2013 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Ryan Riess
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$8,361,570
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,352
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
200,000

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event

Day 1c Completed

Kroon Grabs Lead On Final Hand; Ivey, Negreanu, Hellmuth, Mercier and Piqué Advance

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Mark Kroon
Mark Kroon

Day 1c of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event proved to be the biggest and baddest of the starting days, topping out at 3,467 players and surpassing last year's record-second field of 3,418 that was largest one-day Main Event field in history. Combine that number with Day 1a's 943 players and Day 1b's 1,942, and you've got yourself a grand total of 6,352 entrants. The field created a prize pool of $59,708,800, and the eventual winner will be taking home $8,359,531.

As so often happens, the player emerging as the chip leader of the final starting day claimed the overall top spot. That man, Mark Kroon, bagged up 246,300 in chips and will lead the way heading forward. Kroon has cashed once prior in the WSOP Main Event, placing 399th in 2011 for $30,974.

Kroon took out Ylon Schwartz in the final hand of the night to snatch the chip lead from Imari Love, who bagged up 214,300. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was another player amongst the leaders for much of the day, and he bagged up 176,100.

As expected, poker's elite were out in full force today. Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Mercier, Joe Hachem, Allen Cunningham, Nick Schulman, Antonio Esfandiari and Ben Lamb were amongst those in action today, and they'll all be advancing. From that bunch, Ivey bagged the most chips with 119,650. Two other very well known faces in poker, Gus Hansen and Tom Dwan, both "played" the Main Event today, but didn't actually show up and play a single hand all day long. Instead, their stacks were put into play and blinded off. Hansen's stack was 17,975 at the end of the day, and Dwan finished on 18,075.

Arguably the most world-renowned person in the field was not a professional poker player, but rather a professional soccer player, Gerard Piqué. The 26-year old defender is widely regarded as one of the best centre backs in the world, playing for FC Barcelona and Spain, and his résumé includes a World Cup win, a Premiere League title, four La Liga titles, two UEFA Champions League titles, and three consecutive selections (2010-2012) to the UEFA Team of the Year. While Piqué began the day on the rise, climbing to nearly 100,000 in chips, he slipped in the final two levels of the night. He was able to find a double and get back to 19,400 to finish out the day, though.

The survivors from Day 1c will have Tuesday off while Day 2a and 2b play out inside the walls of the Rio. On Wednesday, today's survivors will be back in action to continue their quest.

For us at PokerNews, we're done for the night, but you can catch us right back here tomorrow at 12 p.m. for the start of Day 2a and 2b. See you then!

Tags: Allen CunninghamAntonio EsfandiariBen LambDaniel NegreanuEric MizrachiGus HansenImari LoveJason MercierJoe HachemMark KroonMichael MizrachiNick SchulmanPhil HellmuthPhil IveyTom DwanWSOP Main EventYlon Schwartz

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mark Kroon us
Mark Kroon
246,900 600
Imari Love us
Imari Love
214,300
Karlo Lopez pr
Karlo Lopez
196,550
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
176,100
WSOP 5X Winner
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
169,975
Muhammad Abdel Rahim us
Muhammad Abdel Rahim
163,075
Marc Carpenterperrault ca
Marc Carpenterperrault
155,250
Josh Pollock us
Josh Pollock
154,025
Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
151,400
Sameer Aljanedi us
Sameer Aljanedi
150,200
Dick van Luijk be
Dick van Luijk
147,900
Ercan Olgun tr
Ercan Olgun
147,550
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
143,375
WSOP 1X Winner
Vivek Rajkumar in
Vivek Rajkumar
141,000 31,000
Jesse Chinni us
Jesse Chinni
140,475
Ryan Hughes us
Ryan Hughes
139,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Arturs Sehnofs lv
Arturs Sehnofs
139,000
Zachary Donovan us
Zachary Donovan
138,325
Matthew Silberzweig us
Matthew Silberzweig
137,000
Darryl Ronconi us
Darryl Ronconi
136,125
Troy Burgos us
Troy Burgos
135,025
Tommy Chen us
Tommy Chen
134,925
Pablo Rojas es
Pablo Rojas
134,600
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
134,250
Kory Kilpatrick us
Kory Kilpatrick
133,775 3,775
WSOP 1X Winner

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Piqué Doubles On One of the Last Hands of the Night

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué

After a raise of 1,200 from Gerard Piqué, Harald Olsen, who claimed to be the boyfriend Elisabeth Hille, reraised to 2,800 from the button. Piqué called and the two took to a flop od {3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}. Piqué checked to Olsen who fired off a bet of 2,000. Piqué called to see the {3-Hearts} on the turn. On the turn, Piqué checked again to Olsen who effectively moved all in with a covering stack on Piqué. After about a minute in the tank, Piqué called for his last 4,450 and it was off to a showdown.

