Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Eight Handed)
Dia 1 Iniciado
Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Eight Handed)
Dia 1 Iniciado
The 2013 World Series of Poker started this afternoon with the $500 Employees Event. In a little bit the first open event is starting and it's going to be a big one. The $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em eight-handed event is starting at 5 p.m. and we can't wait to see who'll show up.
Last year the opening event was a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, which was eventually won by Brent Hanks who bested Jacob Bazeley and 2,099 others to walk away with the $517,725 first prize. We had to wait till event number 50 to see a $5,000 no-limit hold'em event. It wasn't eight-handed like it will be today though.
In that event Panayote "Peter" Vilandos was victorious beating, amongst others, Kyle Julius and Dan Smith at a tough final table. Panayote took home $952,694 and the gold bracelet. 1,001 players competed in that event but can we use that as an indication for the amount of players who will be showing up this year? Only time will tell! Find out at 5 p.m. as we bring you coverage from the first flop till the last river which will probably fall a little after 3 a.m.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 50/75
Ante: 0
It's a field truly stacked with big names. Before we even started, from the comfort of our chair, we saw these guys sitting down. Time for our first round and see who we'll be covering this tournament.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Eric Froehlich |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Barry Shulman |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Barry Greenstien
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Sam Stein |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Manuel Bevand |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Kevin Saul |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Cliff Josephy |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Jason Somerville |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Justin Young |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Matt Glantz |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Kevin Macphee |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Scott Baumstein |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Brock Parker |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Todd Terry |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Bruce Buffer |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jon Aguiar |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Ted Lawson |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
We'll try to also keep track of the following players:
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Will Failla |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Timothy Adams |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
James Dempsey |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Tobias Peters |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Max Silver |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Chino Rheem |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Joe Serock |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Christian Harder |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Faraz Jaka |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Matt Salsberg |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
David Sands |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Adam Levy |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Mike Sexton |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Tony Dunst |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Amanda Musumeci |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Bill Chen |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Tom Marchese |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Austin Buchanan |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Ryan Eriquezzo |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Jesse Martin |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Lee Markholt |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Aaron Massey |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Andrey Zaichenko |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Ashly Butler |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jeremy Ausmus |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Sam Cohen |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Leo Wolpert |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Joe Kuether |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Barry Shulman |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
JJ Liu |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Kurt Jewell | 15,000 | |
Craig Bergeron |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jonathan Taylor |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Andy Seth |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Ralph Perry |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Harrison Gimbel |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
When we reached the table, the board read . Kurt Jewell had 3,300 sitting in front of him, and JJ Liu, who finished runner-up in the 2007 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars, tanked for quite some time before calling.
Jewell ripped over like it was the absolute nuts, prompting Liu to stand up and examine the hand. Finally, after 20 seconds or so, she realized that it was just five-high, and showed for a pair of eights.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
JJ Liu |
24,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Kurt Jewell |
9,700
-5,300
|
-5,300 |
One of the first big pots we witnessed was between Justin Young and an unknown player. The two battled it out on a four-handed table, and we picked up the action when the two already had a turn in front of them. The board was | , and Young had bet 800. His next door neighbor raised it up to 2,500, and Young made the call. The river was the and Young checked. His opponent leaned over and took a good look at the board again, before checking behind.
Young shrugged and showed his for a missed open-ended straight draw and missed flush draw. The nine-high was not good enough to take down the pot, as his neighbor showed down and picked up one of the first sizable pots we've seen today.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Justin Young |
11,700
-3,300
|
-3,300 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Joe Gibbons
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Max Weinberg |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jared Ingles |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Tony Cousineau |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Micah Raskin |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Chris DeMaci |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jonathan Little |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Steve Brecher |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Chris Bell |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Dan Buzgon |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Josh Brikis |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Now we can officially of a star-packed field! On table 147 in seat 2 is non other than Michael Phelps. We've seen Phelps competing in poker tournaments more than once, but never in a $5,000 World Series of Poker event. We'll keep a close eye on him!
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Michael Phelps
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |