Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Nível: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

2013-07-01 22:42 UTC-7

One Level

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Play has resumed, and players will play one more level before another break.

2013-07-01 23:01 UTC-7

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Chris Karambinis	56,000 7,000	7,000
Lauren Kling	39,500 -7,500	-7,500
Antonio Esfandiari	36,500 19,900	19,900

Athanasios Polychronopoulos	32,500 23,800	23,800

Ryan Riess	24,700 -14,500	-14,500

Nancy Birnbaum	19,900 -5,300	-5,300
Todd Terry	15,900 -14,750	-14,750
Humberto Brenes	14,500 -3,000	-3,000

Liv Boeree	12,500 3,900	3,900

Hinkle Calls Down for Value

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Blair Hinkle opened for a raise from middle position and found two callers from late position and another in the blinds.

A relatively dry flop of hit the felt, and Hinkle checked to the cutoff, who bet 2,500. Action folded back to Hinkle, who called. A turn prompted another check-call from Hinkle, this time after his opponent bet 4,000. The river was a , and Hinkle checked again. This time, his opponent checked behind.

Hinkle showed , while his opponent tossed face up into the the middle.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Blair Hinkle	33,750 12,250	12,250

Tags: Blair Hinkle

2013-07-01 23:08 UTC-7

Chipleader?

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Rahul Byrraju, a player at Table 7, appears to be the chipleader at this early juncture.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Rahul Byrraju	109,000

Tags: Rahul Byrraju

2013-07-01 23:18 UTC-7

Tens No Good For Seidel

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We caught a hand with Erik Seidel as he raised to 1,300 from early position. The player on the button called, and the flop came down .

Seidel made a 2,000 c-bet, and was called by his opponent. Both players checked the turn. The hit the river and both players checked again.

Seidel showed , but his opponent showed for a set of fours. Seidel currently has around 29,500 in chips.

Tags: Erik Seidel

2013-07-01 23:19 UTC-7

"I Might Have Gotten Lucky"

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We found Robert Cheung facing a bet of 5,500 in what appeared to be a reraised pot, and the community reading . He elected to call the bet, and his opponent jammed his remaining 12,000 or so on the turn.

"I might have gotten lucky," Cheung said, sliding out a stack of chips to indicate a call.

His opponent turned over , and Cheung was lucky indeed, as he had hit a two-outer with . The river came , no help to Cheung's opponent.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Robert Cheung	80,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Robert Cheung

2013-07-01 23:43 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Silver Section

Nível 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
AJ Bertenshaw	90,800
Marcos Almeida	90,000
Josh Arieh	70,000 64,700	64,700

Matt Berket	61,000
Lauren Kling	51,000 11,500	11,500
Jesse Sylvia	38,500 33,500	33,500
Erik Seidel	36,250 7,950	7,950

Josh Brikis	35,000 -1,500	-1,500
Dan Smith	34,000 17,000	17,000

Humberto Brenes	21,500 7,000	7,000

Michael Malm	20,800

Amit Makhija	19,000 1,700	1,700
Chris DeMaci	13,000 2,000	2,000