The show gets off to a bumpy start with thanks to a few technical difficulties, but a great story about a David Williams bluff and another about "hood" poker get the ball rolling again. Dan O'Brien then joins the program to talk about his jet ski accident, his Me vs. U challenge against Danielle Andersen, and more.
We're back from dinner and the tournament clock is showing 967 entrants. We'll have the prize pool and payout information shortly and will look for the few faces that signed up over the dinner break and report back on them.
James Carroll had just registered for this event and was gone almost before his butt had sat down in his chair. He walked over to a friend, smiled, and said, "Well, that was fun."
Other late entrants we were able to spot include the following:
The 2014 World Series of Poker is at it's halfway point with 34 events in the books. Time to see if you've paid attention! Dan Heimiller (2014 WSOP bracelet winner), David Tuchman (WSOP livestream commentator), Nolan Dalla (Media Director of the World Series of Poker), Marcel Vonk (2010 WSOP bracelet winner), Jessica Welman (Managing Editor of WSOP.com) and Calvin Anderson (2014 WSOP bracelet winner) battle it out today. Check back the coming days for more trivia questions and answers from this elite group of poker involved people.
There were a total of 967 entrants creating a prize pool of $1,305,450. The top 117 players will make the money with a minimum cash being worth $2,480. In addition to winning a bracelet, first place will also collect the tidy sum of $264,400. Full payouts are listed below:
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Julio Marines raised from middle position and both blinds looked him up by calling. The flop came and it was checked to Marines who bet 1,000. The player in the small blind called and the player in the big blind folded.
The turn was the and Marines' opponent checked and Marines bet 3,800. That was enough to induce a fold and send the pot to Marines, who after that hand garnered 90,000 in chips. That number is good enough for the chip lead at this point. Some of the other big stacks in the room include:
We get to the table and Fabrice Soulier is in a hand with another player and the flop is . All of the chips are in the middle and Soulier's opponent had but Soulier has flopped a monster with his for a flopped straight. The turn is the keeping Soulier in the lead. The on the river gave Soulier a full house, fives full of eights, and he scooped the pot and moved to approximately 40,000 in chips.
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and it was checked to Marines who bet 1,000. The player in the small blind called and the player in the big blind folded.
and Marines' opponent checked and Marines bet 3,800. That was enough to induce a fold and send the pot to Marines, who after that hand garnered 90,000 in chips. That number is good enough for the chip lead at this point. Some of the other big stacks in the room include:
. All of the chips are in the middle and Soulier's opponent had 
but Soulier has flopped a monster with his 
for a flopped straight. The turn is the 
keeping Soulier in the lead. The 
on the river gave Soulier a full house, fives full of eights, and he scooped the pot and moved to approximately 40,000 in chips.
