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

Juanda Slipping

John Juanda
John Juanda

Stephane Blouin opened with a raise to 1,200 from under the gun +1. Action folded to John Juanda who was on the button and he popped it up with a reraise to 3,600. Action folded back around and after a few seconds Blouin just called.

The flop came down {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{A-Spades} and after a few seconds Blouin checked. Juanda continued firing with a bet of 4,200 and Blouin called after thinking for a bit. The turn was the {A-Clubs} and both players checked. On the river {5-Hearts}, Blouin put in a bet of 5,200. Juanda took a second look at his cards, counted his chips, then eventually folded his hand. That hand dropped Juanda to under the Day 1 starting stack and left him looking for some much needed chips here on Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
19,500 -1,750

Put the Money in the Pot

When we arrived at Table 439, Heinz Kamutzki and Brendan Flaherty were heads up on a board of {10-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Spades}{a-Hearts}. There was about 50,000 in the middle, and Flaherty had fired out a bet of 35,000.

"Will you show?" Kamutzki asked his opponent.

"Yeah, I'll show," the player responded. "If you put the money in the pot."

They went back and forth a bit more, and then Andreas Hoivold got involved.

"You have to show no matter what now," Hoivold told Flaherty. "We're all curious."

"If you all put in five grand," Flaherty shot back, laughing.

Finally, Kamutzki lifted his cards up off of the felt, and started shuffling them so that only Hoivold could see them. This seemed unintentional, but Nathan Goldstein objected, and the dealer ruled that everyone would get to see the hand after Kamutzki had acted.

Kamutzki folded, and the dealer exposed {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} for trip aces.

"Y'all wanna see it?" Flaherty asked, excitedly.

He then pushed the cards into the muck facedown.

Player Chips Progress
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
98,000 -15,100
Brendan Flaherty us
Brendan Flaherty
85,000 10,125

Tags: Andreas HoivoldBrendan FlahertyHeinz Kamutzki

Quads for a Double Up

A short-stacked Aaron O'Rourke put the last of his chips in the middle preflop against Michael Stembera. O'Rourke showed {a-}{6-}, but Stembera turned over {a-}{k-}, and O'Rourke would need help. That's exactly what he got on the flop, as the dealer spread {6-}{6-}{6-}, giving O'Rourke quads and leaving Stembera drawing dead. The meaningless turn and river were the {5-Hearts} and the {3-Diamonds}, and O'Rourke doubled up.

He continued building on the next hand, taking down the pot with a preflop three-bet and building his stack up to 24,000.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Stembera us
Michael Stembera
35,000 -18,650
Aaron O'Rourke
Aaron O'Rourke
24,000 24,000

Another for Ronnie

From the button, Ronnie Bardah opened to 1,100 and the big blind John Coffman defended to see a {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop.

Both players checked as the {4-Hearts} landed on the turn and Coffman tapped the table again.

Bardah fired out a delayed continuation-bet of 1,100 and Coffman immediately folded to see Bardah collect another pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
WSOP 1X Winner
94,000 4,000

Tags: Ronnie Bardah

Weisner's Kings

Melanie Weisner (during Day 1b)
Melanie Weisner (during Day 1b)

The action folded around to Kenneth Gregersen, who opened to 1,200 from the hijack. Melanie Weisner then raised it up to 3,500 from the button, and was called by Chane Kampanatsanyakorn on the small blind. Gregersen folded after tanking for a moment, before the flop came down {4-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

After a check, Weisner bet out 5,300 and was called. The {5-Spades} fell on the turn, and another bet of 8,100, was check called by Weisner’s opponent. The {Q-Hearts} completed the board, and Kampanatsanyakorn instantly bet out 18,000. He was snap called, before turning over his {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Weisner then tabled her {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}, for the winning hand, as she scooped in the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
115,000 33,300
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn th
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn
30,000 -31,700

Bardah Fills Up

On a board of {J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and roughly 7,000 in the pot we found WSOP bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah leading out with a bet of 2,800.

His opponent went into the tank for nearly two minutes before eventually making the call.

Bardah rolled over his {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} and his opponent folded to see the pot pushed to the Brockton, Massachusetts native as he climbed to 90,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000 14,325

Tags: Ronnie Bardah

Rowsome's Aces Earn a Double

We walked up to the table as the cards were being revealed, and we saw that Adrienne Rowsome had gotten it in with the goods preflop, {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}. She had coolered Jeffrey Greenstein, who had {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. The flop kept Rowsome out in front, coming {6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Clubs}, but the {q-Clubs} on the turn made her sweat. Rowsome asked for a red card, and while the dealer brought a black card, it was the {3-Spades}, giving her the win and the much needed double up, as she was down to just 12,700 before that hand.

Player Chips Progress
Adrienne Rowsome ca
Adrienne Rowsome
27,000 11,825

Tags: Adrienne Rowsome

Buckner Chomps Cigar, Collects Chips

Marc Goschel opened for 1,100 from the cutoff — a little over 2x — and got two callers in the blinds including Steven Buckner. The flop came {2-Spades}{Q-Spades}{A-Diamonds} and it checked to Goschel who continued for 1,800. His characteristic unlit cigar in his mouth, Buckner looked over the bet and the board for a moment then made the call, and the big blind stepped aside.

Both players then checked down the {5-Clubs} turn and {Q-Diamonds} river, and when Buckner tabled {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, Goschel tossed his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Buckner us
Steven Buckner
70,000 9,225
Marc Goschel gb
Marc Goschel
42,000 2,975

Tags: Marc GoschelSteven Buckner