2013 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2ab
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 2ab Completed

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Nick Schwarmann us
Nick Schwarmann
413,600
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
382,900
WSOP 2X Winner
Age Ravn (Aage Ravn) no
Age Ravn (Aage Ravn)
370,900 370,900
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
360,500
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
342,500
Mikhail Petrov ru
Mikhail Petrov
328,000 285,700
Felix Kurmayr at
Felix Kurmayr
324,800 274,850
Ian Gordon us
Ian Gordon
324,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Nick Guagenti us
Nick Guagenti
322,600 224,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Raj Vohra us
Raj Vohra
322,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Michiel Brummelhuis nl
Michiel Brummelhuis
309,500 -20,500
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
308,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Jon Lane us
Jon Lane
303,400
Kyle White ca
Kyle White
303,200
Kenny Tran us
Kenny Tran
301,300 2,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Gregory Morris us
Gregory Morris
300,900
Steve Gee us
Steve Gee
300,600
Jay Farber us
Jay Farber
298,900
Marc Emond us
Marc Emond
294,900
Stephane Lacas ca
Stephane Lacas
292,500 252,900
Mikhail Shalamov ru
Mikhail Shalamov
283,600 119,600
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
278,800 183,800
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
275,600
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
274,600 184,350
Martin Mathis us
Martin Mathis
271,400 271,400

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Day 2a/b Concludes: Schwarmann Leads, Brunson and Merson Thrive

Nick Schwarmann behind his wall of chips
Nick Schwarmann behind his wall of chips

For two of the starting flights in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, today was Day 2. Appropriately named Day 2a/b, the survivors from the first two starting days continued action inside the Rio, but in separate rooms from one another. Day 2a took place inside the famed Amazon Room, while Day 2b took place spread across the Pavilion Room and Brasilia Room.

Nick Schwarmann bagged up the most, finishing on 413,600 in chips. Schwarmann has already had some success at the 2013 WSOP already, finishing in second place in Event #38: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Four Handed) for $191,434 and 48th in Event #11: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) for $7,126. Schwarmann also won the 2011 Heartland Poker Tour Daytona Beach event for a hefty $167,944, and has live lifetime tournament earnings of over $400,000.

The biggest story of the day was the continued success of two former champions of this event, Doyle Brunson and Greg Merson. Brunson, the 10-time gold bracelet winner and two-time winner of the Main Event, began his Day 2 with 81,025 in chips. Merson started with 81,650. Both built and built throughout the five levels of play endured and finished very, very healthy. Brunson bagged up 224,000 in chips, while Merson grew to 275,600 to finish out the day. Following a day off tomorrow while Day 2c plays out, they'll be back in action on Thursday.

Other notables returning to action today were Chris Moneymaker, Gaelle Baumann, Johnny Lodden, Joe Cada, Eugene Katchalov, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Jonathan Karamalikis, Matt Salsberg, Jason Lester, Josh Brikis, Lee Markholt and Joe Tehan. Unfortunately for that group of players, their 2013 World Series of Poker is now over as they were all eliminated.

Moneymaker was eliminated during the first level of play today at the hands of Ivan Mamuzic. On the 10th anniversary of his Main Event win in 2003, Moneymaker was all in with {A-}{J-} against Mamuzic's {A-}{A-}. Moneymaker couldn't find a miracle, and his run was over.

Baumann, who finished in 10th place in last year's Main Event, fell in the third level of the day, Level 8. Wielding a relatively short stack, Baumann reportedly moved all in with {K-}{J-} and failed to improve against an opponent's {A-}{7-}.

While there were bunches of notable eliminations throughout the day, plenty of players thrived. Jason DeWitt, Sergio Castelluccio, Kenny Tran, Rupert Elder, Raj Vohra, Ravi Raghavan, Brandon Meyers, Ludovic Lacay, Annette Obrestad, Ronnie Bardah and Cliff Josephy all finished strong and will be moving to Day 3 with plenty of chips in their arsenal.

As mentioned, the Day 2a/b survivors will have a day off tomorrow to rest, relax and recover, but that doesn't mean the poker will stop. Day 2c will be taking place starting at 12 p.m. Las Vegas time, and you won't want to miss the action. PokerNews will have you covered all day long, so be sure to return right back here to these pages for another day from the WSOP Main Event tournament floor.

