On the very first hand of the day, Blake Yu, a short stack at one of the televised tables, pushed all in from under the gun. Gutierrez Lebron asked for a count, and it turned out Yu had exactly 84,000. Lebron passed, however, as did the rest of the table, and Yu picked up the blinds and antes to boost his stack as the bubble approaches.
Mark Nguyen open shoved his last 37,000 in early position with 
, and he was called in the big blind by Scott Dorin, who woke up with 
. Nguyen flopped an open ended straight draw, 
, but it never came, as the board completed 
and
.
Dorin scored the knockout, while Nguyen is one of the last players in the main to bust before the money.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 | |
|
Eliminado |
Melanie Weisner led out with a bet of 12,000 on flop of 
. Gad Morgenstern pushed out a call, and the dealer turned the 
. Weisner decided to check, and Morgenstern responded with a bet of 24,000. Weisner called, bringing the 
on the river. Weisner checked again, and this time Morgenstern bet 32,000. Weisner thought for a minute, then pushed out a call. Morgenstern turned over 
for top pair. Weisner silently slid her cards to the dealer face down, and Morgenstern took the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
465,000 | -71,000 |
|
370,000 | 91,000 |
After Robin Ylitalo opened from early position for 10,000, it folded to Iain Brassell a few seats over who set his remaining stack of 31,500 in the middle.
The table folded back to Ylitalo who after getting a count on Brassell's push kind of sheepishly made the call, turning over 
. Brassell showed his , and Ylitalo wished his opponent good luck.
The flop came 
to give pairs to both players, then the 
fell shockingly on the turn, improving Ylitalo to trips and causing Brassell to wince visibly. The river was the 
, and Brassell is out just a few spots shy of the money.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
482,000 | 7,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Ralph O'Brien entered Day 4 of the 2013 Main Event with just 63,000 chips, and when he arrived at his table, he told his neighbor Jose Pinedamoncada that all he wants to do is make the money.
"I can fold forty-five times," O'Brien announced.
O'Brien didn't stick to his plan, however, moving all in on the button during the first orbit. The player in the small blind released, and the action was on Alexander Kuzmin in the big blind.
"This is my only World Series," O'Brien told the Russian. "I'm not going in with crap."
Kuzmin eventually called, and the hands were tabled.
O'Brien: 
Kuzmin: 
The 
peaked through the window of the flop, and for a heartbeat it seemed like some sort of sick foreshadowing, but it was followed by harmless cards: the 
and the 
. The turn and river bricked , 
respectively, and O'Brien doubled.
"Yes!" he said, excitedly.
The very next hand, O'Brien raised, and received no callers.
"What are you doing?" Brandon Steven asked him after the hand, baffled because he knows all O'Brien wants to do is cash. "Go away! Leave! Go to Starbucks!"
O'Brien debated the decision, then finally peeled himself away from the table and hasn't been seen since.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000 | -105,500 |
|
|
109,500 | 46,500 |
We walked to up to the table as the cards were face up and being dragged into the middle. Bruno Lopes was all in for his last 90,000 holding , and he was up against the of Michael Ferguson. The flop gave Ferguson a pair, 
, but kept Lopes in the lead. The hit the turn, and the on the river sealed the victory for Lopes, who was down on the day, but is now back up to 180,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000 | -74,000 |
|
180,000 | 12,000 |
After Tyler Denson opened for 15,000, Nicholas Kamen reraised all in for about 120,000 from one seat over and the table folded back around to Denson who called.
Denson tabled and Kamen 
, and the latter sat motionless as he awaited the fate to be delivered to him via the five community cards. They came 
, then 
, then 
, and Kamen survived.
The big board is presently showing 656 players left, meaning just eight more eliminations before the cash bubble bursts.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000 | -202,500 |
|
248,000 | 115,500 |
We walked up to table 418 to find Brandon Meyers, Jevon Lam and Bryan Buonocore staring at a flop of 
with more than 110,000 already in the pot. Meyers led out for 46,500 from the small blind, Lam called, and Buonocore got out of the way.
The hit the turn, and Meyers moved all in for Lam's effective stack of 145,000. Lam went into the tank for several minutes, shuffling his chips with his right hand, before flicking his cards into the muck. Meyers flipped over for six-high, to which Lam responded, "Nice hand."
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000 | 201,000 |
|
145,000 | -77,000 |
Action folded around to Luke Schwartz in the cutoff. He raised to 10,500 and received a call from Andrea Carini on the button and John Scaife in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Scaife checked. Schwartz led with a bet of 17,000 and both players called.
The turn was the 
and Scaife decided to lead out with a bet of 37,000. Action was on Schwartz and he raised to 80,500. Carini folded quickly but Scaife went into the tank.
"Wow." he said. "I think i'm folding the best hand here," he said after about a minute in the tank. Eventually he let it go and Schwartz was awarded the pot.
"You didn't have the best hand," Schwartz said. "I was drawing, but I had the best hand as well. What did you have? Nines?"
Scaife explained that he better than that, but it didn't matter as Schwartz had already taken down the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000 | 740,000 |
The hand started with Shawn Sheikhan opening to 12,000 from under the gun. The option was then on James Manning, who deliberated over his decision. With just 33,500 behind, he agonised over his decision for over a minute. The ESPN film crew swarmed the table, before another player then called 'time'.
“He gets a little more time than that,” said the dealer, not calling the floor over. A short time passed, and Manning finally released his hand.
“Ace-king? Ace-queen? What’s wrong with you?” said Sheikhan, as the action began to fold back around to him. “I’ll show you my hand,” he added.
Michael Stoner was on the big blind, and flashed his , before mucking his hand.
“I can beat that,” said Sheikhan, before showing his .
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 19,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -11,500 |
|
33,500 | -12,000 |
