2013 World Series of Poker

Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Sandeep Pulusani
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$592,684
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
1,072
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Vert Doubles Through Farrell

Level 22 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Ian Simpson started the action by raising to 26,000 from the hijack. Phillippe Vert called from the cutoff, and it was on Niall Farrell on the button. He peaked down at his cards, then thought for about 45 seconds before cutting out a three bet of 72,000, and dropping it in. Simpson folded after just a few moments of thought, and it was back to Vert. He moved all in for 422,000 total, and Farrell rechecked his hole cards, then announced call.

Vert: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Farrell: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Vert spiked his aces down on the felt while Farrell could only let out a big sigh. It went from bad to worse for Farrell when the flop came down {k-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{3-Hearts}. Farrell would now need runner runner to win the hand but the {2-Hearts} on the turn ended it. The meaningless river was the {7-Clubs}, and Vert took the double up to 865,000.

Player Chips Progress
Phillippe Vert fr
Phillippe Vert
865,000
555,000
555,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
428,000
-357,000
-357,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Niall FarrellPhillippe Vert

More Bets

Level 22 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

While flops are still few and far between and a showdown with more than the minimum in the pot is even more rare, preflop raising is going to the next level. Jason Mercier raised to 24,000 from middle position and Michael Rocco directly on his left raised to 72,000. That was followed by a 4-bet to 160,000 by Martin Hanowski directly to Rocco's left and that was good enough to win the pot.

Tags: Jason MercierMartin HanowskiMichael Rocco

Play Slowing Down

Level 22 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The play always slows down at some point in these tournaments as the stacks grow to a good average, and it appears that the time is now in this tournament. With 17 players left, we have only seen one showdown so far, and that hand was checked down to the river. The average stack is 50 big blinds, so the players seem content to sit tight and wait for big hands at this moment.

Larry Quang Eliminated in 18th Place ($21,773)

Level 22 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Larry Quang
Larry Quang

On the first hand after the two table redraw, Jason Mercier opened to 20,000 in early position. Larry Quang was next to act, and he shoved all in for his last 120,000. It folded back around to Mericer, and he snap called.

Mercier: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Quang: {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Quang got a sweat on the flop when it came down {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. He could not catch a ten for a straight, but it wasn't meant to be, as the board completed {8-Clubs} and {8-Hearts}. After collecting that KO, Mericer is now up to 900,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
900,000
120,000
120,000
Larry Quang us
Larry Quang
Busted

Tags: Jason MercierLarry Quang

Full Updated Chippies

Level 22 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Zo Karim us
Zo Karim
1,290,000
-10,000
-10,000
Michael Rocco us
Michael Rocco
990,000
210,000
210,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
892,000
173,000
173,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
785,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
780,000
214,000
214,000
Jacob Schindler us
Jacob Schindler
680,000
-18,000
-18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sandeep Pulusani us
Sandeep Pulusani
660,000
-52,000
-52,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Martin Hanowski de
Martin Hanowski
480,000
-164,000
-164,000
Justin Zaki us
Justin Zaki
430,000
-5,000
-5,000
Evan Schwartz us
Evan Schwartz
425,000
-130,000
-130,000
Will Jaffe us
Will Jaffe
330,000
-95,000
-95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Darryl Ronconi us
Darryl Ronconi
315,000
115,000
115,000
Phillippe Vert fr
Phillippe Vert
310,000
-30,000
-30,000
Chad Bradbury us
Chad Bradbury
280,000
-44,000
-44,000
Ian Simpson gb
Ian Simpson
250,000
40,000
40,000
Nam Le us
Nam Le
240,000
-87,000
-87,000
Pedro Rios us
Pedro Rios
160,000
-26,000
-26,000
Larry Quang us
Larry Quang
120,000
-130,000
-130,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Final Two Tables

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Table 352

SeatPlayerChips
1Will Jaffe330,000
2Mark Teltscher892,000
3Nam Le240,000
4Pedro Rios160,000
5Chad Bradbury280,000
6Jason Mercier780,000
7Larry Quang120,000
8Michael Rocco990,000
9Martin Hanowski480,000

Table 358

SeatPlayerChips
1Sandeep Pulusani660,000
2Jacob Schindler680,000
3Evan Schwartz425,000
4Ian Simpson250,000
5Phillippe Vert310,000
6Niall Farrell785,000
7Darryl Ronconi315,000
8Zohair Karim1,290,000
9Justin Zaki430,000

Jeff Tims Eliminated in 20th Place ($17,910), Giang Hoang Eliminated in 19th Place ($17,910)

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Giang Hoang
Giang Hoang

Zohair Karim raised it up to 22,000 in middle position, and it folded around to Giang Hoang in the small blind. He moved all in for his last 90,000, and Jeff Tims committed the rest of his minute stack in the big blind. Karim toss the call in, and said, "I need a suckout!"

Karim: {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Hoang: {a-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Tims: {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Karim was surprised to see that he was actually ahead, and the flop hit Karim, coming {6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Spades}. Hoang was drawing to runner runner, while Tims could still pair one of his cards to win, but the turn was the {5-Clubs}, and the river the {6-Hearts}.

The double elimination got us to our final 18,while Karim is our chip leader with 1.3 million.

Player Chips Progress
Zo Karim us
Zo Karim
1,300,000
150,000
150,000
Jeff Tims
Jeff Tims
Busted
Giang Hoang
Giang Hoang
Busted

Tags: Giang HoangJeff TimsZohair Karim

Tims Is Crippled

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The action began with a raise to 22,000 from Larry Quang. Jeff Tims moved all in from the button and that was followed by an all in from Justin Zaki. Quang looked as if he wanted to come along but opted for the fold.

Tims: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Zacki: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

With Tims yelling "keep it low" the {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}flop was dealt and gave Zaki some more outs. Zaki received one of his outs when the {q-Hearts} came on the turn and that made the {2-Hearts} river irrelevant. After the chips were counted, Tims was left with just 5,000 in chips.

Tims folded the next hand but tripled up on the following hand when he paired his queen against Zaki.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Zaki us
Justin Zaki
435,000
214,000
214,000
Jeff Tims
Jeff Tims
18,000
-202,000
-202,000

Tags: Jeff TimsJustin ZakiLarry Quang

Karim Gets Value Again

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Zohair Karim has been throwing some of his opponents off with his unorthodox betting today, but it surely has been working for him, as he just took a big pot off Jeff Tims to get up to over a million.

Karim raised it up to 22,000, and Tims called from the small blind. The flop came down {k-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Spades}, and Tims checked to Karim, who bet out 21,000. Tims called, and the turn brought the {2-Hearts}. Tims again checked, and this time, Karim fired out nearly a min bet, 11,000. Tims called that, and the river was the {a-Clubs}.

Tims checked a third time, and like he did before, Karim overbet the river, tossing out 126,000. Tims thought for about a minute before calling, and Karim rolled over {a-Spades}{7-Spades} for two pair.

Tims tapped the table with both fists, and said "I floated the flop, turn the nut flush draw, and rivered an ace," before mucking his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Zo Karim us
Zo Karim
1,150,000
260,000
260,000
Jeff Tims
Jeff Tims
220,000
-146,000
-146,000

Tags: Zohair KarimJeff Tims