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
Total 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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Lacay Stages A Huge Comeback

Ludovic Lacay
Ludovic Lacay

After starting the day with 27,725 and then quickly dropping to just about 10,000 in chips at the start of the day , Ludovic Lacay has really built himself back up here over the course of Day 2. Now towards the end of the day Lacay is soaring with over 150,000 chips.

While we didn't catch any huge hands from Lacay, we do know that he's remaining aggressive at his table. Over the course of three hands we saw him open the action on two of them with a raise to 2,500. Both times the entire table folded. On the second time, he showed his hand after a card had been semi-exposed (The card slightly tipped while it was on it's way to the muck and several players saw the {7-Clubs}).

"The seven of clubs?" Lacay asked, showing his {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} drawing a laugh from some of the members at his table.

Tags: Ludovic Lacay

Liu Misses Everything

The flop read {6-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs} with about 10,000 in the middle when we arrived to see Xuan Liu and another opponent heads up. Liu bet out 8,000, and her opponent made the call. The turn brought the {2-Clubs}, and Liu didn't take long to move all in, a bet effectively worth the 39,000 her opponent had.

Her opponent went deep into the tank, sitting back at first then leaving forward and smiling. Liu stayed fairly motionless throughout the tank, then looked off into the distance to survey the room. Eventually, after about three or four minutes of tanking, her opponent stacked his chips together , and slid them forward for the call.

Liu: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Opponent: {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}

Liu had a world of outs, as an ace, king, or club would get it done. Unfortunately for her, the {8-Spades} on the river was a brick, and Liu shipped a third of her chips over to her opponent.

Tags: Xuan Liu

Defending Champ Hovering Near 300,000

After a late position player raised to 2,800, Greg Merson called from the big blind. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, and Merson check-called a bet of 4,700. The dealer turned the {5-Clubs}, and both players checked. The {k-Diamonds} completed the board on the river, and Merson led out for 13,000. His opponent folded, and the defending Main Event champion pulled in the pot. He now sits with 286,000 in chips. Merson has been near the 300,000 chip mark for much of the past two levels.

Tags: Greg Merson

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.

Tags: Ray Romano

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.

Tags: Olivier Busquet

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.

Tags: Gilles MorihainSteve Gee

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.

Tags: Jason DeWitt

End-of-Day 2a/b Chip Counts

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