2013 World Series of Poker

Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$211,743
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$799,000
Entries
170
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Yu Forces Fold

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Ben Yu raised preflop, and action folded around to Darin Thomas, who defended his big blind. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts}, and Thomas check-called Yu's bet, then check-called again when the {q-Spades} hit the felt on the turn. The river was the {2-Spades}, and Thomas again checked to Yu, who bet out. Thomas thought for a minute, counted out the chips to call, then put them back in his stack and slid his cards toward the dealer.

Yu is now up to 32,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Yu
32,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Defending Champ is Down

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

Last year in this very event, Benjamin Scholl could do no wrong as he ultimately captured his first gold bracelet and the accompanying $206,760 first-place prize. Five days ago, Scholl's run good continued as he finished runner-up to Tom Schneider in Event #29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $197,228. Unfortunately Scholl's momentum came to a screeching halt in today's tournament as the defending champ has already been eliminated.

It happened when Scholl, who had dwindled down to 800, raised to 600 from the cutoff. Sean Chen responded with a three-bet to 900 from the small blind, and after the big got out of the way, Scholl called off.

Scholl: {j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Chen: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Scholl seemed a bit frustrated, and understandably so as he was having the polar-opposite experience than a year ago. With that said, he was drawing to live cards. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Scholl had a 30.98% of surviving the hand, though that dropped to 16.36% on the {k-Spades}{a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} flop. Scholl was looking for some help on the turn, but instead the {K-Diamonds} left him drawing dead as Chen improved to trips. The meaningless {7-Spades} was run out on the river for good measure as Scholl made a beeline for the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Benjamin Scholl
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Assorted Chip Counts

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Moore us
Michael Moore
39,000
9,500
9,500
Profile photo of Steven Wolansky us
Steven Wolansky
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
22,500
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
22,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
21,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
21,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of J.J. Liu
J.J. Liu
18,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema
17,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
16,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
15,500
500
500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
13,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
9,000
-600
-600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
2,000
-3,200
-3,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Straight for Tran and Bardah

Level 4 : 300/600, 0 ante

JC Tran bet out on the flop with the board reading {7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}. Ronnie Bardah called, and the dealer turned the {6-Spades}. Tran bet again, but this time Bardah raised. Tran called, and the {5-Clubs} fell on the river. Bardah bet out, and Tran raised. Bardah called and turned over {a-}{8-}. Tran also turned over {a-}{8-}, and the players split the pot with matching straights.

Player Chips Progress
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Ronnie Bardah
23,500
-2,500
-2,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
13,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: JC TranRonnie Bardah

Level: 4

Limits: 300/600

Ante:

Liu Rivers Straight

Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante

Matt Matros, J.J. Liu, and two other players saw a flop of {9-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Action checked to Matros, who bet out, and everyone called. The turn was the {9-Clubs}, and Matros again bet out. This time, only J.J. Liu called. On the {10-Diamonds} river, Matros bet out again, but Liu raised. Matros called the raise, and Liu turned over {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for a rivered straight. Matros showed {a-}{q-} before sliding his cards toward the muck.

After the hand, Liu is up to 22,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Matros
24,500
500
500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of J.J. Liu
J.J. Liu
22,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: J.J. LiuJJ LiuMatt Matros

Various Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
30,500
17,000
17,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Chiu us
David Chiu
29,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
29,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
24,000
500
500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
23,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
20,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
19,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
16,400
-2,600
-2,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
15,000
Profile photo of David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
14,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
13,600
-1,400
-1,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
12,500
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
12,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema
12,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
11,000
-1,900
-1,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
9,600
-5,400
-5,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Schneider us
Michael Schneider
7,300
200
200
Profile photo of Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
7,100
-7,900
-7,900
Profile photo of Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
5,300
-6,200
-6,200
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
5,200
-9,800
-9,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Raskin Done in by Liu

Level 3 : 300/600, 0 ante
Micah Raskin
Micah Raskin

Micah Raskin is known as a go-big-or-go-home player, and today it ended up being the latter result.

Raskin was down to his last 400 when he moved in from middle position. The players in the hijack and cutoff called, J.J. Liu did the same from the small blind and then the big raised it up. Three calls followed and a side pot was created.

All four active players checked the {4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades} flop and the dealer burned and turned the {6-Hearts}. Liu was first to act and bet 600, the big blind immediately raised to 1,200 and both the hijack and cutoff folded. Liu took a moment before three-betting to 1,800 and the big blind snap-folded. Liu tabled the {6-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for trips, and Raskin was in trouble with his {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}.

"Bink," Raskin quipped as the dealer put out the river. It was the {K-Clubs}. Raskin couldn't bink a ten and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of J.J. Liu
J.J. Liu
16,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
Busted

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