Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

2013-06-07 19:07 UTC-7

Staszko Slays Bianco

Nível 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

After a series of raises before the flop, Martin Staszko and Salvatore Bianco took in a flop of and Bianco shipped the rest of his chips in. Staszko snapped him off and rolled over which was well ahead of Bianco's .

The turn was the and Bianco was not able to catch up as the struck the felt. The 2011 WSOP Main Event runner-up will be moving on to the next round.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Martin Staszko	60,000 30,000	30,000
Salvatore Bianco	Eliminado

2013-06-07 19:10 UTC-7

Ludovic Lacay Leaves Dani Stern Lost

Nível 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Ludovic Lacay has defeated Dani Stern, advancing to the second round of this $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.

Lacay was the winner of the 2012 PokerStars EPT San Remo Main Event, and a win in this event would solidify his status as one of the best European players in the world.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ludovic Lacay	60,000 30,000	30,000
Dani Stern	Eliminado

2013-06-07 19:15 UTC-7

Ivey Ousted, Touil Moves On

Nível 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Phil Ivey opened with a raise from the button and Fabrice Touil three-bet enough to put a short-stacked Ivey all in. Ivey called for his tournament life and showed which was up against Touil's .

Neither player improved on the board and Touil was able to take it down with his ace high.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fabrice Touil	60,000 30,000	30,000
Phil Ivey	Eliminado

Tags: Phil Ivey Fabrice Touil

2013-06-07 19:15 UTC-7

Negreanu Down to His Last Bullet

Nível 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Holding against Brice Lin's , Daniel Negreanu got the last of his second starting stack into the middle, but a board brought him no help.

Kid Poker is now down to his last 10,000 bullet, and he will have to come out firing if he hopes to overcome a now serious disadvantage in relative stack size.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Brice Lin	50,000 20,000	20,000
Daniel Negreanu	10,000 -20,000	-20,000

Nível: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

2013-06-07 19:18 UTC-7

Two More Move On

Nível 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Three more matches have come to a conclusion. First, 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada was able to overcome Helio Liberman to score a round-one victory.

Finally, Benjamin Pollak was able to best Brian Smith in order to move on to the next round.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Benjamin Pollak	60,000 30,000	30,000
Joe Cada	60,000 30,000	30,000

Brian Smith	Eliminado
Helio Liberman	Eliminado

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Brian Smith Joe Cada Manuel Bevand Nick Schulman

2013-06-07 19:21 UTC-7

Radoja Conquers Meyer

Nível 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Mark Radoja has become the latest player to taste victory here in the Amazon room. On his final hand with Johannes Meyer, the two got all of the money in preflop racing for Meyer's life.

Meyer:
Radoja:

Radoja was able to spike an ace on the turn and that was all she wrote for Meyer's tournament life.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mark Radoja	60,000 30,000	30,000

Johannes Meyer	Eliminado

Tags: Mark Radoja Johannes Meyer

2013-06-07 19:29 UTC-7

Negreanu Moves On

Nível 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Daniel Negreanu quickly used his last bullet to double up, and all he needed was quads in the flop to make it happen.

We saw Negreanu's tabled in front of his stack, with a board of separating him and Brice Lin, who made the wheel straight on the turn .

Negreanu was able to grab the victory a few hands later when Negreanu's was able to best Lin's . Both players paired the queen but Negreanu's larger kicker allowed him to seize the victory on the match.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Negreanu	60,000 50,000	50,000

Brice Lin	Eliminado

2013-06-07 19:29 UTC-7

Kaverman Doubles Through Ivanov

Nível 6 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Over on Table #347, Byron Kaverman was all in for his tournament life holding against Dmitry Ivanov's .

The board fell and Kaverman's ace-high was enough to secure him a double. With all of the add-on's in play, Kaverman now has about 40,000 to Ivanov's 20,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Byron Kaverman	40,000 10,000	10,000

Dmitry Ivanov	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Byron Kaverman Dmitry Ivanov

Nível: 7

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0