2013 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Ryan Riess
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$8,361,570
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,352
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
200,000

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event

Day 5 Completed

That's the End of Day 5; Rustom Leads with Glazier and Mortensen Still Alive

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Sami Rustom
Sami Rustom

After 239 players began, the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event has been cut down to just 68 players after the conclusion of Day 5. Another five, two-hour levels of play have been put in the books, and leading the way into Day 6 is Sami Rustom with 7,005,000 in chips.

Heading into the last level of the night, Rustom had the lead. While Marc McLaughlin and Ryan Riess managed to both take turns holding the top spot during the final level, Rustom soared at the end to finish just 10,000 chips ahead of McLaughlin. The California native is here making the largest cash of his career by a long shot. In fact, this single score here, whatever it may be for Rustom, has already surpassed his total lifetime tournament earnings of $43,957. Rustom does have two WSOP cashes, both coming from back in 2007.

While Rustom may have the chip lead, the biggest story returning today was that of defending champion Greg Merson. Merson made it to the second level of the day, Level 22, with the blinds at 10,000/20,000/3,000 before he was eliminated at the hands of Brett Richey. After Richey had opened to 40,000 from middle position, Merson moved all in from the next seat with the {A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for 481,000. Richey called holding the {A-Spades}{K-Spades} to have Merson dominated. Following a runout of {K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{9-Spades}{4-Spades}, Merson was sent to the payout desk to collect his winnings. He finished in 167th place for $42,990.

After Merson was sent off, plenty of other notables joined him in the payout line. Kevin Calenzo finished in 165th place, Jason Potter busted in 164th place, Alexander Kuzmin hit the rail in 135th place, and Alex Bilokur went out in 126th place, just to name a few. Then came the elimination of Ronnie Bardah in 124th place.

Bardah had cameras fixated on him for much of the past three days as he went deeper and deeper in his fourth WSOP Main Event cash in a row, but he'd have to settle for a payday of $50,752 after busting out at the hands of Jorn Walthaus. Walthaus cracked a short-stacked Bardah's aces with the {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs} by making a flush.

Heading into Day 6, the two big stories are stealing the headlines belong to Jackie Glazier and Carlos Mortensen.

Glazier proved to be the last woman standing in the 2013 Main Event and will advance with 4,045,000 in chips. She found a nice surge to her stack in the last level of the night, Level 25, with the blinds at 20,000/40,000/5,000 by doubling through Chris Johnson. Johnson was crippled and eliminated shortly thereafter.

Mortensen is trying to repeat the feat he achieved back in 2001, when he won the WSOP Main Event for $1.5 million. En route to finishing the day with 2,665,000 in chips, Mortensen busted Marvin Rettenmaier in 99th place. When Rettenmaier put his money in for the last time in this event, his {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} were outdone by the {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} for Mortensen. This is Mortensen's deepest run in the Main Event since his win in 2001.

Other notables still left in the field are Steve Gee, last year's ninth-place finisher, Ryan Riess, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, David Benefield, JC Tran, Noah Schwartz, Chris Lindh, Amir Lehavot, Jonathan Jaffe, Yann Dion, Jim Collopy, Vitaly Lunkin, Mark Newhouse, Vladimir Geshkenbein, Brett Richey and Rep Porter.

Day 6 will begin on Sunday at 12 p.m. Las Vegas time, and the plan right now stands at playing out another five levels. That plan could be altered due to filming and how fast play has been moving along, but we'll have more on that tomorrow. Until then, get a good night's sleep and prepare yourself for another day of exciting poker action. We'll see you right back here then on PokerNews!

Tags: Alex BilokurAlexander KuzminAmir LehavotBrett RicheyCarlos MortensenChris JohnsonChris LindhChristopher LindhDavid BenefieldGreg MersonJackie GlazierJames AlexanderJason PotterJC TranJim CollopyJonathan JaffeJorn WalthausKevin CalenzoLeonid BilokurMarc McLaughlinMark NewhouseMarvin RettenmaierNoah SchwartzRep PorterRonnie BardahRyan RiessSami RustomSteve GeeVitaly LunkinVladimir GeshkenbeinWSOP Main EventYann DionYevgeniy Timoshenko

