Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

2013-06-26 19:00 UTC-7

One for Sammy

Nível 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With 20,000 in the pot and a flop of , Sammy Farha checked from the hijack and Richard Anthony did the same from the cutoff. When the completed the board on the river, Farha led out for 14,000 and Anthony folded. It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us the chance to update any of you Farha fans out there on his status.

Despite winning that hand, Farha is still down quite a bit from the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sammy Farha	175,000 -125,000	-125,000

Tags: Richard Anthony Sammy Farha

2013-06-26 19:03 UTC-7

Kind River for Selbst

Nível 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With approximately 35,000 in the pot and a board reading , Vanessa Selbst checked from the big blind and then called when Jason Mercier bet 22,000 from the button. Both players then checked the river and Selbst rolled over the for two pair. Mercier thought he won and showed the for a pair of aces, but he quickly realized the river did him wrong and he mucked his cards.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Vanessa Selbst	775,000 100,000	100,000

Jason Mercier	265,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Vanessa Selbst

2013-06-26 19:04 UTC-7

"Wow, He Just Called"

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Nível 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

David Einhorn raised to 5,000 in early position, Toby Lewis called on the button, and Paul Klann defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , Klann checked, and Einhorn continued for 12,000. Only Lewis called.

The turn was the , Einhorn though for a bit then led out for 30,000, and Lewis called.

The river was a repeat jack - the - and Einhorn fired a third and final bullet worth 80,000.

"How much do you have left?" the Brit asked Einhorn.

Einhorn didn't budge, so Tom Dwan leaned over to get a look.

"About one-sixty," he told Lewis.

Lewis reached for chips, and tossed enough forward to make the call. Einhorn turned over for aces full of jacks, and Lewis frowned before revealing for jacks full of aces.

"Wow," Alex Venovski said under his breath.

"Wow," Einhorn echoed. "He just called?"

He turned to Dwan.

"He just called," Einhorn repeated. "I thought he had kings."

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
David Einhorn	425,000 178,000	178,000
Toby Lewis	247,000 -158,000	-158,000

Tags: Alex Venovski Toby Lewis David Einhorn Tom Dwan

2013-06-26 19:09 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Nível 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Matt Glantz	855,000 50,000	50,000

Vivek Rajkumar	765,000 75,000	75,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	550,000 170,000	170,000

Fabian Quoss	515,000 -65,000	-65,000
Tuan Le	495,000 190,000	190,000
Eugene Katchalov	440,000 160,000	160,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	420,000 15,000	15,000
Dani Stern	400,000 10,000	10,000
Matt Marafioti	325,000 25,000	25,000
Dimitar Danchev	275,000 -7,000	-7,000

Igor Kurganov	270,000 -30,000	-30,000

Greg Merson	245,000 -74,000	-74,000

Phil Galfond	65,000 -46,200	-46,200

2013-06-26 19:11 UTC-7

Rast & Yong Gone

Nível 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A preflop raising war saw Brain Rast get all in for roughly 150,000 holding the against Noah Schwartz, who held the inferior . The flop gave both players a pair of kings, but Rast's kicker had him well out in front. Unfortunately for him, the spiked on the turn to give Schwartz two pair and the lead. The failed to help Rast and he fell just before the dinner break.

Meanwhile, Richard Yong's comeback was cut abruptly short when he was eliminated from the feature table. Unfortunately the details on his demise escaped us.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Richard Yong	Eliminado
Brian Rast	Eliminado

Tags: Brian Rast Richard Yong

2013-06-26 19:11 UTC-7

Let's Have a Dinner Break

Nível 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

It's time for the 90-minute dinner break. When the players return, they'll play four more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. Here's a look at some highlights from the last two levels of play:

Antonio Esfandiari doubled big through Richard Yong.
The official numbers were released.
Isaac Haxton, Philipp Gruissem, Dan Smith and Michael Mizrachi all hit the rail.
Toby Lewis just called.

2013-06-26 20:07 UTC-7

Dinner Counts from the Blue Section

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Nível 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joe Kuether	677,000 302,000	302,000
Daniel Alaei	670,000 80,000	80,000

Antonio Esfandiari	670,000 50,000	50,000

Dan Kelly	532,000 162,000	162,000
Nick Schulman	528,000 208,000	208,000

Lee Markholt	524,000 113,000	113,000
Kyle Julius	473,000 63,000	63,000

David Sands	454,000 -96,000	-96,000
David Einhorn	450,000 25,000	25,000
Byron Kaverman	431,600 234,600	234,600

David Peters	423,000 -42,000	-42,000

Cary Katz	392,000 -8,000	-8,000

Erick Lindgren	390,500 200,500	200,500

Lawrence Greenberg	386,000 71,000	71,000
Alex Venovski	359,000 57,000	57,000
Philip Sternheimer	356,000 42,000	42,000

Greg Mueller	348,000 67,000	67,000

David Benefield	345,000 20,000	20,000
Keven Stammen	341,500 21,500	21,500

Brian Hastings	303,000

Tom Dwan	283,700 -69,300	-69,300
Nick Wong	278,900 56,900	56,900
Toby Lewis	254,000 7,000	7,000

Layne Flack	252,200 -1,000	-1,000

Jeff Gross	198,000 -2,000	-2,000

Leia tudo

Nível: 7

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

2013-06-26 20:51 UTC-7

Kuether Busts Kenney Just Before the Dinner Break

Nível 7 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Over the break you may have noticed that Joe Kuether suddenly had a lot of chips. That came courtesy of the hand right before dinner where he busted Bryn Kenney.

With 65,000 in the pot and a board reading , Kenney checked and Kuether fired out 38,000. Kenney woke up with a check-raise to 103,500 and Kuether responded with an all-in three-bet, which is where we picked up the action.

As other players were shuffling out of the Amazon Room headed to their favorite eatery, Kenney sat quietly pondering what to do. A call would cost him the rest of his chips, and after a few minutes of deliberation, he decided to commit them.

"Full house," Kuether said confidently and tabled the . Kenney mucked his cards, mumbled a bit and then headed off down the Rio hallways never to be seen in Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em again.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Bryn Kenney	Eliminado

Tags: Bryn Kenney Joe Kuether

2013-06-26 20:58 UTC-7

Gross Finds Value with Flopped Quads

Nível 7 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

"He just flops quads and gets paid," we heard someone over at Table 453 say. When we made our way over we discovered they were talking about Jeff Gross, who was holding the on a board.

We're not sure of the action, but we do know there was already 80,000 pulled into the middle and Gross was in for about 170,000 more. Bill Klein, whose holding remain unknown was counting out chips to pay off Gross. He seemed in good spirits all things considered.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeff Gross	440,000 242,000	242,000

Bill Klein	233,000 -252,000	-252,000

Tags: Jeff Gross Bill Klein