Day 2 of WSOP 2013 Event #1 $500 Casino Employees NLHE was all about taking home the bracelet itself with 55 players remaining. Chipleader was Michael Trivett with one of the most recognised players in the field, poker author Chad Holloway in third place (99,400 in chips). Both of them made it to the nine-handed final table, which was led by Bobby Rooney:
Bobby Rooney - 713.000
Allan Kwong - 447.000
Chad Holloway - 378.000
Brian Pingel - 251.000
Michael Trivett - 246.000
Tyrone Smith - 216.000
Daniel Ellery - 205.000
Sean Small - 133.000
Hieu Le - 104.000
In the first hand of the finale, it was folded down to shortstack Hieu Le, who shoved from the SB and got called by Allan Kwong from the BB. Le showed a pair of twos while Kwong had threes and the board came neutral.
Soon, Trivett opened to 27,000 from the Button, Holloway 3-bet to 77,000 from the SB, Trivett 4-bet all-in with about 200,000 in chips and Holloway called.
Trivett:
K 
J
Holloway:A 8
Board:
A 
7 2 7 K
Holloway won with top two pairs and Trivett finished 7th.
Tyrone Smith, Sean Small, Daniel Ellery and Brian Pingel followed, while the heads-up was set with the elimination of Rooney. He sat behind a stack of 635,000 at the beginning of the 3-handed game but soon dropped to 100,000. He doubled up with Q-3s on Holloway and his tens, improving to a flush, but his pocket tens were also cracked a few hands later by Kwong’s A-T and rivered ace.
Chad Holloway – 1,730,000
Allan Kwong – 875,000
Kwong took the lead in the heads-up first but Holloway came back and had the edge in the last hand with 1,600,000 in chips against Kwong’s 1,000,000. Kwong raised to 75,000, Holloway called and the flop came5 Q Q . Holloway checked, Kwong shoved and Holloway snap-called.
Kwong:A K
Holloway:Q 9x
Turn:T
River:2
Holloway won the tournament and the first bracelet in this year’s WSOP with three queens.
Chad Holloway
The renowned poker author had previously finished ITM once in a $1,500 NLHE WSOP event, running 141st. His total live tournament winnings had been $13,000, to which he now added $84,915.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Chad Holloway – $84,915
2nd: Allan Kwong – $52,318
3rd: Bobby Rooney – $33,903
4th: Brian Pingel – $24,811
5th: Daniel Ellery – $18,426
6th: Sean Small – $13,868
7th: Tyrone Smith – $10,567
8th: Michael Trivett – $8,146
9th: Hieu Le – $6,348
Bobby Rooney - 713.000
Allan Kwong - 447.000
Chad Holloway - 378.000
Brian Pingel - 251.000
Michael Trivett - 246.000
Tyrone Smith - 216.000
Daniel Ellery - 205.000
Sean Small - 133.000
Hieu Le - 104.000
In the first hand of the finale, it was folded down to shortstack Hieu Le, who shoved from the SB and got called by Allan Kwong from the BB. Le showed a pair of twos while Kwong had threes and the board came neutral.
Soon, Trivett opened to 27,000 from the Button, Holloway 3-bet to 77,000 from the SB, Trivett 4-bet all-in with about 200,000 in chips and Holloway called.
Trivett:
K J Holloway:
A 8 Board:
A 7 2 7 K Holloway won with top two pairs and Trivett finished 7th.
Tyrone Smith, Sean Small, Daniel Ellery and Brian Pingel followed, while the heads-up was set with the elimination of Rooney. He sat behind a stack of 635,000 at the beginning of the 3-handed game but soon dropped to 100,000. He doubled up with Q-3s on Holloway and his tens, improving to a flush, but his pocket tens were also cracked a few hands later by Kwong’s A-T and rivered ace.
Chad Holloway – 1,730,000
Allan Kwong – 875,000
Kwong took the lead in the heads-up first but Holloway came back and had the edge in the last hand with 1,600,000 in chips against Kwong’s 1,000,000. Kwong raised to 75,000, Holloway called and the flop came
5 Q Q . Holloway checked, Kwong shoved and Holloway snap-called.Kwong:
A K Holloway:
Q 9xTurn:
T River:
2 Holloway won the tournament and the first bracelet in this year’s WSOP with three queens.
Chad Holloway
The renowned poker author had previously finished ITM once in a $1,500 NLHE WSOP event, running 141st. His total live tournament winnings had been $13,000, to which he now added $84,915.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Chad Holloway – $84,915
2nd: Allan Kwong – $52,318
3rd: Bobby Rooney – $33,903
4th: Brian Pingel – $24,811
5th: Daniel Ellery – $18,426
6th: Sean Small – $13,868
7th: Tyrone Smith – $10,567
8th: Michael Trivett – $8,146
9th: Hieu Le – $6,348
