As we enter the second week of the 2013 WSOP, the wins are starting to mount up, and the points are stacking up for the Player of the Year race. Two bracelets were won on the 5th, and we also had another three events all giving us great action.
Event #9
The final table saw Cliff Josephy win the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Event #9 for $299,486. FTR Forum regular Max Steinberg came in 7th for $39,756. A full report is coming soon.
The final results were:
- Cliff Josephy – $299,486
- Evan Silverstein – $185,487
- Steve Silverstein – $123,202
- Tim West – $91,428
- Alessandro Longobardi – $68,613
- David “Bakes” Baker – $51,997
- Max Steiberg – $39,756
- Chris Klondnicki – $30,641
- Ryan Hughes – $23,791
- Simeon Naydenov – $18,609
Event #10
The tenth bracelet of the year was awarded for Event #10’s $1,500 Limit Hold’em. After a long 121 hand heads up battle it was won by Brent Wheeler for $191,605. We have an article covering all the action from the final table coming later.
The final table ended up with the players winning:
- Brent Wheeler – $191,605
- Mark Mierkalns – $118,300
- Malissia Zapata – $76,904
- Chiduziem Obi – $56,485
- Grayson Scoggin – $42,074
- William James – $31,474
- Brain Nichols – $24,232
- Alex Queen – $18,703
- Eric Froehlich – $14,585
Event #11
Day 2 of the $2,500 NLHE 6-Max Event #11 saw the bubble burst, with 108 players from the 194 who started the day left with at least $4,183.
Notable names who made the money included Steve O’Dwyer (105th for $4,183), Erick Lindgren (102nd for $4,183), Chino Rheem (28th for $11,435) and Chris Moorman (25th for $11,435).
Day 3 has 16 players returning, and the top 10 stacks are:
- Levi Berger – 1,420,000
- Tuan Le – 873,000
- Scott Clements – 842,000
- Eddy Sabat – 694,000
- Jacob Bazeley – 638,000
- Tamara Tibbles – 418,000
- David Gonia – 405,000
- Peter Turmexey – 397,000
- Clifford Goldkind – 318,000
- Luke Vrabel – 226,000
Players are back in the Amazon Room of the Rio at 13:00PST to play down to a winner.
Event #12
Pot Limit is normally something you associate with Omaha, but Event #12 is the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em.
The unusualness of the format hasn’t stopped players from signing up, and Gavin Smith, Annette Obrestad, Antonio Esfandiari and Kathy Liebert all entered, but none of them will be returning for Day 2.
Players who were more fortunate include Jason Mercier(55,200), Melanie Weisner(23,200) and Allen Cunningham(52,100), and they will be returning for Day 2.
The top ten stacks from the 62 returning players heading into day 2 are:
- Robert Corcione – 144,600
- Mike Carson – 111,000
- Eric Crain – 76,000
- Pim de Goede – 74,500
- Timothy Reilly – 66,600
- Yorane Kerignard – 64,000
- Grzegorz Derhowshi – 61,000
- Jason Mercier – 55,200
- Allen Cunningham – 52,100
- Jean-Nicholas Fortin – 49,000
The players will be back in their seats at 1pm, and will be playing through the bubble, and hopefully towards the final table.
Event #13
Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better is not the most popular game we’re going to see in this year’s WSOP, and that combined with a $5,000 buy in limited Event #13 to only 210 players entering.
Players who tried their luck in this event included Phil Ivey, Vanessa Selbst, Greg Raymer and Scott Seiver. They all found their luck wasn’t in and left during the action in Day 1.
Notable players who will be returning for Day2 include Phil Hellmuth (2,600) Norman Chad (5,100) Barry Greenstein (18,100) and Daniel Negreanu (40,200).
160 are due to return for Day 2, and the top ten in the chip standings are:
- Matt Woodward – 59,700
- Yuval Bronshtein – 57,200
- Ilya Gorodetskiy – 56,300
- Gavin Smith – 51,900
- Matt Lefkowitz – 50,300
- David Bach – 49,700
- Toby Hausen – 49,300
- Sanjay Pandya – 49,000
- Kevin Vo – 48,500
- Mike Leah – 46,900
The players will be back working towards the $266,503 prize for first at 2pm Vegas time.
Player of the Year
With 10 bracelets already won, it’s time for another look at the Player of the year race. No-one has caught up with Daniel Negreanu yet, and his WSOP APAC Main Event win is keeping him on the top of the pile. The gap is closing, and Negreanu is going to have to start putting in some good results if he wants to win this year.
- Daniel Negreanu – 427.15
- Benny Chen – 300.00
- Charles Syvestre – 260.00
- Daniel Marton – 252.00
- Trevor Pope – 240.00
- Matthew Waxman – 233.00
- Bryn Piccioli – 226.50
- Daniel Kelly – 212.20
- Michael Bennington – 210.00
- Cliff (JohnnyBax) Josephy – 200
If you want to keep up to date with the action from Vegas, keep your eye on the @FTR_Poker_News twitter account, as we’ll be updating all our articles there.
