Ben Volpe Wins Event #45 $1,500 Ante-Only No Limit Hold'em
Congratulations to Ben Volpe, of USA, who bested a field of 678 players in Event #45 to lay hands on the first prize of $201,399 and, of course, the WSOP gold bracelet! The final table of this event lasted for, believe it or not, 12 hours and included a 100-hand heads-up match between Volpe and Paul Lieu! It was a well-deserved win by Mr. Volpe, who earned his third cash at the 2013 World Series of Poker!
1 Ben Volpe 201,399
2 Paul Lieu 124,352
3 Louis Bonnecaze 80,839
4 Blair Hinkle 59,375
5 Chris Moorman 44,227
6 Horacio Chaves 33,371
7 Adam Stone 25,472
8 Danny Johnson 19,660
9 Samuel Panzica 15,331
Vladimir Shchmelev Wins Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better
The final day of this event saw the final 17 (435 entries) battle it our for a first prize of $279,084 and the coveted gold bracelet! Alexey Makarov had the lead at the start of the day, but most players had decent stacks to work with so it was impossible to predict who would stand as the winner at the end of the day.
Players were eliminated very fast at the beginning of the day. So fast that the tournament had reached the unofficial final table already before the second break. Makarov finished in 9th place and eventually Mel Judah and Vladimir Shchmelev played heads-up for the title. They battled back and forth for a few hands before the final hand was played...
Judah opened to 125k and Shchmelev called from the big blind. The flop rolled out 5
2
5
and Shchmelev checked. Judah bet 125k and Shchmelev raised to 350k. Judah made the call. The turn was the 9 and Shchmelev bet 950,000. Judah went all in and Shchmelev called right away.
Shchmelev: A72
2
Judah: A56K
Both players had flopped big hands but Shchmelev was ahead with a full house against Judah's three of a kind. The river card was the Q and Judah was eliminated in second place while Shchmelev claimed the first prize and his first bracelet.
1 Vladimir Shchmelev $279,094
2 Mel Judah $172,361
3 Ashly Butler $124,645
4 Brian Hacker $91,085
5 John Cernuto $67,262
6 Tyler Nelson $50,197
7 Andrey Zaichenko $37,847
8 Allyn Jaffrey Shulman $28,821
9 Alexey Makarov $22,171
