2013 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
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Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$299,486
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Total Entries
477
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 477
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Josephy and O'Brien Battle it Out

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Cliff Josephy, Dan O'Brien and Kyle Julius are engaged is some serious poker a battles, with no one player wanting to back down. A recent hand between Josephy and O'Brien shows the intensity of the competition at this table.

Cliff Josephy raised to 4,000, and Dan O'Brien reraised to 11,600. Josephy then 4-bet to 20,000, and O'Brien thought for about a minute before calling. The dealer spread a {5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{k-Spades} flop, and Josephy continued for 22,000. O'Brien considered his options for about two minutes before announcing a raise to 25,000. Josephy thought for a bit, but didn't wait too long before folding.

O'Brien half-jokingly offered to show one card, and Josephy urged him to do it: "C'mon, you want me on tilt, don't you?" O'Brien obliged at turned over the {10-Clubs}. It will be interesting to see how the battle develops at this table as the tourney progresses.

Tags: Cliff JosephyDan O'Brien

Minieri Ships Some to Andrews

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On the button Cherish Andrews raised to 3,500. Max Steinberg called from the small blind. Dario Minieri then put in a reraise to 12,000. With action back on Andrews, she made the call and Steinberg folded.

The dealer put down a flop of {10-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Minieri immediately checked. Andrews bet out 12,000 and Minieri called. The turn was the {3-Hearts} and Minieri checked again, only to see a bet of 21,000 from Andrews, which he called rather quickly.

On the {J-Hearts} river, Minieri checked one more time, and this time he would call a 44,000 chip bet from Andrews. Andrews showed {A-Hearts}{8-Spades} for a the rivered nuts and she took down the pot, gaining the chip lead at her table as well.

"So cool."

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

With the board reading {8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{A-Hearts}{6-Hearts} Adam Friedman checked to David Baker. Baker made a bet of 19,200 and after thinking about it for a second, Friedman called.

The river was the {9-Clubs} and Friedman checked again. Baker then moved all in with a shorter stack than Friedman's. Friedman thought about it for a while before finally calling. Baker showed {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for a flopped set and that was good enough to win the pot, but Friedman was forced to show his hand anyways by the dealer.

He showed the meaningless {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and then counted out chips to ship to Baker.

"So cool," Friedman said after the hand.

Bianco Doubles Through Salsberg

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

With Matt Salsberg in the small blind and Salvatore Bianco in the big blind, the two players got their chips in the middle pre-flop. Salsberg turned over {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}, but Bianco had {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. The flop rolled out {k-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Spades}, giving Bianco a set of kings and an even bigger lead. The turn was the {a-Spades}, pairing Salsberg's ace, but he was still drawing dead even before the meaningless {j-Diamonds} fell of the river. Bianco doubled up, and Salsberg still has a respectable stack.

Tags: Matt Salsberg

One Table Still Full

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Only one table still has all six of its players. Here are their chip counts coming back from break:

Friedman Takes Another

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We walked by the table and saw Adam Friedman with {A-Spades}{J-Hearts} against Jim Willerson's {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. The board read [7s9c5h7cQq] and Friedman put another notch in his cap. He's almost up to 200,000 chips.

Ramdin Busts

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Victor Ramdin
Victor Ramdin

Victor Ramdin had taken a huge hit to his stack just before break, and was down to about 3,000. He moved all-in from the button on the first hand after break, and Max Steinberg called in the big blind. Ramdin showed {a-Spades}{4-Hearts}, but Steinberg had him dominated with {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The board ran out {3-Hearts}{3-Spades}{k-Hearts}{8-Spades}{10-Clubs}, giving Ramdin no help and Steinberg won the pot. Ramdin has been eliminated.

Tags: Max SteinbergVictor Ramdin

Level: 14

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200