Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 2ab | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-09-2013 14:28 UTC-8

Some Counts from Amazon Purple

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Castelluccio	261,000 26,000	26,000
Darrell Ticehurst	199,000 20,400	20,400
Farzad Bonyadi	165,000 64,150	64,150

Abdulaziz Almashal	160,000 8,000	8,000
Tony Dunst	75,000 1,000	1,000

Noah Schwartz	44,000 9,000	9,000

Chamath Palihapitiya	35,000 4,500	4,500
Mark Radoja	17,000 4,000	4,000

07-09-2013 14:28 UTC-8

Calling a Clock...Sort Of

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We arrived at the table on the turn to see Chamath Palihapitiya bet all in for his last 21,150. The board read . His lone opponent looked at cards and said, half-jokingly, "I need help." A player not in the hand offered to call the clock to motivate him to make his decision faster, and he agreed.

The dealer called the for a floorperson, who arrived and announced that the player had 1 minute and 10 seconds to make his decision. The floorman then walked away, although the dealer apparently assumed he would stay there and time the decision. The miscommunication sparked confusion at the table, and no one seemed to know how much time was left.

Steve Gee, who made the final table of the Main Event last year, was at the table but not in the hand, and he offered to help. Gee pulled out his iPad and opened the stopwatch, and announced to the table, "This is the official clock now." Gee's iPad read about four seconds at that point, even though almost a minute had passed since the floorman announced the clock. A few of the players were happy to use Gee's iPad, but the dealer felt otherwise. After about another 30 seconds, the dealer called the floorman back to the table, and he immediately started counting down the final ten seconds. When the countdown finished, Palihapitiya's opponent folded face up, deciding his two pair was no good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chamath Palihapitiya	39,500 22,850	22,850

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07-09-2013 14:28 UTC-8

Some Chippies From Pavilion

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Kevin Taylor

Player	Chips	Progress
Raj Vohra	250,000 25,000	25,000

Daniel Cates	203,000 12,000	12,000
Ashley Mason	154,200 67,950	67,950
Keanu Tabali	128,300 6,300	6,300
Robert Horan	114,350 4,275	4,275
Stephan Kjerstad	107,000 26,800	26,800
Anton Wigg	101,600 16,600	16,600
Matthew Honig	88,900 3,900	3,900
Roger Strojny	85,200 17,500	17,500
Andy Hwang	82,400 2,125	2,125
Doyle Brunson	76,500 29,800	29,800

Adrien Allain	65,000 53,125	53,125
Michael Shelton	64,800 14,950	14,950
Olivier Elissalde	58,300 70,675	70,675
Amnon Filippi	38,400 15,850	15,850

Luca Moschitta	35,450 64,550	64,550

07-09-2013 14:25 UTC-8

Pfeifer Takes from Bicknell

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Randy Pfeifer checked to Kristen Bicknell on a flop of , and the 2013 Ladies Event champion tossed out 2,500. Pfeifer called.

The turn was the , Pfeifer check-called another 7,000, and the completed the board. Both players knuckled.

Pfeifer tabled for a pair of aces, and Bicknell mucked her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Bicknell	76,000

Randy Pfeifer	65,000 6,000	6,000

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07-09-2013 14:25 UTC-8

Some Counts From Orange

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As our section is clearing out with tables moving into purple, here are a few counts from some of the notables still in the orange section.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elio Fox	156,000 11,000	11,000

Dominik Nitsche	129,000 25,500	25,500

Greg Merson	112,500 2,500	2,500

Mike Matusow	101,050 5,050	5,050

Dan O'Brien	71,000 27,000	27,000
Kevin Vandersmissen	56,500 18,500	18,500
Mike Sexton	36,200 8,200	8,200

Jake Balsiger	23,550 450	450

07-09-2013 14:20 UTC-8

Additional Counts From Brasilia

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Player	Chips	Progress
Aage Ravn	251,000 88,675	88,675
David Chan	170,000 67,325	67,325
Miguel Proulx	135,000 2,000	2,000

