2014 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$622,998
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,542,700
Entries
541
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Rast Likes Big Pots and He Cannot Lie

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

"You like big pots, huh?" Sergi Reixach just said to Brian Rast after taking a huge pot off him.

"I do," Rast said completely emotionless.

On the {3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop Reixach ended up all in for his tournament life holding {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and Rast turned over {7-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Reixach was all in for 72,800 chips and stood up from his seat anxiously awaiting the turn and river.

The turn brought the {5-Diamonds} and the river the {9-Clubs}, giving the pot to Reixcach and Rast was left behind with very little chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
155,000
91,300
91,300
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
11,000
-4,700
-4,700
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Brian Rast

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

A Few Chip Counts

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
120,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
118,000
60,300
60,300
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Jean Gaspard us
Jean Gaspard
112,000
-48,600
-48,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
105,000
42,600
42,600
Profile photo of Samay Parikh in
Samay Parikh
103,000
-400
-400
Profile photo of Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
95,000
8,400
8,400
Profile photo of Nicholas Immekus ca
Nicholas Immekus
92,000
11,700
11,700
Profile photo of Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
75,000
25,300
25,300
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Blake Whittington us
Blake Whittington
72,000
9,200
9,200
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Chris DeMaci us
Chris DeMaci
Busted
Profile photo of Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
Busted

Grospellier Wins a Flip

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Fabrice Touil raised to 2,800 under the gun and Bertrand Grospellier, on his immediate left, made the call. The action folded to Russell Thomas in the small blind and he moved all in for 35,200.

Touil played around with his chips and tanked for about four minutes before folding and Grospellier shrugged as he quickly put in the call.

Grospellier: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Thomas: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Grospellier raked in the pot while sending the former November Niner to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
99,000
39,900
39,900
Profile photo of Fabrice Touil fr
Fabrice Touil
72,000
-19,400
-19,400
Profile photo of Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
Busted

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierRussell Thomas

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Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

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Merson Wins Big Preflop Battle

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Greg Merson on Day 1
Greg Merson on Day 1

Grayson Ramage raised under the gun to 2,500 and from the cutoff it was Alex Bilokur who three-bet to 6,000. The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson was next to act from the button and he made it 14,500 to go.

Both blinds and Ramage gave up quickly after Bilokur went into the tank. After about two minutes, Bilokur put in a five-bet to 25,500 and the pressure was back on Merson. The Marylander went into the tank for 30 seconds before he announced he was all in, sitting in silence while his Russian opponent went into the tank.

Minutes went by and Bilokur kept counting down his stack down, not sure what his next move would be. After about six minutes, it was Bjorn Li who called the clock and in the final seconds of the countdown, Bilokur let go of his hand.

Merson raked in this nice pot and his run is already showing similar signs to the 2012 $10,000 NLHE 6-Max, a tournament he ultimately managed to win.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
135,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
72,000
-33,000
-33,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
44,000
3,200
3,200

Tags: Alex BilokurBjorn LiGrayson RamageGreg Merson

A Few More Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Will Givens us
Will Givens
160,000
67,000
67,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
114,000
-19,100
-19,100
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Darner us
Mark Darner
106,000
7,300
7,300
Profile photo of Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
83,000
-11,100
-11,100
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
73,000
-19,100
-19,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
45,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
40,000
-14,800
-14,800
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
33,000
-21,100
-21,100
Profile photo of Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
16,000
-4,200
-4,200
Profile photo of Fred Goldberg us
Fred Goldberg
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
Busted
Profile photo of Paul Degiulio bm
Paul Degiulio
Busted