

Mizzi three-bet all in from the button and the original raiser called.

Mizzi:
Opponent:

Mizzi paired his king on the flop and his hand stayed best as the turn and river fell and .

"Thanks, buddy. You come over here and I double. Can you send me your playlist?"

"I'll email it to you right away."

Mizzi now has 15,000 chips and a new playlist to listen to while playing poker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	15,000	7,000

Tags: Sorel Mizzi Phil Laak

07-02-2013 21:01 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Silver

[user80015]

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot Hebden	127,000	27,900
Matt Berkey	98,000	33,000
Ludovic Lacay	51,000	1,000
Philipp Gruissem	50,000
Antoine Saout	50,000	35,000
Sam Trickett	47,000	35,000
Eugene Katchalov	39,000	-1,000
Ali Eslami	35,000	20,000
Eric Baldwin	34,000	10,500
Jason Wheeler	33,000	-7,000
Dani Stern	33,000
André Akkari	30,000	6,000
Ivan Demidov	28,000	7,000
Olivier Busquet	26,000	1,000
Griffin Benger	26,000	3,000
John Racener	24,000	-6,000
Dan O'Brien	21,000	6,000
Andy Black	21,000	-12,000
Steve Zolotow	20,000	-3,000
Jennifer Tilly	18,000	-4,300
Allen Cunningham	18,000	10,000
Elio Fox	18,000	100
T.J. Cloutier	16,000
Cliff Josephy	15,000	-1,600
Jonathan Aguiar	14,000	-2,000

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07-02-2013 20:58 UTC-7

Silverman Doubles Through Kitai

Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Davidi Kitai opened the preflop betting round with a raise to 850 from middle position. To his immediate left was Steven Silverman who three-bet all in for 4,250 in total. The action passed back around to Kitai who counted out the chips required to call, took a few glances at Silverman and called.

Silverman:
Kitai:

Silverman's ladies were the best hand, but he would have to avoid an ace on the board otherwise his tournament would be over. Silverman did avoid an ace as the board ran out . Silverman now has 9,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Silverman	9,000	-6,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai Steven Silverman

07-02-2013 20:48 UTC-7

Pantaleo Meets Someone as Loose As Him

Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Giuseppe Pantaleo has a reputation for showing up with a wide range of hands, maybe not as wide as Brandon "Any Two" Cantu, but trust us when we say he plays loosely!

Moments ago, Pantaleo opened to 900 from early position and the player on the button made the call. Pantaleo then check-called a 2,000 bet on the flop, leading the dealer to place the on the turn. Pantaleo check-called again, this time a more substantial 4,000 bet. The river was the and was greeted with checks from both players.

Pantaleo mucked when he saw the of his opponent.

Tags: Giuseppe Pantaleo

07-02-2013 20:43 UTC-7

Esfandiari Making Moves

Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Antonio Esfandiari is up to 43,300 after a great start after the dinner break.

Esfandiari was in the small blind and bet 3,625 on a flop and was called by his sole opponent. Esfandiarii then checked the arrival of the and his opponent took up the role of the aggressor and bet 5,150. Esfandiari stared at the flop, then diverted his gaze to his opponent for a brief moment before check-raising all in. The move worked because it was met with a snap-fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Esfandiari	43,300	10,300

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

07-02-2013 20:41 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Gold

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Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Laak	71,000	2,875
Mike Sowers	47,000	4,000
Grant Levy	45,000	14,000
Andy Frankenberger	43,000	18,000
Keith Ferrera	38,000	16,500
Jonathan Little	36,000	2,000
Chris Moorman	34,000	5,500
Harrison Gimbel	28,000	-6,000
Bart Hanson	24,000	1,000
Samantha Cohen	24,000	-7,500
Chris Tryba	22,000	-12,000
Juha Helppi	20,000	-3,000
JC Tran	18,000	-6,000
Dylan Linde	17,000	-2,500
Liv Boeree	16,000	-6,000
Maria Ho	16,000	-3,500
Christopher Demaci	14,000	-12,000
Victoria Coren	14,000	-2,700
Cherish Andrews	13,200	-12,800
JP Kelly	13,000
Sorel Mizzi	8,000	-11,450

07-02-2013 20:38 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Bronze

[user80015]

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Reilly	58,000	7,900
Mark Radoja	42,000
Jason Koon	29,500	6,500
Sam Stein	27,000	12,000
Ryan D'Angelo	25,000	-3,000
Jason Senti	11,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	10,600	600
Tim West	6,000	-250

07-02-2013 20:23 UTC-7

Cards are in the air

Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players are back from their 90-minute dinner break, refreshed and with full bellies!

The plan is to play another two levels and have a 20-minute break, followed by one more level and another 20-minute break, followed by two more levels before bagging up for the night.

This means our coverage will be wrapped up by around 2 a.m. Stay tuned!