Muhidin Sarajlic	131,000 52,050	52,050
Gert Zumkehr	130,000 2,700	2,700
Jack Amyx	130,000 37,125	37,125
Gianluca Rullo	120,000 27,800	27,800
Robert Koss	120,000 15,150	15,150
Andrew Whitaker	117,000 31,300	31,300
Carla Sabini	115,000 21,525	21,525
Steven McKoy	111,500 2,150	2,150
John Dubois	100,000 6,400	6,400
Zheng Hu	100,000 34,850	34,850
Ghattas Kortas	95,000 7,750	7,750
Sergio Cabrera	90,000 11,975	11,975
Jonas Lauck	87,000 27,600	27,600

Facundo Sastre	80,000 6,200	6,200
Champie Douglas	80,000 33,350	33,350
Richard Surmick	75,000 23,350	23,350
David Paredes	75,000 500	500
Najib Kamand	75,000 17,550	17,550
Pakinai Lisawad	70,000 33,100	33,100
Donald Swartz	65,000 37,250	37,250
Nghia Nguyen	60,000 22,125	22,125
Oliver Price	55,000 31,600	31,600

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07-09-2013 14:20 UTC-8

Moreno Busted

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Kevin Taylor

Andrew Moreno, who is the better half of our very own Kristy Arnett, made Day 5 of this event last year, but he won't be repeating that success, as he was just eliminated. Moreno had it up to nearly 50,000 earlier in the level, but lost almost all of it when his lost to the of his opponent after a flop of with two hearts.

That knocked him down to just 4,900, and a few hands later, those chips got in the middle. Facing an early position raise to 1,200, Moreno shoved all in for his last 4,700. It folded around to Matthew Reed in the big blind, and he thought it over for a bit before announcing raise, and betting out 10,000. The original raiser folded, and the cards went on their backs.

Reed:
Moreno:

Moreno was hoping for an ace or hearts to come, but he never had a sweat, as the board ran down .

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Moreno	Busted

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07-09-2013 14:19 UTC-8

Lodden Thinks It's Time To Jam

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Sam Cosby

When we got to Johnny Lodden's table action had folded to the player in the cutoff who raised to 1,400. The player in the small blind opted to reraise to 3,500 after the button folded. Next to act, Johnny Lodden popped it up to 7,500 from the big blind. The player in the cutoff folded, but the small blind called.

The flop came down and the small blind checked to Lodden who put out a bet of 5,350. With the action back on the small blind, he thought for about 30 seconds before tossing in a reraise to 12,600. Lodden had the action again and he tanked for about a minute before moving all in for just about 26,000 After thinking about it briefly, the small blind folded allowing Lodden to take down the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	61,000 13,000	13,000

07-09-2013 14:14 UTC-8

Holloway Halted by Two Ladies

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Jesse Yaginuma opened to 1,300 and Chad Holloway three-bet to 3,000 before Yaginuma moved all in once it folded back to him. Holloway made the call for roughly his remaining 15,000 and was at risk.

Holloway:
Yaginuma:

Unfortunately for PokerNews' own and Event 1: $500 Casino Employees Champion Holloway, the board ran out a bunch of bricks and he was forced to hit the rail as Yaginuma climbed to 89,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Yaginuma	89,000 19,750	19,750

Chad Holloway	Busted

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07-09-2013 14:10 UTC-8

O'Leary Out, Glantz Gains

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Matt Glantz opened with a raise to 1,300 from the cutoff seat, then Kevin O'Leary pushed all in for his last 6,000 or so from a seat over. Both blinds got out, and after getting an idea how many chips were required to do so Glantz called.

"I've looked at one," said O'Leary as he tabled his . Glantz meanwhile had , and when the flop brought a five — coming — O'Leary was suddenly in dire straits. The turn was the , making the river no matter and sending O'Leary railward.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	62,000 3,000	3,000

Kevin O'Leary	Busted

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