Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-27-2014 02:03 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
David Steicke	97,000 21,000	21,000
Roland Israelashvili	84,000 27,000	27,000
Paul Volpe	62,000 -8,000	-8,000

Ronnie Bardah	62,000 -8,000	-8,000

Kevin Song	54,000 27,000	27,000

Jan Sjavik	46,000 -20,000	-20,000
Mike Sowers	43,000 10,000	10,000
Scott Seiver	39,000

Terrence Chan	38,000 7,000	7,000

John Hennigan	32,000 16,000	16,000

Shaun Deeb	26,000 10,000	10,000

Bill Chen	26,000

Hoyt Corkins	25,000

Look Out, The Newest Champion is Coming

4projectmayhem

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Tags: John Hennigan

06-27-2014 01:54 UTC-7

No Showdown For Schulman

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

On a board the small blind checked to Nick Schulman in the big blind who bet. The player on the button called and the small blind did so as well.

The river was the and Schulman bet again, getting both his opponents to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	41,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Nick Schulman

06-27-2014 01:52 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	Busted

Two Pair For Elezra

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

The flop read when we caught the tail end of a raising war between Eli Elezra and Brandon Wong. Wong ended up being the one calling Elezra's raise after which the turn was the .

Elezra bet and Wong called on the turn after which the river was the . Elezra bet again and Wong called, only to muck when Elezra showed .

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	57,000 -20,000	-20,000

Brandon Wong	4,500 -11,500	-11,500

Tags: Brandon Wong Eli Elezra

06-27-2014 01:33 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	Busted

John Monnette	Busted

Marco Johnson	Busted

Richard Sklar	Busted
Mark Newhouse	Busted

The $50k Champion Joins

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Seconds after the official winner pictures were taken John Hennigan ran over to this event to put him right back into action. No celebratory champagne or dinner, because the man known as Johnny World only wants to keep grinding it out here at the WSOP.

Hennigan already had a second place at this year's WSOP, as he finished second in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for $319,993, but just now he locked up the biggest cash in his career. The $50,000 Players' Championship made Hennigan $1,517,767 to put his career winnings up to around $6.2 million. Amazingly enough Hennigan finished third in the $50k last year as well.

As soon as Hennigan sat down George Danzer came over to congratulate him, and David Chiu followed shortly afterwards. Hennigan's among the world's most respected poker players and he's looking to continue his streak in this Limit Hold'em Championship.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	16,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: David Chiu George Danzer John Hennigan

06-27-2014 01:18 UTC-7

Chip Count Update

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Chiu	112,000 3,000	3,000

Paul Volpe	70,000 4,000	4,000

Jeff Lisandro	60,000 2,000	2,000

Diego Cordovez	57,000 12,000	12,000

Jeff Shulman	51,000 -5,000	-5,000
Max Pescatori	49,000 -1,200	-1,200

JJ Liu	45,000 14,000	14,000
Scott Seiver	39,000 25,000	25,000

Joep van den Bijgaart	38,000 -10,000	-10,000
Michael Moore	38,000 -8,000	-8,000
Melissa Burr	33,000 15,000	15,000
Lee Goldman	30,000 3,000	3,000
Greg Debora	27,000 1,000	1,000
Dan Shak	24,000 -6,000	-6,000
Mike Watson	18,000 -3,000	-3,000
Mark Newhouse	4,500 -1,000	-1,000