Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 5 Completed
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 5
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
After 239 players began, the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event has been cut down to just 68 players after the conclusion of Day 5. Another five, two-hour levels of play have been put in the books, and leading the way into Day 6 is Sami Rustom with 7,005,000 in chips.
Heading into the last level of the night, Rustom had the lead. While Marc McLaughlin and Ryan Riess managed to both take turns holding the top spot during the final level, Rustom soared at the end to finish just 10,000 chips ahead of McLaughlin. The California native is here making the largest cash of his career by a long shot. In fact, this single score here, whatever it may be for Rustom, has already surpassed his total lifetime tournament earnings of $43,957. Rustom does have two WSOP cashes, both coming from back in 2007.
While Rustom may have the chip lead, the biggest story returning today was that of defending champion Greg Merson. Merson made it to the second level of the day, Level 22, with the blinds at 10,000/20,000/3,000 before he was . After Richey had opened to 40,000 from middle position, Merson moved all in from the next seat with the 
for 481,000. Richey called holding the 
to have Merson dominated. Following a runout of 
, Merson was sent to the payout desk to collect his winnings. He finished in 167th place for $42,990.
After Merson was sent off, plenty of other notables joined him in the payout line. Kevin Calenzo finished in 165th place, Jason Potter busted in 164th place, Alexander Kuzmin hit the rail in 135th place, and Alex Bilokur went out in 126th place, just to name a few. Then came the elimination of Ronnie Bardah in 124th place.
Bardah had cameras fixated on him for much of the past three days as he went deeper and deeper in his fourth WSOP Main Event cash in a row, but he'd have to settle for a payday of $50,752 after busting out at the hands of Jorn Walthaus. Walthaus cracked a short-stacked Bardah's aces with the 
by making a flush.
Heading into Day 6, the two big stories are stealing the headlines belong to Jackie Glazier and Carlos Mortensen.
Glazier proved to be the last woman standing in the 2013 Main Event and will advance with 4,045,000 in chips. She found a nice surge to her stack in the last level of the night, Level 25, with the blinds at 20,000/40,000/5,000 by doubling through Chris Johnson. Johnson was crippled and eliminated shortly thereafter.
Mortensen is trying to repeat the feat he achieved back in 2001, when he won the WSOP Main Event for $1.5 million. En route to finishing the day with 2,665,000 in chips, Mortensen busted Marvin Rettenmaier in 99th place. When Rettenmaier put his money in for the last time in this event, his 
were outdone by the for Mortensen. This is Mortensen's deepest run in the Main Event since his win in 2001.
Other notables still left in the field are Steve Gee, last year's ninth-place finisher, Ryan Riess, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, David Benefield, JC Tran, Noah Schwartz, Chris Lindh, Amir Lehavot, Jonathan Jaffe, Yann Dion, Jim Collopy, Vitaly Lunkin, Mark Newhouse, Vladimir Geshkenbein, Brett Richey and Rep Porter.
Day 6 will begin on Sunday at 12 p.m. Las Vegas time, and the plan right now stands at playing out another five levels. That plan could be altered due to filming and how fast play has been moving along, but we'll have more on that tomorrow. Until then, get a good night's sleep and prepare yourself for another day of exciting poker action. We'll see you right back here then on PokerNews!
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Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,050,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
6,695,000
-405,000
|
-405,000 |
|
6,580,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
6,260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
||
|
5,740,000 | |
|
5,690,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
||
|
5,570,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
||
|
5,435,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
5,255,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
|
4,095,000
-485,000
|
-485,000 |
|
|
4,070,000
1,140,000
|
1,140,000 |
|
4,045,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,965,000
1,850,000
|
1,850,000 |
|
3,935,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
3,920,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
3,810,000
955,000
|
955,000 |
|
3,750,000
1,555,000
|
1,555,000 |
|
3,675,000 | |
|
|
3,635,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
3,595,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,535,000
1,010,000
|
1,010,000 |
|
3,500,000
1,075,000
|
1,075,000 |
|
3,485,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
3,455,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
3,450,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
These players earned $102,102 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts page.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Tyler Cornell was all in and at risk holding 
on a flop of 
, and David Benefield had him at risk with 
. Benefield failed to fill up on the turn (
) and the river (), and Cornell doubled to 1.465 million chips. Benefield fell to 3.675 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,675,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
1,465,000
845,000
|
845,000 |
|
|
||
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
In the last hand of the night, Gaetano Preite opened to 100,000 from under the gun plus one, and was called by Jay Farber in late position. The option then fell on Donald Depew, who moved all in for his last 605,000 from the button. Preite paused for a moment before folding, before a short wait saw Farber make the call.
Depew: 
Farber:
Depew was in great shape to double up heading into day six, but was out flopped. The saw Farber take the lead with two pair, and when the and 
didn’t help, Depew was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,030,000
1,115,000
|
1,115,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
In the next-to-the-last hand of the night, Keanu Tabali opened with a button-raise, then it folded to Umang Dattani in the big blind. The pair had planned earlier in the evening to order beers during the final half-hour of play, but only Tabali did, with Dattani perhaps being more preoccupied with wanting to preserve and/or improve upon his below average stack.
Dattani checked his cards, then announced he was all in, and Tabali thought just a few seconds before letting his hand go. "Show!" he said, and Dattani just grinned. "Give me my money, I ain't showing nothing!" he said with a laugh.
Benjamin Pollak was then the one doing the open-shoving from late position on the night's final hand, but again there were no callers, and both Dattani and Pollak will be returning for tomorrow's Day 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,035,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
|
740,000
-555,000
|
-555,000 |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
The clock has been paused and all remaining tables will play out three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
James Alexander raised to 80,000 in middle position, Yann Dion called in late position, Bryan Pellegrino called in the cutoff, and Josh Pollock defended his big blind. All four players checked on a flop of 
, and the turn was the . Pollock moved all in, and only Dion called.
Pollock: 
Dion: 
Pollock needed a three, eight, or six to survive, and but the river brought the . He hit the rail, while Dion is up to 2.36 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,360,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
These players earned $84,786 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts page.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |