WSOP Event #13: Phil Ivey Going After Another Bracelet

Event #13 on the WSOP schedule, the $2,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament gathered 1,088 players which generated a prize pool of $2,502,400. Whoever secures himself the first place will earn $506,786.

Only 175 players managed to survive through the day and they will return for Day 2 when the bubble will be burst. Only 117 of them will end in the money. Some of the early casualties included J.C. Tran, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Amnon Filippi, Jerry Yang and Humberto Brenes.
Team PokerStrategy.com members Tim " Nazgul" Kahlmeyer, Daniel " Allanon85"  Drescher and Tobias " Pokernoob"  Reinkemeier (pictured left) were also seen at the tables, but with no better results than in the past events.

Pokernoob just couldn't win any pots and then his story ended after he lost with pocket jacks against A-K. He commented in his blog:

"Of course it's pretty frustrating, especially when you feel like you're playing really well but the cards simply won't go your way."

JonathanLittle didn't fare any better either. He was doing well until a hand which cut his stack down to 41,000. Little opened the pot with a raise and got called by three players, including the big blind. The flop came , the big blind bet, Little raised, the action folded around back to the big blind who made a three bet. Little put his opponent all-in and got called.

Little turned over and the big blind showed . The following two cards didn't change anything and Little watched his stack shrink to 41,000. Nevertheless, he was still in a decent shape and continue to fight his way through the field.

Unfortunately, he was sent to the rail before the day came to an end. In his last hand, he moved all-in for 6,225 with and got called by an opponent who held . By far not the best situation he could've hoped for and when the board came , it was all over for Little.

Phil Ivey (pictured right) joined the action during Level 2 and quickly built his stack up. Unless somebody stops him, he might be soon looking at his 7th bracelet. Besides flashing his recently won bracelet, Ivey also demonstrated why he is one of the best.

In one of the many hands he won, Phil Ivey raised to 1,100 from the button and the big blind made the call. The flop came , the big blind checked, Ivey made a continuation bet and got called. The turn brought and both players checked.

The river came and the big blind led out for 2,200. Ivey went into the tank for a few minutes, giving his opponent a stare and after he pulled out the information he needed, Ivey made the call. His opponent immediately mucked his cards and Ivey won the pot.

With 175 players making it through the day, here are the top 10 most successful amongst them:

World Series Of Poker Event #13 Standings
Rank	Name	Chips
1st	Jochen Dickinger	171,400
2nd	Marcel Janicke	171,900
3rd	Philip Sousa	136,900
4th	Eric Mutrie	136,600
5th	Yven Portinga	136,000
6th	Brett Switzer	134,700
7th	John Hoang	120,600
8th	David Sands	120,200
9th	Torrey Reily	114,200
10th	Nikolay Evdakov	112,400

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