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

07-12-2013 22:36 UTC-8

Chen Doubles

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Tommy Chen pushed all in for 134,000 from middle position. Action folded to Brian Appelbaum, who made a call that he said he didn't want to make.

Appelbaum:
Chen:

Appelbaum's call had been fine, but a wasn't, from his perspective. The turn gave him a possible straight draw, but he paired up instead on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Appelbaum	550,000 285,000	285,000
Tommy Chen	300,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Brian Appelbaum Tommy Chen

07-12-2013 22:37 UTC-8

Sears Nearing 1.4 Million

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Nikolai Sears led out for 65,000 on a flop of . His opponent, Marcel Luske, called.

The turn was the , Sears slowed down, checking to the Flying Dutchman, who quickly slid forward 135,000. Sears called.

Both players knuckled when the completed the board, and Luske showed for a pair of eights. It was no good against Sears' for a pair of queens, however, and Luske fell to 225,000 chips. Sears now has 1.38 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolai Sears	1,380,000 330,000	330,000
Marcel Luske	225,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Marcel Luske Nikolai Sears

07-12-2013 22:38 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts from Table 368

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Tripodi	1,510,000 10,000	10,000
Henry Mlekoday	1,003,000 23,000	23,000
Sebastian Gohr	620,000 127,000	127,000
Hassan Mechammil	540,000 163,000	163,000
William Jr Te	540,000 139,000	139,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	515,000 15,000	15,000
Ryan Wolfson	355,000 211,000	211,000
Zachary Weiss	285,000
Hai Chu	198,000

07-12-2013 22:38 UTC-8

McKoy Doubles

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Erkut Yilmaz opened the button to 26,000 and Steven Mckoy called from the small blind before Marius Pospiech made it 100,000 from the big blind.

Yilmaz folded, but when the action returned to Mckoy, he moved all in for 451,000 with Pospiech quickly calling.

Mckoy:
Pospiech:

The board ran out to see Mckoy double to 945,000 as Pospiech slipped to 515,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven McKoy	945,000 460,000	460,000
Marius Pospiech	515,000 345,000	345,000

Tags: Erkut Yilmaz Marius Pospiech Steven Mckoy

07-12-2013 22:39 UTC-8

RunGoodRussell's Run Good Runs Out

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Last year's fourth-place finisher in the WSOP Main Event Russell "RunGoodRussell" Thomas was eliminated just before the end of the previous level.

In his final hand Thomas took up against Ashley Mason's pocket queens and failed to improve.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Thomas	Busted

07-12-2013 22:42 UTC-8

Pollak Out-Kicked By Lehavot

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Donnie Peters

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

From under the gun, Benjamin Pollak raised to 25,000. Action then folded to Court Harrington in the small blind, and he made the call. In the big blind, 2011 gold bracelet winner Amir Lehavot called as well, and the flop came down . Harrington and Lehavot checked, then Pollak bet 35,000. After Harrington folded, Lehavot called.

The turn was the , and Lehavot checked again. Pollak stayed on the gas with a bet of 58,000. Lehavot called.

The river card was the , and Lehavot checked. Pollak reached into his stack and came out with a bet of 95,000. Lehavot tanked for a couple minutes, then called.

Pollak showed the for top pair, but Lehavot had the better kicker with the . Lehavot won the pot and moved to nearly 1.6 million in chips. Pollak dropped back under 750,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Lehavot	1,575,000 300,000	300,000

Court Harrington	760,000 40,000	40,000
Benjamin Pollak	740,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: Amir Lehavot Benjamin Pollak Court Harrington

07-12-2013 22:42 UTC-8

Benefield Busts Mathis After Back-to-Back Five-Bet All-In Pots

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

On the first hand back from break, Marty Mathis cold four-bet over an open and a three-bet from David "Raptor" Benefield. Benefield moved all in, Mathis called, and the two chopped the pot with ace-king.

On the very next hand, there was an open to 24,000, Benefield three-bet to 65,000, and Mathis cold four-bet to 165,000. The action folded back to Benefield, who moved all in once again. Mathis calling, putting himself at risk and creating a roughly 1.4 million-chip pot.

Benefield:
Mathis:

Mathis was crushed, and Benefield extended his lead when the flop fell . It was all over when the turned, and a meaningless completed the board. Mathis hit the rail, while Benefield is up to 1.585 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benefield	1,585,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Marty Mathis	Busted

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07-12-2013 22:44 UTC-8

Moschitta Ousts Shorty

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Luca Moschitta got it all in preflop with against a short-stacked opponent who held .

The board ran out , and Moschitta sent his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Moschitta	650,000

Tags: Luca Moschitta

07-12-2013 22:46 UTC-8

Savill Can't Defeat Foe

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We came on a big preflop confrontation between Sterling Savill and Clyde Tjauw Foe that saw the latter putting in another reraise to 127,000, Savill reraising again to over 200,000, then Foe immediately pushing all in for about 740,000 total.

Savill stood from his chair and began talking through the hand before acting.

"Snap shove, huh?" said Savill while Foe sat motionless. "Ahhhh… okay," he finally said before saying he was calling. He watched as Foe showed , and Savill turned over .

"I even thought about folding," said Savill afterwards. "But I can't do it… can't fold them," added Savill as he watched the board come , then , then .

After having gotten aces himself earlier to catapult up over 1 million, pocket rockets became Savill's downfall in this hand as he was all in for under 700,000 total, meaning Foe had him covered and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clyde Tjauw Foe	1,520,000 780,000	780,000
Sterling Savill	Busted

Tags: Clyde Tjauw Foe Sterling Savill

07-12-2013 22:47 UTC-8

Jacob Bazeley Eliminated By Nick Schwarmann

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Mickey Doft

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Grayson Ramage opened to 26,000 under the gun and Greg Merson called from the next seat over. Nick Schwarmann three-bet all in from the cutoff for about 300,000, Jake Bazeley called all in from the big blind for about 285,000, and both Ramage and Merson folded.

Schwarmann:
Bazeley:

The flop came down , giving Schwarmann an open-ended straight draw, He got there when the turned and Bazeley couldn't find a chop with the river, ending his Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schwarmann	645,000 400,000	400,000
Jacob Bazeley	Busted

Tags: Grayson Ramage Greg Merson Jacob Bazeley Nick Schwarmann