Event #26: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-11-2014 17:03 UTC-7

Collins Killed Off by a Cowboy

Matthew Pitt

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Phil Collins open-shoved for 1,350 from under the gun and Jonathan Poche looked him up from the big blind to put the former November Niner at risk of elimination.

Collins flipped over and needed to avoid a king or a queen as his opponent held the . The dealer got to work spreading the board, the king on the river sending Collins to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Poche	16,500
Phil Collins	Busted

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06-11-2014 17:03 UTC-7

Garrity Doubles

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Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

WSOP.com qualifier, Brandon Garrity, got all of his chips in from the big blind against an opponent's . Garrity tabled and would need to win the race to stay alive.

Help came for Garrity on the flop and the board completed . Garrity doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Garrity	7,100 7,100	7,100

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06-11-2014 17:07 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ebanks	Busted

Bolotin is Bursting with Pride

Matthew Pitt

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Alex Bolotin won Event #6: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout a week ago, taking home almost $260,000 and his first gold bracelet. We spotted Bolotin grinding here in Event #26 and can tell you that it looks like he's a very happy man, sporting his coveted bracelet.

Bolotin currently has 8,500 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Bolotin	8,500 8,500	8,500

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06-11-2014 17:22 UTC-7

Latecomers

[user252447]

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Registration is still open for a few more levels and players are still trickling in.

Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree is having a relaxing massage as the impassive face of Stephen Chidwick at the other end of her table looks on.

Sam Trickett recently sat down and looks in the mood to play.

Ryan Riess has just been moved and brought what remains of his stack to sit to the right of Ivan "vandir4rek" Soshnikov, who won $1,048,000 back in May in a SCOOP high roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liv Boeree	4,500 4,500	4,500

Sam Trickett	4,500 4,500	4,500
Ivan Soshnikov	4,500 4,500	4,500
Stephen Chidwick	4,500 4,500	4,500

06-11-2014 17:24 UTC-7

Hawkins Picks One Off

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Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

After seven limpers, a player from the big blind shoved all in for 3,400 and action folded to Maurice Hawkins, who isolated with an all in shove of his own and they were heads up.

Hawkins:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Hawkins eliminates an opponent while moving his stack above average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	11,000 4,900	4,900

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06-11-2014 17:30 UTC-7

Barer Building Towers

Matthew Pitt

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Ami Barer is one of the best tournament poker players in the world, one who has $2 million in live tournament winnings and a staggering $6.2 million from his online exploits.

At the start of the year Barer won the Aussie Millions Main Event and has started Event #26 at the 2014 World Series of Poker in great form. He currently has 29,000 chips at his disposal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ami Barer	29,000 29,000	29,000

Barry Greenstein	19,500 15,025	15,025

Carter Gill	9,000 9,000	9,000
Barny Boatman	7,200 2,700	2,700

Jonathan Little	5,150 5,150	5,150
Nick Abou Risk	5,000 5,000	5,000
Mclean Karr	4,150 4,150	4,150
Brandon Cantu	4,100 4,100	4,100

Sebastian Saffari	4,000 4,000	4,000
Jamie Kerstetter	3,900 -4,600	-4,600
Tony Dunst	3,800 -200	-200

Zachary Korik	3,600 3,600	3,600
Mohsin Charania	2,400 -7,600	-7,600

Taylor Paur	1,100 1,100	1,100

Tags: Ami Barer

06-11-2014 17:34 UTC-7

Silver Shoves on his Fellow Brit

Matthew Pitt

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Max Silver checked to his fellow British-pro Tom Hall on a board and Hall bet 1,525. Silver weighed up his options before settling on an all-in bet. Silver covered Hall by a lot of chips and Hall wasn't prepared to play for stacks and folded.

Silver is now up to 13,500 and will be hoping for a similar result that he achieved in Event #19, where he finished 13th for $23,486.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Silver	13,500 3,600	3,600

Tom Hall	3,350 -1,150	-1,150

Tags: Max Silver Tom Hall

06-11-2014 17:37 UTC-7

Trickett Turned Out

[user252447]

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Sam Trickett didn’t last too long in this tournament. We returned to see David Brillon with a pile of chips in front of him and an empty seat where Trickett had been. Using finely honed poker reporter instincts we decided to ask Brillon what happened to Trickett and he explained how he had felted the Brit.

Trickett raised to 400 and Brillon in the small blind and the big blind flatted. The flop was with two spades. It was checked to Trickett who continued for 600 which Brillon called and the two players saw a turn card .

Brillon then check-raised all in when Trickett bet 2,200 and Trickett called. Brillon had turned a full house with and Trickett was drawing dead with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Trickett	Busted

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06-11-2014 17:39 UTC-7

Goel Takes a Big One

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Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

A player opened to 450, Scott Clements and another player called right behind and Apoorva Goel called from the big blind. The flop came and Goel checked. The orginal raiser bet 1,100 and Clements and Goel made the call.

The turn was the and Goel and an opponent checked to Clements who bet 3,000. Goel raised all in to 7,300 and his opponent also pushed all in; Clements folded. Goel turned over for the straight and his opponent was drawing dead with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Apoorva Goel	22,500 22,500	22,500
Scott Clements	10,200 5,500	5,500

Tags: Apoorva Goel Scott Clements