2014 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$335,659
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,043
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Started From the Bottom Now We're Here

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Daniel Strelitz made third in the $1,500 Six-Handed event that finished up Thursday afternoon after a very active three days of play that ended rather abruptly when he ran queens into Mike Sowers' aces three-handed.

In the early going here, Strelitz appears just as willing to put chips in the pot, pushing his stack up to close to the 3,700 mark.

However, that stack just took a small hit when he called a 75-chip open in late position, floated a 100-chip bet on a {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop and folded to a 125-chip bet on the {j-Clubs} turn.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
WSOP 2X Winner
3,500 500

Tags: Daniel Strelitz

Running Like A Champ

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

CardPlayer Magnate and 2009 WSOP Europe Main Event champ Barry Shulman sure runs good.

Not only did he river aces full to crack Daniel Negreanu's turned trip jacks, avoid elimination and go on to win the WSOPE title back in 2009.

But he found a quick double here and is sitting rather comfortably on 6,200 after flopping two pair and getting the player who used to be to his left to give away most of his stack with pocket queens.

Tags: Barry Shulman

Level: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante:

Hawkins in the Field

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante
Maurice Hawkins (Event 8)
Maurice Hawkins (Event 8)

Maurice Hawkins, who recently finished ninth in the Millionaire Maker for $128,150, has taken a seat at Table 9. Hawkins is a well-known circuit grinder with more than $1.2 million in career tournament cashes, and PokerNews recently caught up with him for an interview.

To learn more about Hawkins, head on over here for the interview.

Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
3,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
3,000
Torrey Korsog us
Torrey Korsog
2,900

Tags: Maurice Hawkins

Mezheritsky Making It Work

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Coming off a fifth-place finish at the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event for $213,650, Vladislav Mezheritsky has some big plans for the WSOP.

Here in this latest $1k he's certainly off to a good start. Mezheritsky managed to turn {10-Spades}{8-Spades} into a flush over flush over top pair situation to drag a rather big pot and is now sitting on better than 8,000 chips.

Although, it doesn't appear it will be an easy day for him, as Byron Kaverman and his $3.1 million in live tournament earnings, including a 21st-place finish for $17,357 in that very same Borgata main, is sitting to his right.

Player Chips Progress
Vladislav Mezheritsky us
Vladislav Mezheritsky
8,400

Tags: Vladislav MezheritskyByron Kaverman

Getting The Best Of It

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante
Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren

Erick Lindgren seems to be getting the most out of a tough table draw that includes Thayer Rasmussen and Steve Gross.

The two-time WSOP Bracelet Winner has earned a double up early on and now has close to 7k.

It wasn't one big hand, however, as Lindgren told the PokerNews Live Reporting Team he's simply had "a bunch of winners so far."

Player Chips Progress
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
6,600 3,600
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
WSOP 1X Winner
2,900 -100
Thayer Rasmussen us
Thayer Rasmussen
2,100 -900

Tags: Erick LindgrenThayer RasmussenSteve Gross