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

Lee Finds a Double

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Bernard Lee was down to his last 1,300 and moved all in against a limp from early position. His opponent called with {2-Spades}{2-Hearts} and it was a flip versus Lee's {A-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}. Lee nailed the {7-Spades}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} flop and stayed ahead after the {J-Hearts} turn and {5-Hearts} river to stay in the tournament.

Terrence Chan must have had similar fortune, because he was back at more than 7,000 chips after having previously dropped to as low as 2,400.

Player Chips Progress
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
7,200
1,600
1,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee
2,900
-4,100
-4,100

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Half the Field Gone

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Registration remains open for this level and up until the start of the next one, but we have already lost pretty much half the field with 396 out of 874 entries remaining according to the screens. When will the huge wave of eliminations finally slow down?

It is obviously no coincidence either, that as a result the tables in the Bronze section are all empty by now as well.

Pitt Squeezes Through

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt

With a raise from under the gun and a flat call on the button, Matthew Pitt squeezed for the rest of his chips holding {5-}{5-} in the blinds. The original raiser called and the button folded, and Pitt was up against {k-}{q-}.

A flop of {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} gave his opponent a straight draw while neither held a club. The turn was the {3-Diamonds} and the river the {a-Hearts}, and Pitt survived.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt
7,975
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Pack Finds a Double

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

We walked up to a board of {j-}{3-}{2-} and a pot of approximately 3,000. Vongduane Sengseevong had bet 1,500 and John Pack raised all in for 6,350. Sengseevong thought for a moment before making the call. Pack showed {2-}{2-}, having flopped a set of twos, while Sengseevong turned over {4-}{5-} for the open-ended straight draw.

Pack faded her outs, however, and the man whose "day job" is poker dealer at Aria is still employed in this event.

Player Chips Progress
Vongduane Sengseevong
Vongduane Sengseevong
20,000
20,000
20,000
John Pack
John Pack
15,850
15,850
15,850

A Few Player Chip Count Updates

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Ty Stewart looked set to make an early exit a short while ago, but when we swung by his table he looks to have spun it up to around 8,000 as we approach the second break of the day.

Stewart's last longer bet against Chad Holloway is looking a lot closer now as Holloway has slipped a little to 6,500.

Meanwhile the aggressive Cameron Tullis is continuing to dominate his table and has accumulated an impressive chip stack of around 20,000.

Player Chips Progress
Cameron Tullis us
Cameron Tullis
20,000
9,500
9,500
Ty Stewart us
Ty Stewart
8,000
5,600
5,600
Chad Holloway us
Chad Holloway
6,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Campbell Cheers

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

The dealer already had rushed away the cards of the female player on the button as we arrived at the table, alerted by the massive cheer from David Campbell. It turned out that he was all in with the {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} on the {10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop against the {6-}{6-} of the button for about 7,400 chips.

On the {A-Hearts} turn he hit the two-outer and the {5-Spades} river completed the board. The button still has chips left, but Campbell is now among the bigger stacks in the early stages of Day 1.

Player Chips Progress
David Campbell us
David Campbell
19,000
19,000
19,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25