2013 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$84,915
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entries
898
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000

Holloway Finds a Flush

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Chad Holloway raised to 40,000 and Allan Kwong reraised to 85,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Holloway called.

The flop came {7-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Kwong bet 90,000 and Holloway called.

Both players checked the {8-Hearts} turn.

The river was a {2-Spades} which prompted a bet of 110,000 from Kwong and a call from Holloway.

Holloway showed {k-Spades}{j-Hearts} for a flush and Kwong mucked his hand.

Brian Pingel Eliminated in 4th Place ($24,811)

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante
Brian Pingel (Out 4th.)
Brian Pingel (Out 4th.)

Bobby Rooney raised to 40,00 on the button, and Brian Pingel came along in the big blind. The flop brought the {4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, and Pingel checked. Rooney continuation-bet 55,000, and Pingel shipped all in. Rooney snap-called, and the players showed.

Pingel: {6-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Rooney: {4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

Rooney's bottom two pair was in the lead, but he had a lot of cards to fade. A harmless {q-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Pingel needed a heart or a seven to complete his hand. It wasn't to be, as a {k-Spades} river ended his tournament run in fourth.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Pingel
Busted

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Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

We Are Back

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Players are returning for the final level of the night. If we get to heads up in this level, the players will have the option to continue play.

Rooney Forces a Fold

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Allan Kwong opened to 57,000 in the small blind, and Bobby Rooney called in the big blind. The flop came {10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, and Rooney called Kwong's 80,000 bet. Both players checked the {3-Hearts} turn and saw another brick, this time the {2-Spades}, hit the river. Kwong checked, and Rooney tossed four red chips in the middle, a 100,000 bet. Kwong folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Bobby Rooney
960,000
166,000
166,000
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Allan Kwong
516,000
-240,000
-240,000

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Holloway Doubles Through Rooney

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Chad Holloway raised to 50,000 on the button and Bobby Rooney reraised from the big blind to 150,000. Holloway called.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{a-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. Rooney bet 175,000 and Holloway called.

The {9-Spades} turn prompted Rooney to go all in. After thinking, Holloway called.

Rooney showed {q-Spades}{2-Spades} for a flush draw and Holloway tabled {a-Hearts}{j-Spades} for top pair.

The {k-Hearts} river did not improve Rooney's hand and Holloway doubles up leaving Rooney very short.

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Bobby Rooney Eliminated in 3rd Place ($33,903)

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Bobby Rooney
Bobby Rooney

Bobby Rooney, down to his last 100,000 or so, shipped all in from the button. Chad Holloway reraised all in, forcing a fold from Allan Kwong.

Rooney: {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Holloway: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The flop brought little help for Rooney: {5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. An {a-Hearts} turn meant he had picked up a backdoor flush draw, and Holloway remarked that it's "never easy." Sure enough, the {4-Hearts} fell on the river and Rooney doubled up.

Shortly thereafter, Kwong raised all in from the small blind and Rooney instantly called off from the big blind. This time, Rooney was ahead.

Rooney: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Kwong: {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

A {9-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop helped nobody, as did an {8-Diamonds} turn. On the river, heartbreak arrived for Rooney in the form of the {a-Clubs}, and he finished third for $33,903.

Holloway and Kwong are now heads up, with Holloway holding a sizable lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Chad Holloway
1,730,000
597,000
597,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Allan Kwong
875,000
359,000
359,000
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Bobby Rooney
Busted

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