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Level 17
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,336,000
Total Entries
132
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 132
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Level 17
The first level of the day is in the books, and that means it's time for the first 20-minute break of the day. Here's a look at the highlights from Level 17:
Level 17
Pot-Limit Omaha
Matthew Ashton raised to 26,000 from under the gun, George Danzer called on the button, and Justin Smith raised the pot from the big blind. Ashton re-potted, Danzer folded, and Smith called all in for around 300,000.
Ashton: 
Smith: 
Ashton's aces held as the board rolled out 
, and Smith was eliminated.
Level 17
Razz
Gary Benson: 
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David Bach: / 
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David Bach won this event back in 2009 and was looking to join Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi as the only player to win the title twice. Unfortunately for Bach, his dreams of doing so just came to an end courtesy of Australian Gary Benson.
It happened when a raising way saw Bach get his short stack of 86,000 all in from the get go. He was holding a 10-6-A low and needed to improve against Benson's 8-6-A low. He did on fourth when Benson paired, and he stayed in the lead on fifth and sixth. That meant Benson needed to improve on seventh to eliminate Bach, and that's just what he did when he caught a . Bach paired his six and that was all she wrote for Bach.
Level 17
Razz
Don Nguyen: 
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Erick Lindgren: / 
We caught up with the action on fourth street, where 2008 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Lindgren called a bet from Nguyen. He called another on fifth, but folded on sixth street.
Lindgren: / 
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Max Pescatori: / /
David Benyamine: / /
On the very next hand, Lindgren brought it in, Pescatori completed, and both Benyamine and Lindgren called. Benyamine bet out on fourth when Pescatori was dealt a king, Lindgren called all in, and Pescatori called.
Benyamine fired again on fifth, but slowed down on sixth, check-folding when he made two pair on board. He smiled and tabled a , signifying that he actually had a full house.
Lindgren:
Pescatori:
Both players had two pair, and Lindgren was drawing live, but when Pescatori pulled a on seventh street to give him , Lindgren couldn't make a better hand. He mucked his seventh card, and is off to register for the noon event.
Level 17
Razz
Greg Mueller: / /
Huck Seed: / 
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Bryn Kenney: / Fold
Minh Ly: / /
We picked up the action on fourth street with Greg Mueller already all in for 25,000 or so. Bryn Kenney bet and received calls from Huck Seed and Minh Ly. The latter took the lead on fifth and checked, which prompted Seed to bet. Kenney, who received a king, folded and Ly made the call.
Ly then called a bet on sixth before betting after Seed checked seventh. Seed got out of the way and Ly tabled a 7-6-5-3-2 low, which bested Mueller's 8-7-5-4-3 low.
Level 17
Omaha-8
George Danzer raised from early position only to have Justin "Boosted J" Smith three-bet from the cutoff. Stephen Chidwick then four-bet all in for 84,000 from the big blind and Danzer completed that up to 100,000. Smith five-bet, Danzer called and a side pot was created headed to the 
flop. Danzer bet and Smith called off for his last 16,000.
Chidwick: 
Danzer: 
Smith: 
The 
was put out on the turn followed by the on the river. Chidwick missed his open-ended straight draw and couldn't best the two pair of Danzer, who shared the same low as Smith. That meant Chidwick was eliminated while Smith got quartered by Danzer.
Level 17
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Level 17
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