Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em | 2013 World Series of Poker

2013-07-07 16:59 UTC-7

Brian Yoon Wins Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop ($663,727)

Nível 32 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

After just three hours of play here on Day 4 of Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop, Brian Yoon has defeated seven other competitors to take down the gold bracelet and $663,727 in prize money. He just knocked out Cuong Van Nguyen on the 11th hand of heads up. Van Nguyen will have to console himself with $408,624.

Player wasted no time jamming chips into the middle to start the day, when Van Nguyen doubled through Alex Case on the very first hand. Case was eliminated a short time later. Kevin O'Donnell followed just a few hands later in seventh. Joe Morneau busted sixth when he couldn't hold off Yoon's draw.

Yoon jammed another draw a short time later, this time against Day 3 chipleader Nghi Tran. He spiked his straight on the turn, propelling him to a dominating stack. A crippled Tran busted a short time later.

The players sparred four-handed for awhile before Yoon claimed another victim, ousting Justin Zaki in a flip. Roland Israelashvili fell the very next hand in third, leading to the short heads-up battle.

Yoon's win triples his career live tournament earnings. Thanks for tuning in to our One Drop coverage, and congratulations to Brian Yoon. Don't forget to jet on over to the live reporting for the Main Event.

Tags: Alex Case Brian Yoon Cuong Van Nguyen Joe Morneau Justin Zaki Kevin O'Donnell Nghi Tran Roland Israelashvili

2013-07-07 16:32 UTC-7

Cuong Van Nguyen Eliminated in 2nd Place ($408,264)

Nível 32 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #118: Cuong Van Nguyen raised to 450,000, and Brian Yoon shipped all in. Van Nguyen made the call for around 3 million.

Van Nguyen:
Yoon:

The flop came , and Yoon was suddenly a bit behind and in danger of being in an even-stacked heads-up match. The turn was a , which changed nothing.

"Seven!" yelled one of Van Nguyen's greedy railbirds. Instead, the river was the , and Yoon had spiked one of the cards he needed to take down the tournament.

Tags: Brian Yoon Cuong Van Nguyen

2013-07-07 16:19 UTC-7

Roland Israelashvili Eliminated in 3rd Place ($295,433)

Nível 32 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #107: Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 in the cutoff (there was a dead small blind), and Roland Israelashvili jammed from the big blind for about 2.2 million. Yoon called.

Israelashvili:
Yoon:

The board ran out , and Israelashvili bowed out in third.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Brian Yoon	14,035,000	1,535,000
Cuong Van Nguyen	5,000,000	1,200,000
Roland Israelashvili	Eliminado

Tags: Brian Yoon Roland Israelashvili

2013-07-07 16:14 UTC-7

Justin Zaki Eliminated in 4th Place ($218,771)

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Nível 32 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #103: Roland Israelashvili received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #104: Brian Yoon received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #105: Roland Israelashvili shoved on the button for about 2.3 million and took down the pot.

Hand #106: Brian Yoon raised on the button to 325,000 and Justin Zaki three-bet to 850,000 from the big blind. Yoon four-bet shoved and Zaki called all in for about 3.4 million with , racing with Yoon's .

The flop came down , pairing Yoon and leaving Zaki drawing thin. The turn was no help to Zaki, nor was the river, ending his run in fourth place.

Tags: Brian Yoon Justin Zaki

2013-07-07 15:07 UTC-7

Nghi "Henry" Tran Eliminated in 5th Place ($163,340)

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Nível 31 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Hand #75: Roland Israelashvili limped from the small blind, Brian Yoon raised to 360,000 from the big, and Israelashvili called to see a flop where he check-folded to bet of 350,000 from Yoon.

Hand #76: Brian Yoon raised to 300,000 from the small blind and took down the pot.

Hand #77: Brian Yoon raised to 240,000 on the button and Nghi "Henry" Tran three-bet shoved from the big blind for 860,000. Yoon called with , trailing Tran's .

The flop fell , no help to Yoon. However, the landed on the turn to give Yoon the lead. The river was no help to Tran, ending his tumultuous day with a fifth-place finish in the Little One.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Brian Yoon	7,900,000	1,180,000
Nghi Tran	Eliminado

Tags: Brian Yoon Nghi Tran

2013-07-07 15:01 UTC-7

Yoon Doubles Through Tran

Nível 31 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Hand #70: Cuong Van Nguyen raised to 360,000 under the gun, and that was good enough to take the pot.

