Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 4 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-12-2013 16:46 UTC-8

Finne Not Feeling Fine

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Timothy Finne's Main Event run has come to an end at the start of Level 18 after taking his and the last of his chips up against Yi Fang's .

When the board ran out , Fang cried "I love ladies" a few times — referring to his pocket queens having held — and Finne wasn't too amused.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi Fang	578,000 345,000	345,000
Timothy Finne	Busted

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07-12-2013 16:52 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Raghavan	700,000 90,000	90,000
Robert Damelian	670,000 308,500	308,500
Adeep Harb	640,000 416,000	416,000
Allen Cunningham	625,000 77,000	77,000

Byron Kaverman	520,000 10,000	10,000

Zachary Weiss	520,000 5,000	5,000
Vivek Rajkumar	415,000 15,000	15,000
Grant Hinkle	305,000 220,000	220,000

Melanie Weisner	270,000 84,000	84,000
Jeremy Druckman	200,000 79,000	79,000
Eddy Sabat	190,000 5,000	5,000
Jason Sackler	165,000 5,000	5,000
Lauren Kling	70,000 105,000	105,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Mcginnity	Busted
Joshua Curtis	Busted
Frederik Jensen	Busted
Brandon Guss	Busted
Ryan Teves	Busted
Zachary Walker	Busted
Eric Beren	Busted
Tom Hu	Busted
James Van Alstyne	Busted

Adam Levitan	Busted
Samuel Gagnon	Busted
Katherine Bowen	Busted
Donald Martin	Busted
Michael Wortel	Busted
Paul George	Busted
Sean Winter	Busted
Matthew Bray	Busted
Juliano Maesano	Busted
Dmitry Ivanov	Busted
Benjamin Ane	Busted
Shawn Silber	Busted

Smith Jams River On Curcio

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Donnie Peters

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

From the hijack seat, Joseph Curcio raised to 16,000. Joshua Smith reraised to 33,000, and action folded back to Curcio. He called, and the dealer ran out the flop. Both players checked.

The turn was the , completing a possible flush draw. Curcio checked, Smith bet 38,000, and Curcio made the call.

The river completed the board with the . After Curcio checked with approximately 150,000 behind. Smith announced that he was all in, putting Curcio to the test as he had him covered. Curcio tanked for about a minute, then folded, and Smith won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Smith	550,000 469,500	469,500
Joseph Curcio	151,000 277,500	277,500

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07-12-2013 17:00 UTC-8

Flush for Luske

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Carter Gill raised to 16,000 from early position, and action folded around to Marcel Luske in the big blind. Luske called, and the flop came . Both players checked, and the dealer turned the . Luske bet out for 17,000, and Gill called. The river was the , and Luske immediately pushed forward a bet of 35,000. Gill called almost as quickly, and Luske turned over for a flush. Gill mucked, and Luske took the pot.

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07-12-2013 17:00 UTC-8

Blumenthal Calls a Five-Bet With Seven-Six; Doubles

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Nicholas E. Blumenthal raised in early position, [Removed:532] three-bet to 42,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Blumenthal, who four-bet to 84,000. [Removed:550] returned to the tank.

"One thirty-five," he finally announced, pushing forward a stack of orange T5,000 chips.

It was Blumenthal's turn to tank, and after 90 seconds or so he decided to call, risking a third of his stack. The flop fell , Blumenthal checked, and [Removed:550] fired out 105,000. Blumenthal moved all in for 276,000, and [Removed:550] called.

Blumenthal:
[Removed:550]:

There was a break in the action to allow the ESPN cameras to get in position, and when they were ready, the dealer burned and turned the . Blumenthal shot back in his chair and threw his hands on his head, but he was far from drawing dead - any seven, six, three, or eight would keep him alive.

The completed the board, giving Blumenthal a straight, and once again he threw his hands on his head.

"Jeeeeeeeeeeeez," he groaned at the dealer.

Blumenthal doubled to 850,000 chips, while [Removed:550] fell to 805,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas E. Blumenthal	850,000 324,000	324,000
[Removed:532]	805,000 285,000	285,000

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07-12-2013 17:03 UTC-8

Hinkle Gives it Up

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The hand started with Grant Hinkle opening to 16,000 from under the gun, and finding a call from the opponent to his left. The rest of the table folded, as the two saw the flop come .

Hinkle then threw out a continuation bet of 10,000, before being met with an immediate raise to 35,000. He called, as the fell on the turn. A check was met with a bet of 50,000, as Hinkle went into the tank. He finally made the call, and stared down his opponent as the completed the board.

He then looked at the board, before checking once more. His opponent then moved all in, which was enough to send Hinkle’s cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Hinkle	202,000 103,000	103,000

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07-12-2013 17:06 UTC-8

Doyle Brunson Eliminated

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Mickey Doft

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Tim Ulrich raised to 16,000 in early position and Sergei Stazhkov called from the hijack. Doyle Brunson three-bet to 86,000 on the button, forcing folds from the blinds and from Ulrich. After a few moments Stazhkov re-raised all in, resulting in Brunson calling all in for 204,000.

Stazhkov:
Brunson:

The flop was no help to Brunson, nor was the turn. With only three outs, the two-time Main Event champion and 10-time bracelet winner was unable to catch a king as the river ended Brunson's impressive run.

Brunson received not one, but two rousing ovations from the entire Amazon Room as he graciously made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Stazhkov	676,000 262,000	262,000
Doyle Brunson	Busted

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07-12-2013 17:08 UTC-8

Bardah Busts Abdel Rahim, Then Wins Another

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Donnie Peters

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Ronnie Bardah is now up to 650,000 in chips after busting Muhammad Abdel Rahim, then taking a three-way pot that involved Kevin Allen and Amir Lehavot.

On the hand where Bardah busted Abdel Rahim, the two were in action on a flop of . Abdel Rahim fired a bet of 31,000, and Bardah raised to 61,000. Abdel Rahim reraised all in for around 160,000, and Bardah snapped it off.

Bardah showed the for top two pair against Abdel Rahim's . The turn was the , leaving Abdel Rahim drawing dead, then the river completed the board with the .

On the next hand, Bardah saw a flop of with Allen and Lehavot. Bardah was acting first and bet 28,000. Allen folded, but Lehavot called.

The turn was the , placing a four-card straight on the board. Bardah led for 39,000, and Lehavot gave it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Bardah	650,000 360,000	360,000

Amir Lehavot	600,000 79,000	79,000

Muhammad Abdel Rahim	Busted

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07-12-2013 17:08 UTC-8

Lackey Runs Into Aces

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

After unknown preflop action, Paul Lackey was all in and at risk for around 200,000 holding . His opponent, David Stephens, had him crushed with , and held as the board rolled out .