2014 World Series of Poker

Event #15: $3,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$508,640
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,211,300
Entries
810
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Some More Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Horgan us
Benjamin Horgan
75,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
75,000 55,000
Andreas Hoivold no
Andreas Hoivold
50,000 17,500
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000 12,000
Nick Guagenti us
Nick Guagenti
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 14,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
40,000 -4,000
Zo Karim
Zo Karim
37,000 17,000
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 1,000
Jake Balsiger us
Jake Balsiger
35,000 5,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
35,000 -5,000
Rex Clinkscales us
Rex Clinkscales
35,000 10,000
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
33,000 22,700
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
33,000
Jesse Yaginuma us
Jesse Yaginuma
32,000 23,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
30,000 -4,000
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
30,000 11,000
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
30,000 10,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
30,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
28,000
Max Steinberg us
Max Steinberg
WSOP 1X Winner
28,000 13,000
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
27,000 4,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
26,000 -200
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000 16,000
Robert Panitch us
Robert Panitch
25,000 14,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000 -10,500

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Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

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Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Williams Takes a Big One After Preflop All In

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

A player in early position raised to 700 and Stefan Williams three-bet to 2,000. Action folded back around and his opponent four-bet to 5,700. Williams thought for a moment and pushed all in and received a quick call from his opponent.

Williams tabled {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and his opponent turned over {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}. The board ran out {3-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Williams busted his opponent and claimed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Stefan Williams us
Stefan Williams
32,000 32,000

Poker Tactic:

Stefan Williams

"Golf Money"

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

Famed poker television producer Mori Eskandani, the man responsible for Poker PROductions (the company that films the WSOP), made his way into the Brasilia Room in search of Phil Hellmuth. When he located him over at Table 26, Hellmuth's face lit up.

"Golf money," Hellmuth exclaimed as Eskandani slapped a wad of cash in his hand. Eskandani just smiled and walked away. Hellmuth then turned to Matt Salsberg and Jonathan Duhamel, who were both seated at the other end of the table, and explained that he had been doing quite well in gold as of late.

"Somehow when I drive the ball it stays in place," Hellmuth laughed. "When that happens everyone is in trouble."

Hellmuth, who is just a few days removed from finishing runner-up in Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz, continued to chat it up while Duhamel and Salsberg just smiled and nodded.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
17,000 8,000

Tags: Phil HellmuthMori Eskandani

Ausmus Runs Out of Lives

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

We noticed that Jeremy Ausmus was no longer at Table 15, and a quick check with Tony Dunst confirmed that he had been eliminated.

As Dunst explained, Cary Katz opened with a raise and Ausmus three-bet to 1,625. Katz pushed back with a four-bet to 4,675, Ausmus called, and the two saw a {3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop. From there, Katz bet 6,100 and then called when Ausmus moved all in for roughly 17,000.

Ausmus: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Katz: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Both players held overpairs to the board, but of course the queens of Katz were best. The {7-} turn was of no consequence, and neither was the {7-} river. Just like that, Ausmus has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
44,000
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
WSOP 6X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jeremy AusmusCary Katz

It's Not So Easy for Easley

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a flop of {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, a player checked and another fired out 1,200. That is when Seneca Easley shoved all in for 4,300. The player who checked made the call, and the bettor got out of the way.

Easley: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}

Easley was ahead with top pair, but he needed to dodge hearts. He managed to do so on the {9-Diamonds} turn, but not on the {4-Hearts} river. The flush came in and Easley collected his backpack before making a beeline toward the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Seneca Easley us
Seneca Easley
Busted

Tags: Seneca Easley

Pope Takes a Hit

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

An under-the-gun player opened for 600 and Trevor Pope called from the small blind. The big blind came along too, and three players saw a flop of {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{10-Hearts}. Two checks saw the original raiser bet 800, only Pope called, and then both players checked the {3-Hearts} turn. Action repeated itself on the {4-Clubs} river and Pope showed a {10-}. His opponent then tabled {10-}{q-}, which was good as Pope opted not to show his kicker and instead sent both his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Trevor Pope us
Trevor Pope
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000

Tags: Trevor Pope

Glazier Three-Bets Her Way to a Nice One

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

A player opened to 650 and Jackie Glazier three-bet to 1,550 from the small blind and her opponent made the call. The flop came {10-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Glazier led for 1,500, with her opponent raising to 3,075. Glazier thought for a moment before sliding out another three-bet to 5,000.

Her opponent made the call and the turn was the {6-Hearts}. Both players checked and saw a river of the {a-Clubs}. Glazier pushed out enough chips to put her opponent all in and he quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
33,000 33,000

Tags: Jackie Glazier