Piqué: {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}
Olsen: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The board completed with the {J-Diamonds} and Piqué was able to earn a crucial double up here at the end of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Gerard Piqué es
Gerard Piqué
17,500 5,300

Kroon Takes the Lead in the Final Hand; Schwartz Eliminated

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Ylon Schwartz eliminated
Ylon Schwartz eliminated

In the final hand of the night, Mark Kroon opened to 1,125 from under the gun. He was called by three players, including Ylon Schwartz. The flop came down {5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, and Kroon threw out a continuation bet of 2,400. Schwartz raised it up to 5,200, which was enough to see the other two players muck their hands. Kroon called, as the {6-Hearts} fell on the turn. Kroon bet out 13,500 and was called. The {4-Diamonds} completed the board, and Kroon bet out 12,125. Schwartz tanked for a few minutes, before moving all in for over 30,000, which was snap called.

“Boom!” yelled Kroon, tabling his {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, before jumping up from his chair. “Boom!” he repeated. Kroon was so excited; he could hardly hold it in.

“You don’t have to be such a d*** about it,” said Schwartz, after the completion of the hand.

“I’m just excited to win a hand,” replied Kroon.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Kroon us
Mark Kroon
246,300 121,300
Ylon Scwartz
Ylon Scwartz
Busted

Tags: Mark KroonYlon Schwartz

A Few End-Of-Day 1c Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Imari Love us
Imari Love
214,300
Frederik Brink Jensen
Frederik Brink Jensen
169,975 169,975
Josh Pollock us
Josh Pollock
154,025 21,025
Ercan Olgun tr
Ercan Olgun
147,550
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
143,375 6,375
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Hughes us
Ryan Hughes
139,900 139,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Arturs Senhofs
Arturs Senhofs
135,000 135,000
Pablo Rojas es
Pablo Rojas
134,600 26,600
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
134,250 14,250
Rick Fuller us
Rick Fuller
132,000 -20,000
Max Heinzelmann de
Max Heinzelmann
131,950 131,950
Kevin Quaas us
Kevin Quaas
128,250 -6,750
Luke Nettles us
Luke Nettles
128,000
Matthew Braund us
Matthew Braund
127,300 127,300
Matthew Bray us
Matthew Bray
125,025
Jose Maria Felices
Jose Maria Felices
124,650
William Reymond fr
William Reymond
123,725
Derek Reich us
Derek Reich
122,825
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
121,275 61,275
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
120,525 -11,975
WSOP 2X Winner
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
120,500 -3,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
117,825 13,825
Michael Watson ca
Michael Watson
116,800
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
112,325 -12,675
Dirk Van Luijk be
Dirk Van Luijk
106,275

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Anderson Slips

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Following a raise to 1,100, Calvin Anderson called next to act before the small blind went all in for 10,625. The original raiser folded, but Anderson made the call.

Anderson: {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Opponent: {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Anderson doubled his opponent while slipping to roughly 116,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
116,000 25,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Calvin Anderson

Piqué On The Edge

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué

After having a massive stack earlier on Day 1, Gerard Piqué is now getting rather short. We watched Piqué play a couple hands and here is what happened:

On the first hand, after a middle position raise to 1,250, Piqué three bet to 3,800 from the button. Action folded back to the original raiser who flatted.

The flop came down {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and the original raiser checked to Pique who led with a bet of 5,500. The original reraise took about 15 seconds, then reraised to 15,000 which was close to putting Piqué all in. Piqué eventually folded and the original raiser took down the pot.

On the second hand a player raised to 925 from early position and Piqué flatted. No one else called so the two went heads up to the {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} flop. Both players checked to see the {2-Spades} on the turn where the raiser put out a bet of 1,600 and Piqué called. The river was the {A-Spades} and both players checked. The original raiser turned up his {K-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and Piqué mucked.

After those two hands, Piqué is sitting on just about 12,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Gerard Piqué es
Gerard Piqué
12,200 -9,800

A Hand from Blue

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

From middle position, Imari Love raised to 1,000. Philippe Plouffe called from the hijack seat, the player on the button called, then Tobias Reinkemeier called out of the big blind. On the {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop, Reinkemeier, Love and Plouffe all checked. The button fired 2,500, and each of his opponents folded.

Player Chips Progress
Imari Love us
Imari Love
213,500 -1,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
75,000 -16,000
Philippe Plouffe
Philippe Plouffe
54,000

Tags: Imari LoveTobias ReinkemeierPhilippe Plouffe