Thursday, June 6, 2013 6:11 PM Local Time
Hands #6-9
Hand #6- Ben Palmer opened the action to 40,000 from the button, and Scott Clements called from the small blind. The flop came , and both players checked. The same happened on the turn, and the river was the . Clements checked a third time, and Palmer made it 43,000 to go. Clements folded, and Palmer took the pot.
Hand #7- Action folded around to Scott Clements in the small blind, and he made the call. Levi Berger checked his option, and the flop came . Both players checked, and the turn brought the . Clements made it 26,000 to go, and Berger made the call. The river brought the , and Clements fired at ti again, this time for 58,000. Berger released his hand, and Clements took down the pot.
Hand #8- Jacob Bazeley raised it in the cutoff to 40,000, and Levi Berger called out of the small blind. The flop came , and Berger check folded when Bazeley bet 55,000.
Hand #9- Jacob Bazeley raised from under the gun to 40,000, and Levi Berger called on the button. They saw a flop of , and Bazeley c-bet to 52,000. Berger called, and both players checked when the hit the turn. The river brought the , and Bazeley fired out 85,000. Berger wasted little time in calling, and Bazeley showed for a straight. Berger showed for a straight as well. Chop chop.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 6:00 PM Local Time
David Gonia Elimiated in 6th Place ($57,282)
Hand #5: Levi Berger raised to 40,000 in the hijack and David Gonia three-bet all in for 396,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Berger called, and the hands were tabled.
Berger:
Gonia:
The board ran out , giving Berger Broadway to score the elimiation.
Levi Berger | 980,000 | 500,000 |
David Gonia | 0 | -461,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:57 PM Local Time
Hands 3-4
Hand #3: Scott Clements raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and was called by Eddy Sabat in the small blind and David Gonia in the big blind. They checked to the river of a board where Clements bet 104,000. Only Sabat called, but he mucked when Clements tabled .
Hand #4: Jacob Bazeley raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Scott Clements three-bet to 102,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Bazeley who folded.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:50 PM Local Time
Sabat Doubles Through Berger
Hand #1 - Ben Palmer opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 40,000, and it folded around to Scott Clements in the small blind. He three bet to 133,000, and it got back to Palmer. He moved all in for his last just about a million chips, and Clements folded, saying that he accidentally bet 25,000 too many.
Hand #2 - Jacob Bazeley raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, and Levi Berger made it 140,000 in the small blind. Eddy Sabat was in the big blind, and he announced all in for his last 720,000. Bazeley quickly folded, and Berger immediately asked for a count. Once he got it, he thought for a few more moments before putting a stack of chips in the middle, signifying a call.
Berger:
Sabat:
Sabat was in great shape, but the immediately popped into the window, as the flop came . Sabat now needed to hit a three outer, and the turn didn't do that, coming the . However, the slammed down on the river, and Sabat pumped his fist and yelled "Yes! Holy s**t!"
Once the chips were counted down, Sabat scored the full double to over 1.4 million.
Scott Clements | 2,520,000 | -155,000 |
Eddy Sabat | 1,450,000 | 716,000 |
Ben Palmer | 1,200,000 | 311,000 |
Levi Berger | 480,000 | -851,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:17 PM Local Time
Official Final Table
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
1 | Jacob Bazeley | 861,000 |
2 | Scott Clements | 2,675,000 |
3 | Levi Berger | 1,331,000 |
4 | Eddy Sabat | 734,000 |
5 | David Gonia | 461,000 |
6 | Ben Palmer | 889,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:13 PM Local Time
Short Break
The players are taking a break while the tournament staff gets everything set up for the final table. Cards should be in the air fairly shortly.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:07 PM Local Time
Clifford Goldkind Eliminated in 7th Place ($41,011)
The unofficial final table lasted just one hand.
Hand #1: Action folded to Clifford Goldkind in the small blind and he raised to 40,000. Scott Clements three-bet to 101,000 from the big blind, Goldkind four-bet to 265,000, and Clements five-bet shoved for about 885,000 effective. Goldkind called all in.
Goldkind:
Clements:
The flop came down to give Goldkind a flush draw, but it never came as the turn and river secured the pot for Clements.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:06 PM Local Time
Unofficial Final Table
*Seat | Player |
1 | Jacob Bazeley |
2 | Clifford Goldkind |
3 | Scott Clements |
4 | Levi Berger |
5 | Eddy Sabat |
6 | David Gonia |
7 | Ben Palmer |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:59 PM Local Time
Marcio Cid Eliminated in 8th Place ($41,011)
Scott Clements made it 42,000 from the button, and it folded to Marcio Cid in the big blind. He moved all in for his last 680,000, and it didn't take Clements long to call, setting up a huge pot of almost 1.4 million.
Clements:
Cid:
The flop sure brought some excitement, coming all diamonds: . Both players had a diamond, but Cid was the one who picked up the extra outs, as he had the ace of diamonds. Unfortunately for Cid, the board completed with two nines, the and , giving Clements the KO and the chip lead and sending us to our unofficial final table.
Scott Clements | 1,700,000 | 670,000 |
Marcio Cid | 0 | -890,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:55 PM Local Time
Goldkind Bests Berger
We caught up with the action on the flop, which read . Levi Berger and Clifford Goldkind were heads up, and the former bet out 38,000. Goldkind made the call, and Berger checked when the hit the turn. Goldkind took that as an invitation to bet out 58,000, and Berger came along to see the river, the .
Berger checked again, and Goldkind threw out a big bet of 138,000. Berger tanked for about two or three minutes before announcing call, then quickly mucked when saw Goldkind table for two pair. Berger fell to 1.2 million after that hand, while Goldkind is now up to 920,000.
