Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

2013-06-20 20:59 UTC-7

Yu Forces Fold

Nível 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Ben Yu raised preflop, and action folded around to Darin Thomas, who defended his big blind. The flop came , and Thomas check-called Yu's bet, then check-called again when the hit the felt on the turn. The river was the , and Thomas again checked to Yu, who bet out. Thomas thought for a minute, counted out the chips to call, then put them back in his stack and slid his cards toward the dealer.

Yu is now up to 32,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ben Yu	32,000 13,000	13,000

2013-06-20 20:55 UTC-7

A Couple Eliminations

Nível 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Roland Israelashivili	Eliminado
Matt Glantz	Eliminado

John Hennigan	Eliminado

2013-06-20 20:49 UTC-7

Defending Champ is Down

Nível 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Last year in this very event, Benjamin Scholl could do no wrong as he ultimately captured his first gold bracelet and the accompanying $206,760 first-place prize. Five days ago, Scholl's run good continued as he finished runner-up to Tom Schneider in Event #29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $197,228. Unfortunately Scholl's momentum came to a screeching halt in today's tournament as the defending champ has already been eliminated.

It happened when Scholl, who had dwindled down to 800, raised to 600 from the cutoff. Sean Chen responded with a three-bet to 900 from the small blind, and after the big got out of the way, Scholl called off.

Scholl:
Chen:

Scholl seemed a bit frustrated, and understandably so as he was having the polar-opposite experience than a year ago. With that said, he was drawing to live cards. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Scholl had a 30.98% of surviving the hand, though that dropped to 16.36% on the flop. Scholl was looking for some help on the turn, but instead the left him drawing dead as Chen improved to trips. The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure as Scholl made a beeline for the exit.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Benjamin Scholl	Eliminado

Tags: Benjamin Scholl Sean Chen

2013-06-20 20:45 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts

Nível 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Michael Moore	39,000 9,500	9,500
Steven Wolansky	25,000

Matt Matros	22,500 -2,000	-2,000

Joseph Cheong	22,000 8,000	8,000

Daniel Negreanu	21,000 -8,000	-8,000

Jeff Shulman	21,000 1,000	1,000
J.J. Liu	18,000 -4,000	-4,000
Daniel Idema	17,000 5,000	5,000

Chris Tryba	16,000 5,000	5,000

Dario Alioto	15,500 500	500

David "ODB" Baker	13,000 -1,000	-1,000

Shawn Buchanan	9,000 -600	-600

Carlos Mortensen	2,000 -3,200	-3,200

2013-06-20 20:43 UTC-7

Straight for Tran and Bardah

Nível 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

JC Tran bet out on the flop with the board reading . Ronnie Bardah called, and the dealer turned the . Tran bet again, but this time Bardah raised. Tran called, and the fell on the river. Bardah bet out, and Tran raised. Bardah called and turned over . Tran also turned over , and the players split the pot with matching straights.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ronnie Bardah	23,500 -2,500	-2,500

JC Tran	13,500 -1,500	-1,500

Tags: JC Tran Ronnie Bardah

2013-06-20 20:23 UTC-7

Updated 2013 WSOP POY Leader Board (6-20-13)

Nível 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Current 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Standings

Place	Player	Points
1	Daniel Negreanu	459.28
2	Tom Schneider	427.88
3	Daniel Kelly	344.70
4	Matt Waxman	300.00
5	Benny Chen	300.00
6	Mark Radoja	292.50
7	Matthew Ashton	289.75
8	Mike Matusow	268.75
9	Charles Sylvestre	260.00
10	Jason Duval	256.25

Nível: 4

Limites: 300/600

Ante:

2013-06-20 20:20 UTC-7

Liu Rivers Straight

Nível 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Matt Matros, J.J. Liu, and two other players saw a flop of . Action checked to Matros, who bet out, and everyone called. The turn was the , and Matros again bet out. This time, only J.J. Liu called. On the river, Matros bet out again, but Liu raised. Matros called the raise, and Liu turned over for a rivered straight. Matros showed before sliding his cards toward the muck.

After the hand, Liu is up to 22,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Matt Matros	24,500 500	500

J.J. Liu	22,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: J.J. Liu JJ Liu Matt Matros

2013-06-20 20:15 UTC-7

Various Chip Counts from Around the Room

Nível 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eric Froehlich	30,500 17,000	17,000

David Chiu	29,000 -2,000	-2,000

Daniel Negreanu	29,000 4,000	4,000

Matt Matros	24,000 500	500

Andre Akkari	23,000 3,000	3,000

Jeff Shulman	20,000 5,000	5,000
Ben Yu	19,000 -4,000	-4,000

Bill Chen	16,400 -2,600	-2,600

Maria Ho	15,000

David "ODB" Baker	14,000 -1,000	-1,000

Barry Shulman	13,600 -1,400	-1,400

John Monnette	12,500 -1,000	-1,000

Joe Kuether	12,000 -6,000	-6,000
Daniel Idema	12,000 -3,000	-3,000

Chris Tryba	11,000 -1,900	-1,900

Shawn Buchanan	9,600 -5,400	-5,400

Michael Schneider	7,300 200	200
Sorel Mizzi	7,100 -7,900	-7,900
Justin Smith	5,300 -6,200	-6,200
Carlos Mortensen	5,200 -9,800	-9,800

2013-06-20 19:57 UTC-7

Raskin Done in by Liu

Nível 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Micah Raskin is known as a go-big-or-go-home player, and today it ended up being the latter result.

Raskin was down to his last 400 when he moved in from middle position. The players in the hijack and cutoff called, J.J. Liu did the same from the small blind and then the big raised it up. Three calls followed and a side pot was created.

All four active players checked the flop and the dealer burned and turned the . Liu was first to act and bet 600, the big blind immediately raised to 1,200 and both the hijack and cutoff folded. Liu took a moment before three-betting to 1,800 and the big blind snap-folded. Liu tabled the for trips, and Raskin was in trouble with his .

"Bink," Raskin quipped as the dealer put out the river. It was the . Raskin couldn't bink a ten and was eliminated from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
J.J. Liu	16,000 2,000	2,000
Micah Raskin	Eliminado

Tags: J.J. Liu Micah Raskin