Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 5 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-13-2013 14:23 UTC-8

Malherbe Crippled; then Eliminated

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The action folded around to Steven McKoy, who opened to 50,000 from the hijack. Patrick Renkers then raised it up to 120,000 from the button, before Jean-Yves Malherbe moved all in for 780,000 from the big blind. McKoy folded his hand, before Renkers snap called the bet, for 11,000 less.

Renkers:
Malherbe:

The board ran out to see Renkers win the hand with his king kicker.

In the very next hand, Malherbe was all in on the small blind for 8,000. The table folded back around to him, before he tabled his . Leonardo Moura was on the big blind, and he peeled the , before revealing the as well.

The pocket aces of Moura would hold, as the board ran out to see Malherbe eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Renkers	1,636,000 1,081,000	1,081,000
Jean-Yves Malherbe	Busted

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07-13-2013 14:27 UTC-8

169th - 185th Place

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Mickey Doft

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

These players earned $42,990 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts page.,

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Pinedamoncada	Busted
Alexander Roumeliotis	Busted
Shaun Conning	Busted
Ryan Jones	Busted
Mark McPherson	Busted
Georg Lehmann	Busted
Manuel Mutke	Busted
Hassan Mechammil	Busted
Joseph McGuire	Busted
Steve Yang	Busted
Victor Figueroa	Busted
Ara Melikian	Busted
Leonardo Cavarge	Busted
José Manuel Nadal	Busted
Kyle Julius	Busted

Eddie Blumenthal	Busted
Christopher Whitall	Busted

07-13-2013 14:28 UTC-8

Livingston Busts Harb

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Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Adeeb Harb raised to 40,000, and Alexander Livingston made 130,000 to play. Harb responded by pushing all in for 835,000, and Livingston called. Livingston held , and he was ahead of Harb's . The flop was , missing both players. Then the gave Livingston a set on the turn, and Harb was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless , and Harb was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Livingston	1,931,000 931,000	931,000
Adeeb Harb	Busted

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07-13-2013 14:29 UTC-8

Heath Finds a Much-Needed Double

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Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Eli Heath moved all in for 151,000 in middle position, and Mikolaj Zawadzki re-shoved for around 400,000 near the button. The rest of the players folded.

Heath:
Zawadzki:

Zawadzki remained ahead on a flop of , but the turned, giving Heath a pair of kings. The completed the board, and Heath doubled through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Heath	370,000 106,000	106,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	245,000 212,000	212,000

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07-13-2013 14:29 UTC-8

Annette Ascends to 2.65 Million

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Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Sergio Castelluccio min-raised to 40,000 from middle position, Annette Obrestad three-bet to 110,000 from late position, and Castelluccio called to see a flop of . Castelluccio checked, Obrestad bet 130,000, and Castelluccio called. He checked again on the turn, and Obrestad meticulously cut out 275,00 from her stack and placed it in the pot. Castelluccio stared her down for a couple minutes before matching her bet, and suddenly there was more than a million in the pot.

The river was the and once again Castelluccio checked. Obrestad pushed out a stack of green T25,000 chips from her stack, totaling 500,000. Castelluccio sat in the tank for another two minutes, and this time gave it up. Obrestad now sits at 2.65 million and has climbed back into the top 10.

Player	Chips	Progress
Annette Obrestad	2,650,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Annette Obrestad Sergio Castelluccio

07-13-2013 14:30 UTC-8

Nuter Busts Ochana

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Donnie Peters

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Eddie Ochana was all in preflop with the versus the for Timothy Nuter. The board ran out , and Ochana was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Nuter	950,000 320,000	320,000
Eddie Ochana	Busted

Tags: Timothy Nuter Eddie Ochana

07-13-2013 14:33 UTC-8

Jonathan Jaffe Doubles to Almost Three Million

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Kevin Taylor

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jonathan Jaffe raised to 45,000 from under the gun +1. Yi Fang, who had literally just sat down for his first hand at the Mothership, reraised to 70,000 from the hijack. It folded back to Jaffe, and he thought for a while before reraising to 240,000. Fang tossed in the call, and the flop came . Jaffe led right out for 300,000, and Fang quickly moved all in. Jaffe called even quicker, and in a flash, the pot had ballooned to over 2.8 million.

Jaffe:
Fang:

Fang stood up and immediately started chanting for a queen. A ten would also have done it for him against Jaffe's overpair, and while he didn't hit either on the turn, he did pick up a few more outs with the . Fang started chanting "Queen, ten, nine. Queen, ten, nine!" Jaffe couldn't help but laugh despite the tension of the moment, and said "I hope that if I bust that you win the tournament." The 2.8 million chip river card was the , and Jaffe scored a massive double up, while Fang tumbled down to just 504,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Jaffe	2,828,000 1,567,000	1,567,000
Yi Fang	504,000 1,176,000	1,176,000

Tags: Jonathan Jaffe Yi Fang

07-13-2013 14:34 UTC-8

The Man Who Has "Never Gotten Lucky" Gets Lucky

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Donnie Peters

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From middle position, Ronnie Bardah raised all in for 196,000. In the small blind, Erkut Yilmaz called. Bardah showed the , but was behind the .

Bardah stood from his chair as the cameras rolled and said, "I never get lucky in the World Series of Poker. In four years, I've never gotten lucky in this tournament. If I get lucky, I'll shut up."

The flop came down and Yilmaz kept his lead. The turn was the to vault Bardah in front with a set and you could see the excitement shoot through his body. The river was the and Bardah had doubled up.

"I'll shut up now," he finished as he sat back down to stack up his chips.

"We don't want you to do that," said one of the ESPN producers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Bardah	400,000 245,000	245,000

Tags: Erkut Yilmaz Ronnie Bardah

07-13-2013 14:35 UTC-8

Nuter Gets the Nuts

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Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The action folded around to James Rubenstein on the small blind, who moved all in for around 200,000 in chips. He was snap called by Timothy Nuter, before both players tabled their cards.

Rubenstein:
Nuter:

Rubenstein took the lead, when the flop came . However, the fell on the turn, giving Nuter the straight, leaving Rubenstein drawing dead. He slammed his hand on the table, before stepping back from the table, knocking over his chair. He quickly apologised, as the meaningless completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Nuter	1,500,000 550,000	550,000
James Rubenstein	Busted

Tags: Timothy Nuter James Rubenstein

07-13-2013 14:36 UTC-8

Klein KO'd by Alexander

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Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Geffrey Klein opened to 50,000 from under the gun, James Alexander called in early position, and the rest of the players folded. The dealer fanned , Klein led out for 110,000, and Alexander called. The turn was the , Klein moved all in for 469,000, and Alexander quickly called.