Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Sergei Stazhkov opened to 25,000 under the gun and Grayson Ramage three-bet to 55,000 from the button. Action folded back to Stazhkov who shoved for 382,000. Ramage quickly called with   , racing with Stazhkov's   .

The flop fell    , no help to Ramage. The   turn left Ramage with six outs to score the knockout and sure enough, the   landed on the river to pair Ramage's ace and eliminate Stazhkov.

Grayson Ramage	2,286,000	394,000
Sergei Stazhkov	0	-352,000

The action folded around to Hai Chu in the small blind, who limped in. Zachary Wiess checked from the big blind, as both players saw the flop come    . Chu checked, before Weiss bet out 15,000. Chu then instantly moved all in for his last 78,000. Weiss asked for a count, before making the call.

Chu:   
Weiss:   

Chu had the over-pair and held, as the board ran out the   and   to double up.

Zachary Weiss	285,000	-55,000
Hai Chu	198,000	-385,000

Generally speaking, the level that follows the dinner break in most tournaments is rather subdued. While things may have started that way here on Day 4 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, fireworks shot into the air of the Amazon Room in the last quarter of the level.

The two biggest pot of the tournament were played towards the end of Level 19 with the blinds at 5,000/10,000/1,000. The first was won by Jason Mann and eliminated Dick van Luijk in stunning fashion. That pot propelled Mann to 2.35 million in chips, and he became the chip leader. The second massive pot went to Grayson Ramage. He took a banger from Nick Schwarmann right after the van Luijk hand that sent Ramage up to 2.09 million.

Other notable rises came from JC Tran, Brett Richey, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Marvin Rettenmaier, Annette Obrestad and Jackie Glazier — all of whom are proven faces in the game and will be very tough competition moving forward.

As per the standard of poker tournaments, bunches of players continued to hit the rail. We began to question whether or not the WSOP would cut the night short similar to what they did last year on Day 4, but it looks like we'll be sticking to plan and finishing out a full five levels. Those who won't be finishing include Jon Turner, Ludovic Lacay, Adam Kende, Daniel Hicks and Nick Guagenti.

Guagenti was eliminated in a three-way clash of big hands involving Martin Tonnesen and Jorn Walthaus. The money went in preflop to see Tonnesen's   , Walthaus'    and Guagenti's    do battle. When the dust had settled, Tonnesen's kings had held, giving him much more than a double, while sending Guagenti to the rail.

Vladimir Geshkenbein, Clement Tripodi, Max Steinberg, Andrea Dato and Jonathan Lane will all be continuing with large stacks, while the defending champion Greg Merson is still alive and well. Ronnie Bardah, the man who jointly tied Chris Bjorin's consecutive cash record of four with Christian Harder, is also still around.

With under 300 players remaining in the field, we'll see you back here in 20 minutes tim for the final level of the night.

Adam Friedman was first to act and he moved all in from under the gun for a total of 149,000. Next to act was Javier Montano and he reraised all in over the top for a total of 367,000. Everyone else folded and the two went to showdown.

Friedman:   
Montano:   

The flop came down     and it looked grim for Friedman. He did pick up a few extra outs on the   turn, but the   river was not one of those outs. With that, Friedman was eliminated from the Main Event after making another good run here in 2013.

Javier Montano	529,000	354,000
Adam Friedman	0	-180,000

Ludovic Lacay got the rest of his small stack in preflop holding   , and he was up against the    of Clement Tripodi. The players had to wait for over a minute for the cameras to come over and grab it, and the table started to get a bit restless. When they arrived, the dealer ran out a board of      , and Tripodi made an unnecessary top pair on the river to bust Lacay.

Clement Tripodi	1,600,000	440,000
Ludovic Lacay	0	-300,000

Alex Livingston opened with a raise to 22,000 from middle position. In the next seat, Jean-Yves Malherbe reraised to a total of 49,000. Action folded around to Yevgeniy Timoshenko who was on the button. He cold four-bet to 114,000. Next to act was Annette Obrestad and she five-bet to a total of 270,000 from the small blind. Action folded around to Livingston who folded. Malherbe decided to move all in for a total of 801,000. Timoshenko quickly folded but after only a few seconds Obrestad called and the hands were tabled.

Obrestad:   
Malherbe:   

Both players were holding pocket kings and they would chop the pot unless a four flush came down, but the board ran out       and both players were able to chop the giant pot with the same hand.

Annette Obrestad	1,206,000	13,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	1,112,000	-127,000
Jean-Yves Malherbe	878,000	54,000

Following an Adam Sherman open for 23,000 from under the gun, four players called including Sami Rustom (button) and Jonathan Jaffe (big blind).

The flop came    , and after the small blind checked, Jaffe fired 40,000 and only Sherman and Rustom called.

The turn then brought the  . This time Jaffe bet 50,000, and Sherman called once more. Then Rustom made it 150,000 to go, and Jaffe didn't wait too long before calling. Sherman, meanwhile, tanked for about a minute before letting his hand go.

The river was the  . This time Jaffe checked, and after about a half-minute Rustom declared he was all in. Jaffe sat in thought for another minute or more, then folded.

Rustom wouldn't give in to post-hand urging from others at the table to show his hand, although as the next hand was dealt he insisted he had a flush. That one pushes Rustom up over 1.7 million now.

Sami Rustom	1,740,000	240,000
Adam Sherman	315,000	-175,000
Jonathan Jaffe	210,000	-180,000