The WSOP 2013

[MereNovice]

From PokerNews:

Ryan Spittles Eliminated in 22nd Place ($15,024)

Ryan Spittles got the rest of his short stack in preflop holding  , and he was up against the of Jorge Breda. The board ran down , and Breda secured the knockout on one of the last hands of the night.

[outragous76]

Wandering round railing dem pokerz at Rio today, I saw two chaps playing chess. Neither was particularly strong but both were competent, club standard players.

A man comes to see them and explains that there is a man around who is interested in a game and that this bloke would lay $20,000 to $5,000 he would win. Was anyone keen?

Forget it's chess for a second. Is there any situation in which you would automatically agree to this arrangement in a game not based heavily in luck? You've no idea who this mystery man is or what his strength is. If he is a grandmaster, if you are a good club player, you're more like a 50/1 shot. And I would put good money on there being 20+ International Masters and Grandmasters in the WSOP. Does this not scream set-up to you?

Chap number one - who was winning the game in play - thought for a while, postulated and said "go on. I'll play him for $5,000".

I came back a bit later and he was playing against a different guy, who was obviously a much stronger player than I saw him playing earlier. The new chap was ripping him to shreds.

If that was the mystery 20k guy, it was the easiest $5,000 made yesterday without exception.

so what did you do with your 5k yo? hookers and blow?

[TightEnd]

Event #40: No-Limit Hold'em


    Buy-in: $1,500
    Prizepool: $2,917,350
    Entries: 2,161
    Remaining: 21

Allen Cunningham, Griffin Benger and Kara Scott are among the remaining runners

Well done to Ryan Spittles 22nd for over $15,000 and Shaun Conning who cashed 159th

[TightEnd]

Event #41: Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed


    Buy-in: $5,000
    Prizepool: $1,880,000
    Entries: 400
    Remaining: 22

Well done to Peter Charalambous who finished 31st for just under $11,000

Steve gboro Gross leads, Timoshenko and Mizzi are among the final 22

[TightEnd]

Event #42: No-Limit Hold'em


    Buy-in: $1,000
    Prizepool: $1,890,000
    Entries: 2,100
    Remaining: 168

Potential excitement in the one with Niall Firaldo87 Farrell and Sam Grafton currently quoted in the top ten of chip counts

Matt Matros leads

[TightEnd]

Event #43: 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)


    Buy-in: $10,000
    Prizepool: $817,800
    Entries: 87
    Remaining: 55


Stuart Rutter, as usual in the arcane and the wonderful poker games, flys the flag for UK Mixed game Poker and is quoted still in 14/55

This is a star name packed field, with 87 runners its a bracelet hunting game

Currently Calvin Andreson leads Paul Volpe with Flack, Hennigan, Laak and Lisandro all in the top twenty

[Tal]

Wandering round railing dem pokerz at Rio today, I saw two chaps playing chess. Neither was particularly strong but both were competent, club standard players.

A man comes to see them and explains that there is a man around who is interested in a game and that this bloke would lay $20,000 to $5,000 he would win. Was anyone keen?

Forget it's chess for a second. Is there any situation in which you would automatically agree to this arrangement in a game not based heavily in luck? You've no idea who this mystery man is or what his strength is. If he is a grandmaster, if you are a good club player, you're more like a 50/1 shot. And I would put good money on there being 20+ International Masters and Grandmasters in the WSOP. Does this not scream set-up to you?

Chap number one - who was winning the game in play - thought for a while, postulated and said "go on. I'll play him for $5,000".

I came back a bit later and he was playing against a different guy, who was obviously a much stronger player than I saw him playing earlier. The new chap was ripping him to shreds.

If that was the mystery 20k guy, it was the easiest $5,000 made yesterday without exception.

so what did you do with your 5k yo? hookers and blow?

Lol. I'd be amazed if mystery man were only at my level.

[The Squid]

Day 2. Let's do this!

[TightEnd]

Event #40: No-Limit Hold'em

    Buy-in: $1,500
    Prizepool: $2,917,350
    Entries: 2,161
    Remaining: 2

Kara Scott finished 17th, Allen Cunningham finished 10th

Peter Hengsakul and Jared Hamby are currently heads up

[TightEnd]

Event #41: Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed

    Buy-in: $5,000
    Prizepool: $1,880,000
    Entries: 400
    Remaining: 7

Yevgeny Timoshenko and Steve Gross are in the final 7, Sorel Mizzi finished 17th

[TightEnd]

Event #42: No-Limit Hold'em


    Buy-in: $1,000
    Prizepool: $1,890,000
    Entries: 2,100
    Remaining: 11

Mike Ellis from the Vic who won a bracelet two years ago is in the final 11, I think, though the chip counts are well behind the numbers left from the updates

[TightEnd]

Event #43: 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)

    Buy-in: $10,000
    Prizepool: $817,800
    Entries: 87
    Remaining: 9


Final 9 includes Bakes, Layne Flack.I think. The schedule says there are 9 left and 15 players are listed on the chip counts :-)

[TightEnd]

Event #44: No-Limit Hold'em

    Buy-in: $3,000
    Prizepool: $2,926,560
    Entries: 1,072
    Remaining: 229

Jonathan Duhamel leads Dominic Nitsche

Vamplew is listed 17/229, Eames 55/229, Elder 65/229, Romanello 70/229

[TightEnd]

Interview with mixed game expert Matthew Ashton from Liverpool who is having such a good WSOP

http://calvinayre.com/2013/06/25/poker/matthew-ashton-mixed-game-master-ld-audio-interview/

[JoeDiego]

I have a prop bet that there will be a UK bracelet winner in Vegas this series, gogogogo Rory Matthews!