Official End-of-Day Counts

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sami Rustom us
Sami Rustom
7,050,000 600,000
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin ca
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin
6,695,000 -405,000
Jason Mann ca
Jason Mann
6,580,000 30,000
Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
6,260,000 260,000
WSOP 1X Winner
George Wong us
George Wong
5,740,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
5,690,000 -110,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
5,570,000 -330,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Keanu Tabali us
Keanu Tabali
5,435,000 185,000
Matthew Reed us
Matthew Reed
5,255,000 840,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
4,095,000 -485,000
Chris Lindh us
Chris Lindh
4,070,000 1,140,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
4,045,000 365,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gaetano Preite it
Gaetano Preite
3,965,000 1,850,000
David Stephens us
David Stephens
3,935,000 135,000
Nicolas Le Floch fr
Nicolas Le Floch
3,920,000 -85,000
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
3,810,000 955,000
Dan Owen us
Dan Owen
3,750,000 1,555,000
David Benefield us
David Benefield
3,675,000
Alexander Livingston ca
Alexander Livingston
3,635,000 120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
3,595,000 95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
3,535,000 1,010,000
Sebastian Gohr gb
Sebastian Gohr
3,500,000 1,075,000
Michiel Brummelhuis nl
Michiel Brummelhuis
3,485,000 -30,000
Jorn Walthaus nl
Jorn Walthaus
3,455,000 -170,000
James Alexander us
James Alexander
3,450,000 -350,000

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Cornell Doubles on Last Hand of the Night

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Tyler Cornell was all in and at risk holding {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} on a flop of {5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, and David Benefield had him at risk with {k-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. Benefield failed to fill up on the turn ({2-Clubs}) and the river ({4-Spades}), and Cornell doubled to 1.465 million chips. Benefield fell to 3.675 million.

Player Chips Progress
David Benefield us
David Benefield
3,675,000 -85,000
Tyler Cornell us
Tyler Cornell
1,465,000 845,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: David BenefieldTyler Cornell

Depew Eliminated in Final Hand of the Night

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Donald Depew
Donald Depew

In the last hand of the night, Gaetano Preite opened to 100,000 from under the gun plus one, and was called by Jay Farber in late position. The option then fell on Donald Depew, who moved all in for his last 605,000 from the button. Preite paused for a moment before folding, before a short wait saw Farber make the call.

Depew: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}
Farber: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

Depew was in great shape to double up heading into day six, but was out flopped. The {2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} saw Farber take the lead with two pair, and when the {10-Clubs} and {9-Hearts} didn’t help, Depew was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jay Farber us
Jay Farber
3,030,000 1,115,000
Donald Depew us
Donald Depew
Busted

Tags: Donald DepewJay Farber

Dattani, Pollak Shove, Survive

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Umang Dattani
Umang Dattani

In the next-to-the-last hand of the night, Keanu Tabali opened with a button-raise, then it folded to Umang Dattani in the big blind. The pair had planned earlier in the evening to order beers during the final half-hour of play, but only Tabali did, with Dattani perhaps being more preoccupied with wanting to preserve and/or improve upon his below average stack.

Dattani checked his cards, then announced he was all in, and Tabali thought just a few seconds before letting his hand go. "Show!" he said, and Dattani just grinned. "Give me my money, I ain't showing nothing!" he said with a laugh.

Benjamin Pollak was then the one doing the open-shoving from late position on the night's final hand, but again there were no callers, and both Dattani and Pollak will be returning for tomorrow's Day 6.

Player Chips Progress
Umang Dattani ca
Umang Dattani
2,035,000 -415,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
740,000 -555,000

Tags: Benjamin PollakKeanu TabaliUmang Dattani

Three More Hands

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

The clock has been paused and all remaining tables will play out three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

Dion Defeats Pollock

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Josh Pollock - Eliminated
Josh Pollock - Eliminated

James Alexander raised to 80,000 in middle position, Yann Dion called in late position, Bryan Pellegrino called in the cutoff, and Josh Pollock defended his big blind. All four players checked on a flop of {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, and the turn was the {q-Hearts}. Pollock moved all in, and only Dion called.

Pollock: {q-Spades}{6-Spades}
Dion: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Pollock needed a three, eight, or six to survive, and but the river brought the {2-Diamonds}. He hit the rail, while Dion is up to 2.36 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
2,360,000 30,000
Josh Pollock us
Josh Pollock
Busted

Tags: Bryan PellegrinoJames AlexanderJosh PollockYann Dion