2013 World Series of Poker

Event #11: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$473,019
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
924
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Three Hands Lead to Kihara's Bust

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara

We just got served up a reminder of just how crazy a game no-limit hold'em can be. Just fifteen minutes ago, Naoya Kihara was sitting on 200,000, and was sitting on a very comfrtable stack. However, after playing three hands in ten minutes, he was gone. Here's how it started.

Nicholas Grippo made it 5,000 to go, and Chino Rheem and Kihara tagged along from the blinds. The flop came {4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Hearts}, and Rheem checked to Kihara, who fired out 7,000. Grippo folded, but Rheem threw the call in. The turn brought the {a-Clubs}, and Rheem checked again. Kihara fired out 14,000, and this time, Rheem raised it up to 32,000. Kihara called, and the {9-Spades} hit the river.

After about 20 seconds, Rheem started to cut out a ton of chips, and eventually fired out a pot sized bet of 70,000. Kihara spent about two minutes in the tank before sliding in the call, and to the shock of Kihara, Rheem flipped over {j-Spades}{10-Hearts} for the nut straight on the river. Kihara said "nice bluff" and slid the chips over. On the very next hand, David Fox shoved all in for his last 32,000 with {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}, and Kihara shoved over the top to isolate. Unfortunately for him, he had {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}, and when Fox flopped a queen, the hand was all but over.

Just two hands later, his day was done. Rheem raised to 5,000, and Kihara shoved with {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Tamara Tibbles woke up with two black queens in the big blind, and raised enough to get Rheem out of there. Kihara's ace never came, and in a flash, he was gone.

Meanwhile, Tibbles and Rheem are reaping the benefits, as they are currently first and second in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Chino Rheem
450,000
135,000
135,000
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Tamara Tibbles
350,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Naoya Kihara
Busted

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