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
Players Left 1 / 6,352
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Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Purple

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
265,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Roch Cousineau ca
Roch Cousineau
260,000
187,450
187,450
Profile photo of Darrell Ticehurst us
Darrell Ticehurst
225,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Mikhail Shalamov ru
Mikhail Shalamov
180,000
10,000
10,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Richard Lyndaker us
Richard Lyndaker
168,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
155,000
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Liya Gerasimova ru
Liya Gerasimova
145,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
140,000
2,000
2,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Eddie Blumenthal us
Eddie Blumenthal
140,000
140,000
140,000
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
123,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
95,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Brady Bullard us
Brady Bullard
89,000
91,000
91,000
Profile photo of Michael Malm ca
Michael Malm
80,000
90,000
90,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Steve Begleiter
Steve Begleiter
66,000
4,000
4,000
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Bodo Sbrzesny
65,000
5,500
5,500
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Pat Pezzin
60,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
50,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Kevin Pollak us
Kevin Pollak
40,000
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Jesse Yaginuma us
Jesse Yaginuma
35,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Burnside us
Kyle Burnside
19,000
16,000
16,000
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Dave Williams
17,500
21,750
21,750
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Dan Fleyshman
Busted

Keating Gets Called

The action folded around to Alan Keating in late position, who opened to 2,200. He was called by the player in the blinds, before both saw the flop come down {8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Keating threw out a continuation bet of 3,500, after his opponent checked his option. The {5-Hearts} fell on the turn, and the player in the blinds check called another bet of 8,100. The {10-Spades} completed the board, as Keating would face his third option following a check. He thought about his decision for a minute, before betting out 29,000. His opponent tanked for over a minute, before making the call.

Keating instantly mucked his hand, before his opponent tabled {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, scooping in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Alan Keating
171,000
6,000
6,000

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Ohel Takes a Four-Bet Pot

Randy Ohel opened to 2,200 from middle position, and Liv Boeree reraised to 5,500 on the button. Ohel came back with a four-bet to a little over 12,000, and Boeree made the call.

Ohel switched gears with a check on the {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop, and Boeree checked behind him. The turn brought a {6-Hearts}, and Ohel checked again. Boeree thought for a bit before checking it back. Ohel finally decided to bet on the {q-Spades} river, and Boeree called the 16,000. Ohel showed {a-}{k-} for top pair, top kicker, and Boeree patted the table in submission.

Player Chips Progress
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Randy Ohel
132,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Liv Boeree
72,600
55,400
55,400
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: Liv BoereeRandy Ohel

Bojang Busto, Cates Down

Action folded around to Ismael Bojang in the hijack, and he moved all in for his last 12,700. The next player to act tanked for a bit before cutting out raising chips. Bojang chuckled a bit as if to say he was in big trouble, and his opponent reraised to 25,500. Everyone else folded, and Bojang was indeed in big trouble.

Bjoang: {a-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Bojang was in need of an ace to survive, but the hand was all but over when the flop came down {3-Spades}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Bojang would now need runner runner to survive, and he got a piece of it when the {4-Hearts} hit the turn. Bojang was hoping for a five now, but the {9-Spades} came on the river.

Despite exiting on Day 2, it was still a good series for Bojang, as he notched seven cashes and one final table.

Meanwhile, we saw on our walk back to our desk that Dan Cates, who came to his stack with 230,000, now has lesshalf of that, as he is stilling on 110,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Cates
110,000
120,000
120,000
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Ismael Bojang
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel CatesIsmael Bojang

Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Purple

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
325,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
270,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Shawn Quint mx
Shawn Quint
240,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
210,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
185,000
18,000
18,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Abdulaziz Almashal sa
Abdulaziz Almashal
185,000
43,000
43,000
Profile photo of Michael Wehner gb
Michael Wehner
155,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
145,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Brandon Meyers us
Brandon Meyers
140,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
135,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
135,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph Bartholdi us
Joseph Bartholdi
130,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Elisabeth Hille no
Elisabeth Hille
105,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Steven Buckner us
Steven Buckner
90,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
90,000
19,000
19,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Darren Judges gb
Darren Judges
90,000
13,500
13,500
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
88,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
BetMGM Poker
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Craig Cockburn
85,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Steve Gee us
Steve Gee
80,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Jason Potter us
Jason Potter
65,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
60,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
55,000
38,000
38,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
55,000
12,000
12,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
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[Removed:415]
55,000
1,275
1,275
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
55,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Koral Can't Get Aces To Fold

We missed some of the preflop and flop action, but according to a player at the table, one player raised and he received three callers, including Tom Koral on the button.

The flop came down {2-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and the original raiser led out with a bet. Action folded around to Koral on the button and he poppep it up with a reraise. The original raiser called and the two players took the the {10-Clubs} on the turn. On the turn the original raiser led out with another bet, this time for 12,000. With the action back on Koral he reraised to 30,000. That drew a quick call from his opponent creating a pot of just about 90,000. The river was the {10-Spades} and this time both players slowed down with a check.

The original raiser showed {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and that was enough to make Koral muck his hand, erasing most of the work that he had done to build his stack today.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Koral
66,000
5,000
5,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Aces No Good for Thomas

There was over 25,000 in the middle when we arrived at Table 407. Octo-Niner Russell Thomas and Roger Brooks were heads up on a flop of {2-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, and Thomas fired out 15,000.

"All in," Brooks said the second Thomas' chips hit the felt.

"Call," Thomas said instantly.

Brooks: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Thomas: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Thomas sighed at the sight of Brooks' hand, and the set of tens held up as the turn and river bricked {9-Clubs}, {8-Hearts} respectively. Brooks doubled to 130,000 chips, while Thomas slid to 56,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Roger Brooks
130,000
95,625
95,625
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Russell Thomas
56,000
67,000
67,000

Tags: Roger BrooksRussell Thomas

Matusow Forced To Fold

Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow

We came to the table with the hand already in progress. Matusow led out for 3,500 on the {4-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop and the player on the button raised to 9,000. Matusow made the call and the {6-Diamonds} turn was dealt. Matusow checked to his opponent, who bet 15,000. After counting his chips and checking his cards, Matusow ended up folding to the betting pressure of his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Matusow
44,000
11,000
11,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Mike Matusow

Li Shove Benefits Morris ("What a Fantasy!")

Just as Level 9 was coming to a close, we came upon a huge hand developing between Greg Morris and Bjorn Li that saw the pair build a decent-sized pot by the {4-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts} river and Morris pushing out a bet of 45,000 from the hijack seat.

Li responded with an all-in shove from the button and Morris instantly called, tabling {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} for the nut straight. Li had but {Q-Spades}{10-Spades} for tens, and after the chips were counted down it was confirmed that Morris had Li outchipped and the latter hit the rail.

After Li left, the table couldn't help but remark on the hand, with Ronnie Bardah correctly pointing out that Morris was now sitting with one of the leading stacks. He also couldn't help but congratulate him on having an opponent shove into him while he held the nuts.

"What a party! What a fantasy!" said Bardah, to which Morris responded that he'd seen Li not wanting to let go of hands earlier after having committed chips, and thus had been searching for a spot just like the one he'd found.

Player Chips Progress
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Gregory Morris
326,000
280,925
280,925
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Bjorn Li
Busted

Tags: Bjorn LiGregory MorrisRonnie Bardah