Quick Break
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Level 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Players are on a 20-minute break.
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,594
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Talking Thomas
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Travell Thomas is the one of the big talkers left in the tournament and he is talking up a storm and gathering chips at the same time. He is delighted to have Phil Hellmuth at his table and no doubt have position on him.
Hellmuth opened to 4,500 and Thomas observed that last time it was 4,000 so this time he must have a hand. If it was 4,000 he would have re-popped it. Everyone folded to Hellmuth’s raise.
“Show the bluff.” Thomas taunted. “I’ll just show one.” replied Hellmuth showing the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
51,400
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51,400 |
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94,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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Headed For the Pay Out Desk
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Time to collect some money for these players as their chips are gone.
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Valenti Takes One, Busts One
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Ami Barer opened to 4,000 from under the gun, the player from the button called, as did Vincent Valenti from the big blind. The flop was 
and Valenti checked. Barer bet 6,600, the player on the button folded and Valenti made the call.
The turn was the 
and Valenti check-raised to 30,000 after a bet of 14,400 from Barer and Barer made the fold.
The very next hand, Valenti called an all in bet from the small blind with 
. His opponent tabled 
, but the board ran out 
and Valenti sent him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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131,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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88,000
-20,300
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-20,300 |
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Dark Horse Debbie
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Debbie Motycka has been bubbling under the top stacks for most of yesterday and today but it looks like she has recently taken the chip lead.
Very little is known about Motycka and she has no recorded cashes but she is more than holding her own in this tournament, playing a lot of pots and seemingly picking off bluffs and making up with strong hands and getting paid. Her unorthodox style certainly seems to be bamboozling some of the other players.
Mike McDonald though managed ti get the better of Motycka in a recent hand as she was still stacking chips from a previous hand. McDonald opened to 4,000 and Motycka made the call as did the big blind. The flop was 
and when McDonald continued for 6,000 Motycka made the call to get it heads up. The turn card 
brought the third spade out and McDonald bet 15,000.
Motycka picked up her cards to better study them and with a shake of the head she passed them to the dealer to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000
161,000
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161,000 |
More for Motycka
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Jordan Cristos was getting short on chips and put them in the middle. Sat to his left was chip leader Debbie Motycka and she moved all in covering everyone at the table. No one wanted to tangle and Cristos was at risk with 
and in trouble against the 
of Motycka.
The cards ran out 
to see Cristos out and more chips head the way of Motycka.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Busted |
Hellmuth Takes a Big One
Level 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
A player raised to 5,500 from early position and Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 13,000 from middle position. His opponent made the call and the flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Hellmuth's opponent check-called his 18,000 bet.
The river was the and this time Hellmuth's opponent led for approximately 30,000 and Hellmuth snap-called and excitedly gathered his chips after tabling 
versus the 
of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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151,000
57,000
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57,000 |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
PokerNews Podcast Episode #224: Nick Schulman vs. The Phone Vendor feat. Matt Waxman
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Matt Waxman joins the PokerNews Podcast at the top of the show to talk about winning a bracelet in 2013, debate whether or not the National Championship is a closed event, and tell the story of his first big heater in poker. The crew then gives play-by-play of a spat between Nick Schulman and the phone vendors outside of the Amazon Room, breaks down the recent bracelet winners, and more.
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