2014 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$82,835
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entries
876
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Curran Busts in 77th Place

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jason Curran shoved all in from middle position for 14,600 and right behind him, Brett Halladay also announced that he was all in; Everyone else got out of the way and they were heads up. Curran was the player at risk and his {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades} needed to improve against the {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} of Halladay.

The flop of {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{4-Clubs} provided a sweat, but the board ran out {6-Hearts}{4-Spades}, Halladay took the pot and Curran busted.

Halladay did mention that he's related to retired Major Leaguer Roy Halladay. "Some sort of super-distant blood cousin," he said.

Player Chips Progress
Brett Halladay
Brett Halladay
35,000 35,000
Jason Curran
Jason Curran
Busted

Tags: Brett HalladayJason Curran

Danielle Barille Eliminated

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

She sent Ty Stewart to the rail and now she is heading to the same direction, albeit $977 richer. Danielle Barille got the remainder of her stack in with {A-}{5-} and was looked up by pocket queens. There was no help on a dry board and we are down to less than 75 players. An updated list of all participants in the money will be available in the next break.

Player Chips Progress
Danielle Barille
Danielle Barille
Busted

Recently Departed

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The following players have all been eliminated and taken home $886. Except for Jonathan Pilichovski, who made the pay jump to $977.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Cregg
Dennis Cregg
Busted
Michael Counihan
Michael Counihan
Busted
Willy Kerol
Willy Kerol
Busted
Jonathan Pilichovski
Jonathan Pilichovski
Busted
Tyler Byrd
Tyler Byrd
Busted
Lee Davy
Lee Davy
Busted
Ryan Sackett
Ryan Sackett
Busted
Sang-Han Kim
Sang-Han Kim
Busted
Nicholas Nadeau
Nicholas Nadeau
Busted
Joseph Neuenfeldt
Joseph Neuenfeldt
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Connors Bubbles in 91st

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Mike Connors bubbles Event 1 of the 2014 WSOP
Mike Connors bubbles Event 1 of the 2014 WSOP

Mike Connors opened for 2,400 and was called by big stack Jay Graunstadt. The two players saw a flop of {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Connors checked and when Graunstadt bet 6,000 Connors moved all in.

Graunstadt quickly called and when the tournament director arrived he instructed them to turn over their hands.

Connors {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

Graunstadt {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Graunstadt had flopped the straight. The turn {2-Spades} and river {q-Diamonds} saw all the remaining players make the money.

Commiserations to Connors who was disappointed but extremely gracious in defeat, informing PokerNews that he was a dealer at Harrah’s and when he wasn’t dealing he liked to play a ton of MTTs on WSOP.com under the username “ValueTown” where he's had an account since Jan 19th.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Connors
Mike Connors
Busted

Tags: Jay GraunstadtMike Connors

All In But Luttbeg Survives

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Charompol CJ Hongthong was leading the {7-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{10-Spades} flop for 5,000 and both Mo Nuwwarah as well as David "Four Racks" Luttbeg made the call to see the {A-Hearts} on the turn. CJ fired 15,000 and Nuwwarah moved all in, Luttbeg did so as well for his last 29,600. CJ ended up folding a straight and flush draw as per table chat.

Luttbeg: {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}
Nuwwarah: {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

The {A-Spades} river didn't let the bubble burst, it was also the very last hand prior to hand for hand mode came into effect.

Player Chips Progress
David Luttbeg us
David Luttbeg
96,000 50,000
Mo Nuwwarah us
Mo Nuwwarah
24,000 -11,000

Tags: David Luttbeg

Hand for Hand

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With 91 players left in the tournament one more player will leave empty handed.

The players are on the money bubble and play will now go hand for hand at each table.