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

Second Break of Day Five: Greg Merson Eliminated, Chris Lindh Jumps into Lead

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Christopher Lindh
Christopher Lindh

The big news from the second level of Day 5 is that defending Main Event champion Greg Merson has been eliminated. Brett Richey scored the bustout. He and Merson got their chips in the middle preflop, and Richey’s {a-Spades}{k-Spades} held up against Merson’s {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, and Merson finished in 167th place.

Carlos Mortensen is now the only former Main Event champion left in the field. Mortensen, who won in 2001, started the day with only 302,000 in chips, but he doubled up on the first hand of the day and has kept his stack steady over the past two levels.

Chris Lindh currently has the most chips in the room. He took the lead when his pocket nines held up to bust Ryan Wolfson. Lindh soon became the first player in the tournament with more than four million chips. Several other players are building large stacks. Jason Mann, Jonathan Jaffe, and Annette Obrestad, all climbed the leaderboard during the last level.

In addition to Merson, other eliminations in this level include Kyle Julius, Eddie Blumenthal, Victor Figueroa, and Manig Loeser

There are now 137 players still in the tournament, and everyone left is guaranteed a payout of at least $50,752.

Play resumes in 20 minutes. We’ll keep you updated with chips counts soon, and then with live updates as Level 23 begins.

Tags: Annette ObrestadBrett RicheyCarlos MortensenChris LindhChristopher LindhEddie BlumenthalGreg MersonJason MannJonathan JaffeKyle JuliusManig LoeserNicholas E. BlumenthalRyan WolfsonVictor FigueroaWill Jaffe