Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Action folded around to Lori Kirgan on the button and she put in a raise. Leonid Bilokur made the call and then checked the     flop. Kirgan obliged with a bet, Bilokur check-raised and Kirgan three-bet her last 4,000. Bilokur made the call and table   , which was ahead of Kirgan's   .

"You did it to me again," Kirgan said in reference to an earlier hand. At that time, the dealer burned and turned the  . "Yes," Kirgan said after hitting the two-outter. The   completed the board on the river and Bilokur was left with 70,000.

A few hands later, Bilokur became involved in a pot with David Arsht. We're not sure of the exact action, but we do know that Bilokur was eliminated on a       board after Arsht revealed   .

Lori Kirgan	100,000	40,000
Leonid Bilokur	0	-70,000

Action started with Jared Woodin, and he raised. Ben Landowski put in a third bet, and it folded back to Woodin. He stuck the rest of his chips in, and Landowski instantly called.

Landowski:   
Woodin:   

Woodin caught a piece of the flop, as it came down    . He would still need to catch one of the two remaining queens in the deck, and he hit one of them on the turn, the  . The river was the  , and Woodin survived the hand to double up. He has taken full advantage of this blessing, as he has since won a few more small pots to up his stack to 130,000.

Ben Landowski	470,000	-40,000
Jared Woodin	130,000	70,000

The 15 remaining players are in their seats, and the cards are back in the air.

On a flop of    , Lori Kirgan bet from the cutoff only to have Ian Johns put in a raise. The two, who were both short, actually had the same amount of chips, all of which went in after a couple more raises.

Showdown
Johns |   
Kirgan |   

Johns was in good shape with his pair of aces, but Kirgan could still make a straight with a ten. The   turn was interesting as it gave Kirgan flush opportunities, but it'd be the   river that'd give he the aforementioned straight and the win.

A disappointed Johns collected his things and made his way to the payout desk in 16th place.

Lori Kirgan	100,000	42,000
Ian Johns	0	-35,000

A short-stacked Jennifer Harman got her chips in preflop with    and squaring off against Leonid Bilokur, who held   . It was an old-fashioned flip, and one that didn't come down in Harman's favor as the flop fell    . Bilokur paired his king to take a commanding lead, and Harman was left looking for a queen.

The   turn wasn't what she needed and neither was the   river. Bilokur ended up making a flush, which sent Harman home in 18th place with her first cash of the 2012 World Series of Poker.

Jennifer Harman

0

-40,000

We saw Jed Dickerson on his feet and shaking hands with Bruce Rosen, which was an indicator that he had been eliminated. Sure enough, we made our way over to see Dickerson with    laid out in front of him, which was no good against Rosen's   .

With Dickerson's elimination in 19th place, we're down to the final 18 players. That means it's time for a two-table redraw!

Bruce Rosen	270,000	45,000
Jed Dickerson	0	-39,000

We came to the table as the turn was being dealt on a board that read     . Al Barbieri checked to his lone opponent Isaac Haxton, who fired out a bet. Barbieri check raised, and Haxton had a decision for all his chips. He made the call, and when the cards were flipped, Barbieri was well out in front.

Barbieri:   
Haxton:   

Haxton could only catch a diamond to survive, and the river brought the  . Haxton goes home in 20th place, while Barbieri is out chip leader with 450,000.

Al Barbieri	450,000	236,000
Isaac Haxton	0	-72,000

A short-stacked Jeff Weiss raised from middle position only to have Lori Kirgan reraise on the button. Both blinds got out of the way, Weiss put in another bet and Kirgan made the call, bringing about the     flop. Weiss bet, leaving himself just 3,000 behind, and Kirgan simply called. When the   turned, Weiss put in his last few chips and Lirgan called.

Showdown

Kirgan was left shaking her head as the   appeared on the river, while Weiss smiled and said, "Good time for aces."

Lori Kirgan	98,000	-12,000
Jeff Weiss	80,000	50,000

It too has been a rough day for Jeff Weiss. He came into today as one of the bigger stacks with 171,000, but it has been a downward spiral today. Here's the hand that did most the damage.

Roland Israel raised it up in late position, and Weiss called. David Arsht also called in the big blind, and the flop came down    . Arsht checked to Israel who bet out, and Weiss called. Arsht check raised, and Israel folded. However, Weiss came along. Arsht bet on the turn, the  , and the river, the  , and Weiss called both times. Arsht showed   , and Weiss tapped the tabled before open mucking   .

That knocked him down to just 12,000, thought he did double up a few hands later. He shoved in the small blind with   , and Jennifer Harman called in the big blind with   . Weiss flopped two pair and held, and he got the first of what will need to be a few double ups if he wants to be a contender again.

David Arsht	165,000	35,000
Jeff Weiss	30,000	-112,000

Donald Auger put in a raise to 12,000 from middle position and was soon met with a three-bet to 18,000 by Jed Dickerson in the small blind. After the big blind got out of the way, Auger made the call and watched the flop come out    . Dickerson wasted little time in putting out a bet, Auger called and the   appeared on the turn.

This time Dickerson slowed down, though he did check-call a bet from Auger. The   river saw Dickerson check for a second time, and he ended up folding when Auger put out a bet.

Donald Auger	170,000	70,000
Jed Dickerson	39,000	-50,000