2014 World Series of Poker

Event #11: $1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
103
Prize
$449,980
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,142,450
Entries
1,587
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000

Hensley Power Poker

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Steven Hensley
Steven Hensley

There are plenty of small pots going back and forth right now around the tables, but it is Steven Hensley who consistently wants to play big pots with his stack able to knock players out proving a formidable weapon.

Raj Vohra had got to the turn of a board reading {2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Spades} and Hensley checked it over to him. Vohra put out a bet and Hensley moved all in. Vohra thought about it, but in the end he laid it down to the aggression. The table wondered what Hensley had and if he would have called a raise preflop.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Hensley us
Steven Hensley
414,000 80,000

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The Notables

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Amnon Filippi just managed to double up close to the 200k mark after making a flush.

Below are his and rest of the chip counts for notable players left in the final 58:

Player Chips Progress
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
WSOP 1X Winner
194,000 68,900
Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
141,000 -8,000
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
118,000 -21,400
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
97,000 33,000
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
70,000 15,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
69,000 -70,900
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
57,000 -41,700

Tags: Amnon Filippi

Hensley Hitting

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Steven Hensley in the small blind called a button raise of 4,600 and with the big blind out of the way it was to a heads up flop of {j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Hensley check-called a bet of 6,500 and they saw a turn card {3-Hearts}. Both players checked the river {10-Spades} and when Hensley showed the {k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, his opponent threw his {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} in the air in exasperation.

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

The Field is Thinning

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Down to 66 Players now and Busquet did indeed bust very shortly after that last sequence of events.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Milan fr
Pierre Milan
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Oscar Castagna us
Oscar Castagna
Busted
Michael Aron
Michael Aron
Busted
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted
Zachary Humphrey us
Zachary Humphrey
Busted
Dustin Cooper
Dustin Cooper
Busted
Vasil Medarov bg
Vasil Medarov
Busted
Luis Contreras us
Luis Contreras
Busted
Karen Sarkisyan ru
Karen Sarkisyan
Busted
Lauri Pesonen
Lauri Pesonen
Busted
Sebastien Comel fr
Sebastien Comel
Busted
Vladislav Mezheritsky us
Vladislav Mezheritsky
Busted
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
WSOP 6X Winner
Busted
Mark Napolitano us
Mark Napolitano
Busted
Josh Kay us
Josh Kay
Busted
Charles Coultas us
Charles Coultas
Busted
Salvatore Dicarlo us
Salvatore Dicarlo
Busted
Tigran Yazychyan
Tigran Yazychyan
Busted
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
Busted
Benjamin Stroh
Benjamin Stroh
Busted

Busquet Crippled

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Olivier Busquet
Olivier Busquet

Blake Whittington opened for 4,500 and Olivier Busquet three-bet him to 11,000. Whittington four-bet him to 24,700 and Busquet got a count of Whittington’s stack before moving all in. Their stacks were pretty similar and Whittington quickly made the call.

Whittington quickly turned over {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} and it was a cooler for Busqet who flipped over {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}.

The cards ran out {5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Whittington whistled on the turn as a flush draw reared it’s ugly head but the river bricked out and he doubled up.

Busquet thought was left with just 1,500 chips. Over the next few hand he doubled up 3 times, chopped once and folded his big blind to a raise to get up to 10,000 but it all looks a bit desperate now.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
10,000 -78,900

PokerNews Podcast Episode #220: Litigating for Rolls feat. Vanessa Selbst

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Vanessa Selbst with her gold bracelet
Vanessa Selbst with her gold bracelet

Vanessa Selbst, winner of Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em and her third World Series of Poker gold bracelet, joins the show to talk about her heads-up matches, the Twitter beef with Jason Mo, and her two small dogs. Rich, Donnie, and Jason then take a look at all of the recent bracelet winners and dissect the idea of a $20 million guarantee tournament.

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The Rising

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The chip stack building continues for Steven Hensley, who has managed to bust another couple of players and push over the 300k mark.

First he bested one player holding {a-}{q-} with just {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts} by flopping a heart draw and getting it all in and turning a pair of kings. Then he rivered an ace with {a-Spades}{2-Spades} against pre-flop shoving short stack's sixes.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Hensley us
Steven Hensley
344,000 124,000

Tags: Steven Hensley