2013 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$299,486
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
477
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000

Back

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Cards are back in the air and players are now duking it out once again.

"Zugwat" Frustrates Cantu

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With the board reading {2-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades} Steven Silverman bet 6,500 into Bradon Cantu on the button, who called.

The river was the {3-Hearts} and Silverman bet 15,000. Cantu tanked for a bit, took off his hat, scratched his head, then called.

Silverman shower {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for a rivered straight and Cantu angrily threw his cards into the muck.

"What the **** is going on?" he muttered to himself after the hand. Silverman has now pulled a little ahead of Cantu in the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven Silverman
230,000
50,000
50,000
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Brandon Cantu
190,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Minor Controversy

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A brief controversy erupted at one table as the players resumed play. Tim West returned from break and informed tournament staff that he believed chips were removed from his stack during the break. He currently has 194000 in his stack, but before break he counted 217000. After firmly expressing his complaint, the tournament director explained exactly what actions involving his chips had been taken during the break. They removed four racks of 100-chips (worth 40,000 total) and one barrel of purple 500-chips (worth 10,000) and had replaced them with 10 orange 5,000 chips. West was clearly trying to refrain from becoming angry at the tournament director.

The TD instructed the dealer to continue play while the situation was sorted out, and then he proceeded to calculate how many chips were in play at the table to start the day and how many are in front of the table's remaining three players. Eventually, the TD concluded that West's stack is correct, and West withdrew his complaint, saying he simply must have miscounted before break. As play continued, West started laughing at his own error, and the table is once again in good humor.

Player Chips Progress
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Tim West
194,000
96,000
96,000

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Two More Bustouts

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper

Richard Roeper, esteemed film critic and former co-host of Ebert and Roeper, has been eliminated from the tournament.

Daniel Dipasquale has also busted. At his table, Chris Klodnicki and Ezra Udoff are now playing heads-up to see who will advance to tomorrow's final round.

Player Chips Progress
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Richard Roeper
Busted
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Daniel Dipasquale
Busted

Cantu Taking Control

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Brandon Cantu just came out on top of a pre-flop raising war with Steven Silverman. Silverman limped from the button, matching the 3,000 big blind, and Cantu raised to 12,000. Silverman then re-raised to 26,000. After thinking for a few moments, Cantu 4-bet to 47,000. Silverman tanked for a minute, but decided to fold, much to the disappointment of a few railbirds who thought an all-in confrontation was developing. Cantu now enjoys a sizable chip lead, 290,000 to 130,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Cantu
290,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Steven Silverman
130,000
-100,000
-100,000

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Ryan Hughes Advances With Ace High Call

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

On a board reading {6-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts} Ryan Hughes bet 17,000 chips. He was called by Zachary Hall who had the button.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and this time Hughes checked. Hall bet 14,500 and Hughes called.

On the {K-Diamonds} river, Hughes checked again. Hall moved all in for just around 80,000 chips, and after just a few beats, Hughes made the call. Hall showed {Q-Spades}{9-Clubs} for queen high, but Hughes showed {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for ace high.

After that big call, Hughes will move on to the final table tomorrow while Hall will collect a mincash for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Hughes
422,000
272,000
272,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Zachary Hall
Busted