Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-05-2013 22:48 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Zaichenko	Busted

Mohsin Charania	Busted

Ola Amundsgard	Busted
David Sands	Busted
Toby Lewis	Busted

Dan Smith	Busted

Andrew Brown	Busted
Salvatore Bonavena	Busted

Scott Clements	Busted

Michael Mizrachi	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	Busted

Butler and Le Fall to Hindin

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 250/500, 0 ante

Ludovic Lacay opened for 1,000 and received a call from Tommy Le in middle position. Dan Hindin then called from the hijack, Ashly Butler raised the pot from the big blind and Lacay folded. Le four-bet, Hindin moved all in and both Butler and Le got their chips in.

Hindin:
Le:
Butler:

"I like your hand," Hindin told Le despite having the best of it with aces. Hindin may have liked the other hand preflop, but he no doubt loved his own after the board ran out . Hindin made aces and deuces and sent both Butler and Le to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Hindin	60,000
Ashly Butler	Busted
Tommy Le	Busted

Tags: Ashly Butler Tommy Le Dan Hindin

07-05-2013 22:29 UTC-8

Beauprez Falls to Flowers

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 250/500, 0 ante

Earlier this summer John Beauprez won Event #4: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) for $324,764 and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Unfortunately for Beauprez, who reportedly lost the bracelet later that night while out celebrating, he won't be getting his second in this event.

We saw Beauprez get the last of his chips in on a flop and receive calls from Randal Flowers and another player. The two active players then checked the turn and river prompting Flowers to table the for a straight.

The third player mucked his hand and then Beauprez did the same before making a beeline for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randal Flowers	80,000 38,000	38,000
John Beauprez	Busted

Tags: Randal Flowers John Beauprez

07-05-2013 22:17 UTC-8

Say Goodbye To...

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 250/500, 0 ante

Daniel Weinman @notontilt09

Out of 10k PLO. Lost a big pot with 92% on turn then wrap + 2bdfd < tp for 35k to bust.July 05 2013

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Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	Busted

Chino Rheem	Busted
Philipp Gruissem	Busted

Daniel Weinman	Busted

Matt Marafioti	Busted
Dan Kelly	Busted
John Juanda	Busted

Todd Brunson	Busted

Josh Arieh	Busted

07-05-2013 22:05 UTC-8

Bleznick Out of Nowhere

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 250/500, 0 ante

We did a pass trying to determine a chip leader and we think we found it in Jared "harrington25 " Bleznick, who finished 31st in Event #35 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $9,784 a few weeks back. We're not sure how he got all his chips, but he's sitting with a monster stack of 190,000!

Bleznick's bread and butter came from playing PLO online, and apparently all that experience is paying off here in the live realm. We'll be keeping an eye on Bleznick and see if we can't catch him in a hand or two yet tonight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	190,000 92,000	92,000

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07-05-2013 21:56 UTC-8

Hannawa Doesn't Fall Into Pierce's Trap

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donpeters

Level 6 : 250/500, 0 ante

Danny Hannawa and Paul Pierce just played another pot together, and this time it was Hannawa getting the best of Pierce once again, but in a slightly different way. Pierce had laid a trap for Hannawa on the river, but Hannawa didn't fall for it. Here's what went down.

Pierce raised to 1,000 from under the gun, and Hannawa called in the cutoff seat. The big blind also called, and the dealer ran out the flop. After the big blind check, Pierce bet 1,000. Hannawa raised to 2,500, the big blind folded, and Pierce called.

The turn was the , and Pierce checked. Hannawa bet 4,200, and Pierce began to hem and haw a bit over the bet. Eventually, he made the call.

The river was the , and Pierce checked. Hannawa paused for a few moments, then checked behind.

Pierce announced a full house and showed the , having flopped queens full of fives. Hannawa showed the from his hand for a weaker full house and Pierce was shocked.

"Why'd you check the river?" Pierce asked, to which Hannawa just smiled.

"He knew something," chimed in Paul Volpe from next to Pierce. "He had a read."

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Pierce	58,000 13,000	13,000
Danny Hannawa	55,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Paul Volpe Danny Hannawa Paul Pierce

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

07-05-2013 21:51 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payout Information

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Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante

The official numbers are in and they look good. Today's tournament attracted 386 players and created a prize pool of $3,628,400. That represented an increase of 30% over last year's field of 297! Players have already taken to Twitter to discuss the great turnout and to voice their opinion for more PLO events on next year's schedule.

The prize pool will be distributed to the top 45 finishers with a min-cash being worth $17,162. Here's a look at the final table payouts:

Place	Prize
1st	$852,692
2nd	$526,625
3rd	$380,836
4th	$278,298
5th	$205,512
6th	$153,372
7th	$115,637
8th	$88,061
9th	$67,742

07-05-2013 21:47 UTC-8

Paul Pierce Can't Bluff Hannawa

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donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante

Former Boston Celtics captain and NBA champion Paul Pierce is here playing the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event. While Pierce has yet to record any World Series of Poker cashes, he is an avid poker hobbyist and enjoys playing both no-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha cash games and tournaments.

"The Truth" as he is so commonly known as built up to over 50,000 in chips, but just lost some back to XXX on the following hand.

Pierce limped in from early position, Paul Volpe limped from the next seat, Kevin Song called from the cutoff seat, Danny Hannawa called on the button, the small blind called, then the big blind checked. All six players were shown a flop by the dealer, and action checked to Pierce. He bet 1,000 with only Song and Hannawa making the call.

The turn was the , and all three players checked to see the fall on the river. Pierce led with a bet of 3,500, Song folded, and Hannawa called.

"Nice hand," said Pierce, the newly minted Brooklyn Nets player.

Hannawa then announced that he had two pair and showed the . Pierce mucked, and Hannawa won the pot.

Hannawa final tabled Event #35: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha earlier this summer, taking fourth for $113,340. With this pot, he moved to about 60,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Hannawa	60,000 60,000	60,000
Paul Pierce	45,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Danny Hannawa Kevin Song Paul Pierce Paul Volpe