Levi Berger | 1,200,000 | -290,000 |
Clifford Goldkind | 920,000 | 395,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:41 PM Local Time
Berger Takes From Sabat
Picking up the action after the the turn of an board, Eddy Sabat checked from the small blind and Levi Berger bet 55,000 from the big blind. Sabat called to see the river where he checked again. Berger bet a hefty 175,000 and after about 90 seconds, Sabat called.
Berger tabled for a flush, besting Sabat's holdings to win the pot.
Levi Berger | 1,490,000 | 430,000 |
Eddy Sabat | 810,000 | -520,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:34 PM Local Time
Bazeley's Jack Gets it Done
Jacob Bazeley made it 40,000 to go first to act, and Scott Clements called from the button. The flop came down , and Bazeley put out a c-bet to 45,000. Clements called, and the hit the turn. Bazeley checked to Clements, who fired out a bet of 77,000. Bazeley made the call, and both players checked when the hit the river.
Bazeley rolled over , adn Clements tossed his hand toward the dealer. After that pot, Bazeley is up to 800,000, while Clements is just a shade over one million.
Scott Clements | 1,030,000 | -80,000 |
Jacob Bazeley | 800,000 | 210,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:23 PM Local Time
Marcio Cid vs. Scott Clements
Marcio Cid raised to 32,000 on the button and Scott Clements defended his big blind.
The flop came down and Clements check-called 40,000 from Cid to see the turn. It was more of the same as Clements check-called 75,000 from Cid, landing the river which both checked.
Clements tabled for a pair of aces, but Cid took it down with for two pair.
Scott Clements | 1,110,000 | -90,000 |
Marcio Cid | 890,000 | 200,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:11 PM Local Time
Mickey Petersen Eliminated in 9th Place ($30,165)
Mickey Peteresen made it 32,000 to go from under the gun, and action folded to Ben Palmer on the button. He thought for about 45 seconds before cutting out raising chips, and put 70,000 in the middle. It got back around to Petersen, and he rechecked his hole cards, thought for about 20 seconds, and moved all in for his last 350,000. Palmer didn't take long to call, and when Petersen saw his hand, he said "you're good."
Petersen:
Palmer:
The board ran down , and since no player had a club, Palmer's kicker took down the pot. Peterson will take home over $30,00 for his efforts, while Palmer has upped his stack to just over a million.
Ben Palmer | 1,045,000 | 415,000 |
Mickey Petersen | 0 | -365,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 4:04 PM Local Time
Chip Counts
Eddy Sabat | 1,330,000 | -30,000 |
Scott Clements | 1,200,000 | 255,000 |
Levi Berger | 1,060,000 | 77,000 |
Marcio Cid | 690,000 | -91,000 |
Ben Palmer | 630,000 | -91,000 |
Jacob Bazeley | 590,000 | -41,000 |
David Gonia | 530,000 | -101,000 |
Clifford Goldkind | 525,000 | 56,000 |
Mickey Petersen | 365,000 | -78,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 3:54 PM Local Time
Tuan Le Eliminated in 10th Place ($30,165)
Tuan Le had high hopes of winning the second leg of the triple crown today, as he came into play second in chips. However, he fell down to average after doubling two opponents up early, and he has just been eliminated by Eddy Sabat in brutal fashion.
Sabat open limped from the cutoff, as did Levi Berger from the button. Le made it 43,000 to go in the small blind, and when it got to Sabat, he tried the old limp reraise play, with a raise to 150,000. Berger quickly folded, and after a few moments of though, Le moved all in for his final 416,000. Sabat asked for a count, and though he didn't look thrilled about it, he slid the call in.
Sabat:
Le:
Le was well out in front, and it stayed that way on the . The came on the turn, and Le looked like he would surely double up. Well, you read the title of the post, so you know what's coming next.
River:
The whole table, including Sabat, let out a big groan at the site of the brutal river beat, and a shocked Le could only shake his head in disbelief as he headed towards the rail. After taking that huge pot, Sabat is now our chip leader with 1.36 million.
Eddy Sabat | 1,360,000 | 455,000 |
Tuan Le | 0 | -423,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 3:38 PM Local Time
Play Slowing A Bit
The first ten minutes of post break play have been rather uneventful. Not only has their not been a showdown at either table, we haven't even seen a river card yet. The average stack is 683,000, and with the big stack, Levi Berger, having 983,000, and the short stack, Tuan Le, holding 423,000, everyone is fairly even and content with taking small pots for the time being. Given that it's six-max, we don't expect this to last long.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 3:26 PM Local Time
Play Underway Again
The players are back in their seats, and we are ready to get back underway.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 3:22 PM Local Time
The Updated 2013 WSOP Player of the Year
Current 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Standings
Place | Player | Points |
1 | Daniel Negreanu | 427.15 |
2 | Benny Chen | 300.00 |
3 | Charles Sylvestre | 260.00 |
4 | Daniel Marton | 252.00 |
5 | Trevor Pope | 240.00 |
6 | Matt Waxman | 233.00 |
7 | Bryan Piccioli | 226.50 |
8 | Dan Kelly | 212.20 |
9 | Michael Bennington | 210.00 |
10 | Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy | 200.00 |
Thursday, June 6, 2013 3:12 PM Local Time
Chip Counts
Levi Berger | 983,000 | -147,000 |
Scott Clements | 945,000 | -85,000 |
Eddy Sabat | 905,000 | -5,000 |
Marcio Cid | 781,000 | 87,000 |
Ben Palmer | 721,000 | 14,000 |
David Gonia | 631,000 | 181,000 |
Jacob Bazeley | 631,000 | 116,000 |
Clifford Goldkind | 469,000 | 19,000 |
Mickey Petersen | 443,000 | -77,000 |
Tuan Le | 423,000 | -117,000 |