2014 World Series of Poker

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

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦6♥
Prize
$335,659
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,043
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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Never Believe It's Not So

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Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

We caught Antonio Esfandiari playing a little bingo four-handed on an {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop. All four players checked it down, but after a check in front of him on the {3-Hearts} turn, "The Magician" made it 375 chips to see another card.

Just one woman called behind and after the {j-Clubs} river and a check from Esfandiari, she fired out with an 875-chip bet.

Esfandiari mulled it over, made the call with {k-Clubs}{q-Spades} and wouldn't you know it, king-high was good against the missed combo draw his opponent's {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} turned out to be.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
6,350 3,350

Cada Joins; Other Counts

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Joe Cada, pictured in a different event.
Joe Cada, pictured in a different event.

Former Main Event champion Joe Cada is among the newly seated here in the Brasilia Room.

In fact, he is actually sat right beside Lisa Hamilton who won the 2009 WSOP Ladies' Championship the same year Cada took down the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
gabriel nassif fr
gabriel nassif 		6,325 3,525
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia 		4,300 4,300
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
3,000 3,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
2,100 -4,500
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng 		1,950 1,950
Iori Yogo jp
Iori Yogo 		1,850 -1,150
Eddie Blumenthal us
Eddie Blumenthal 		700 -2,300

Tags: Joe Cada

Thay3r Slaying

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Thayer Rasmussen turned {10-}{8-} into a straight in a big three-way pot and having collected a few other small pots on the way, he's now near the top of the counts nearing the end of the third level of play.

In fact, he's turned 3,000 chips into more than 17,000 already.

Player Chips Progress
Thayer Rasmussen us
Thayer Rasmussen 		17,200 15,100

Esfandiari Out

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Antonio Esfandiari, pictured in a different event.
Antonio Esfandiari, pictured in a different event.

According to Jeremy Putthoff, he flopped bottom set against Antonio Esfandiari's middle pair and flush draw and held to leave Esfandiari with just one T100 chip. "The Magician" busted a short time later, and Putthoff, who recently finished third at Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki for $36,000, has a nice early stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Putthoff
Jeremy Putthoff 		6,850
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariJeremy Putthoff

Nguyen-ing

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2010 WSOP Main Event 9th-Place Finisher Soi Nguyen is running well again here today.

He told the PokerNews Live Reporting team he's been slowly grinding it up all day and after flopping a couple of sets, finding a way to get there with a couple of flush draws, and busting a couple of players along the way, he's sitting on a relatively large stack early.

Player Chips Progress
Soi Nguyen us
Soi Nguyen 		21,000

Hamilton, Cada Ousted in One Hand

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
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Joe Cada busted out with KK.
Joe Cada busted out with KK.

After a flop of {4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{7-Spades}, former Main Event winner Joe Cada, Lisa Hamilton, and Jeremy Gold got it all in.

Gold: {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}
Hamilton: {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Cada: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

Gold had flopped a boat, and Hamilton was drawing nearly dead with a flush draw, while Cada needed a king. The {q-Clubs} turn and {8-Clubs} river kept Gold's hand best, and he scored a double KO over two notable players.

After the hand, Cada graciously posed for photos with Gold and one of the other players at the table before exiting the room.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Gold
Jeremy Gold 		6,350
Lisa Hamilton us
Lisa Hamilton
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted

Tags: Joe CadaLisa HamiltonJeremy Gold

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante:

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