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2013 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Resultado Final
Vencedor
Mão Vencedora
ak
Prémio
$8,361,570
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entradas
6,352
Informações sobre o nível
Nível
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
200,000

That's It for Day 4: Lane Leads; Defending Champion Merson Still Alive

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jon Lane
Jon Lane

What a day of poker that has wrapped up in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. Today was Day 4 of the greatest tournament of the year, and it was a barn burner to say the least. The money bubble burst, a record was tied, a living legend busted, stars emerged, and the defending champion survived — all in just five levels of play.

Let's first start with the money bubble, as that's where it all mattered to start the day. Coming into Day 4, 666 players remained. Only 648 of those would cash, and that meant 18 competitors would be sent packing with nothing to show for their long days of effort. The player earning the most unwanted title of the tournament, bubble boy, was three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Farzad Bonyadi.

In Level 16 with the blinds at 2,500/5,000/500, Bonyadi got involved in a hand with Nick Schwarmann, who had raised to 12,000 preflop in middle position. Bonyadi called in position on his opponent, and the two players saw the flop come down {J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}. Schwarmann checked, Bonyadi bet 14,000, and Schwarmann check-raised to 37,000. Bonyadi called.

The turn was the {10-Spades}, and Schwarmann led with 54,000. Bonyadi called, and the river completed the board with the {K-Hearts}. Schwarmann put Bonyadi all in, and according to Schwarmann after the hand, Bonyadi snap-called. After all other tables had finished action, the hands were revealed to show Bonyadi with the {A-Spades}{J-Clubs} and Schwarmann with the {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}. Bonyadi had but a pair of jacks, and Schwarmann had a Broadway straight to win the hand.

Two players to reach the money were Ronnie Bardah and Christian Harder. By making it to a cash, both had done so for the fourth year in a row in the Main Event, tying the record held by Chris Bjorin. Harder went on to finish in 608th place for $19,106 while Bardah made it to the bag-and-tag portion of the night and will return for Day 5 with 932,000 in chips.

With all of the remaining 648 players in the money, the eliminations came fast and furious, but none were more notable than 10-time WSOP gold bracelet winner and two-time Main Event champion Doyle Brunson.

In Level 18 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000/1,000, Brunson called all in with the {K-Diamonds}{10-Spades} against the {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for Sergei Stazhkov. The board ran out {7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{A-Clubs}, and Brunson was eliminated to a standing applause from the entire tournament room.

Throughout the day, many players took a turn at holding the chip lead. With every new level brought two or three more players swapping out time spent holding the top spot. At the end of the night, though, it was Jon Lane leading the way, but he wasn't the only player to advance with heavy artillery. Grayson Ramage (2,438,000), Amir Lehavot (1,783,000), David Benefield (1,675,000), Rachid Ben Cherif (1,649,000), Jackie Glazier (1,595,000), Rep Porter (1,526,000), Joshua Prager (1,237,000) and Annette Obrestad (1,186,000) all finished well into the seven figures.

Lane snatched the chip lead when he busted Nicholas Immekus in Level 20 in a pot worth more than 1,000,000. Lane's {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} held against Immekus' {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs} to vault him to 2,700,000 in chips, and he went on to bag up 2,839,000.

Although not doing quite as well as some of his competitors, the defending champion Greg Merson is very healthy moving forward after bagging up 635,000 in chips. Merson was seated on multiple feature tables throughout the day, and played a steady, solid game of poker. Merson began the day with 390,000 in chips, making for a nice addition of 245,000 on the day. At the conclusion of Day 4 last year, Merson finished on 376,000 with 282 players remaining. As the story goes, Merson went on to win the event, and could very well be celebrating 19 months sober with another spectacular Main Event splash.

Day 5 will commence on Saturday at 12 p.m. local Las Vegas time. With 239 players remaining, the field should easily work it's way down to under 100 players, and you won't want to miss a thing. Be sure to keep it locked right here to PokerNews for all the coverage from the 2013 WSOP Main Event as we bring it to you live. Until tomorrow, goodnight from Las Vegas!

Tags: Amir LehavotAnnette ObrestadChris BjorinChristian HarderDavid BenefieldDoyle BrunsonFarzad BonyadiGrayson RamageGreg MersonJackie GlazierJon LaneJonathan LaneJosh PragerJoshua PragerNicholas ImmekusNick SchwarmannRachid Ben CherifRep PorterRonnie BardahSergei StazhkovWSOP Main Event

Language Barriers

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 20,000 ante
Raul Paez, shown here in a Razz tournament earlier this summer, tried to help translate.
Raul Paez, shown here in a Razz tournament earlier this summer, tried to help translate.

