2013 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Michael Malm
Winning Hand
a10109
Prize
$225,104
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$882,700
Entries
388
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Kim Ousts Two

Level 15

2-7 Triple Draw

The player under the gun raised, the cutoff call and Mike Kim made it three bets on the button. The player UTG reraised, and both other players called.

UTG drew one, the cutoff drew two and Kim drew two. The cutoff put in his last 4,600, and the cutoff did the same with his last 8,500. Kim called to put both at risk.

UTG again drew one, as did the cutoff. Kim again drew two. One the final draw, UTG stood pat while Kim and the cutoff each drew a card. The cutoff rolled over a king-low, but Kim announced an eight-six.

Kim: {8-}{6-}{4-}{3-}{2-}. The player UTG had stood pat with a {10-}{8-}{7-}{6-}{2-}, so he was knocked out along with the cutoff.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Kim
Mike Kim
196,000
66,000
66,000

Tags: Mike Kim

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 15
Player Chips Progress
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
195,000
-13,000
-13,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Kim
Mike Kim
190,000
-6,000
-6,000
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
170,000
144,000
144,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Eric Crain us
Eric Crain
170,000
-2,000
-2,000
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
165,000
148,000
148,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
135,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
125,000
104,525
104,525
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
120,000
-14,000
-14,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Michael Malm ca
Michael Malm
85,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
James Van Alstyne us
James Van Alstyne
83,000
83,000
83,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Reslock us
Chris Reslock
60,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Randy Ohel us
Randy Ohel
42,000
600
600
WSOP 1X Winner
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
30,000
-22,000
-22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Blair Rodman us
Blair Rodman
10,000
5,375
5,375
WSOP 1X Winner

Kim Takes from Crain

Level 15

2-7 Triple Draw

Eric Crain raised it up, and Mike Kim reraised from the button. Everyone else folded, and Crain called.

Both players drew one, and Crain bet out. Kim called.

Both the draw and action went the same on the next round.

Finally, Crain stood pat and Kim drew one. Crain check-called Kim's bet. Kim turned over {8-}{7-}{6-}{4-}{2-}, and Crain mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Kim
Mike Kim
223,000
33,000
33,000

Tags: Eric CrainMike Kim

Tryba Takes One

Level 16
Chris Tryba
Chris Tryba

No-Limit Hold'em

Action folded around to the player on the button. He opened with a raise to 3,500. Chris Tryba called out of the big blind.

The flop saw {6-Hearts}{K-Spades}{A-Clubs} hit the felt and Tryba checked. His opponent continued out for 3,800 and Tryba cut out a raise to 15,000. Tryba's opponent thought for some time before flat calling. Fourth street was the {4-Hearts} and Tryba slowed down with a check. His opponent checked it back and the {10-Hearts} hit the river. Two more checks prompted Tryba to show {A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. His opponent mucked and Tryba dragged in the pot. He's now sitting on roughly 172,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
172,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Chris Tryba

Van Alstyne Takes It Down

Level 16

Stud Eight-or-Better

James Van Alstyne: {x-}{x-} / {4-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}{7-Clubs} / {x-}
Mike Wattel: {x-}{x-} / {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} / {x-}

We caught up to the action on seventh street to see a series of bets on the table. James Van Alstyne and Mike Wattel were both dealt their final card and Wattel checked his option. Van Alstyne fired out one last bet and Wattel took his time calling.

Van Alstyne showed {6-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts} for a straight and a low which was enough to scoop the pot. Wattel mucked and Van Alstyne boosted his stack to around 96,000.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
145,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
James Van Alstyne us
James Van Alstyne
96,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James Van AlstyneMike Wattel

Popescu Calls and Wins

Level 16

No-Limit Hold'em

Three players saw a flop of {k-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. Josh Arieh and Septimiu Popescu checked, and the player in the cutoff bet 5,600. Both players called. Everyone checked the {3-Hearts} turn, and Arieh led out 14,000 on the {j-Clubs} river. Popescu went into the tank for a couple of minutes, rubbing his temples and placing his forehead in his hands as he thought. Finally, he called off most of his stack. The cutoff folded.

Arieh: {k-}{9-}
Popescu: {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Popescu's kicker won him the pot.

"What on earth were you thinking about?" Arieh asked. "Were you thinking about folding?"

Popescu confirmed he was, and Arieh just nodded thoughtfully.

Player Chips Progress
Septimiu Popescu ca
Septimiu Popescu
64,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Josh AriehSeptimiu Popescu

Break Time

Level 16

The final 24 players are now on a 20-minute break. When they return they'll redraw to three tables and play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.

Re-Draw

Level 16

Players have returned from break and are now re-drawing to the final three tables. Full seat draw and chip counts will be up momentarily.