Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-03-2013 21:25 UTC-7

Raghavan Flushed with Chips

[user80015]

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Anton Morgenstern opened to 8,000 only to have Ravi Raghavan three-bet to 23,500 from the big blind. Morgenstern called and when faced with a 32,500-chip bet on the flop, he called that also.

The turn of the saw Raghavan push out three and a bit stacks to amount to a bet of 65,000. Morgenstern made the call, and when the landed on the river both players checked.

Raghavan tabled his for a king-flush and took the

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Raghavan	390,000	145,000
Anton Morgenstern	250,000	-10,000

Tags: Anton Morgenstern Ragi Raghavan

07-03-2013 21:09 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Eros Nastasi	Busted

Nitsche Doubles

[user80015]

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Following a raise to 6,500, Dominik Nitsche moved all in from the big blind for 56,000 with his opponent making the call.

Nitsche:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Nitsche doubled through to roughly 125,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	125,000	62,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche

07-03-2013 20:58 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Carter Swidler	270,000	80,000
Anton Morgenstern	260,000	260,000
Matt Perrins	222,000	37,000
Jason Pritchard	200,000
Jonathan Little	195,000	50,000
Elliot Hebden	175,000	-10,000
Peter Gilmore	170,000	30,000
Phil Laak	163,000	-2,400
Ying Chan	135,000	76,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	117,500	-77,500
Petar Zografov	115,000	-35,000
Daniel Buzgon	103,000	71,000
Andy Frankenberger	65,000	23,000
Dominik Nitsche	55,000	-8,000
Richard Lyndaker	42,000	-22,500
Jason Wheeler	25,000	-5,000
Frank Kassela	20,000	-31,600

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Darner	395,000	-15,000
Pratyush Buddiga	345,000	65,000
Matt Berkey	305,000	-50,000
Kent Roed	270,000
Randal Flowers	255,000	68,000
Philipp Gruissem	250,000	29,000
JC Tran	230,000	110,000
Sam Trickett	205,000	-5,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo	200,000	-35,000
Jonathan Cohen	170,000	8,000
Jeff Papola	130,000	10,000
Barry Shulman	120,000	40,000
Grant Levy	110,000	-75,000
Dan Martin	110,000	25,000
Dermot Blain	95,000	-30,000
Dani Stern	70,000	-110,000
Patrick Francis	65,000	-5,000
Mark Radoja	60,000	-2,000
Davidi Kitai	40,000	-35,000
David Peters	Busted

Play Resumes

[user80015]

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The cards are back in the air with every table still playing hand-for-hand until we lose one more.

We are also continuing at the previous level of 1,500-3,000 blinds until we do break the bubble.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

07-03-2013 19:47 UTC-7

Dinner Break

[user80015]

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The remaining 82 players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break.

07-03-2013 19:43 UTC-7

Bubble Hands Before the Break

Mateusz_Pater

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Several hands just occurred during the break, to leave us needing one more elimination once everyone returns.

The first hand saw the action folded around to Barry Shulman on the button, who opened to 8,000. His opponent in the small blind then bumped it up to 20,500, which was called. The flop came down , as the player in the small blind threw out a continuation bet of 13,000. Shulman quickly reached for chips, and raised it up to 33,000, which was enough to take down the pot.

In the next hand, and with the flop showing , Jonathan Cohen checked from under the gun, as JC Tran bet out 11,700. He was called, as the fell on turn. Another check call of 16,600 was witnessed, before the completed the board. Cohen checked once more, as Tran reached for his chips, before betting out 44,300. After thinking for almost a minute, Cohen made the call, before Tran tabled his for a full house.

“Thought I was chopping,” said Cohen, as he rolled over his .

The following hand, Jason Wheeler was positioned under the gun plus one, and tanked over his decision for several minutes, continuously looking around the room, before finally opting to raise it up to 6,500. The action folded around to Eric Baldwin in the small blind, who paused for a moment, before announcing all in, which had Wheeler covered. He looked around the room a few more times, before letting his hand go.

In the final hand before the break, Jeff Papola committed the last of his chips in holding and was called by Matt Berkey who had . The board ran out , to see Papola survive, as the players went on break.

07-03-2013 19:38 UTC-7

Pritchard Doubles on Bubble

[user80015]

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Catching the action with the board reading we found Australian Jason Pritchard betting out 21,000 only to have his opponent move all in for over 175,000.

Pritchard went deep into the tank until several minutes went by and his opponent eventually decided to call time. As the clock ticked down, Pritchard announced, "Ok, time to gamble!"

Pritchard:
Opponent:

Although thinking he was behind, Pritchard would be at a huge advantage to double through on the bubble, and when the completed the board on the river, he was up to over 200,000 in chips.