Poker's an international game, but sometimes it's not an international language.

Olaoluwa Okelola shoved all in against an opponent on a flop of {3-Clubs}{a-Spades}{k-Spades}. Someone called the clock while the player was tanking, and the tournament director was having quite a time trying to let the player know he his time had run out.

"Can anyone interpret in Italian?" the supervisor asked with exasperation.

Swedish player Fredrik Halling and Spanish player Raul Paez did their best to get the point across to the man that he had 20 seconds to act on his hand. Finally, Halling began counting down on his fingers. The player evidently got the point, as he stood up and folded his hand.

Tags: Fredrik HallingOlaoluwa OkelolaRaul Paez

Interview: Nightclub Owner Ami Alibay Eyes Main Event Final Table

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Ami Alibay
Ami Alibay

Ami Alibay has been among the leaders for much of Day 4 in the World Series of Poker Main Event. The nightclub and restaurant owner from Montreal is currently sitting in the top 10 in chips with 1.7 million.

Alibay might be an amateur, but he already has made two cashes this summer, including an eighth-place result in Event #4: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed. He also has high-roller experience after playing $111,111 buy-in tournament for the One Drop Foundation. He contributed 1% to the foundation and got to play against some of the world’s toughest competitors, but ultimately fell short of the money. Now, he has a chance to make waves in poker's most prestigious event.

We spoke with Alibay about playing poker as a hobby and facing some of the best players in the world in the Main Event.

PokerNews: You played in the $111,111 buy-in One Drop event. How does that event compare to the Main Event?

Alibay: The $100K had the best players in the world. It was the toughest tournament that I have ever played. I also played the $25K buy-in tournament at the Bellagio and I think that had the same range of players. But in the $100K I really got outplayed so many times. In the Main Event everyone has a dream so you can have maybe three to five amateur players on the table. In the first couple of days my table draws were so good because I didn’t have anyone to push me around. Actually, I had Vanessa Selbst on my table in the first day. I was trying to avoid her but knew I had to play hands against her because if you hit a hand you can maximize your value.

How did the first two days compare to Day 3 and now Day 4?

People are getting tighter. Especially when the money bubble was near, the play was really tight on my table. You didn’t see any major hands at all. It’s now getting really serious. It’s the Super Bowl of poker so rightfully so.

You have only 10 cashes listed on Hendon Mob Database. What is your poker story?

I started to play poker at René Angélil’s charity poker tournament a few years ago. He inspired me to play poker. I came to Las Vegas once to play in the World Poker Tournament with him and I really liked the competition. I’m not 20 years old anymore so I can’t play football or hockey like before, but in poker age doesn’t matter. I like to compete so poker was good. Through the years I have improved. I was really bad when I first started playing but I think I am in a good position now to have a good run.

Is poker just a hobby then, or would you like to turn it into a profession?

No, poker will never be a profession for me. I own two nightclubs and one fine-dining restaurant in Montreal. I will keep poker as a hobby. I don’t wait for the money to come in to pay my bills and eat so poker is just fun for me. Even if I bust in the Main Event, it has been a lot of fun.

Can you talk about your experience with the Main Event over the last two years and this year?

The last two years was so terrible. I was chasing draws like crazy and playing the Main Event like a cash game. I learned a lot since then. I watched poker on ESPN and learned a lot from what the commentators had to say. Tony Dunst helped with his comments. There were a lot of hands played on the WPT that were aired on television and that helped me a lot. There were a lot of situations that I could have played differently and I learned through listening to Dunst. He made me think of how to play hands differently.

You are on the feature table with Greg Mueller and Carlos Mortensen. Are you familiar with some of the big names in the poker industry?

I met Greg just yesterday and I just met Carlos today. Before this, I didn’t know who either player was but now I am aware and respect them as players. Actually, Carlos had 35,000 in chips. I played a hand against him and he doubled up because he cracked me on the river. I think that helped a lot because now he has about one million now. I guess you have to be lucky to still be playing this late into the tournament.

Has there been any kind of intimidation playing against some of the pros?

I’ve played with Antonio Esfandiari and Vanessa Rousso. People might be surprised but Selbst was one of the toughest players I’ve ever played. I was really impressed by the way she played on Day 1. She is dangerous. A truly great player and I hope people know that.

