Event #41: $1,500 Six-Handed Dealer's Choice
Day 2 Started
Event #41: $1,500 Six-Handed Dealer's Choice
Day 2 Started
Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker. Today marks the start of Day 2 of Event #41: $1,500 Six-Handed Dealer's Choice. Just 95 players remain in the field with Larry Tull leading the field. Tull bagged up the largest stack of 55,400 last night.
Yesterday saw a grand total of 419 players hit the felt with hopes of becoming the next WSOP champion. While Tull bagged up the largest stack, several of poker's elite remain in the hunt coming back. Some of the players returning including Melissa Burr (47,375), Jimmy Fricke (46,600), Jennifer Harman (39,500), Todd Brunson (38,000), Frank Kassela (37,100), Jeff Madsen (35,550), Robert Mizrachi (34,175), Gavin Smith (25,125), Calvin Anderson (25,025), Bill Chen (24,575), Maria Ho (22,925), Andrey Zaichenko (14,450), Michael Mizrachi (13,025), John Monnette (11,425), and Brian Rast (6,775).
While those players managed to advance to Day 2, others were not as fortunate. Some of the players eliminated from play on Day 1 include Mike Sexton, Steven Wolansky, Randy Ohel, Barry Greenstein, Ben Yu, Andy Frankenberger, Naoya Kihara, Mike Leah, Bryan Campanello, Tom Schneider, Scotty Nguyen, Scott Abrams, and Eli Elezra.
Play resumes at 2 p.m. local time so be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates from this unique tournament!
Level: 11
LIMIT FLOP/DRAW GAMES - 400 800 800-1,600
STUD GAMES 200 200 800 800-1,600
NO-LIMIT (2-7/HOLDEM) AND POT-LIMIT GAMES 100 200 400
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event #41: $1,500 Six-Handed Dealer's Choice!
Limit Hold'em
Action went bet-raise-reraise at Table 440 on a board of . Mikal Blomlie was doing the betting and three-betting out of the big blind against Derek Updegraff on the button. Updegraff called, and he called another bet on the river. Blomlie showed for trips.
"I had one of those, too," Updegraff said, throwing the into the muck face up.
Blomlie lost some of it back on the next hand, however, when action folded to him in the small blind and he raised, being called by John Monnette in the big blind. Monnette then raised all in after Blomlie bet the flop, showing that Blomlie's had been outflopped by . The turn was a to improve Monnette to two pair, and after a completed the board Monnette had doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mikal Blomlie |
26,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
John Monnette |
5,700
-5,725
|
-5,725 |
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Pot-Limit Omaha
Gabriel Nassif just busted Rami "arbianight" Boukai from the tournament with on a board of , making the nut straight. Boukai's hand was already in the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gabriel Nassif |
20,075
-925
|
-925 |
Rami Boukai | Busted | |
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Razz
Rast: / /
Namatinia: / /
We found Amir Namatinia all in on third street against Brian Rast. The hands were flipped over and Rast showed the better draw with 4-3-A. By the end of the hand, Rast showed a winning ninety-seven to take down the pot and eliminated Namatinia from play. Rast now has about 20,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Rast |
20,000
13,225
|
13,225 |
|
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Amir Namatinia | Busted |
Stud 8
Smith: / /
Loman: / /
Picking up with the action on fourth street, Kyle Loman led out with a bet with ace-nine showing. Gavin Smith called and the same actions occurred on fifth. On sixth street, Smith paired his sixes and came out swinging with a bet. Loman called to see his final card.
Smith put one last bet out on seventh and Loman came over the top with a raise. Smith thought for a moment before tossing out a call.
"Fives full of aces," said Loman, rolling over .
"Sixes full of deuces," replied Smith confidently showing .
Smith scooped the pot and now has about 36,000 in chips. Loman, on the other hand, has dropped to around 27,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gavin Smith |
36,000
10,875
|
10,875 |
Kyle Loman |
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Badacey
Brandon Cantu and Jason Schwartz each drew one on the last draw, and Schwartz called Cantu's bet.
"I have a number two and a six-badugi," Cantu said, revealing , good for the second-best hand in ace-to-five lowball with a 6-3-2-A badugi.
That was good for a scoop, as Schwartz's hand was a seven-low with what we believe was a three-card badugi.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brandon Cantu |
32,800
-375
|
-375 |
|
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Jason Schwartz |
26,025
11,000
|
11,000 |
No-Limit Hold'em
We picked up with the action to see four players looking down at a flop. The big blind checked and Gabriel Nassif followed suit. The third player led for 2,300 and Todd Brunson flatted from the button. The big blind called as well and Nassif folded his cards.
The paired the board on fourth street and the big blind came out firing for 4,800. The original bettor folded and Brunson moved out a call. The rivered and Brunson's opponent moved all in.
"Chop it up, I've got the low," said Brunson jokingly as he rolled over . He let out a chuckle and then mucked his hand.
As his opponent was pushed the pot, he showed for a lower busted club draw and merely king high.
"Wow," said Brunson after the hand. The WSOP bracelet winner is now down to about 29,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Todd Brunson |
29,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
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