Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante:
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante:
Two of the bigger stacks in the room were seated at the same table — Dmitrii Valouev sitting with a stack of approximately 90,000 and Allan Le not far behind with close to 80,000. Le opened the action to 2,400 and was called by Anthony Costa. Valouev popped it up to 8,400 and after thinking for a moment, Le made it 27,600 to go. Costa quickly got out of the way and after finding out how much more it was to call, Valouev did so.
The flop came and Valouev immediately announced "pot." Le didn't waste too long before saying "all right, I'm in," and soon their hands were tabled:
Valouev:
Le:
Le had flopped two pair while Valouev had the nut-low draw and gutshot wheel draw. The turn was the , keeping Le in the lead. The river was a low card, but it was the which was no good for Valouev. Le scooped the entire pot with tens and threes and Valouev could only sit there and mutter "well, that sucked." With only 7,500 left and close to the money, Valouev said "I'll be back" as he went for a walk.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Allan Le |
175,000
108,700
|
108,700 |
|
||
Dmitrii Valouev |
7,500
-81,400
|
-81,400 |
They are just a few players away from the money. Here are some counts from around the room as the bubble approaches:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yueqi Zhu |
140,000
40,200
|
40,200 |
|
||
Timothy Burt |
125,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Tyler Patterson |
125,000
25,900
|
25,900 |
|
||
Michel Abecassis |
110,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
David Chiu |
106,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
Soner Osman |
103,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
Cale Maclean |
100,000
-30,300
|
-30,300 |
Bryce Yockey |
88,000
4,100
|
4,100 |
|
||
Jeff Madsen |
75,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Tom Schneider |
60,000
-100
|
-100 |
|
||
Dylan Wilkerson |
48,000
-8,300
|
-8,300 |
Joe Hachem |
45,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
||
Scott Clements |
41,000
4,200
|
4,200 |
|
||
Bryan Campanello |
40,000
-35,100
|
-35,100 |
|
||
Ben Yu |
33,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
Joe Serock |
31,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
||
Steven Wolansky |
30,000
-900
|
-900 |
|
||
Marcin Horecki |
26,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Chris Bell |
26,000
3,100
|
3,100 |
Matt Waxman |
22,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
Ari Engel |
21,000
-2,200
|
-2,200 |
|
||
Mark Gregorich |
19,000
4,100
|
4,100 |
Vitaly Lunkin |
17,000
-22,800
|
-22,800 |
|
||
Roland Israelashvili |
13,000
-7,800
|
-7,800 |
Jeff Gross |
11,000
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
|
Due to high demand for the first-ever $1,500 Monster Stack event set to begin on Thursday, the World Series of Poker announced that an additional starting flight has been added in order to "accommodate as many people as possible."
According to WSOP VP of Corporate Communications Seth Palansky, the Monster Stack tournament will kick off at 12 p.m. on Thursday as planned, but Day 1 will now last nine levels without a dinner break. The second flight will begin at 5 p.m. and will also play nine levels, also without a scheduled dinner break.
Palansky made it clear that this is not a re-entry event. All players eliminated during the first flight will not be allowed to play in the second flight.
Players that are already registered for the event will remain part of Thursday's noon flight. However, those who wish to switch from the noon flight to the 5 p.m. flight can do so at the WSOP registration cage.
Palansky tweeted on Wednesday that he is expecting more than 4,000 for the first flight of the Monster Stack Event. "Not nearly as many will fit into Flight B," he said.
A player in middle position limped in, the player on the button three-bet to 5,500, Phil Ivey called in the big blind, and the mid-position limper folded. The flop came , Ivey led out with a bet of 12,000, and his opponent folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Ivey |
52,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
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With 118 players remaining, play is now hand-for-hand with the bubble bust one elimination away.
We missed the action due to an error by the dealer who let Ivey and his opponent play down the pot and table their cards during hand-for-hand play. When we arrived at the table Ivey had in front of him and the dealer was counting his chips. Ivey's opponent had mucked his cards after Ivey hit a full house on the river on a board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Ivey |
111,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
A short-stacked player was all-in for 300 in the big blind and was up against Jeff Madsen who had raised.
Short stacked player:
Madsen:
The board ran out and Madsen won the pot and eliminated the short-stacked player in the process. The floor announced that the tournament was "in the money" to a small round of applause.
The bubble has burst on the the last hand before the break. Players will now have a more joyful break being in the money when they return.