2013 World Series of Poker

Event #11: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
Day: 1
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

Minieri Gets Full Value

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Dario Minieri's reputation as one of the most hyper aggressive players in the world precedes him, and he knows how to use this to his advantage. This was on display in a recent pot, where the board read {10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. There was about 4,500 in the middle, and Minieri fired out an overbet of 5,500 into the pot. This was for about 80% of his opponent's stack, and his opponent tanked for quite some time before calling. Minieri rolled over {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for the second nuts, and his opponent quickly mucked.

After winning that hand, Minieri has chips to play with, sitting on 35,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Dario Minieri
35,000
26,750
26,750

Some Post Dinner Chippies

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
48,000
40,500
40,500
Profile photo of Jesse Silvia
Jesse Silvia
45,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
45,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
30,000
22,500
22,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Sklansky us
David Sklansky
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
26,000
-2,275
-2,275
Profile photo of Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
25,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
25,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
23,000
-29,000
-29,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
20,000
12,500
12,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
16,000
7,500
7,500
Profile photo of Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
15,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of John Dolan us
John Dolan
14,000
-21,500
-21,500
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
14,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Steve Brecher us
Steve Brecher
13,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
11,500
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
11,500
1,500
1,500
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
10,000
-9,500
-9,500
Profile photo of Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
10,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Joseph McKeehen
Joseph McKeehen
9,500
-1,500
-1,500
Profile photo of Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
8,200
800
800
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of David Steicke au
David Steicke
6,300
-8,700
-8,700
Profile photo of Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
6,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
3,600
-7,400
-7,400

Schoenberg Looking to Avenge Husband

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
David Chino Rheem
David Chino Rheem

We've just had an interesting and funny twist of fate shortly after returning from the break. Chino Rheem's table was broken seconds after we returned, and on his way to his new table, he said hello to some of the players at the table in front of us, including Erick Lindgren. These two know plenty about each other, as they just went heads up in the WPT Championship just two weeks ago. But that isn't the twist.

As he left, Rheem told Lindgren "I get to play with your lovely wife." Sure enough, he happened to take the seat directly to the left of Erica Schoenberg, who happens to be the better half of Lindgren. Upon hearing this, Lindgren shouted to his wife "Avenge me honey!" At the moment, that will be tough to do, as Schoenberg is grinding a medium stack of 13,000, while Rheem is one of our chip leaders with 42,000, but things can change in a heartbeat at the poker table!

Player Chips Progress
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Chino Rheem
42,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
13,300
-4,100
-4,100
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
13,000
13,000
13,000

Defending Champion Doing Well

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

Simon Charette won this event last year, though it was a $3,000 buy-in as opposed to the $2,500 discounted rate of this year, and he has flown a bit under the radar so far today. In fact, we literally spotted him just before dinner, and he has worked up a nice stack in his title defense, sitting on about 33,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Simon Charette
33,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Simon Charette

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Silvia Applying Pressure

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante
Jesse Sylvia
Jesse Sylvia

Last year's main event runner up Jesse Silvia was in the middle of a three way pot when we got to the table. The flop read {k-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}, and Silvia checked to the big blind, who fired out 1,325. The cutoff called, and it was back to Silvia. He tanked for about a minute before cutting out raising chips, and eventually raised it up to 4,625. The big blind tanked for about two minutes before he begrudgingly folded, and the cutoff folded in half a second.

Silvia is one of our big stacks as we approach dinner with 36,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jesse Silvia
Jesse Silvia
36,000
9,000
9,000

Bronze Counts

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Randall us
David Randall
48,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
35,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
25,000
17,800
17,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
20,000
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
19,500
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
16,500
-6,500
-6,500
Profile photo of Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
16,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
16,000
-1,800
-1,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vanessa Russo
Vanessa Russo
15,500
5,700
5,700
Profile photo of David Steicke au
David Steicke
15,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Joseph McKeehen
Joseph McKeehen
11,000
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
11,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
10,500
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
10,000
4,850
4,850
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
8,500
4,300
4,300
Profile photo of Tripp Kirk us
Tripp Kirk
3,800
-12,100
-12,100