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

07-13-2013 13:31 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts at Break

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Lane	3,361,000 11,000	11,000
Rachid Ben Cherif	3,022,000 102,000	102,000
Matthew Reed	2,920,000 20,000	20,000
Sami Rustom	2,580,000 370,000	370,000
Dan Owen	2,535,000 5,000	5,000
Grayson Ramage	2,420,000 18,000	18,000
Amir Lehavot	2,404,000 104,000	104,000

Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	2,237,000 307,000	307,000
Philip Long	2,142,000 68,000	68,000

Clement Tripodi	2,094,000 31,000	31,000
Jason Mann	2,010,000 230,000	230,000
Steven Watts	2,004,000 715,000	715,000
Vincent Robert	1,970,000 6,000	6,000
Umang Dattani	1,919,000 59,000	59,000
Nicolas Le Floch	1,900,000 790,000	790,000
Joshua Prager	1,894,000 1,894,000	1,894,000
Brian Appelbaum	1,850,000 390,000	390,000
Ryan Riess	1,817,000 739,000	739,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	1,808,000 543,000	543,000

Kevin Williams	1,800,000
Jason Cohen	1,758,000 232,000	232,000
Simon Lam	1,750,000 1,124,000	1,124,000
Robert Sichelstiel	1,724,000 24,000	24,000
Yi Fang	1,680,000 40,000	40,000
Bradley Myers	1,680,000 40,000	40,000

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Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

07-13-2013 13:20 UTC-8

Sin City Series: Yonaka Modern Japanese

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

07-13-2013 13:05 UTC-8

First Break of Day Five: Jon Lane Still Leads

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The first level of Day 5 is in the books. Out of the 239 players who started the day, now only 187 remain. Jon Lane, who started the day at the top of the leaderboard, still leads with over three million in chips. After the flurry of eliminations in post-bubble play during yesterday’s first level, the bustouts came much more slowly today. One of the reasons for that is likely the increase in payouts. Today’s first bustout, Donald Swartz, received $37,019, nearly twice as much as the first player paid yesterday. More importantly, with over 6,000 players eliminated and only about 200 bustouts to go before the final table, players are starting to look ahead to a potential $ 8,359,531 payday.

Shawn Sheikhan was among the early eliminations today. He was knocked out by 2012 Main Event final tablist Steve Gee. Vivek Rajkumar, who had a tough table draw with Jonathan Jaffe, Tommy Chen, Brett Richey, and defending Main Event champion Greg Merson on his left, made a valiant effort to build his stack early in the day. It didn't last, however, as he busted out when Nick Schwarmann made a flush to beat Rajkumar's pocket queens.

Several well-known players are building impressive stacks. Max Steinberg, one of the chips leaders on Day 4, picked up right where he left off yesterday with the help of quads on the first hand of the day. Rachid Ben Cherif is climbing the leaderboard as well, as is Jason Cohen.

Young pro Amit Makhija also busted out today. He was eliminated by Beverly Lange, an amateur player from near Austin, Texas, who has over a million chips. Lange joins the list of women making deep runs in the Main Event this year alongside known pros like Jackie Glazier and Annette Obrestad.

Players return to their tables in 20 minutes. We'll have complete chip counts for you soon, and we'll be back with all the action when play resumes.

Tags: Amit Makhija Annette Obrestad Beverly Lange Brett Richey Donald Swartz Greg Merson Jackie Glazier Jason Cohen Jon Lane Jonathan Lane Max Steinberg Nick Schwarmann Rachid Ben Cherif Shawn Sheikhan Steve Gee Vivek Rajkumar Will Jaffe

07-13-2013 13:05 UTC-8

Julius Crippled

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Mickey Doft

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Kyle Julius @KJulius10

Well down to 20k after losing 99 to A4o in 3b pot where I ended up check shoving a river where there was a one card straight andJuly 13 2013

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Flush out there problem is he had the but diamond and 2 pairJuly 13 2013

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Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Julius	20,000 855,000	855,000

