Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix Dia 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

2013-06-03 09:19 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (Completo)

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eric Crain	69,925
Michael Malm	61,800

Neal Friets	50,425
Marco Johnson	46,825

WeiKai Chang	44,150 44,150	44,150
Zimnan Ziyard	42,475
Andy Bloch	36,525

Kyle Bowker	36,000

Colin Wickersheim	35,525 35,525	35,525
Scott Seiver	35,275

Erick Lindgren	34,825

Amnon Filippi	34,300

Frank Kassela	34,050 6,550	6,550

Jason Gola	33,950 33,950	33,950

Josh Arieh	33,800

Randy Ohel	31,600 7,600	7,600

Joe Cassidy	30,400

Jeff Madsen	30,200 15,200	15,200

Mike Wattel	29,950 29,950	29,950

Daniel Fuhs	29,850 29,850	29,850

Eric Buchman	29,725

Paul Volpe	28,400

Hooman Nikzad	28,100 28,100	28,100
Brendan Taylor	28,000 28,000	28,000

Chris Reslock	26,550

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Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix

Dia 1 Concluído

2013-06-03 02:32 UTC-7

Crain Leads Day 1; Bloch, Seiver & Lindgren Bag Respectable Stacks

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Nearly nine hours ago Event #8 $2,500 Eight-Game Mix of the 2013 World Series of Poker kicked off as 388 players packed the White Section of the Pavilion Room for eight levels of play. By the end of the night, approximately 192 remained with Eric Crain and his stack of 69,925 leading the way.

The turnout was down from last year’s 477—not too surprising considering all the events taking place at the Rio over the weekend—but there was still a sizeable prize pool of $882,700 up for grabs. That will be distributed to the top 40 finishers with a healthy $225,104 reserved for the eventual winner.

So how did the jovial Crain get all his chips? Well some of them came in Level 3 off a mistake that happened while playing no limit hold’em. It took place on Table 101 on a flop of with 1,400 already in the pot. Crain, who was in the hijack, check-called a bet of 725 from the player in the cutoff. After the dealer burned and turned the , Crain checked and the cutoff bet 1,375.

Crain splashed out some chips in an attempt to raise, but it wasn't enough to constitute a legal one. Instead it was counted as a call and the was put out on the river. Crain checked for a third time and watched his opponent bet 2,350.

"I was trying to raise the turn," Crain explained before calling and tabling the for a pair of aces. His opponent seemed a bit disgusted and mucked his cards.

Obviously not everyone was as fortunate as Crain. Among those to hit the rail were Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Matt Glantz, Alexander Kostritsyn, Daniel Negreanu, Brian Hastings, Jason Mercier, Barry Greenstein and last year’s champ David “ODB” Baker.

The exact details surrounding Baker's demise escaped us, but we do know that he was crippled by Allen Kessler, who had made a flush on a board in a hand of Stud in Level 7. A few minutes later Baker was dispatched while playing the same game against Thomas "Thunder" Keller, who you may remember as the man who defeated Martin De Knijff heads up in the 2004 WSOP Event #13 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $382,020. We're not sure of Baker's hand but we do know Keller had made an ace-high diamond flush.

Last year’s champ may have fallen, but last year’s runner-up, Greg “FBT” Mueller, managed to survive with 20,200. Could he possibly redeem himself and finish one spot better? The possibility still exists.

Others still in contention for the top prize are Neal Friets (50,425), Marco Johnson (46,825), Kai Chang (44,150), Andy Bloch (36,525), Kyle Bowker (36,000), Scott Seiver (35,275), Erick Lindgren (34,825), Paul Volpe (28,400) and Phil Ivey (18,550), just to name a few.

The remaining players will return for Day 2 action on Monday at 2 p.m. PST. They’ll be playing in the Amazon Room, and of course the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be there to bring you all the action straight from the tournament floor.

