Shortly after George Danzer we lose the next golden bracelet winner of the WSOP 2014 in Vanessa Selbst. She already tried to get it in against a short stack on the big blind but they chopped the pot. Then she made it three bets to 12,000 from the cutoff and Jan Erik Sorensen as initial raiser called.
On the flop, Sorensen kept betting and did so again after the turn. Selbst didn't have many chips left and was all in for just above a big bet of 8,000. Sorensen made the call and turned over for the low and nut flush. Selbst showed for two pair and the river provided no help.
Jon Turner got scooped by Konstantin Puchkov before and was left with next to no chips. He was all in after third and Robert Mizrachi as well as the Russian called. The Russian kept betting until sixth while showing a set of tens and then him and Mizrachi, who showed four hearts, checked.
Turner: / /
Puchkov: / /
Mizrachi: / /
Puchkov didn't have a full house nor did Mizrachi have a flush, but the hand of the Russian was good enough to scoop the pot and knock out Turner.
Konstantin Puchkov raised to 10,000 from early position and Humberto Brenes defended from the big blind. When the flop came down , Brenes led out for 5,000 and then called off his last 4,000 when Puchkov raised.
Brenes:
Puchkov:
Puchkov was ahead with two pair and an ace-three low draw, but Brenes held a wrap. The Costa Rican was on his feet with his shark card protector telling the dealer to deliver him the right card (in broken English of course).
The dealer did not oblige on the turn, nor on the river, which improved Puchkov to a full house with no qualifying low.
Brenes' 32nd-place finish marks his sixth cash of the 2014 WSOP, which is an impressive feat in and of itself.
Konstantin Puchkov completed to 5,000 with the showing and Robert Mizrachi did so as well with the . Puchkov could not quite see the open cards of everyone and leaned over the table, suddenly all opponents jokingly picked up their cards and pointed it towards the Russian.
Then, Mizrachi bet until sixth and Puchkov check-called, on seventh he did one more time. The pot was chopped up and the cards rushed to the dealer when Mike Matusow said "I have to clean up my glasses, can't see anything." We can definitely say the table is having some fun, all other tables are silent and we hear laughter quite often from that one.
Puchkov: /
Mizrachi: /
By the way, the Russian said before his call on seventh that he thought the opponent had deuces. Nice read there. Chop it up.
Andrew Kelsall and Stanislav Parkhomenko battled all the way until sixth where the Bulgarian got the remainder of his stack in with two pair. Kelsall had a pair as well as the low draw and did improve on seventh.
Kelsall: / /
Parkhomenko: / /
On the first day of the tournament, Parkhomenko busted Phil Ivey and he takes home $6,490 for his 31st place finish.
Corey Hastings opened with a raise to 10,000 and Julie Schneider raised all in for 13,000 total. Tom Schneider flatted from the big blind and then called when Hastings made it 18,000. When the flop fell , Tom led out and Hastings called off his last 3,000.
Tom:
Julie:
Hastings:
The turn gave Hastings a wheel, which scooped the pot after the peeled off on the river. Julie took her leave from the tournament in 29th place, but not before getting a consolatory hug from Tom.
Meanwhile, Bruce Walters preceded Schneider in 30th place.
Thomas "Thunder" Keller opened for 10,000 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to 15,000 from Michael Moed on the button. The blinds both folded, Keller called, and the flop came down . Keller checked, Moed bet 5,000, and Keller sprung to life with a check-raise to 10,000. Moed called and left himself just 4,000 back.
When the appeared on the turn, Keller bet and Moed reluctantly called off.
Moed:
Keller:
Moed seemed please to have gotten it in drawing live, but it didn't matter much as the blanked on the river. That mean Keller's deuce played and his jacks and deuces won the pot to send Moed home in 27th place.
The bets were flying between Allyn Jaffrey Shulman and Raymond Bonavida on their last hand of the seven-card stud orbit. Shulman was showing three hearts and an ace high whereas the opponent had an 8-5 low draw.
Bonavida: /
Shulman: /
A flush for Shulman won the high pot whereas Bonavida raked in the low portion of the chop.
flop, Sorensen kept betting and did so again after the 
turn. Selbst didn't have many chips left and was all in for just above a big bet of 8,000. Sorensen made the call and turned over 
for the low and nut flush. Selbst showed 
for two pair and the 
river provided no help.
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, Brenes led out for 5,000 and then called off his last 4,000 when Puchkov raised.
turn, nor on the 
river, which improved Puchkov to a full house with no qualifying low.
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turn gave Hastings a wheel, which scooped the pot after the 
