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

07-12-2013 15:46 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
bryan coyne	Busted
Balazs Szalavics	Busted
Michael Birnbaum	Busted
Jeremy Stribling	Busted
Suresh Prabhu	Busted
Justas Vaiciulionis	Busted

David Susigan	Busted
Bradley Ruben	Busted
Andrew Le	Busted
Paul Wasicka	Busted
Eric Saunders	Busted
Joseph McKeehen	Busted
Dustin Mitchell	Busted
Stephan Kjerstad	Busted
Ahmed Nimer	Busted
Gregor Andrekowitsch	Busted
Anders Taylor	Busted

Spets Talks Himself to a Fold

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Dick van Luijk raised to 22,000 preflop, and he got two callers, Age Spets and Scott Richey. The flop came , and Van Luijk continued for 30,000. Spets took a minute to count out a raise, and he made it 80,000. Richey then immediately three-bet to 200,000, leaving himself only 79,000 behind.

Van Luijk quickly folded, but Spets took some time to think. Spets has gained a reputation for talking through his decisions at this table, and that's just what he did here. He obviously wasn't happy about Richey's re-raise, and apparently wasn't expecting it. After Van Luijk folded, Spets took off his hat and glasses, ran his hand through his hair, and told Richey, "I wasn't playing you." After thinking for a bit more, he explained, "The only reason I'm taking so long is you've been very tight, so I know you have a very good hand." He then asked the dealer to pull in the 80,000 from his bet so he could see Richey's raise more clearly, and also asked the dealer how much Richey had left. The dealer explained that she's not permitted to inform him as long as the player's chips are neatly stacked. Spets then asked Richey himself how much he had left, and Richey simply pushed his stack forward so Spets could see it clearly. Richey hadn't spoken at all during Spets's performance.

Spets himself had about 285,000 after his 80,000 raise, so if Richey went all in on the turn, and if Spets called and lost, he'd be left with only 85,000. He thought and talked for over four minutes, then tossed his cards to the dealer, yielding the pot to Richey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Ritchey	435,000 223,000	223,000
Age Spets	285,000 216,000	216,000

Tags: Age Spets Dick Van Luijk Dirk van Luijk Scott Richey

07-12-2013 15:43 UTC-8

Chris Johnson vs. Rob Salaburu

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Chris Johnson opened to 13,000 in early position and 2012 Octoniner Rob Salaburu three-bet to 24,000 from middle position. Action folded back to Johnson who called to see a flop. A check from Johnson led to a bet of 27,000 from Salaburu. Johnson called, then led for 55,000 when the landed on the turn. Salaburu gave it some thought before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Johnson	872,000 83,000	83,000
Rob Salaburu	401,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Chris Johnson Rob Salaburu

07-12-2013 15:42 UTC-8

Turner Getting Shorter

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Sam Cosby

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After a raise of 13,000 from Adam Kende, and a call from Dan Owen, Jon Turner reraised to 43,000 from the button. Next to act, Javier Montano moved all in for 109,000 more. Both Kende and Owen folded putting Turner to a decision for about half of his remaining stack. He was in the tank for about two minutes before finally releasing his hand and allowing Montano to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	250,000 111,000	111,000

07-12-2013 15:39 UTC-8

Simon Lam Doubles Through Geshkebein

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Vladimir Geshkenbein opened with a raise to 13,000 from the button. SImon Lam flatted from the small blind, and Webber Kang shoved for 75,000 from the big blind. Geshkebein quickly called, and Lam elected to four-bet to 225,000. Geshkebein moved all in and Lam instantly called, creating a three-way pot worth more than 1.1 million.

Kang:
Geshkebein:
Lam:

The board ran out an uneventful , and Lam eclipsed the 1 million mark for the first time. Geshkebein was left with 820,000, and Kang made his way to the payouts table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Lam	1,145,000 803,000	803,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein	820,000 500,000	500,000
Webber Kang	Busted

Tags: Simon Lam Vladimir Geshkenbein Webber Kang

07-12-2013 15:38 UTC-8

Bottom Set > Top Two

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Rupert Elder was all in and at risk for roughly 200,000 on a flop of holding . Unfortunately for the Brit, Keanu Tabali had him at risk with for bottom set, and the turn and river bricked , respectively.

"Nice hand, man," Elder told Tabali. "Good luck, everybody."

Tabali now sits with around 900,000 chips, and received a little rubbing from Jonathan Jaffe after the hand. Apparently, Tabali tanked for a considerable amount of time during the hand, and Jaffe warned Tabali that he would call the clock in the future.

Tabali didn't seem too phased. "That's your right," he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keanu Tabali	900,000
Rupert Elder	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Jaffe Keanu Tabali Rupert Elder

07-12-2013 15:37 UTC-8

Demidov Strikes Turn to Stay Alive

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ivan Demidov has just found a lucky double after finding himself all in holding against Mikolaj Zawadzki's .

The board ran out to see Demidov hit his two-outer to stay alive with roughly 185,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Demidov	185,000 88,000	88,000

Mikolaj Zawadzki	180,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Mikolaj Zawadzki Ivan Demidov

07-12-2013 15:36 UTC-8

Boyd Dangerously Low

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After losing some chips in a previously posted pot, Boyd continued his slide.

Herbert Farber bet 22,000 on a board of , and Boyd exchanged some friendly words with him before calling. The river came a , and Farber checked. Boyd checked it back, and Farber took the pot with .

Boyd has just a handful of big blinds left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Farber	1,620,000 140,000	140,000
Dutch Boyd	47,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Dutch Boyd Herbert Farber

07-12-2013 15:35 UTC-8

Mueller Doubles Denson

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The action started with Greg Mueller opening from under the gun plus one, as the table folded around to Dyler Denson in the small blind. He opted to move all in, for an additional 217,000. Mueller contemplated for a minute, before making the call.

Mueller:
Denson:

“It’s the hand I went bust in the One Drop with,” said Mueller, after tabling his cards.

The flop came down , keeping Denson in front, but giving Mueller extra outs.

The and were no help for Mueller, as he dropped down to 255,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Denson	480,000 165,000	165,000
Greg Mueller	255,000 415,000	415,000

Tags: Greg Mueller Tyler Denson

07-12-2013 15:31 UTC-8

Ferguson Clips Ronconi

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Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Darryl Ronconi opened the button to 16,000 and Michael Ferguson called from the small blind to see a flop fall.

Ronconi continued for 23,000 and Ferguson check-called as the rolled off on the turn and he check-called 35,000.

The river landed the and Ferguson pushed out 25,000 which was followed by a quick muck from Ronconi as he slipped to 165,000 while Ferguson climbed to 428,000 in chips.