2014 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
$251,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
1,473
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Cory Waaland Eliminated in 21st Place ($9,910)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Cory Waaland
Cory Waaland

Cory Waaland moved all in from early position for 68,000 and was called by Sean Prendiville out of the big blind. Waaland was slightly ahead with his {A-Spades}{5-Diamonds} against Prendiville's {A-Hearts}{4-Spades} but a four on the flop would move Prendiville into the lead and Waaland was unable to catch anything to improve his hand and was eliminated in 21st place.

Player Chips Progress
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Cory Waaland
Busted

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Richard Shaver Eliminated in 22nd Place ($9,910)

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Richard Shaver
Richard Shaver

Richard Shaver opened for 25,000 and Liam Alcock made it 70,000 to go. Shaver moved all in and was snap-called by Alcock who had {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}. Shaver's {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} was in bad shape and when the board ran out {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades} he would be off to the cage to collect his 22nd place winnings.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Shaver
Richard Shaver
Busted

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PokerNews Podcast Episode #223: Game Time feat. Greg Merson

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

Week three is underway at the 2014 World Series of Poker, and the crew is back to talk about the Venetian and Sheldon Adelson, some of the new bracelet winners, and more. The 2012 Main Event champion, Greg Merson, then joins the program to talk about his series thus far and play a game of Multiple Bracelet Winner vs. World Cup Footballer against Jason Somerville.

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Glantz Wins Huge Flip to Move to Top of Chip Leaders

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

Matt Glantz looks to be our new chip leader following a massive coinflip that he says he almost wasn't a part of.

A raise to 1,700 was three-bet to 3,500 by Glantz who was then facing an all-in four-bet of around 32,000. Glantz said he almost folded, but eventually called, showing {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} as he did so. Glantz's "Big Slick" was up against his opponent's {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}.

The {9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{J-Clubs} flop kept the lowly pocket threes ahead and Glantz faced the prospect of losing the vast majority of his stack. The {J-Hearts} on the turn gave Glantz more outs because he could now hit an ace, king, nine, six or heart to win the hand. One of those outs, the {6-Spades} landed on the river to counterfeit the pocket threes and leave Glantz with a huge stack of 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Glantz
70,000 35,000

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You're a Joke!

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Micah Raskin
Micah Raskin

The floor was called over to a table and the player in Seat 1 was raising his voice as he explained to the dealer what was going on. We were not able to get the whole story but apparently Micah Raskin had pushed his chips forward but did not release them from his hand. The dealer made a mistake and tossed the all-in button towards Raskin before he released his chips. The player in Seat 1 quickly called but Raskin stated that he did not bet and had brought the chips back towards him.

The floor came over and ruled that since he had made a forward motion but not released his hand that it was not a binding all in action. The frustrated player tossed out a bet of 500, Raskin folded, and a verbal war started between the two.

"You're a joke! You're the biggest joke in here," said the player in Seat 1, over and over and over again.

Raskin sat there, looking like the cat that ate the canary.

"Supposed to be a pro? Angle shooting. You're a f***ing joke!"

"He directed the f-word at me," said Raskin. "Floor please," he asked the dealer.

While they were waiting on the floor the two continued to go at it with Raskin showing off his $40,000 watch (his description) and then challenging the youngster in Seat 1 to a $5,000 heads-up match.

"Set it up," said the kid. "Get your backers or whatever you need to do and let's go."

The floor came over and got the scoop but no one would fess up to the f-bomb actually being said. Raskin yelled at the kid "you're supposed to know the rules. Know the rules before you come play here!" The kid came back with "you're a joke" for about the 35th time in the last two minutes. The floor stepped in and told the two to quit talking to one another and that if they had to come back there would be penalties issued.

A player at the table behind them took this opportunity to chime in...

"Can't we all just get along?"

Tags: Micah Raskin