The WSOP 2013

[Rozza1]

People seem to have forgotten how he did last year

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=64804

[redsimon]

People seem to have forgotten how he did last year

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=64804

Didn't he win some VIP freeroll at MGM last year to get in?

[titaniumbean]

ya iirc it was last minute and he got hu and dealt for the seat because the other guy just wanted cash.

to be fair to him he's gone up in my estimation for knowing not to play in this field.

[Rozza1]

People seem to have forgotten how he did last year

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=64804

Didn't he win some VIP freeroll at MGM last year to get in?

Yeah I think there was a story about a deal five-handed where the other players each took a piece of his action.

[George2Loose]

Confirmed fan boy.

[George2Loose]

Dunno about affordability. Surely most of the field can't really afford to play? These guys just don't seem to worry about losing such a big sum of money whereas it seems to effect hellmuth?

[redsimon]

He's prob exercising solid brm tbh and nothing wrong with that.

[Tal]

Makes total sense to me. Not like he needs the exposure/publicity.

If anyone's in the Rio today, I'll be wearing a purple polo shirt, blue jeans and white trainers. Please feel free to approach. Unless that description turned you on, in which case PM me a photo first and maintain a safe distance until such time as you hear further.

[Royal Flush]

It's not that he's the best against fish it's that the fish play terribly against him. He has some insane precence at a table and it works so well for him.

Bumped into him in a bar other day and he said he wasn't going to bother, he said he just doesn't feel like he will win atm so might take a few days off. Very interesting mentality and I'm sure it works for him, his style relies a lot on making tough decisions (because of poor fundamentals) so being positive is an absolute must for him.

I gain more and more respect each day for him.

[TightEnd]

2013 WSOP Event #45 Final Table Results
Place    Name    Prize Money
1   Ben Volpe   201,399
2   Paul Lieu   124,352
3   Louis Bonnecaze   80,839
4   Blair Hinkle   59,375
5   Chris Moorman   44,227
6   Horacio Chaves   33,371
7   Adam Stone   25,472
8   Danny Johnson   19,660
9   Samuel Panzica   15,331

Eventual second place finisher Paul Lieu, had a tough time with seven remaining, as he was at the bottom of the chips counts, before two crucial hands brought him back to life. In the first, he committed the last of his chips with 6-6 against Chris Moorman's A-Q on a Ace high . He was able to spike the 6 on the turn to double back up. Shortly after, he used his new earned wealth, to eliminated Adam Stone from the final table.

Chris Moorman started the day as one of the lowest chip stacks, and was able to make it to the final five, before the inform Lieu was on a mission to eliminate another player on his quest for victory, The remaining five players limped into the pot, and saw the flop come J-10-8 , before Moorman moved all and was called by Lieu. Moorman had 8-5 and was up against Lieu's 10-8. He wasn't able to improve with his bottom pair, as we were left with just four.

[TightEnd]

Vladimir Shchmelev Wins Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better ($279,094)
 

2013 WSOP Event 46 Gold Bracelet Winner Vladimir Shchmelev

The day began with 17 players all vying for the top prize of a World Series of Poker bracelet and $279,084 and at the beginning of the day it was anyones game. Everyone came into the day just a stone throw away from each other, but it was Alexey Makarov leading that pack.

Players started dropping fast at the start of the day. So fast in fact that before the second break, players had already reached the unofficial final table. First to go was Ari Engel. Engel doubled up early, but he couldn't hang on tight enough and he was flung out of the tournament in 17th place when he was eliminated by Joshua Weiland. Next to go were Dylan Linde, Matthew Lansdon, and Stephen Chidwick who all fell in rapid succession. Right before the final table, John O'Shea and Vladimir Shchmelev got involved in a huge pot that gave Shchmelev some momentum that he needed to eventually win the tournament. In the hand, Shchmelev cracked O'Shea's aces and managed to quarter him for most of his stack.

Leaving in the next spot was Joshua Weiland who started the day as one of the shorter stacks, but was able to grind back up. He ended up finishing in 13th place when Ashly Butler began a monster run that would propel him into the chip lead. Falling next was John O'Shea who dropped to Mel Judah and closing it out just short of the unofficial final table was Robert Price, who was eliminated by Alexey Makarov.

When final table time approached, Ashly Butler eliminated Zhen Cai in stunning fashion when the two of the top three stacks in play collided. Butler turned a straight against Cai's set on a high only board and Cai couldn't fill up. From there, Butler took control of the final table and held the chip lead until three handed play. Falling in ninth was start of the day chip leader Alexey Makarov, who slowly slipped from the top of the leader board, to the middle, to completely out of the tournament. Then in a very short span, Ashly Butler eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Andrey Zaichenko, and Tyler Nelson. Falling in fifth was "Miami" John Cernuto, who was yet another casualty of Ashley Butler. In the hand, Butler rivered Cernuto right out the door when he caught a straight and a nut low.