Hand #71: Roland Israelashvili bumped it to 265,000 on the button. Brian Yoon three-bet to 725,000 from the small blind. Israelashvili folded after a couple of minutes of thought.

Hand #72: Israelashvili took down the pot with a raise to 265,000.

Hand #73: Israelashvili raised to 265,000 once again, this time from under the gun, and he took the pot again.

Hand #74: Yoon raised to 240,000 under the gun, and Nghi Tran called from the button, as did Israelashvili in the big blind. The flop came down , and Yoon fired a continuation-bet of 350,000. Tran raised to 750,000, and Israelashvili got out of the way. Yoon thought for about a minute before shoving all in, and Tran beat him into the pot.

Tran:
Yoon:

Tran had sprung a trap by flatting with aces, and Yoon had fallen into it with his open-ended straight draw.

"Six-ball," someone yelled from the rail.

The dealer burned and turned, and sure enough, a completed Yoon's straight and left Tran drawing dead.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Brian Yoon	6,720,000	3,720,000
Nghi Tran	890,000	-3,410,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Nghi Tran

2013-07-07 13:35 UTC-7

Joe Morneau Eliminated in 6th Place ($122,933)

Nível 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #39: Nghi Tran raised to 250,000 after action folded to his button, and he took down the pot.

Hand #40: Joe Morneau raised to 225,000 after action folded to his small blind. Roland Israelashvili called. Morneau bet 150,000 on the flop. Israelashvili raised it up to 400,000, and Morneau made the call. The turn paired the board with the , and both players checked to see the . Morneau again checked, and Israelashvili bet another 400,000. Morneau folded after about 30 seconds of thought.

Hand #41: Morneau raised to 200,000 after action folded to his button. Israelashvili called from the small blind, as did Brian Yoon in the big blind. The blinds checked the flop, and Morneau bet 250,000. Israelashvili folded, but Yoon came out with a check-raise to 650,000. Morneau called. A hit the turn, and Yoon jammed for just under 1.7 million. Morneau called off his last 1.55 million after about a minute.

Morneau:
Yoon:

Yoon needed to catch a heart or an ace to survive, and he did just that when the came on the river. Morneau was eliminated in sixth.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joseph Morneau	Eliminado

Tags: Brian Yoon Joe Morneau Nghi Tran Roland Israelashvili

2013-07-07 13:20 UTC-7

Kevin O'Donnell Eliminated in 7th Place ($93,269)

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Nível 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #38: Kevin O'Donnell shoved from the hijack for 625,000 and Nghi "Henry" Tran called from the small blind.

Tran:
O'Donnell:

The board ran out , giving Tran a full house to score the elimination.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nghi Tran	4,700,000	570,000
Kevin O'Donnell	Eliminado

Tags: Kevin O'Donnell Nghi Tran

2013-07-07 13:18 UTC-7

Alex Case Eliminated in 8th Place ($71,311)

Nível 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #37: Joe Morneau raised to 200,000 from early position and Alex Case moved all in for 170,000 from the next seat over. Roland Israelashvili called from the hijack and everyone else folded. Morneau bet 100,000 on the flop, and Israelashvili folded. Morneau held , while Case showed . The and finished out the board, and Case was the first to fall on Day 4.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joseph Morneau	2,840,000	255,000
Alexander Case	Eliminado

Tags: Alex Case Joe Morneau Roland Israelashvili

2013-07-07 12:34 UTC-7

Who Will Win the Little One?

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Welcome to PokerNews' Day 4 coverage of Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em. The starting field of 4,756 entries is down to just eight players, each looking to capture a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as well as the $663,727 first-place prize.

Nghi "Henry" Tran is the chip leader entering Day 4 and is looking to make his seventh career WSOP cash a bracelet win. Second in chips is east-coast grinder Roland Israelashvili. This event marks Roland's 31st career WSOP cash and he is looking to capture that elusive first bracelet. Justin Zaki has nearly seven figures in career live earnings and is looking to not only eclipse that mark, but to notch his first live victory as well.

Here is how a look at the final table seating and chip counts:

Seat	Player	Chip Count
1	Nghi Tran	4,130,000
2	Justin Zaki	2,300,000
3	Joe Morneau	2,585,000
4	Alex Case	1,760,000
5	Roland Israelashvili	3,375,000
7	Kevin O'Donnell	655,000
8	Brian Yoon	2,650,000
9	Cuong Van Nguyen	1,580,000

Play is set to resume at 1 p.m. local time, about half an hour from now, and will play down to a champion. Be sure to keep it here throughout the day as the quest to crown one of the final WSOP champions of the summer concludes.