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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:31 PM Local Time
Final Table Line Up
The players have now returned from break and are officially at a WSOP final table. There is just over 7 minutes remaining on the clock in this level.
| Seat | Player |
|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Thompson |
| 2 | Mathew Seer |
| 3 | Jesse McEuen |
| 4 | Mike Pickett |
| 5 | Carter Myers |
| 6 | Chris Dombrowski |
| 7 | Dimitar Yosifov |
| 8 | Mathew Moore |
| 9 | Christopher Bolek |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:08 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
The final nine players are heading on a short break, here are the official counts.
| Dimitar Yosifov | 1,550,000 | 85,000  |
| Carter Myers | 1,302,000 | 292,000 |
| Mathew Moore | 760,000 | -30,000  |
| Mike Pickett | 610,000 | 148,000 |
| Chris Dombrowski | 565,000 | -78,000 |
| Jonathan Thompson | 429,000 | 429,000 |
| Jesse McEuen | 407,000 | -51,000 |
| Christopher Bolek | 355,000 | 355,000 |
| Mathew Seer | 350,000 | 350,000 |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:06 PM Local Time
Ben Greenberg Eliminated in 10th Place ($20,015)
Carter Myers raised to 32,000 from middle position. After some serious thought, Ben Greenberg moved all in for his final 400,000. Myers made the call and we were off the races with :
Greenberg:
Meyers:
The race was over before it began when Myers flopped a jack on the . The river sealed Greenberg's fate and was followed by the river.
With Greenberg's elimination, the tournament has reached the final table and will be restarting from the feature table soon. Keep here on PokerNews for real-time hand-for-hand coverage.
| Ben Greenberg | 0 | -415,000 |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:49 PM Local Time
Jacks for Moore
Dimitar Yosifov opened to 32,000 and Ben Greenberg made the call next to act before Mathew Moore three-bet to 89,000. Yosifov folded by Greenberg made the call before both players took their time on each street before checking down the board.
Greenberg tabled his , but it would be Moore's that would see him scoop the pot to move to nearly 800,000 in chips.
| Mathew Moore | 790,000 | 209,000 |
| Ben Greenberg | 415,000 | -95,000 |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:39 PM Local Time
He Who 3-Bets
Play has slowed significantly since reaching the final table. The last five hands were all won by the person who 3-bet. Of those five hands, three of them were won by our chip leader Dimitar Yosifov.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:31 PM Local Time
Aces Up for Dombrowski
From the small blind Carter Myers made it 36,000 to go and Chris Dombrowski defended his big blind to see the dealer drop a flop.
Both players checked as the landed on the turn and again Myers tapped the table. Dombrowski slid out a 28,000-chip bet only to have Myers check-raise to 83,000.
Pausing for a few moments to contemplate, Dombrowski would eventually call as the landed on the river and both players checked.
Myers tabled his , but it would be Dombrowski's that would see him win the pot.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:29 PM Local Time
Unofficial Final Table
With the recent eliminations of Ryan Riess, we are now down to the unofficial final table of ten.
| Seat | Player |
|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Thompson |
| 2 | Mathew Seer |
| 3 | Jesse McEuen |
| 4 | Mike Pickett |
| 5 | Carter Myers |
| 6 | Chris Dombrowski |
| 7 | Dimitar Yosifov |
| 8 | Ben Greenberg |
| 9 | Mathew Moore |
| 10 | Christopher Bolek |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:27 PM Local Time
Ryan Riess Eliminated in 11th Place ($20,015)
Dimitar Yosifov opened to 37,000 from the button. Ryan Riess put his remaining 306,000 stack in the middle and Yosifov snap called.
Riess:
Yosifov:
Riess was not happy to see he was dominated and he didn't find any help on the board. With the elimination of Riess in 11th place, the players will be drawing seats for the unofficial final table.
| Dimitar Yosifov | 1,465,000 | 310,000 |
| Ryan Thomas Riess | 0 | -306,000 |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:20 PM Local Time
Chop It Up
Christopher Bolek opened to 32,000 from under the gun only to have Mathew Moore three-bet to 68,000. With the action on Mathew Seer on the button he moved all in for roughly 300,000. Bolek folded and Moore made the call.
Moore:
Bolek:
The board ran out to see the pot chopped up.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:16 PM Local Time
Thien Le Eliminated in 12th Place ($20,015)
Thien Le moved in from late position for his remaining stack with and was called by Ben Greenberg in the big blind holding .
Le was ahead to start the hand but that quickly changed on the flop. Le couldn't find one of his two outs on the turn or river river and would hit the rail in 12th place.
| Ben Greenberg | 510,000 | 124,000 |
| Thien Le | 0 | -142,000 |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:06 PM Local Time
Thomas Miller Eliminated in 13th Place ($15,822)
From middle position Thomas Miller moved all in for a little over 200,000 only to have Carter Myers isolate-shove from the small blind.
Miller:
Myers:
In the lead and racing for his tournament life, Miller would unfortunately see the dealer spread a flop before the and completed the board on the turn and river sending Miller out in 13th for a $15,822 payday.
| Carter Myers | 1,010,000 | 192,000 |
| Thomas Miller | 0 | -204,000 |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:02 PM Local Time
Play Underway
The cards are now in the air for Day 3 of Event 30.
The plan is to firstly play down to a final table of nine before moving to the feature table in the ESPN Thunderdome!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:11 PM Local Time
Final Day of Event 30; Dimitar Yosifov Leads!
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the 2013 World Series of Poker for Day 3 of the Event #30: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em.
13 players are returning to battle down until just one remains with their hands solely resting on the gold bracelet and $346,332 first prize.
Bulgarian Dimitar Yosifov bagged the most chips late last night with 1,150,000 and sits several hundred thousand clear of his nearest rival Carter Myers with 818,000 as the final 13 line up as follows.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|
| 447 | 1 | Ryan Thomas Riess | 306,000 |
| 447 | 2 | Thien Le | 142,000 |
| 447 | 3 | Carter Myers | 818,000 |
| 447 | 4 | Mike Pickett | 462,000 |
| 447 | 5 | Ben Greenberg | 386,000 |
| 447 | 6 | empty | -- |
| 447 | 7 | empty | -- |
| 447 | 8 | Thomas Miller | 204,000 |
| 447 | 9 | Dimitar Yosifov | 1,155,000 |
| | | | |
| 452 | 1 | Jesse McEuen | 458,000 |
| 452 | 2 | empty | -- |
| 452 | 3 | empty | -- |
| 452 | 4 | empty | -- |
| 452 | 5 | Mathew Seer | 338,000 |
| 452 | 6 | Chris Dombrowski | 643,000 |
| 452 | 7 | Jonathan Thompson | 358,000 |
| 452 | 8 | Christopher Bolek | 470,000 |
| 452 | 9 | Mathew Moore | 581,000 |
Play is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. local time with the PokerNews live reporting team covering all the action as we play down from a final 13 down to the newest WSOP gold bracelet champion.