What were your expectations before the Main Event, and have they changed?

To win a bracelet; isn’t that everyone’s expectations? Let me tell you a story. I came to Las Vegas early in the summer and played Event #4 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed). We were 10-handed and maybe two people away from the final table. I was second in chips and Joe Cada was the chip leader. My friend, Charles Sylvestre won the bracelet in Event #3 ($1,000 N-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) so I was called to go take a picture. I left the table for just four hands, took the picture and went back to my table. When I sat down, I doubled up the short-stack on the very first hand. Then doubled him again soon after before he knocked me out. I bubbled the final table in 8th place. After that I said there was no way I will lose the Main Event. Of course I can’t control the cards but I am doing my best to make it to the final table.

Tags: Ami AlibayCarlos MortensenGreg MuellerJoe CadaMain EventVanessa Selbstworld series of poker

New Chip Leader Comes Speeding Down the Fast Lane

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jon Lane
Jon Lane

When we arrived at the table, Jon Lane had 80,000 in front of him from the cutoff seat and Nicholas Immekus had moved all in from the small blind for 551,000. Looking at the pot in the middle of the table, we can assume the action had been opened with a raise from another player and then Lane three-bet before Immekus four-bet shoved.

Action was now on Lane, and he tanked for a bit of time. Eventually, he made the call with the {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} to have Immekus' {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs} dominated.

The flop came down {7-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}, and Immekus picked up a wheel draw. The turn was the {K-Clubs}, leaving Immekus with only a five as an out. The river was close, but the {6-Diamonds} wasn't what Immekus needed, and he was eliminated. Lane scooped the pot and moved to 2.7 million in chips. That's good enough for the current chip lead.

Lane hails from Oshkosh, Wisconsin and has nearly $600,000 in live tournament earnings. Add another $500,000-plus to that from online earnings, and he's into the seven figures. In the live realm, Lane has several World Series of Poker cashes — 10 to be exact — and he'll be adding another one to it here with this deep run in the 2013 Main Event. Lane has two other WSOP Main Event cashes coming from 2005 where he took 88th for $91,950 and 2008 where he got 613th for $21,230. He also has three WSOP final tables with his best result being a second-place finish in the $2,500 Mixed Hold'em event in 2011 for $187,844.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Jon Lane us
Jon Lane
2,700,000 985,000
Nicholas Immekus ca
Nicholas Immekus
Eliminado

Tags: Jon LaneJonathan LaneNicholas Immekus

Benefield Busts Mathis After Back-to-Back Five-Bet All-In Pots

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
David Benefield (Day 3)
David Benefield (Day 3)

On the first hand back from break, Marty Mathis cold four-bet over an open and a three-bet from David "Raptor" Benefield. Benefield moved all in, Mathis called, and the two chopped the pot with ace-king.

On the very next hand, there was an open to 24,000, Benefield three-bet to 65,000, and Mathis cold four-bet to 165,000. The action folded back to Benefield, who moved all in once again. Mathis calling, putting himself at risk and creating a roughly 1.4 million-chip pot.

Benefield: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Mathis: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Mathis was crushed, and Benefield extended his lead when the flop fell {5-Hearts}{a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. It was all over when the {9-Diamonds} turned, and a meaningless {6-Diamonds} completed the board. Mathis hit the rail, while Benefield is up to 1.585 million chips.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
David Benefield us
David Benefield
1,585,000 1,375,000
Marty Mathis us
Marty Mathis
Eliminado

Tags: David BenefieldMarty Mathis

Ramage Back Above 2 Million

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Grayson Ramage
Grayson Ramage

Sergei Stazhkov opened to 25,000 under the gun and Grayson Ramage three-bet to 55,000 from the button. Action folded back to Stazhkov who shoved for 382,000. Ramage quickly called with {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}, racing with Stazhkov's {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

The flop fell {Q-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, no help to Ramage. The {9-Hearts} turn left Ramage with six outs to score the knockout and sure enough, the {A-Clubs} landed on the river to pair Ramage's ace and eliminate Stazhkov.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
2,286,000 394,000
Sergei Stazhkov ru
Sergei Stazhkov
Eliminado

Tags: Grayson RamageSergei Stazhkov

Last Break of the Night; Two Biggest Pots of the Tournament in Level 19

Nível 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Jason Mann now leading the way
Jason Mann now leading the way

Generally speaking, the level that follows the dinner break in most tournaments is rather subdued. While things may have started that way here on Day 4 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, fireworks shot into the air of the Amazon Room in the last quarter of the level.