07-13-2013 13:04 UTC-8

Featured Table Counts at Break

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Kevin Taylor

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yann Dion	2,112,000 87,000	87,000
Nick Schwarmann	2,091,000 20,000	20,000
Brett Richey	1,678,000 71,000	71,000
Rep Porter	1,487,000 119,000	119,000

Jonathan Jaffe	1,261,000 126,000	126,000
Kima Kimura	579,000 147,000	147,000
Greg Merson	491,000 4,000	4,000

Nikolai Sears	284,000 186,000	186,000
Alex Bilokur	169,000 86,000	86,000

07-13-2013 13:03 UTC-8

Loosi's String Bet Gets Through

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sami Rustom raised to 32,000 from early position, Sylvain Loosli three-bet to 122,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Rustom, who called.

The flop fell , Rustom checked, and Loosli continued for 125,000. Rustom check-raised to 300,000, and after tanking for a minute or so, Loosli called.

The turn brought the , Rustom checked, and Loosli returned to the tank. He reached for chips, cut out 70,000 in orange T5,000 chips, pulled out a full stack of orange (100,000), and grabbed a few green T25,000 chips. He then slid forward three different stacks one at time, first pushing forward 70,000 then adding the full stack of orange and the green.

Rustom asked for a count, the dealer told him 280,000, and then Rustom told the dealer that it was a string bet. The dealer called a floor person over, who after hearing the dealer recount the tale, ruled that it was indeed a string bet.

Loosli pulled back the green chips, and a few oranges that were on top of the green chips, and left out 170,000. Rustom protested, but the dealer, Olaoluwa Okelola, and Kevin Williams all said that the original movement included the full stack of orange chips. The floor person ruled that the full stack would stay.

Rustom tanked for a bit, then finally folded his hand, prompting Loosli to throw up his hands in disgust. He said something to Rustom that Rustom couldn't hear, and when he asked Loosli to repeat it, he refused.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sami Rustom	2,950,000 250,000	250,000
Sylvain Loosli	1,890,000 490,000	490,000

Tags: Sami Rustom Sylvain Loosli

07-13-2013 13:03 UTC-8

Tripodi Busts Dubinskyy

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Clement Tripodi and Igor Dubinskyy got it all in preflop.

Tripodi:
Dubinskyy:

The board ran out , and Tripodi won the race and continues to build his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Tripodi	2,125,000 317,000	317,000
Igor Dubinskyy	Busted

Tags: Clement Tripodi Igor Dubinskyy

07-13-2013 13:02 UTC-8

Merson Under 500,000

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Kevin Taylor

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Nick Schwarmann raised it up to 38,000 in middle position, and Greg Merson called on the button. Kimura tagged along from the big blind, and the flop ran down . Kimura checked to Schwarmann, who fired out 42,000, and Merson was the only caller. The turn brought the , and Schwarmann checked to Merson, who then bet 64,000. Schwarmann tossed in the call, and when the river brought the , Schwarmann moved all in.

This was a bet that would cost Merson all of his chips, and he quickly got out of the way, giving Schwarmann yet another big pot at this featured table. Meanwhile, Merson is at a low on the day of 495,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schwarmann	2,111,000 201,000	201,000
Greg Merson	495,000 144,000	144,000

Tags: Greg Merson Nick Schwarmann

07-13-2013 13:02 UTC-8

Buckenmayer Poised for Another Run

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Greg Merson and Steve Gee aren't the only players making a run in the Main Event for the second straight year. Bob Buckenyamer took 17th in the 2012 Main Event, and he's still alive and above average here on Day 5. We recently found Buckenmayer raising preflop from early position and then four-betting after Jose Pinedamoncada three-bet from the small blind. Pinedamoncada called, creating a pot worth 470,000 before the flop. Both players checked the , and Pinedamoncada checked again on the turn. Buckenmayer moved all in for 532,000, which prompted a fold from his opponent. The retired businessman is now sitting on just over a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Buckenmayer	1,002,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Bob Buckenmayer Jose Pinedamoncada