2013 World Series of Poker

Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Ryan Riess
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$8,361,570
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,352
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
200,000

The Prettiest Card in the Deck - For Jason Cohen

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Jason Cohen (Day 4) makes a straight flush
Jason Cohen (Day 4) makes a straight flush

Jason Cohen and Somar Al-Darwich were heads up on a flop of {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, and after a series of bets, Cohen was all in for 634,000. Al-Darwich called.

Cohen: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Al-Darwich: {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}

Al-Darwich flopped a set of eights, but Cohen held a straight flush draw.

"Anyone fold a diamond?" Al-Darwich asked his tablemates, who remained silent. "Prettiest card in the deck. Ace of spades."

The turn card was one of the prettiest cards in the deck for Cohen, because the {j-Diamonds} gave him an unbeatable straight flush. Stunned, Al-Darwich threw his hands on his head and walked away from the table as the meaningless {4-Clubs} completed the board. Cohen doubled to 1.46 million chips, while Al-Darwich fell to 1.278 million.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Cohen
1,460,000
704,000
704,000
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Somar Al-Darwich
1,278,000
-497,000
-497,000

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Gee Knocks Out Sheikhan

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Shawn Sheikhan (from Day 4)
Shawn Sheikhan (from Day 4)

Shawn Sheikhan — who finished 11th in the WSOP Main Event in 2005 — just open-raised all in from late position for his last 340,000 or so, and the action folded to 2012 WSOP Main Event ninth-place finisher Steve Gee in the small blind.

Gee checked his cards, then pushed all in himself with a stack that appeared roughly similar to Sheikhan's, and the big blind stepped aside.

Gee: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Sheikhan: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}

The flop came {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{4-Diamonds} to swing the advantage Gee's way, and after the {10-Diamonds} turn and {3-Clubs} river, his pair of aces earned him the pot. The stacks were counted to make sure, and indeed Gee had Sheikhan covered and the latter quickly departed.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve Gee
766,000
300,000
300,000
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Shawn Sheikhan
Busted

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Sichelstiel Flats Nines Full

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Noah Schwartz
Noah Schwartz

Noah Schwartz raised to 35,000 from the cutoff, and Robert Sichelstiel called from the big blind. The flop came {9-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{8-Spades}, and Sichelstiel check-called 29,000. The turn paired the board with the {8-Hearts}, and Sichelstiel again check-called, this time for 52,000. A {9-Hearts} river double-paired the board, and Sichelstiel checked a final time. Schwartz came out with 129,000 this time, and Sichelstiel quickly called.

Schwartz showed {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for the second nut full.

"I knew something was up," Sichelstiel said, flashing the {9-Spades} for nines full of eights. "I should have known."

"You had nines full," Schwartz said simply. "I would have raised with your hand."

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Sichelstiel
1,700,000
-210,000
-210,000
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Noah Schwartz
920,000
285,000
285,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Steinberg Gets Quads in First Hand

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Max Steinberg
Max Steinberg

Nikolai Sears opened to 35,000 from under the gun, as the action folded around to Max Steinberg on the small blind. He called, as did Bob Bright on the big blind.

The flop came down {9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and the option fell on Sears. He threw out a continuation bet of 56,000 and was called by both opponents. The {9-Diamonds} brought checks all round, before the {7-Spades} completed the board.

Steinberg paused for a moment, before sliding out a bet of 165,000. Bright thought about his decision, before making the call. Sears mucked his hand.

Steinberg then rolled over his {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for quad sevens, much to the surprise of Bright and the rest of the table.

“How does it feel to start off with quads?” said Danard Petit from the one seat.

“Pretty good,” joked Sears, answering for Steinberg.

Player Chips Progress
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Max Steinberg
1,955,000
364,000
364,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Nikolai Sears
470,000
-95,000
-95,000
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Bob Bright
28,000
-264,000
-264,000

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Lane Leads Final 239 to Start Day 5

Jon Lane
Jon Lane

Welcome to Day 5 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, a day which promises to bring even more intensity and excitement as the marathon march toward this year's final table continues.

It was a drama-filled Day 4 yesterday that began with the cash bubble bursting during the first level and Farzad Bonyadi becoming the unfortunate 649th-place finisher, with hundreds of players then following him to the rail as the field whittled down to just 239 by night's end. The elimination of Doyle Brunson in 409th earned the most notice, with players applauding the two-time Main Event champion and 10-time WSOP bracelet winner as he cashed in the ME for the fifth straight decade.

Jon Lane returns as the start-of-day chip leader with 2,839,000, one of a small group bagging more than 2 million last night that included Sami Rustom, Grayson Ramage, Victor Cianelli, Seaver Kyaw, Yann Dion, and Kevin Williams. Meanwhile Brett Richey, David Benefield, Mark Newhouse, Jackie Glazier, Ashley Mason, Yevgiviy Timoshenko, and Rep Porter are among the many strong players who did well on Day 4 to end with healthy stacks around twice the current average of just under 800,000.

Two former WSOP Main Event winners remain in the hunt, with last year's champion Greg Merson returning to a stack of 635,000 and 2001 WSOP ME winner Carlos Mortensen coming back to about half that. 2007 WSOP Europe Main Event winner Annette Obrestad will be returning as well to a big stack of 1,186,000 as she furthers her effort to become the only player besides Phil Hellmuth to win both the WSOP and WSOPE Main Events.

In addition to Merson, other "Octo-Niners" from the 2012 WSOP ME final table made runs into the money this time around, with both Russell Thomas (306th) and Robert Salaburu (355th) cashing yesterday, and last year's ninth-place finisher Steve Gee coming back today to a stack of 466,000. Meanwhile two players found their way into the money for a record-tying fourth straight year, with Christian Harder going out in 608th and Ronnie Bardah returning today to above average chips.

Last year Day 5 saw the field shrink to less than 100 players as the end-of-day chip leader (Kyle Keranen) neared the 7 million-chip mark. Today should follow a similar path as the field gets smaller, the stacks get bigger, and players' dreams of making it to the final table edge closer to reality.

Play resumes at 12 p.m. Pacific time, and we'll be here once again at PokerNews to bring you start-to-finish coverage from the WSOP Main Event. While waiting for cards to go back in the air, take a look as Kristy Arnett brings a recap of yesterday's action and a preview of what's to come:

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