Live Tournament Updates
Day 2 Players
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
Sorted In: Featured Blog, Bellagio, Season XI, WPT World Championship01:11 AM, 05/19/13
Day 1 Ends with Will Failla in the Lead with 276,000
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
Day 1 at the World Poker Tour World Championship saw 113 players take to the felt at the Bellagio Poker Room in
The chip leader at the end of play is Will Failla with 276,000. This is one of the most pro-heavy tournament fields of the year, so it is hard to list them all, but the big names that were at the top of the chip count when play came to a close a little before
The field was flooded with Champions Club members, including those who won their seat into this tournament as Season XI event winners. Noah Schwartz, Ben Hamnett, Andy Hwang, Paul Klann, Yorane Kerignard, Mike Linster, Rocco Palumbo, Giacomo Fundaro, Ravi Raghavan, Emil Olsson, Jonathan Roy, Vladimir Bozinovic, Marcin Wydorwski, Amir Babakhani, Josh Hale, Dominik Nitsche, Marvin Rettenmaier, Chanracy Kuhn, Matt Giannetti, and Season XI Player of the Year leader Matt Salsberg were all in action on Saturday.
The notables that didn’t make it thru Day 1 were Season XI Champions Club members Kai Chang and Kevin Eyster. Check back in at
09:22 PM, 05/18/13
Three More Hands
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped and the field was informed that they will play three more hands. There are 93 players that have survived according to the tournament clock. Stay tuned as we will be collecting chip count information from the bag-and-tag and catching the final hands of the night, which will be posted soon.
Sorted In: Bellagio, Season XI, WPT World Championship09:00 PM, 05/18/13
Mike Linster Busts Lamar Wilkinson and Takes the Chip Lead
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
The flop reads Q
8
7
and Lamar Wilkinson has a raise worth 35,000 sitting on the table in front of him. Mike Linster has a reraise that will put Lamar all-in out on the table and Lamar tanks.
He eventually decides to call and they flip over their cards. Linster holds 8
8
for a set and Lamar is behind with K
Q
. The turn and river fall 4
K
and Wilkinson is eliminated on the hand. Limster holds the chip lead with 265,500 after the hand.
Mike Linster - 265,500 (331 bb)
Lamar Wilkinson - Eliminated
08:59 PM, 05/18/13
Ralph Perry vs. Marvin Rettenmaier
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
Marvin Rettenmaier raises to 1,700 under the gun and Ralph Perry three-bets to 5,200 from the hijack. Action folds back to Rettenmaier who calls.
The flop falls 9
9
6
and Rettenmaier check-calls 6,000 from Perry to see the J
turn. It's more of the same as Rettenmaier check-calls 11,000 from Perry, landing the 3
river. A third check from Rettenmaier leads to a third bet from Perry, this one for 20,000.
After about two minutes in the tank, Rettenmaier calls. Perry taps the table and tells Rettenmaier his call is good.
Rettenmaier tables 7
7
and takes down the pot.
Marvin Rettenmaier - 220,000 (275 bb)
Ralph Perry - 63,000 (78 bb)
08:45 PM, 05/18/13
Tony Gargano Eliminated By Matt Salsberg
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
A short-stacked Tony Gargano is all in for 9,100 from middle position with A
J
against Matt Salsberg's 4
4
in the cutoff.
The board runs out 5
4
3
6
K
, bringing no help to Garagno and giving Salsberg a set.
Matt Salsberg - 120,000 (150 bb)
Tony Gargano - Eliminated
08:35 PM, 05/18/13
Mike Linster vs. Jeff Yarchever
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
Mike Linster raises to 1,700 preflop from middle position and Jeff Yarchever reraises to 5,300 from the cutoff. Linster calls and the flop is dealt K
Q
3
.
Jeff bets 11,000 and Linster calls. The turn brings the 5
and Jeff bets 18,000. Linster raises to 75,000 and Jeff goes into the tank. He eventually folds and Linster is close to 130,000 after the hand.
Mike Linster - 127,000 (158 bb)
Jeff Yarchever - 37,000 (46 bb)
08:23 PM, 05/18/13
Jake Cody vs. Faraz Jaka
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
Picking up the action after the turn of a Q
7
4
9
board, Jake Cody checks from the big blind and Faraz Jaka bets 3,100 from the hijack. Cody check-raises to 10,000, Jaka calls, and the K
lands on the river.
After about a minute in the tank, Cody checks. Jaka quickly checks behind and Cody tables J
9
for a flush.
Jaka mucks and Cody collects the pot.
Jake Cody - 252,000 (315 bb)
Faraz Jaka - 51,000 (63 bb)
08:21 PM, 05/18/13
Kai Chang Eliminated By Jean-Noel Thorel
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
Bay 101 champion Kai Chang is all in for about 11,000 against fellow short stack Jean-Noel Thorel, who has Chang barely covered.
Chang: A
2![]()
Thorel: A
K![]()
The board runs out A
9
6
K
2
as both player make two pair, but Thorel's is better to win the pot.
Jean-Noel Thorel - 23,000 (28 bb)
Kai Chang - Eliminated
08:11 PM, 05/18/13
Take a Hike!
Level 5: 400-800, 100 ante
Sorted In: Featured Blog, Bellagio, Season XI, WPT World Championship08:09 PM, 05/18/13


