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Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
The players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day. We will have full counts shortly.
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,628,400
Entries
386
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
[Removed:146] Eliminated in 23rd Place ($26,124)
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
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Daniel Alaei raised to 27,000 on the button, [Removed:146] three-bet the pot (93,000) out of the small blind, leaving just 90,000 or so behind, and Alaei called. The flop fell 
, Guerfi immediately went all in, and Alaei called.
Guerfi: 
Alaei: 
Alaei's bottom two pair was ahead, and he improved to a full house when the 
turned, leaving Guerfi drawing dead. The 
completed the board, and Alaei now sits with 1.95 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000 | |
|
Busted |
Nadar Kakhmazov Eliminated in 24th Place ($26,124)
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
James Wiese raised in middle position, Nadar Kakhmazov three-bet the pot (96,000) near the button, and the action folded back to Wiese. He re-potted, Kakhmazov moved all in for 430,000 or so, and Wiese called.
Wiese: 
Kakhmazov: 
The flop fell 
, giving Wiese a flush draw to go along with his pocket aces, and Wiese's hand held up as the turn and river came 
, respectively. Kakhmazov hit the rail in 24th place, earning $26,124, while Wiese is back up to 1.27 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,270,000 | 610,000 |
|
Busted |
King, Kovalchuk Chop It Up
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Lasell King raised to 25,000 from middle position and Oleksii Kovalchuk called from the big blind. The flop came 
, Kovalchuk checked, King continued with a bet, and Kovalchuk called.
The pot was about 115,000 at that point, and when the 
fell on the turn Kovalchuk promptly made a pot-sized bet. King sat in contemplation for about a minute, then said he was raising all in and Kovalchuk quickly called with just about all of his stack.
Kovalchuk had 
and King 
. The 
fell on the river, giving both players the same straight and they split the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | -135,000 |
|
255,000 | -45,000 |
Eyes On Alaei
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
"Excuse me... is that Daniel Alaei?"
So asked a railbird of us just now. There's a large crowd gathered — mainly thanks to the Main Event — but many have found themselves intrigued by the last three tables of Event #61 also playing out here in the Amazon ballroom.
Alaei's huge stack of chips likely has caught the eye of many railbirds, too, as its bigger than anyone else's in Event #61 or the Main Event. Alaei recently catapulted up over the 1 million-chip mark, and in fact was sitting with more than 1.5 million for a short while before giving a few chips back to his table here at the start of Level 20.
Alaei earned a big boost at the expense of James Wiese, who had been up over 1 million but now sits with about 650,000. The three-time bracelet winner is looking to earn a second title in this same tournament, as he won the $10K PLO event back in 2010.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,280,000 | -370,000 |
|
|
660,000 | -400,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante:
Andy Miller Eliminated in 26th Place ($26,124); Nicolaus Faure Eliminated in 25th Place ($26,124)
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
On one of the first hands after the redraw, Nicolas Faure and Andy Miller were all in and at risk preflop against James Wiese.
Faure: 
Miller: 
Wiese: 
The board rolled out 
, and Wiese eliminated the two players with a seven-high straight. He now sits with over one million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,060,000 | 789,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Redraw
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 347 | 1 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
| 347 | 2 | Morten Stenheim |
| 347 | 3 | Oleksii Kovalchuk |
| 347 | 4 | Jared Bleznick |
| 347 | 5 | Mihails Morozovs |
| 347 | 6 | Johannes Strassmann |
| 347 | 7 | Joseph Cheong |
| 347 | 8 | Lasell King |
| 347 | 9 | --empty-- |
| 353 | 1 | Daniel Merkus |
| 353 | 2 | Tom Marchese |
| 353 | 3 | Tony Cousineau |
| 353 | 4 | Sean Dempsey |
| 353 | 5 | Nadar Kakhmazov |
| 353 | 6 | Michael Schwartz |
| 353 | 7 | Gjergj Sinishtaj |
| 353 | 8 | Numit Agrawal |
| 353 | 9 | Rory Rees Brennan |
| 359 | 1 | [Removed:146] |
| 359 | 2 | Alex Kravchenko |
| 359 | 3 | James Wiese |
| 359 | 4 | Philippe Clerc |
| 359 | 5 | Jonathan Duhamel |
| 359 | 6 | Nicolas Faure |
| 359 | 7 | Alexey Rybin |
| 359 | 8 | Daniel Alaei |
| 359 | 9 | Andy Miller |
Mark Davis Eliminated in 27th Place ($26,124)
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
On the final hand before the draw, Mark Davis was eliminated. We missed the action in the confusion of players standing and grabbing chip racks, but when we arrived at the table, Davis had 
in front of him. Lasell King was scooping the pot with 
, and an unknown player received nothing with 
.
King, who started the day with the shortest stack, is now above 300,000 chips, while Davis hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 190,000 |
|
Busted |
Vedhara Vanquished in 28th
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Within moments of Mike Watson's bustout, Rickie Vedhara followed him to the rail in 28th place after having also gotten the last of his stack in against an opponent who had flopped a set.
The board read , and Vedhara had 
and hopes of filling a flush draw against the Gjergj Sinishtaj's set of kings with 
. But the turn and river brought two deuces — 
— and Vedhara is out.
The remaining 27 players are now redrawing for new seats around the final three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | 142,000 |
|
Busted |