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2013-06-03 02:19 UTC-7

Notable End of the Night Chip Counts

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Here some notable stack sizes as the players call it a night.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eric Crain	69,925
Michael Malm	61,800

Neal Friets	50,425 50,425	50,425
Marco Johnson	46,825 9,825	9,825

Kai Chang	44,150 44,150	44,150
Zimnan Ziyard	42,475
Andy Bloch	36,525 8,025	8,025

Kyle Bowker	36,000 36,000	36,000

Scott Seiver	35,275 275	275

Erick Lindgren	34,825 12,825	12,825

Amnon Filippi	34,300 700	700

Josh Arieh	33,800 20,800	20,800

Joe Cassidy	30,400 30,400	30,400

Eric Buchman	29,725 29,725	29,725

Paul Volpe	28,400 7,600	7,600

Chris Reslock	26,550 6,450	6,450

Chad Brown	24,125 10,625	10,625

Robert Mizrachi	22,175 19,575	19,575

Andrey Zaichenko	20,475 2,475	2,475

Greg Mueller	20,200 1,700	1,700

Christian Harder	20,075 8,075	8,075
Phil Ivey	18,550 1,550	1,550

David Williams	16,900 3,600	3,600

Jeff Lisandro	16,500 3,500	3,500

Chris Bell	16,225 16,225	16,225

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2013-06-03 01:55 UTC-7

Three Hands to Go

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All tables will deal three more hands before we are done for the night.

2013-06-03 01:50 UTC-7

Cheap Exercise

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We found Eric Crain walking around the room. He said that it's time for PLO at his table, and he would rather pay 300 chips and get some exercise than lose thousands of chips and be angry because he only knows how to play PLO "not well."

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2013-06-03 01:44 UTC-7

Late Night Double for Ivey

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PLO

As we were on our last pass through the room for chip counts we happened to see the great Phil Ivey double. We arrived at the end of the hand to see the dealer counting out chips. Ivey had laid out in front of him on a board while his opponent's hand had already been mucked. It was a nice double for the nine-time bracelet winner as he now sits with a stack of 17,000.

Meanwhile, 2007 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Tom Schneider and online legend Andrew Robl have been eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Phil Ivey	17,000 8,500	8,500

Andrew Robl	Eliminado
Tom Schneider	Eliminado

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2013-06-03 01:38 UTC-7

And a Final Round of Counts

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Chris Reslock	33,000 25,500	25,500

Andy Bloch	28,500 21,000	21,000

Mike Leah	23,500 16,200	16,200

Justin Bonomo	20,000 4,000	4,000

Todd Brunson	17,000 8,000	8,000

Jeff Lisandro	13,000 5,500	5,500

Christian Harder	12,000 12,000	12,000
Kathy Liebert	11,000 3,500	3,500

Calvin Anderson	11,000 3,500	3,500

Greg Raymer	10,000 13,000	13,000

Bryan Devonshire	9,000 1,500	1,500
Fabrice Soulier	7,000 500	500

David Oppenheim	6,700 800	800

Andrew Robl	1,025 6,475	6,475
Barry Greenstein	Eliminado

Kevin Calenzo	Eliminado

2013-06-03 01:29 UTC-7

Another Round of Counts

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aaron Steury	78,500 56,500	56,500

Eric Crain	70,000 6,000	6,000
Chris Tryba	37,000 17,000	17,000

Amnon Filippi	35,000 5,000	5,000

Scott Seiver	35,000 2,000	2,000

Frank Kassela	27,500 7,500	7,500

Randy Ohel	24,000 1,000	1,000

James Van Alstyne	23,000 3,500	3,500

Erick Lindgren	22,000 15,300	15,300

Berry Johnston	20,000 3,000	3,000

Andrey Zaichenko	18,000 18,000	18,000

Vanessa Selbst	14,000 2,000	2,000

Jon Turner	13,000 1,000	1,000
Tim Burt	12,800 4,000	4,000
Brett Richey	11,000 2,500	2,500
Mel Judah	9,500 1,200	1,200

Layne Flack	8,000 1,750	1,750

David Sklansky	7,600 600	600

Jason Somerville	5,700 2,800	2,800

Larry Wright	600 2,400	2,400

2013-06-03 01:25 UTC-7

Fours for Filippi

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Stud Eight or Better

We found Amnon Filippi involved in a large Stud Hi/Lo pot with a four on board against an opponent showing mostly high cards. Filippi was betting the whole way, and fired a final bet on seventh street, which his opponent called. Filippi showed a set of fours to take the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Amnon Filippi	30,000 22,500	22,500

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