Cards are back in the air and players are now duking it out once again.
2013 World Series of Poker
With the board reading Steven Silverman bet 6,500 into Bradon Cantu on the button, who called.
The river was the and Silverman bet 15,000. Cantu tanked for a bit, took off his hat, scratched his head, then called.
Silverman shower 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 |
---|---|---|
Steven Silverman |
230,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Brandon Cantu |
190,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
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 |
---|---|---|
Tim West |
194,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
Ryan Hughes and Zacarhy Hall are now heads up. Hall has a slight chip advantage at this point in the match.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zachary Hall |
270,000
198,200
|
198,200 |
Ryan Hughes |
150,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
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 |
---|---|---|
Richard Roeper | Busted | |
Daniel Dipasquale | Busted |
We caught these two heads up players in a pot. On a board of Dario Sammartino bet out 36,000 chips. After thinking about it for a bit, Silverstein made the call.
Sammartino shower which beat Silverstein who was just holding .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dario Sammartino |
245,000
173,400
|
173,400 |
|
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Evan Silverstein |
175,000
104,100
|
104,100 |
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 |
---|---|---|
Brandon Cantu |
290,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
Steven Silverman |
130,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
On a board reading Ryan Hughes bet 17,000 chips. He was called by Zachary Hall who had the button.
The turn was the and this time Hughes checked. Hall bet 14,500 and Hughes called.
On the 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 for queen high, but Hughes showed 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 |
---|---|---|
Ryan Hughes |
422,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
||
Zachary Hall | Busted |
Matt Salsberg, producer of Entourage, Weeds, and several other shows, has been eliminated from the tournament. Tim West and Jan Kasten are now playing heads-up at their table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Salsberg | Busted |
Mark Darner and Alessandro Longobardi are now playing heads up at their table after the elimination of Johannes Meyer. Longobardi has a slight chip lead, 240,000 to 170,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alessandro Longobardi |
240,000
168,500
|
168,500 |
Mark Darner |
170,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Johannes Meyer | Busted |