Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 3 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-11-2013 14:10 UTC-7

Glazier Busts One; Setting Up for Deep Run

donpeters

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

When we arrived at the table, the dealer was pulling in a couple of bets after a couple of players had folded preflop. The action we gathered was that one player had opened to 3,200, a few others called, then Jackie Glazier three-bet to 11,800 from the small blind. Two of the original callers from the cutoff seat and the button made the call of Glazier's three-bet, and the flop came down . Glazier checked, the cutoff seat fired 25,000, the button folded, and then Glazier raised enough to put the cutoff seat all in. The cutoff seat called it off.

Glazier rolled over top set with the . The cutoff seat said, "You're good," and showed the for top pair.

The turn brought the to give Glazier a full house and leave her opponent drawing draw. The river was the and that was that. Glazier scooped the pot and moved to 182,000 in chips.

Yesterday, we talked about how Dar'Ya Hulyk's was building in the Main Event and had a good shot of becoming poker's next big female competitor. As much as we would love to say the same about Glazier, there's one slight problem, she's already a very well known player in the game.

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Glazier has nearly $1 million in live tournament earnings, including a big-time finish in last year's $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em event where she took second place. She also cashed in the Main EVent last year, her second time in the money in the event after first cashing in 2010. Glazier was also recently signed to Ivey Poker. She's often regarded as one of the best tournament players in her region, but has been expanding her success to the WSOP very much so in the past two years. With one cash under her belt this year and over 180,000 in chips, Glazier could very well be setting herself up for another major splash here in Las Vegas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jackie Glazier	182,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: Dar'Ya Hulyk Jackie Glazier

07-11-2013 14:12 UTC-7

Kroon Maintains Lead at First Break; Tuan Le has Monstrous Level 11

[user153906]

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We've reached the first break here on Day 3 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. For the first time in the tournament, the entire field is in the building at the same time. Players were spread into three rooms when play began, and after two levels the Pavilion has been completely cleared out. The tournament board currently reads 1,485 players still in contention for the $8.3 million top prize.

Mark Kroon is still leading the way with about 685,000 in chips, adding almost 150,000 to his stack since the day began. Kroon picked up pocket aces early in the day and eliminated a player who had ace-king.

Chasing Kroon for the pole position are Victor Figueroa, Nick Schwarmann, Dirk Vanluijk, and Tuan Le, who won a huge pot against Johnny Chan less than an hour ago.

Several former world champs are still in the mix, including Greg Merson, Carlos Mortensen, Tom McEvoy and Doyle Brunson, who is seated at the secondary feature table. Mortensen has been climbing early on, and he used a lucky flop to increase his stack to 365,000. McEvoy, meanwhile, had his aces cracked by ace-queen.

Several notables have been sent packing, including Xuan Liu, Robert Mizrachi, John Racener, David Vamplew, and Kevin Pollak, who missed his flush draw to end his run early of the money.

See you in 20 minutes!

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

07-11-2013 14:32 UTC-7

1,485 Remain

Shamus

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Level 12 is underway, with the big board showing 1,485 players still remaining. That means 268 hit the rail during the first two hours of play today.

By the way, the starting field of 1,753 for today's Day 3 uncannily equaled the number of players who began Day 3 a year ago. In 2012, just 720 players survived from the 1,753 who began Day 3.

07-11-2013 14:33 UTC-7

Ivey Update

Mickey Doft

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We can't cover him much since he's on the ESPN mothership, but Phil Ivey had an excellent first level today and is up to 330,400.

07-11-2013 14:37 UTC-7

Five Thoughts: Another Big Main Event, Harwood's Success, the POY Race, and More

donpeters

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The latest edition of Five Thoughts by Rich Ryan was published today, and Ryan leads with the Main Event of the 44th annual World Series of Poker. He also touches upon a few other topics, including Loni Harwood’s win, the Player of the Year race, and Daniel Alaei’s fourth bracelet.

07-11-2013 14:40 UTC-7

Jacks Fail Jake

Shamus

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Right before the last break, Jake Cody lost a big chunk of chips in a hand that saw him taking up against and not being successful. We only arrived for the counting down afterwards, but the board had further improved his opponent's hand, thus sending Cody back down around 130,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Cody	132,000 -98,000	-98,000

07-11-2013 14:42 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Brasilia Gold

[user253725]

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dick van Luijk	445,000 -5,000	-5,000
Rachid Ben Cherif	375,000 375,000	375,000
Carlos Mortensen	370,000 5,000	5,000

Lauren Kling	280,000
Stacy Taylor	248,000 -5,700	-5,700
Marcel Luske	212,000 -46,000	-46,000

Freddy Deeb	177,000 1,900	1,900

Max Pescatori	162,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tony Ma	140,000 -19,100	-19,100

Randy Ohel	127,000 -3,400	-3,400

Andrew Lichtenberger	120,000 -22,700	-22,700

Gjergj Sinishtaj	105,000 14,300	14,300
Sorel Mizzi	100,000 10,000	10,000
Raj Vohra	72,000 -59,000	-59,000

Kevin Schaffel	45,000 -5,300	-5,300

07-11-2013 14:46 UTC-7

Marafioti Cracks Kings

Kevin Taylor

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We couldn't have had much more perfect timing, as we walked by right as a player moved all in on Matt Marafioti. The board read , and the all-in bet was for 30,500. Marafioti shot out of his chair to get a closer look at the board, then quickly made the call.

Marafioti:
Opponent:

It was a monster flop for Marafioti, who had flopped the second nut flush draw as well as an open ended straight draw. The turn left his opponent drawing dead, and Marafioti scooped up the pot to get his stack up to 209,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Marafioti	209,000 57,200	57,200

Tags: Matt Marafioti

07-11-2013 14:50 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts From Brasilia Red

MrCleverFox

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tuan Le	458,000 -2,000	-2,000
Nathan Bjerno	320,000 58,900	58,900
Vivek Rajkumar	280,000 25,000	25,000
Bertrand Grospellier	275,600 25,600	25,600

Ravi Raghavan	245,000 5,000	5,000
Brett Richey	224,000 77,600	77,600
Scott Clements	210,000 38,800	38,800

Annette Obrestad	172,000 -24,600	-24,600

Steve Zolotow	170,000 4,000	4,000

Phil Collins	165,000 6,500	6,500
Cliff Josephy	149,000 -51,900	-51,900

Allan Le	145,000 -18,800	-18,800

Greg Mueller	145,000 -2,200	-2,200

Ludovic Riehl	136,000 48,500	48,500
Sam Stein	135,000 33,200	33,200
Allen Kessler	85,000 11,200	11,200

Johnny Chan	60,000 -20,000	-20,000

Will Jaffe	35,000 -64,300	-64,300

Tony Cousineau	Busted