2013 World Series of Poker

Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$606,317
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,425,200
Entries
516
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Welcome to the Grindhouse

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

Back from the recent break, Michael Mizrachi has tangled once again with Mark Radoja, and this time it was "The Grinder" who came out on top.

We caught the action on the flop, with the board reading {5-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and the action on Mizrachi after Radoja checked.

Mizrachi splashed a bet of 575 into the pot, and Radoja called to see the {7-Spades} arrive on the turn. He then check-called another bet, this time for 1,800, and the {10-Hearts} completed the board on the river.

After checking for a third time, Radoja was faced with a bet of 3,300 by Mizrachi, and he went into the tank for a minute or so while studying his opponent.

Something must have convinced Radoja that Mizrachi was on a bluff, because he eventually made the crying call, and mucked when "The Grinder" turned over just {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}. With the win, Mizrachi reclaimed some of his chips from Radoja, and reestablished his footing midway through the first day of play.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
23,100
-6,750
-6,750
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
14,575
5,825
5,825
WSOP 5X Winner

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
28,000
-500
-500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
25,500
10,500
10,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
22,300
7,300
7,300
Profile photo of Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
22,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
21,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Brandon Crawford
Brandon Crawford
20,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
16,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Cylus Watson us
Cylus Watson
16,000
Profile photo of Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Raj Vohra us
Raj Vohra
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
14,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
9,500
-5,500
-5,500
Profile photo of Nick Grippo us
Nick Grippo
3,000

The Meat Grinder

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

We saw Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi playing a heads-up pot with Mark Radoja, the recently crowned champion of the WSOP's $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em event.

The board read {2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{7-Hearts} by the turn, and Mizrachi had all of his chips pushed to the front for an all-in bet. Radoja snap-called and revealed his {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} for a set on the turn, which had Mizrachi looking pained as he flipped over an inferior set in {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}. The {a-Spades} on the river changed nothing, and Radoja doubled his 13,675 through Mizrachi.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
29,850
14,850
14,850
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
8,750
8,750
8,750
WSOP 5X Winner

Break Time

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Tournament players are now on the second 20-minute break of the tournament. See you soon as we pick up the action in Level 5.

Negreanu's Still In the Pot

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

We happened to catch the action at Daniel Negreanu's table where he and two other opponents were involved in a three-way pot on the flop. The board read {4-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}.

The first opponent bet 575, and the second opponent folded the action to Negreanu. The first opponent almost threw his cards into the muck, thinking that the action was over and that he had won the hand. Negreanu immediately spoke up.

"Hey, hold on, I'm still in the pot...and I'm gonna raise you," announced Negreanu, taking advantage of the awkward moment and getting a few laughs from the crowd.

He must have known his opponent was weak, and Negreanu took down the pot while flashing a red queen.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Playing With the Cards Face Up

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

We saw more than 5,500 in the pot and no flop to be found, with Brain Rast facing what looked to be an all-in bet of 11,625 by Ben Hamnett. Rast stood to count out the wager, and cut the appropriate amount of chips from his already doubled stack.

After a minute or so of thought, Rast plunked in the excised stack turned over his {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}. That's when Rast discovered that Hamnett, who you may remember as the winner of the 2012 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event ($818,847), still had a thousand or so chips remaining behind his water bottle.

"I put him all in then," said Rast, apparently having placed more than enough in the pot for such a raise anyway. "I didn't see the extra chips though."

With Rast's overpair already tabled, Hamnett could not have liked calling off with his {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}, but he was pot committed at this point and his last chips went into the middle.

Flop: {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Just like that, the deck delivered for Hamnett, and when the turn ({2-Hearts}) and river ({q-Hearts}) brought no third ten on board, Rast was forced to ship half of his stack across the table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Hamnett us
Ben Hamnett
28,550
28,550
28,550
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
16,125
-1,375
-1,375
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
67,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
43,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
PokerStars.fr
Profile photo of Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
36,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eddie Ochana us
Eddie Ochana
34,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Blake Purvis us
Blake Purvis
33,000
-8,700
-8,700
Profile photo of Jeff Hakim ca
Jeff Hakim
26,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
25,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Chris Oliver us
Chris Oliver
22,500
7,500
7,500
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
16,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Steve Sung us
Steve Sung
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
14,500
-500
-500
Raise Your Edge
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
8,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
8,000
Profile photo of Simon Charette ca
Simon Charette
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
6,700
Profile photo of Hafiz Khan us
Hafiz Khan
Busted

ElkY Doubles Through O'Dwyer

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

From the cutoff seat, Elio Fox opened with a raise to 525. Christian Harder called on the button, then Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier called from the small blind. In the big blind, Steve O'Dwyer reraised to 2,400. Fox and Harder folded, but Grospellier had other things in mind. After some thought, he moved all in for 11,750. O'Dwyer tanked for a bit, then called.

O'Dwyer saw the bad news when Grospellier showed the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} and had his {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} dominated. The flop, turn and river ran out {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, and Grospellier doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
24,550
12,550
12,550
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
19,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierChristian HarderElio FoxSteve O'Dwyer

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
37,500
-2,500
-2,500
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
36,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
31,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
26,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
23,500
8,500
8,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
23,500
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
21,500
6,500
6,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mack Lee us
Mack Lee
17,500
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
15,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
15,000
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
12,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
12,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
11,200
1,400
1,400
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
10,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Max Silver gb
Max Silver
6,200
-8,800
-8,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
6,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Luke Vrabel us
Luke Vrabel
6,000

Updated Notable Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
52,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
39,000
12,500
12,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
36,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
34,500
15,500
15,500
Profile photo of Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
28,500
15,000
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
21,000
8,750
8,750
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
18,500
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of T.J. Cloutier us
T.J. Cloutier
17,500
4,000
4,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
16,500
4,300
4,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
16,500
-1,275
-1,275
Profile photo of Trevor Pope us
Trevor Pope
15,500
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
11,500
-5,000
-5,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
10,500
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
9,800
-1,600
-1,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
9,800
-5,200
-5,200
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
7,500
-12,500
-12,500