Our access to the feature table is limited, but we recently saw two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Scott Clements exit the stage. We asked announcer Robbie Thompson, and he was kind enough to inform us of Clements' elimination hand.
According to Thompson, Yann Dion opened for 20,000 holding and then called when Clements moved all in from the big blind with . It was a flip, but not one that would come down in Clements' favor as the flop delivered Dion an ace. Clements failed to catch back up and was eliminated from the 2013 PCA Main Event.
On a flop that read , Yury Gulyy checked to Andrey Shatilov who fired 24,000. Gulyy slid out a check-raise to 77,000 and Shatilov wasted little time announcing that he was all in. This was a bet for Gulyy's tournament life and he called.
Gulyy:
Shatilov:
Gulyy was ahead at the moments but Shatilov had a lot of out. He hit one of those outs when the turned, giving him the best pair with aces. The rivered, giving Shatilov two pair, but Gulyy the best hand with a straight. Gulyy was able to double to about 460,000.
Under the gun, Andrey Shatilov opened with a raise to 20,000. Yury Gulyy was in the cutoff seat and moved all in for 104,000. Action got back to Shatilov, and he called.
Gully held the , which was ahead of Shatilov's in this battle of two Russians. After the flop brought the , Gulyy's chances were very good, but the on the turn did give Shatilov a chance to hit a one-outer on the river.
The completed the board, though, and Gulyy successfully doubled up. Shatilov dropped back to 680,000 in chips.
Chris Klodnicki ended 2012 on a high note by winning the Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza Main Event, and he has begun 2013 with a nice score of $26,000 after a deep run here in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. In prior years when he's started off by cashing in the PCA Main Event (2008 and 2012), Klodnicki has gone on to earn $973,532 and $1,101,569, respectively, for the year.
Our view of the feature table is limited, but from what we saw, Gleb Tremzin was all in and at risk with two nines. He was racing against Joe Serock's ace-king, and there was a king on the turn.
Tremzin was eliminated, while Serock is over 1.6 million chips.
Eddy Sabat opened to 22,000 from early position, David Cowling three-bet jammed for 179,000 from the cutoff seat, and Ryan Carter called on the button. Both blinds released, and so too did Sabat.
Cowling:
Carter:
Cowling flopped a full house when the dealer fanned , and held as the turn and river came , respectively. He doubled to 400,000 chips, while Carter slipped to 450,000.
From middle position, Joel Micka raised to 20,000. Michael Lipman called from the button, and everyone else folded.
The dealer ran out the flop, and Micka continued with a bet of 21,000. Immediately, Lipman made it 75,000 to go. Micka took a few moments, then reraised all in for approximately 310,000. Lipman folded, and Micka won the pot.
Action folded to Maxim Panyak in the cutoff and he made it 20,000. Julius Colman shipped all in from the button for 117,000 and the blinds got out of the way. Panyak called and the hands were tabled:
Panyak:
Colman:
Colman jumped out into the lead when the flop paired his king through . The paired up Panyak on the turn but it was still the second best hand. The finished the board and Colman was able to double up to about 240,000.
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Mazin Khoury opened for 20,000 under the gun and cleared the field all the way around to 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Carlos Mortensen, who defended from the big blind. The latter player proceeded to check-call a bet of 22,000 on the flop, and then both players checked the turn.
When the appeared on the river, Mortensen led out with a bet of 50,000 and Khoury thought for a solid minute before releasing his hand.
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and then called when Clements moved all in from the big blind with 
. It was a flip, but not one that would come down in Clements' favor as the flop delivered Dion an ace. Clements failed to catch back up and was eliminated from the 2013 PCA Main Event.
, Yury Gulyy checked to Andrey Shatilov who fired 24,000. Gulyy slid out a check-raise to 77,000 and Shatilov wasted little time announcing that he was all in. This was a bet for Gulyy's tournament life and he called.
turned, giving him the best pair with aces. The 
rivered, giving Shatilov two pair, but Gulyy the best hand with a straight. Gulyy was able to double to about 460,000.
, which was ahead of Shatilov's 
in this battle of two Russians. After the flop brought the 
, Gulyy's chances were very good, but the 
on the turn did give Shatilov a chance to hit a one-outer on the river.
completed the board, though, and Gulyy successfully doubled up. Shatilov dropped back to 680,000 in chips.
. Klodnicki held the 
.
, and Klodnicki was eliminated. Charania collected the pot and increased to 350,000 in chips.
, and held as the turn and river came 
finished the board and Colman was able to double up to about 240,000.
