2013 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$792,275
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,684,800
Entries
784
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Piccioli's in the Hunt for Bracelet #2

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Bryan Piccioli won the first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet awarded in Australia when he took down the opening event of the WSOP-APAC in April. Now he is in the hunt for a second piece of poker jewellery here in Las Vegas.

Piccioli has been re seated at Table Silver 32 and is currently armed with 98,000 chips, which puts him up there with the chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
98,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bryan Piccioli

Boeree Bosses Stars

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Taylor Paur opened the pot with a raise to 1,100 from UTG+1. David "Bakes" Baker called in the small blind, putting the action onto Liv Boeree in the big blind. Boeree raised to 4,000 which folded out Paur.

"Too much," said Baker as he mucked his hand, leaving Boeree to add some extra chips to her stack.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
68,700
37,700
37,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
28,200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
12,700
-3,300
-3,300

Tags: David "Bakes" BakerLiv BoereeTaylor Paur

Laak Stacks with Two Pair

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Following a raise to 1,000, Phil Laak made the call from the small blind before the big blind three-bet to 3,200. The original raiser folded, but Laak made the call as the flop landed {5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}.

Both players checked, and when the {Q-Diamonds} landed on the turn, Laak pushed forward all his 1,000-denomination chips amounting to roughly 40,000. The big blind paused for a few moments before making the call for his remaining 10,000 or so.

Laak: {10-Spades}{8-Spades}
Opponent: {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

The river landed the {2-Clubs} and Laak sent his opponent to the rail while moving his stack upwards of 65,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
66,000
15,875
15,875
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Phil Laak

Cloutier Rivers Gross

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Eric Cloutier moved all in for 6,625 and Jeff Gross three-bet all in for roughly an additional 2,400.

Cloutier: {A-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Gross: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

Before the board was dealt, both players decided to do a 5% swap to the loser, and when the board ran out {2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{5-Spades}, Gross was left with just 2,400 but also 5% of Cloutier going forward in this tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Gross us
Jeffrey Gross
2,400

Tags: Jeff GrossEric Cloutier

Rheem Cracks Kings

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

There was a raise to 1,000 from under the gun and once Matt Giannetti had folded, the next player to act three-bet to 3,200. The action then passed around to Chino Rheem on the button, who asked "What did you make it?" The dealer confirmed the bet amount was and Rheem called. The initial raiser also called and it was three-handed to the {8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop.

The first player checked, then there was a bet of 4,700 and an all-in from Rheem! The first player folded but Rheem's all in was called.

Rheem: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Opponent: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

Rheem had run into kings, but still had outs to a straight. One of those outs was the {7-Clubs} on the turn, which locked up the hand for Rheem. The {5-Diamonds} completed the board and the now busted players said loudly, "Unfu**ingbelieveable!" before toppling his stacks over and leaving the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
59,000
17,000
17,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: David RheemMatt Giannetti

Stern and Boujenah Collide

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Dani Stern made it 1,200 to play from the cutoff only to see Ilan Boujenah three-bet to 3,100 on the button/Both blinds quickly released their hands, but Stern stuck around and called.

Stern checked the {6-Spades}{q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop, Boujenah bet 3,200 and Stern called. Both players checked the {5-Clubs} turn, Stern also checking the {J-Hearts} river. Boujenah returned to making an aggressive play and bet 6,000. Stern sat with his hand covering his neck for the best part of 30 seconds before folding and leaving Boujenah to add to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
49,000
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
37,000
4,000
4,000

Tags: Dani SternIlan Boujenah

Quads for Emmons

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Catching the action with everyone's cards tabled, we found David Emmons all in for 6,000, another player all in for 6,075 and Elliot Hebden having both players covered.

Hebden: {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Emmons: {2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Opponent: {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

Amazingly the flop fell {3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and Hebden started calling for a four. The {6-Spades} on the turn would see that four only warrant a chop, but it would be the {2-Spades} on the river giving Emmons quads that would set the table alight as he remained alive with a little under 20,000 while Hebden still possessed a healthy 120,000-chip stack.

Player Chips Progress
Elliot Hebden
Elliot Hebden
120,000
-7,000
-7,000
David Emmons
David Emmons
19,000
7,500
7,500

Tags: David EmmonsElliot Hebden