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

07-12-2013 22:51 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Engell	Busted
Frank Cerminara	Busted
Ludovic Lacay	Busted

Michael Stracco	Busted
Peter Norman	Busted
Jamie Armstrong	Busted
Bertrand Grospellier	Busted

Jon Turner	Busted

Dennis Premmanee	Busted
Dick van Luijk	Busted
Melanie Weisner	Busted
Mauro Villegas	Busted
Daniele Guidetti	Busted

Game, Set, Match for Nadal

Kevin Taylor

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

Santiago Nadal got the last of his short stack in preflop holding , and he was dominated by the of Yann Dion. The flop of paired both players, but kept Dion out in front. Nadal picked up more outs when the came on the turn, as an eight or a heart would now do it for Nadal. However, the river was the , and Dion collected the bounty to up his stack to 1.3 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yann Dion	1,300,000 310,000	310,000
Santiago Nadal	Busted

Tags: Santiago Nadal Yann Dion

07-12-2013 22:50 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts from Table 453

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Ferrell	1,128,000 108,000	108,000
Yi Fang	1,077,000 147,000	147,000
Jaime Kaplan	1,001,000 7,000	7,000
Chris Johnson	905,000 140,000	140,000
John Scaife	514,000 138,000	138,000
Josh Pollock	505,000 709,000	709,000
Lukas Schwartz	307,000 313,500	313,500
Brent Thompson	222,000 59,000	59,000
Taha Maruf	116,000 308,000	308,000

07-12-2013 22:48 UTC-8

Pollak's Five-Bet Shove Gets Through

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

Court Harrington raised to 28,000 from the cutoff, and Benjamin Pollak three-bet to 68,000 from the small blind. Harrington responded with a four-bet to 172,000, and after a minute Pollak came back over the top with a shove for around 740,000. Harrington went deep into the tank before letting his hand go, and Pollak began stacking his new chips.

Also at that table is Amir Lehavot, who has chipped up to 1,530,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Lehavot	1,530,000 45,000	45,000

Benjamin Pollak	965,000 225,000	225,000
Court Harrington	585,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Amir Lehavot Benjamin Pollak Court Harrington

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

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 22:44 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 22:42 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

Tags: David Benefield Marty Mathis

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.