2013 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Ryan Riess
Winning Hand
a♥k♥
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
Players Left 1 / 6352

Break Time; Champions in the Field, First Elimination, PokerNews' Chad Holloway Takes an Early Dip

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The Main Event is now heading on it's first 20-minute break for the day.

Following a few words by Jack Effel and Ty Stewart, it would be reigning Champion Greg Merson giving the orders to shuffle up and deal before he took his seat just a few feet away from a table that housed 2011 Champion Pius Heinz.

As players settled in to the tournament playing their first few hands with some nervous energy, excitement and maybe a little bit of feat, the tournament would unfortunately lose Mark Jeffreys roughly an hour into play. Jeffreys check-raised every street holding {Q-}{Q-} but would be called down by Angel Funes Rios with {A-}{A-} to become the first elimination of Day 1a.

PokerNews' own Chad Holloway would see his stack dip severely early when he ran a bluff against Eddie Blumenthal to put him high up on the leaderboard alongside the likes of Rios, Greg Ostrander, Ben Wilinofsky and Tony Dunst.

With players now enjoying a 20-minute break to stretch their legs, grab a coffee or fill their belly, you at home can do the same while watching our July 6th update recorded by Lynn Gilmartin late last night.