Today at the 2013 World Series of Poker, two bracelets will be handed out, while one event continues its Day Two play.
Event #9 – $3000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout – Day Two
Ten six handed tables came back on Tuesday to determine the final table for Event #9. There was a huge throng of popular pros who were in the mix and several of them will make their way to the final table to continue the battle for the latest WSOP bracelet.
With the Shootout format, you might expect everyone to be equal in chips but, due to the odd number of players entering this event (477), there are some players who have been able to eke out a few more chips than their opponents. When they enter the Amazon Room’s “Mothership” later today, the players will line up as such:
Seat 1: Steven Silverman, 428,000
Seat 2: Simeon Naydenov, 427,000
Seat 3: Tim West, 428,000
Seat 4: Cliff Josephy, 419,000
Seat 5: Alessandro Longobardi, 421,000
Seat 6: Max Steinberg, 428,000
Seat 7: Evan Silverstein, 427,000
Seat 8: Ryan Hughes, 422,000
Seat 9: David “Bakes” Baker, 428,000
Seat 10: Chris Klodnicki, 429,000
Four of these men (Josephy, Baker, Hughes and Steinberg) have already won a WSOP bracelet, while Klodnicki has a major title (on the now defunct Epic Poker League) and a WSOP Circuit ring to his credit. West and Steinberg have some skills while Naydenov and Longobardi have demonstrated their abilities on the European scene. The “wild cards” in the mix will be Silverman (who has had a nice run of late) and Silverstein.
With only 10,000 chips separating the competitors, it truly is anyone’s tournament to win. The eventual champion tonight will take down the WSOP bracelet and a $299,486 payday that goes along with it.
Event #10 – $1500 Limit Hold’em – Day Two
From the 177 players that came back on Tuesday for action, only 19 are left to vie for the bracelet on Wednesday. Some of the notables who didn’t make the cash in this event included Phil Ivey and Bryan Devonshire, but such pros as Tom Schneider, Nick Schulman, Kevin MacPhee and Hoyt Corkins were able to pick up some cash.
Heading to today’s action, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Eric Froehlich will be on the pole position, but the lead is a small one.
1. Eric Froehlich, 319,000
2. Mark Mierkalns, 266,000
3. Morgan Newman, 242,000
4. Aaron Ogus, 233,000
5. Binh Ly, 197,000
6. Chiduziem Obi, 183,000
7. Brian Nichols, 182,000
8. Thomas Blizniak, 170,000
9. Malissia Zapata, 161,000
(tied) Jack Jiang, 161,000
After what will probably be a long and exhausting evening of poker, the eventual champion will take home the WSOP bracelet and $191,605 for their efforts.
Event #11 – $2500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em – Day One
An excellent field of 924 players stepped to the felt on Tuesday for Event #11 on this year’s WSOP schedule and, for the first time this year, a lady will lead the field heading for Day Two play this afternoon.
By the end of Tuesday night’s action, Tammie Tibbles was atop the leaderboard. She established that lead by besting John Racener with a nut spade flush while Racener could only must a smaller flush to challenge her. With that hand, Tibbles put her name on the top of the 122 players coming back for play today.
1. Tammie Tibbles, 233,000
2. Steve Kelly, 224,000
3. Tuan Le, 149,000
4. Nicholas Grippo, 137,600
5. David “Chino” Rheem, 136,400
6. Marcio Cid, 135,000
7. Scott Clements, 122,000
8. Andreas Hoivold, 92,000
9. Eddy Sabat, 88,700
10. Tom Braband, 77,100
108 of the players around for today’s play will take home a WSOP payday for their poker resumes, meaning there will be 14 players who will only have the notoriety of making Day Two in this event and no cash. The eventual champion will take down $473,019 for his (or hers?) efforts.
If this wasn’t enough action for the fans around the Rio, two tournaments will start their Day One play today. Event #12, the $1500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, and Event #13, the $5000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo fight, will kick off at noon and 5PM respectively. It all adds up to another hectic day of action as the first week of the 2013 World Series of Poker comes to a close.