End-of-Day 2a/b Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Nick Schwarmann us
Nick Schwarmann
413,600 26,600
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
382,900 -5,100
WSOP 2X Winner
Aage Ravn no
Aage Ravn
370,900 -24,100
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
360,500 55,500
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
342,500 53,000
Ian Gordon us
Ian Gordon
324,600 230,775
WSOP 1X Winner
Raj Vohra us
Raj Vohra
322,200 42,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
308,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Jon Lane us
Jon Lane
303,400 166,325
Kyle White ca
Kyle White
303,200 214,100
Gregory Morris us
Gregory Morris
300,900 -25,100
Steve Gee us
Steve Gee
300,600 -14,400
Jay Farber us
Jay Farber
298,900 131,900
Marc Emond us
Marc Emond
294,900 257,700
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
275,600 -10,400
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Kyle Susala us
Kyle Susala
269,000 141,575
David Benefield us
David Benefield
261,100 173,075
Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
254,000 134,000
Roch Cousineau ca
Roch Cousineau
247,800 -12,200
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
246,600 24,600
WSOP 5X Winner
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
231,600 -5,400
Marc Macdonnell ie
Marc Macdonnell
230,600 196,025
Ryan Jones us
Ryan Jones
229,200 84,200
Nicholas Crisp gb
Nicholas Crisp
224,400 59,400
Doyle Brunson us
Doyle Brunson
224,000 -26,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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DeWitt Sits With Big Stack

We reported a hand earlier that saw Jason DeWitt making a gutsy river call versus Steven Buckner to move his stack up over 100,000. DeWitt continued to accumulated steadily from there, and as the last level of the night nears its end he has been flirting with the 400,000-chip mark.

Just now DeWitt was engaged in another hand versus three opponents, one that began with a hijack raise to 2,700 called by both the cutoff and button, with DeWitt coming along from the big blind. The flop came {6-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and it checked around to the button who fired 6,500, and only DeWitt stuck around.

The turn brought the {5-Diamonds}, and this time DeWitt led with a bet of 15,500. But when his opponent promptly slid out a stack of chips to raise, DeWitt let his hand go.

Despite taking that small hit, DeWitt is still sitting with more than 380,000, which puts him among the leaders as the day nears its end.

Player Chips Progress
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
388,000 243,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Ain't Nothin' But a Gee Thing, Baby

Steve Gee
Steve Gee

With around 60,000 in the middle, and the board reading {10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{9-Hearts}, Gilles Morihain moved all in for 85,000. His opponent, 2012 Octo-Niner Steve Gee, stood up from his seat. Finally, after around 90 seconds in the tank, he sat back down, and slid forward a tower of orange T5,000 chips to make the call.

Morihain turned over {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for a pair of kings, which Gee had beat with {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} for a pair of aces.

The {3-Hearts} bricked off on the river, and Morihain was eliminated. Gee now sits with over 300,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Gee us
Steve Gee
315,000 235,000
Gilles Morihain fr
Gilles Morihain
Busted

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Busquet Applies Pressure

We missed the beginning action but the {4-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop and {k-Clubs} turn was dealt and we saw Olivier Busquet with 16,000 in front of him, waiting for the action of his opponent. His opponent was taking his time with his decision, so another player from the table called the clock. He made the call relatively quickly following the arrival of the tournament director and then {8-Diamonds} river came.

The action was checked to Busquet, who bet 30,000, enough to put his opponent all in. With another tough decision, the player was again taking his time and another player from the table called the clock for the second time. The player eventually folded, leaving himself 23,000 behind.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
102,000 13,000

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Romano's Small Flush Good

Ray Romano bet 3,000 on a flop of {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, and a player raised the TV star to 7,700. Romano made the call. Both players checked the {9-Diamonds} turn, and Romano check-called 12,00 on the {j-Diamonds} river. His opponent shook his head as he turned over {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. Romano showed {6-Diamonds}{8-Spades} for a missed straight draw that turned into a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Ray Romano us
Ray Romano
104,000 39,000

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