2013 World Series of Poker

Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
92
Prize
$4,830,619
Event Info
Buy-in
$111,111
Prize Pool
$17,891,148
Entries
166
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Dinner Counts from the Blue Section

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
677,000
302,000
302,000
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
670,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
670,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
532,000
162,000
162,000
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
528,000
208,000
208,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
524,000
113,000
113,000
Profile photo of Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
473,000
63,000
63,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Sands us
David Sands
454,000
-96,000
-96,000
Profile photo of David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
450,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
431,600
234,600
234,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
423,000
-42,000
-42,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
392,000
-8,000
-8,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
390,500
200,500
200,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
386,000
71,000
71,000
Profile photo of Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
359,000
57,000
57,000
Profile photo of Philip Sternheimer gb
Philip Sternheimer
356,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
348,000
67,000
67,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of David Benefield us
David Benefield
345,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
341,500
21,500
21,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
303,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
283,700
-69,300
-69,300
GTO Wizard
Profile photo of Nick Wong hk
Nick Wong
278,900
56,900
56,900
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
254,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
252,200
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
198,000
-2,000
-2,000
Raise Your Edge

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Let's Have a Dinner Break

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

It's time for the 90-minute dinner break. When the players return, they'll play four more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. Here's a look at some highlights from the last two levels of play:

Rast & Yong Gone

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A preflop raising war saw Brain Rast get all in for roughly 150,000 holding the {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} against Noah Schwartz, who held the inferior {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}. The {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop gave both players a pair of kings, but Rast's kicker had him well out in front. Unfortunately for him, the {Q-Hearts} spiked on the turn to give Schwartz two pair and the lead. The {4-Diamonds} failed to help Rast and he fell just before the dinner break.

Meanwhile, Richard Yong's comeback was cut abruptly short when he was eliminated from the feature table. Unfortunately the details on his demise escaped us.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
Busted
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
Busted
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Brian RastRichard Yong

Chip Counts

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
855,000
50,000
50,000
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Vivek Rajkumar in
Vivek Rajkumar
765,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
550,000
170,000
170,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
515,000
-65,000
-65,000
Profile photo of Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
495,000
190,000
190,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
440,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
420,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
400,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
325,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
275,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
270,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
245,000
-74,000
-74,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
65,000
-46,200
-46,200
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once

"Wow, He Just Called"

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

David Einhorn raised to 5,000 in early position, Toby Lewis called on the button, and Paul Klann defended his big blind. The dealer fanned {8-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}, Klann checked, and Einhorn continued for 12,000. Only Lewis called.

The turn was the {j-Hearts}, Einhorn though for a bit then led out for 30,000, and Lewis called.

The river was a repeat jack - the {j-Diamonds} - and Einhorn fired a third and final bullet worth 80,000.

"How much do you have left?" the Brit asked Einhorn.

Einhorn didn't budge, so Tom Dwan leaned over to get a look.

"About one-sixty," he told Lewis.

Lewis reached for chips, and tossed enough forward to make the call. Einhorn turned over {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} for aces full of jacks, and Lewis frowned before revealing {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for jacks full of aces.

"Wow," Alex Venovski said under his breath.

"Wow," Einhorn echoed. "He just called?"

He turned to Dwan.

"He just called," Einhorn repeated. "I thought he had kings."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Einhorn us
David Einhorn
425,000
178,000
178,000
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
247,000
-158,000
-158,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Alex VenovskiToby LewisDavid EinhornTom Dwan

Kind River for Selbst

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With approximately 35,000 in the pot and a board reading {2-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, Vanessa Selbst checked from the big blind and then called when Jason Mercier bet 22,000 from the button. Both players then checked the {7-Spades} river and Selbst rolled over the {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for two pair. Mercier thought he won and showed the {a-Clubs}{4-} for a pair of aces, but he quickly realized the river did him wrong and he mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
775,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
265,000
-25,000
-25,000

Tags: Jason MercierVanessa Selbst

One for Sammy

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With 20,000 in the pot and a flop of {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, Sammy Farha checked from the hijack and Richard Anthony did the same from the cutoff. When the {6-Diamonds} completed the board on the river, Farha led out for 14,000 and Anthony folded. It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us the chance to update any of you Farha fans out there on his status.

Despite winning that hand, Farha is still down quite a bit from the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sammy Farha us
Sammy Farha
175,000
-125,000
-125,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Richard AnthonySammy Farha

Flopped Flush Over Flush

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

On a {J-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Spades} flop Freddy Deeb was all in for 90,800 more. Masa Kagawa, in the big blind, had already bet or raised to 32,000 but needed 90,800 more to make the call. After at least three full minutes of thinking he tossed in the chips. His {6-Spades}{9-Spades} was almost drawing dead though against Freddy Deeb's {K-Spades}{8-Spades}. With the {10-Spades} on the turn and {A-Spades} on the river about all of the spades were out there, but it wasn't good enough for Kagawa.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Masa Kagawa
Masa Kagawa
400,000
-90,000
-90,000
Profile photo of Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
290,000
130,000
130,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Freddy DeebMasa Kagawa