2014 World Series of Poker

Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$303,909
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
122
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Two Pair For Sternheimer

Level 3 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Philip Sternheimer raised from the cutoff and Kevin Song, who just entered the tournament, called from the big blind.

The flop brought out {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Song check-raised, which was called by Sternheimer.

On the turn the {5-Spades} hit and Song bet after which Sternheimer quickly raised it up. Song made the call and the river was the {5-Hearts}. Song check-called a bet and Sternheimer showed {Q-Spades}{10-Clubs}, which was enough to take the pot down.

Player Chips Progress
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Philip Sternheimer
35,500
5,500
5,500
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Kevin Song
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Philip SternheimerKevin Song

Level: 4

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Volpe's Tempted, Mueller and Idema Not So Much

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

We just walked into Greg Mueller and Paul Volpe scouting out the tournament area and for now it looks like neither is going to play in this tournament.

"The scheduling's just not perfect for me," Mueller said. "They've put a few tournaments in a row that I all like, but the cash games have been really good."

Mueller skipped the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship earlier this week for the same reason and today he decided to give it a shot in the enormous Monster Stack event. If Mueller were to bust out of that event we still think there's a decent chance the 2009 $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship winner enters this event.

Muellers' good friend Daniel Idema's currently also playing in the Monster Stack and that means the 2011 winner of this tournament will also not be participating in this one today.

The reasons for Volpe not to play this event are a bit different, as he's clearly not a fan of the format. "I just don't know if I can do it," Volpe said with a smile as he scrolled down the list of upcoming events.

"There's nothing fun really tomorrow either," Volpe said after a pause, and for now it looks like the winner of the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Single Draw's taking a few days off. Earlier today Volpe busted out of the Monster Stack so a second bracelet will have to wait for man from New Jersey.

Tags: Daniel IdemaGreg MuellerPaul Volpe

Witteles Up Against Aces

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

The board read {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{10-Spades} when the Greg Debora checked to Todd Witteles who bet from the button. Debora check-raised and Witteles made the call.

On the river the {Q-Spades} popped up and Debora bet right away. Witteles shook his head and called after which he shook his head some more as Debora tabled {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}.

Witteles lost some more chips and he's still hoovering around the 9,000-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Greg Debora
33,000
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Todd Witteles
9,200
500
500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Greg DeboraTodd Witteles

Another Limit Legend Shows Up

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Terrence Chan has just joined the tournament and the man who used to be known as Unassigned online, and a back-to-back SCOOP title winner, looks for more Limit Hold'em success.

Chan has not won a bracelet just yet but he came close three times. In the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Chan finished second for $287,345, his biggest score, and came close again in a $1,500 Limit Hold'em where he finished third for $83,185.

Player Chips Progress
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Terrence Chan
34,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Terrence Chan

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
48,400
22,400
22,400
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
48,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
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Dan Shak
44,000
7,000
7,000
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Jeff Shulman
37,400
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
36,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Newhouse us
Mark Newhouse
35,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
29,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Tommy Hang us
Tommy Hang
28,000
Profile photo of Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
26,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
26,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
24,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
PokerStars.fr
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
24,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Michael Moore us
Michael Moore
21,000
-13,000
-13,000
Profile photo of George Danzer de
George Danzer
15,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Melissa Burr us
Melissa Burr
11,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
11,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner