WSOP 2013 - Main Event - We Have a November Nine

Play resumed for the seats of the November Nine on WSOP 2013 Event #62 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 7. The remaining field of 27 players were led by German Anton Morgenstern with 21,955,000 in chips and it consisted of names like JC Tran, WSOP 2001 Main Event champion Carlos Mortensen, Amir Lehavot, Sergio Castelluccio, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, 2012 October Niner Steve Gee and David ‘Raptor’ Benefield, among others.

First out was Benjamin Pollak, whose pocket nines were cracked by Maxx Coleman’s A-4, which improved to a straight on the board. Jorn Walthaus and Jason Mann followed before Gee busted out: on Level 30 (15,000/60,000/120,000), he 4-bet all-in with 2,930,000 on Morgenstern’s 3-bet and the latter called.

Gee: T 7
Morgenstern: 8 8

Board: 8 Q 2 A 3

Morgenstern won with trips and his stack increased to 29,325,000, while Gee lost his shot at making it to the finale a second time.

Clement Tripodi finished in 23rd place and WPT title holder Timoshenko in 22nd; the latter shoved with A 8 and Jan Nakladal called with A J and the board came A J T K J. Coleman came next and, to a great surprise, Morgenstern after him: following Mark Newhouse doubling up through him twice, he dropped to only 2,495,000 in chips, which he pushed in with A-J on Level 32 (30,000/100,000/200,000). Fabian Ortiz called with pocket aces and the hand held out.

James Alexander finished in 19th, Nakladal in 18th, Ortiz in 17th, Chris Lindh in 16th and Bruno Kawauti in 15th, the latter’s pocket tens being overrun by WSOP champion Rep Porter’s sevens, improving to set on the flop and full on the river. A couple of hands later, EPT 2012 Grand Final 4th finisher Castelluccio pushed in his remaining 4,350,000 and WSOP title holder Amir Lehavot called.

Castelluccio: A 5
Lehavot: K K

Board: Q 8 2 Q 2

The kings held and Castelluccio was out in 14th place.

Alexander Livingston followed in 13th place and Porter in 12th, running with K-J into Ryan Riess’ nines. The unofficial final table and the bubble phase being one elimination away, Matthew Reed opened all-in with 5,350,000 in chips from the Button. Chipleader JC Tran called from the BB with pocket queens and Reed tabled K-4, with the board coming neutral.

After a short break, the remaining players carried on at a single table. In the 266th hand of the day and still on Level 35, Sylvain Loosli raised to 800,000 from the Button, shortstack Mark Newhouse raised all-in with 2,150,000 from the BB and Loosli called.

Newhouse: A 6
Loosli: Q 4

Board: A K 4 9 7

Newhouse doubled up with aces.

Still playing 10-handed, Mortensen dropped down to just over 5 million in chips. In hand #281, he opened to 800,000 from CO, JC Tran from the BB called and the flop came T 6 3 . Tran check-called Mortensen’s 800,000 bet and they saw the 9 come on the turn. Tran shoved and Mortensen called all-in with 3,575,000.

Tran: 8 7
Mortensen: A 9

River: 2

Tran won with a straight and Mortensen bubbled the Main Event Final Table.


Two times WSOP and WPT champion JC Tran has the chiplead in the 2013 WSOP Main Event November Nine.

The Final Table seat draw is as follows:

Seat 1: Sylvain Loosli (France) – 19,600,000
Seat 2: Michiel Brummelhuis (The Netherlands) – 11,275,000
Seat 3: Mark Newhouse (USA) – 7,350,000
Seat 4: Ryan Riess (USA) – 25,875,000
Seat 5: Amir Lehavot (Israel) – 29,700,000
Seat 6: Marc McLaughlin (Canada) – 26,525,000
Seat 7: JC Tran (USA) – 38,000,000
Seat 8: David Benefield (USA) – 6,375,000
Seat 9: Jay Farber (USA) – 25,975,000

Prizes:

1st: $8,359,531
2nd: $5,173,170
3rd: $3,727,023
4th: $2,791,983
5th: $2,106,526
6th: $1,600,792
7th: $1,225,224
8th: $944,593
9th: $733,224