The two biggest pot of the tournament were played towards the end of Level 19 with the blinds at 5,000/10,000/1,000. The first was won by Jason Mann and eliminated Dick van Luijk in stunning fashion. That pot propelled Mann to 2.35 million in chips, and he became the chip leader. The second massive pot went to Grayson Ramage. He took a banger from Nick Schwarmann right after the van Luijk hand that sent Ramage up to 2.09 million.

Other notable rises came from JC Tran, Brett Richey, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Marvin Rettenmaier, Annette Obrestad and Jackie Glazier — all of whom are proven faces in the game and will be very tough competition moving forward.

As per the standard of poker tournaments, bunches of players continued to hit the rail. We began to question whether or not the WSOP would cut the night short similar to what they did last year on Day 4, but it looks like we'll be sticking to plan and finishing out a full five levels. Those who won't be finishing include Jon Turner, Ludovic Lacay, Adam Kende, Daniel Hicks and Nick Guagenti.

Guagenti was eliminated in a three-way clash of big hands involving Martin Tonnesen and Jorn Walthaus. The money went in preflop to see Tonnesen's {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}, Walthaus' {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and Guagenti's {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} do battle. When the dust had settled, Tonnesen's kings had held, giving him much more than a double, while sending Guagenti to the rail.

Vladimir Geshkenbein, Clement Tripodi, Max Steinberg, Andrea Dato and Jonathan Lane will all be continuing with large stacks, while the defending champion Greg Merson is still alive and well. Ronnie Bardah, the man who jointly tied Chris Bjorin's consecutive cash record of four with Christian Harder, is also still around.

With under 300 players remaining in the field, we'll see you back here in 20 minutes tim for the final level of the night.

Tags: Adam KendeAndrea DatoAnnette ObrestadBrett RicheyChris BjorinChristian HarderClement TripodiDaniel HicksDick Van LuijkDirk van LuijkGrayson RamageGreg MersonJC TranJackie GlazierJason MannJon TurnerJonathan LaneJorn WalthausLudovic LacayMartin TonnesenMarvin RettenmaierMax SteinbergNick GuagentiNick SchwarmannRonnie BardahVladimir GeshkenbeinWSOP Main EventYevgeniy Timoshenko

Friedman's 2013 Main Event Run Ends

Nível 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

Adam Friedman was first to act and he moved all in from under the gun for a total of 149,000. Next to act was Javier Montano and he reraised all in over the top for a total of 367,000. Everyone else folded and the two went to showdown.

Friedman: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Montano: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}

The flop came down {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and it looked grim for Friedman. He did pick up a few extra outs on the {9-Spades} turn, but the {5-Spades} river was not one of those outs. With that, Friedman was eliminated from the Main Event after making another good run here in 2013.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Javier Montano us
Javier Montano
529,000 354,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
Eliminado

Tags: Adam Friedman

Tripodi Ousts Lacay

Nível 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ludovic Lacay
Ludovic Lacay

Ludovic Lacay got the rest of his small stack in preflop holding {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}, and he was up against the {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} of Clement Tripodi. The players had to wait for over a minute for the cameras to come over and grab it, and the table started to get a bit restless. When they arrived, the dealer ran out a board of {8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}, and Tripodi made an unnecessary top pair on the river to bust Lacay.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Clement Tripodi fr
Clement Tripodi
1,600,000 440,000
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
Eliminado

Tags: Clement TripodiLudovic Lacay

Van Luijk Eliminated in Biggest Pot of the Tournament; Mann First to Two Million

Nível 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Dirk Van Luijk - Eliminated
Dirk Van Luijk - Eliminated

A gigantic pot just went down between Jason Mann and Dick Van Luijk, and thankfully the ESPN crew and a Dutch colleague were able to fill us in on the details. According to them, Mann and van Luijk were heads up in a four-bet pot, wherein Van Luijk accidentally three-bet preflop. Mann cold four-bet, on Van Luijk called, and Mann led out on a flop of {9-}{6-}{4-}. Van Luijk moved all in for 900,000, Mann tanked for a considerable amount of time, and then called with {a-}{a-}.

Van Luijk tabled {k-}{6-} for just a pair of sixes, and the aces held up.

Mann now has over two million chips, while van Luijk hit the rail.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Jason Mann ca
Jason Mann
2,350,000 1,310,000
Dick van Luijk be
Dick van Luijk
Eliminado

Tags: Dick Van LuijkJason Mann