Four handed play was when the tides began to slowly shift towards Vladimir Shchmelev. It began when he eliminated Brian Hacker in fourth place. In the hand, Shchmelev rivered a straight against Hacker's set to send him to the payout desk. From there, Shchmelev took several big pots off Butler to gain the chip lead. And in the biggest one, Shchmelev had Butler drawing to just a quarter to stay alive. Butler hit his gin card for a quarter, but that hand left him crippled. Shortly after, Shchmelev flopped the nuts when Butler had aces and that was the end of Butler's run.

Heads-up player didn't last for too long and after trading back and forth for a few hands, Mel Judah flopped trips while Shchmelev flopped a boat. All the money got in the middle, and at the end of it Shchmelev remained standing victorious. After coming close to a bracelet several times, and having a massive run with no bracelet in 2010, Shchmelev was able to claim his first, well deserved World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Place   Player   Prize
1   Vladimir Shchmelev   $279,094
2   Mel Judah   $172,361
3   Ashly Butler   $124,645
4   Brian Hacker   $91,085
5   John Cernuto   $67,262
6   Tyler Nelson   $50,197
7   Andrey Zaichenko   $37,847
8   Allyn Jaffrey Shulman   $28,821
9   Alexey Makarov   $22,171

[TightEnd]

Day 2 Ends Two Players Away from the Money
 

Chip leader Martin Jacobson and Big One for One Drop Winner Antonio Esfandiari

Despite fielding several objections from the surviving players, Day 2 of Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em ended two players away from the money. At the end of the 10th and final level of the day, the tournament staff called Jack Effel, the Vice President of the World Series of Poker, who ruled that the players would bag-and-tag rather than burst the bubble. There were then complaints when the players learned that there would be a total redraw, but this is a standard WSOP rule. At the completion of each day at the WSOP, there is a total redraw, unless the players have already redrawn to three tables. The redraw hasn't happened yet in Event 47, thus the remaining 26 players were randomly dispersed. You can find the table draw below.

Day 3 Redraw & Counts
 
Table   Seat   Player   Counts
453   1   Olivier Busquet   2,275,000
453   2   empty   -
453   3   Jeremy Ausmus   995,000
453   4   empty   -
453   5   Nick Schulman   1940000
453   6   Steve Gross   1,270,000
453   7   Lawrence Greenberg   1,565,000
453   8   Blake Bohn   1,375,000
            
452   1   Richard Fullerton   1,705,000
452   2   Dan Shak   1,020,000
452   3   Anthony Gregg   1,750,000
452   4   empty   -
452   5   Brandon Steven   3,140,000
452   6   Phil Laak   1,760,000
452   7   Martin Finger   2910000
452   8   Antonio Esfandiari   2,970,000
            
447   1   empty   -
447   2   Andrew Lichtenberger   1,575,000
447   3   Chris Klodnicki   2,570,000
447   4   Bill Perkins   2,750,000
447   5   Matt Glantz   3,005,000
447   6   Yevgeniy Timoshenko   1,205,000
447   7   Daniel Alaei   1,140,000
447   8   Shaun Deeb   1,215,000
            
446   1   Connor Drinan   3,250,000
446   2   Martin Jacobson   3,255,000
446   3   Farshad Fardad   1,900,000
446   4   empty   -
446   5   empty   -
446   6   Jason Koon   1,195,000
446   7   Haralabos Voulgaris   1,240,000
446   8   Mike Sexton   740,000

[TightEnd]

Event #48: Limit Hold'em / Six Handed


    Buy-in: $2,500
    Prizepool: $780,325
    Entries: 343
    Remaining: 15

Bakes leads the final 15, with Juha Helppi 3rd. No British cashers

[TightEnd]

Event #49: No-Limit Hold'em


    Buy-in: $1,500
    Prizepool: $3,033,450
    Entries: 2,247
    Remaining: 258

In so far as I can tell, these are the British players to have made Day 2

Barny Boatman
Simon Deadman
Marc Foggin
Neil Channing
Scott Shelley
Andrew Teng
Alex Goulder
Shaun Conning

[TightEnd]

Event #50: 10-Game Mix / Six Handed

    Buy-in: $2,500
    Prizepool: $846,300
    Entries: 372
    Remaining: 168

Freddy Deeb, Scotty Nguyen, Bruno Fitoussi and Marcel Luske all shown in the top 10