2014 World Series of Poker

Event #28: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$398,567
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
160
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

2010 November Niner Joseph Cheong appears to be riding quite a wave right now.

He dumped some chips early before calling a David "Devilfish" Ulliott 375-chip open in position. 2012 October Niner Jeremy Ausmus then potted it from the button and while Ulliott folded, Cheong made the call.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Cheong check-raised a 2700-chip bet from Ausmus, dropping two pink 5,000 chips on the felt in front of him. Ausmus folded and Cheong moved a little closer to the 30,000-chip starting stack again.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
24,500 -5,500

Tilly Picks Off a Bluff

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

With the board reading {7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Hearts} on fourth street, Jennifer Tilly bet 1,200 after two players checked in front of her. The big blind made the call, and the postflop aggressor who had bet 500 on that street mucked his hand. The {3-Clubs} completed the board, and the big blind fired out 2,600. Tilly quickly called.

The big blind showed {q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, and Tilly's {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for a straight was easily best.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
WSOP 1X Winner
44,600 12,100

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante:

Fast and Furious

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Barny Boatman.
Barny Boatman.

WSOP bracelet winner Barney Boatman is off to a rather fast start here sitting on close to 45,000 already.

He's played a lot of pots already and since he's short and just a few seats away, it appears whale Bob Bright may have been chief donator in at least a few of them.

With a little bit of loose image now, it was surprise to see five callers when he opened up with a 300-chip preflop raise a minute ago. What was less surprising was to see just two callers when he made it 500 on the {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop.

Everybody checked the club-flush draw completing {4-Clubs} turn, but when the player in the small blind bet 1,500 on the {9-Spades} river, Boatman and the third man in the hand let it get through.

Player Chips Progress
Barney Boatman
Barney Boatman
44,000 14,000
Bob Bright
Bob Bright
9,000 -21,000

A Somerville Always Pays His Debts

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Jason Somerville, pictured in an earlier event.
Jason Somerville, pictured in an earlier event.

Antonio Esfandiari just took a seat at Table 367, and he hollered something at Jason Somerville, who promptly began walking over from a neighboring table.

"I love when you see a guy who owes you money, and he just walks over right away and pays you," Esfandiari said as Somerville handed him a stack of chips. "Can you imagine if it was always like that?"

That would be a glorious day, indeed.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
30,000 30,000

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariJason Somerville

"I Want to See That Hand!"

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Noah Schwartz check-called 450 on a {5-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} flop against Main Event fourth-place finisher Sylvain Loosli, and a {2-Diamonds} turned. Schwartz check-called 850 this time, and both players checked the {q-Diamonds} river.

"Who shows first?" Schwartz said with a smile, knowing full well it was him.

Loosli smiled and waited for Schwartz to show, and he turned over {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a flush.

"I want to see that hand!" Schwartz said. "You're so lucky you get to just muck."

Player Chips Progress
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
32,750 32,750
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
30,600 30,600

Tags: Noah SchwartzSylvain Loosli

Tilly Takes One

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Jennifer Tilly.
Jennifer Tilly.

Almost ten years after her Academy Award nomination for her role as Olive in 1994's Bullets Over Broadway, Jennifer Tilly won the 2005 WSOP Ladies Championship to become the first combination WSOP bracelet winner and Academy Award Nominee in history.

She's off to pretty fast start here in the $10k Pot-Limit Championship already, defending her big blind from a 300-chip late position raise that Amir Lehavot also called from the button.

Tilly took the lead making it 400 on the {j-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop and only the original raiser made the call. Tilly fired again at the {9-Spades} flop, this time making it 800 and getting another call. But on the {3-Clubs} river, when she three-barreled to 1,700, it was enough to take down the early pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
WSOP 1X Winner
32,500 32,500