2013 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Hamby Slips

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jared Hamby opened to 2,600 only to have an opponent three-bet all in for 16,800. Hamby made the call and the cards were tabled.

Hamby: {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Hamby doubled his opponent while slipping to 89,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
WSOP 1X Winner
89,000

Tags: Jared Hamby

Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Rivero Takes One Out

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The player in the cut-off moved all in for his remaining 10,200, and was called by Alexandre Rivero in the small blind.

Rivero: {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Opponent: {6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{3-Spades}{a-Hearts}{9-Spades}{q-Diamonds} to see Rivero take down the pot.

“Payout,” joked Rivero’s opponent out loud, as he made his way out of the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Rivero us
Alexandre Rivero
155,000

Tags: Alexandre Rivero

Hunichen Halved

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Action began with Chris Hunichen who opened with a raise to 2,000. He was called by Christian Rudolph from the cutoff and Farzad Bonyadi on the button.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Hunichen checked. Rudolph put out a bet of 3,500 and was called by both Bonyadi and Hunichen.

On the turn {A-Clubs} Hunichen checked for a second time. Rudolph put out a bet of 8,500 and Hunichen called for a second time.

The river card was the {K-Diamonds} and after Hunichen checked for a third time. This time, Rudolph jammed his whole stack in the middle for a total of 37,500. From there, Hunichen went deep into the tank, pondering over the action of the hand.

"Will you show me if I fold?" Hunichen asked Rudolph, so which he received no response. While Hunichen was thinking, his table had just started to break. "We're breaking right?" He asked. "Will you show me if I show you?" Hunichen asked again. Still he received no response.

Eventually, Hunichen called, but mucked his hand with Rudolph showed {3-Spades}{3-Hearts} for a full house. With that, Hunichen cut out the chips for the double up and headed to his new table with significantly less chips.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Rudolph de
Christian Rudolph
110,900 110,900
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
41,500 -48,500

Ktorza Finds a Much Needed Double

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Guiseppe Pantaleo opened to 2,200 from under the gun, before a short-stacked Phillippe Ktorza moved all in for his last 4,100 from middle position. The action folded around to Pantaleo who made the call.

Pantaleo: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Ktorza: {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Clubs}{a-Spades}{4-Spades}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs} to see Ktorza flop a set, as he doubled back up to 10,600.

Player Chips Progress
Phillippe Ktorza fr
Phillippe Ktorza
10,600

Tags: Giuseppe PantaleoPhillippe Ktorza

Nadal Nags A Double From Reilly

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Timothy Reilly
Timothy Reilly

From middle position Jose Nadal opened to 2,500. Action folded all the way around to Timothy Reilly, one of the chip leaders from Day 1, in the big blind who opted to reraised to 6,000. With action back on Nadal he moved his whole stack in the middle and Reilly called quickly.

Nadal: {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Reilly: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{7-Hearts} giving Nadal the instant lead. He was able to hold up through the turn ({3-Spades}) and river ({Q-Diamonds}) and that gave him a much needed double up here at the start of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Reilly us
Timothy Reilly
132,000 -22,200
Jose Nadal mx
Jose Nadal
65,000 65,000

Lodden Gains Some Chips

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The hand started with Johnny Lodden opening to 2,000 from under the gun, and finding a call from the player on the button, as well as Artur Koren on the big blind. The flop came down {8-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, as the action checked around to the player on the button, who bet out 3,600. Only Lodden made the call, as the {a-Spades} fell on the turn. Both were happy to check, before doing the same, when the {q-Hearts} completed the board.

Lodden turned over his {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a pair of eights, which was enough to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
105,000 31,000

Tags: Johnny Lodden

Double For O'Brien

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

When we got to the table, Dan O'Brien had his stack in the middle and was at risk against one other player. O'Brien was holding {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} against the other player's {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}.

The flop came down {6-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{3-Clubs} which was safe for O'Brien. The turn card was the {3-Spades} which gave no sweat for O'Brien who just needed to dodge a king or an ace on the river. The dealer put out the {8-Clubs} on the river and that was good for O'Brien to notch a double up early here on Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
46,600

Hot Start for Nitsche

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Dominik Nitsche and another player had all the money in the middle and were off to see a flop. Nitche was holing {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} against the other players {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}.

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts} making Nitsche's kings the best hand. It was determined after the hand that Nitsche had the covering stack, thus eliminating the other player from the tournament and shipping all his chips over to Nitsche.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
78,000