The reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson has some advice for the remaining players: just don't play pots with him.
2013 World Series of Poker
These players earned $37,019 for their Main Event finish. Keep an eye on the payouts tab for exact-place finishes.
Among the recent eliminations was 2008 Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov.
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Josh Pollock and John Scaife got all in on a flop of ![]()
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Pollock's overpair was in the lead, but he had plenty of outs to fade: any king, heart or queen would improve Scaife's hand. The turn brought a
, closing out Scaife's straight outs. The river was the
, improving Pollock to a full house and leaving Scaife with about 10 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,060,000
555,000
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555,000 |
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130,000
384,000
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384,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,735,000
860,000
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860,000 |
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1,300,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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799,000
121,000
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121,000 |
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650,000
210,000
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210,000 |
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500,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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411,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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314,000
26,000
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26,000 |
Richard Robinson raised to 25,000 from under the gun, and action folded over to Nikunj Gandhi on the button. He reshoved for 150,000, and Rep Porter quickly responded by moving all in from the small blind, having both players easily covered. Robinson announced a call for 387,000, and three players were playing for a big pot with five cards to come.
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Robinson was in excellent position against two underpairs, and his queens held up through the ![]()
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board. Gandhi was eliminated, and Porter dipped to 1.23 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,230,000
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940,000
340,000
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We arrived at the table, just as Estelle Denis committed the last of her chips into the middle. She was called by Christopher Kinane, as both players then tabled their cards.
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to see Denis’ ace high flush take down the pot. She now moves up to 650,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Action folded to Ronnie Bardah in the small blind, and he raised to 29,000 against Kevin Allen's big blind. Allen called, and the flop came down ![]()
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. Bardah led with a bet of 23,000, and Allen called.
On the turn, the
fell. Bardah slid forward a bet of 64,000, and Allen made another call. Then, the
completed the board on the river. Bardah fired 145,000, which was just about half of what Allen had left. Allen tanked for a bit, then made the call.
Bardah showed the ![]()
for a Broadway straight, and Allen mucked his hand. We overheard Allen mention two pair, but his exact words were unclear, and Bardah was pushed the pot. Allen was left with 193,000.
On the next hand, the player in the cutoff seat opened to 27,000. Bardah then three-bet to 56,000 on the button and won the pot.
After those two hands, Bardah now sits with 975,000 in chips.
"One million biscuits!" yelled Bardah after the hand. "Biscuits baby!"
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980,000
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193,000
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A hand that began as a multi-way pot with a raise and couple of callers cleared out to become heads-up between Marc Emond and Ara Melikian thanks to a three-bet by Emond out of the blinds.
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Both players then checked the
turn and
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1,940,000
585,000
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585,000 |
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810,000
486,000
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486,000 |
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Jason Mann opened to 30,000 in middle position, Alessandro Fasolis three-bet to 84,000 out of the big blind, and Mann quickly called. Both players checked on a flop of ![]()
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turned. Mann fired out 128,000, Fasolis called, and the two checked again when the
completed the board.
Fasolis showed ![]()
for ace-high, winning the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,670,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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1,020,000
230,000
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230,000 |