WSOP 2013 - Event #9: No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Result

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Buy-in: $3,000
Prizepool: $1,302,210
Entries: 477
Remaining: 60

Sixty Return Tomorrow For Day 2 of Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Today was full of sicko tables and lots of action here in Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. There were 477 players spread out among the Brasilia room, each trying to win their table. At the end of the day there were 60 players left, all of whom return tomorrow.

Action was fast and furious all day and we saw plenty of big names rise and fall. Some of the big names that will return tomorrow include Chris Klodnicki, Cherish Andrews, Victor Ramdin, Nick Binger, Matt Salsberg, Antonio Esfandiari and Bradon Cantu. Even though plenty of big name pros made it through the day, there were plenty of others who hit the rail, including three of the biggest names in poker: Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, and Daniel Negreanu.

Arguably the strongest table today seated Jason Mercier, Dario Minieri, Tony Gargano, Kevin Saul, Darren Elias, Jason Somerville and Matt Berkey together. It was Dario Minieri who came out on top of that one though. In an interview with PokerNews.com today, Minieri discussed some strategy for the No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Format. Minieri was able to close out his table when Kevin Saul held against his . Saul was ahead with his jacks, but the flop changed his fortunes, coming and giving Minieri a pair of kings. The rest of the board ran out , giving Saul no help.

Tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time we will return with the final 60 players split up into 10 tables of six players each. Those 10 winners will return on Day 3 to play down to a winner at the final table. PokerNews.com will be here for all the action on day 2 of Event #9 so make sure to tune in for updates all day.


Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

Table Seat Player Chips
436 1 Jan Kasten 71,100
436 2 James Mackey 71,200
436 3 Matt Salsberg 71,400
436 4 Salvatore Bianco 70,000
436 5 Tom Koral 70,900
436 6 Tim West 70,600

437 1 Ryan Hughes 63,000
437 2 Nipun Java 71,900
437 3 Derek Hanauer 71,700
437 4 Zachary Hall 71,800
437 5 Nick Binger 71,500
437 6 Andy Philachack 71,600

438 1 Michael Sabinash 71,400
438 2 Brandon Cantu 71,900
438 3 Bryan Campanello 71,100
438 4 Steven Silverman 72,000
438 5 Seung Rhee 71,000
438 6 Jared Solomon 70,700

439 1 Daniel Thomas 71,500
439 2 Victor Ramdin 71,100
439 3 Cherish Andrews 71,700
439 4 Max Steinberg 71,800
439 5 Jason Duval 70,900
439 6 Dario Minieri 70,000

440 1 Simeon Naydenov 71,800
440 2 Cylus Watson 71,100
440 3 Taveesak Kiatathikom 71,100
440 4 Connor Drinan 71,400
440 5 Timothy Nuter 70,600
440 6 Mandeep Narang 70,700

441 1 Gianluca Mattia 71,600
441 2 Jim Willerson 71,600
441 3 Kevin Eyster 71,900
441 4 Adam Friedman 71,200
441 5 David "Bakes" Baker 71,600
441 6 Sunil Aggarwal 70,400

442 1 Chris Klodnicki 71,600
442 2 Dylan Wilkerson 71,000
442 3 Mark Scott 71,300
442 4 Ezra Udoff 71,900
442 5 John Hennigan 71,600
442 6 Daniel Dipasquale 71,300

443 1 Johannes Meyer 71,700
443 2 Alessandro Longobardi 71,500
443 3 Nick Petrangelo 71,000
443 4 Mark Darner 71,400
443 5 Roy Gibbs Jr. 62,900
443 6 Antonio Esfandiari 71,800

444 1 Brock Parker 71,500
444 2 Cliff Josephy 71,500
444 3 Randy Dorfman 69,300
444 4 Bryan Piccioli 71,900
444 5 Dan O'Brien 71,700
444 6 Kyle Julius 62,900

445 1 Dario Sammartino 71,600
445 2 Leo Wolpert 70,700
445 3 Richard Roeper 71,600
445 4 Charles Nelson Robinson 71,000
445 5 Evan Silverstein 70,900
445 6 Charles Coultas 70,700

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Cliff Josephy Wins Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout ($299,486)!


Event 09 Gold Bracelet Winner Cliff Josephy

Event #9, the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, began with 477 players. Ten players made it to Day 3 with a chance to claim a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. It wan an impressive bunch that included four bracelet winners, but only one would emerge from the tournament with three single-table wins. That man was Cliff Josephy, now the proud owner of two WSOP bracelets (the first coming in 2005 in a $1,500 Stud tournament for $192,150).

Each final table participant began with a similar chip stack of about 71 big blinds to begin the final table. Despite jumping out to an early lead, Bulgarian Simeon Naydenov was the first to fall. After he doubled up David "Bakes" Baker on Hand #20, Naydenov fell on Hand #34 when he lost a race against Evan Silverstein. The next player to fall was Ryan Hughes when he lost a coin flip against Chris Klodnicki 34 hands later to exit in ninth place.

Josephy was in sixth place at the time and after he doubled up through Baker on Hand #74, Josephy would hold the chip lead for just about the rest of the way. He extended his lead by taking out Chris Klodnicki in eighth place and Max Steinberg in seventh place, before taking a back seat to seeing former chip leader David Baker fall to Steven Silverman in sixth place.

In a five-hand span, Josephy dispatched of Alessandro Longobardi and Tim West in fifth and fourth place, respectively to enter the dinner break with 65% of the chips.

Evan Silverstein doubled on the first hand following the dinner break through Josephy and then eliminated Steven Silverman in third place to close the gap on Josephy.

Heads-up play began with Josephy holding a slight lead over Silverstein and 46 hands later, Josephy sealed the deal and captured his second WSOP bracelet.

We hope you enjoyed our hand-for-hand coverage of this final table, and urge you to follow our coverage for the remainder of the summer as more bracelets are awarded. For now, good night from Las Vegas!
Place Player Prize
1 Cliff Josephy $299,486
2 Evan Silverstein $185,487
3 Steve Silverman $123,202
4 Tim West $91,428
5 Alessandro Longobardi $68,613
6 David "Bakes" Baker $51,997
7 Max Steinberg $39,756
8 Chris Klodnicki $30,641
9 Ryan Hughes $23,791
10 Simeon Naydenov $18,609
6/5/2013 11:08:40 PM PST (about 6 hours and 53 minutes ago)

Hand #216: Evan Silverstein Eliminated in 2nd Place ($185,487)


Heads Up: Evan Silverstein

Hand #217: On the last hand of heads up, Cliff Josephy raised to 60,000 from the button. Evan Silverstein raised all in. Josephy asked for a count, then made the call for 680,000 total.

Josephy:
Silverstein:

The flop was huge for Silverstein, making him the favorite. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator Silverstein was a 66% favorite to win the hand. The on the turn was not one of those outs though, and Silverstein was still looking to catch up. It was the on the river that sealed the deal and gave the victory to Josephy.