Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-14-2014 13:11 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	4,500
Sam Greenwood	4,500
Keanu Tabali	4,500

Slow Start For Collins

Happy_Freaked

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Former November Niner Phil Collins' off to a good start at this year's World Series of Poker with four cashes but today his start has been a bit slow.

Collins made a raise to 75 and the player in the small blind made the call. The flop brought out and both players checked after which the turn was the . The small blind checked again and this time Collins bet 150. Collins' opponent check-raised to 425 and the call was made.

On the river the popped up and Collins shook his head when his opponent bet 725. Collins ultimately folded and left himself with 3,400 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Collins	3,400	-1,100

Tags: Phil Collins

Level: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

06-14-2014 13:02 UTC-7

Madsen Tank Folds

[user270022]

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

We arrived at the table with a board reading and about 4,000 chips in the middle. Jim Rice had bet 1,500 and action was on Jeff Madsen. Eventually Madsen folded and Rice claimed a decent sized pot.

We also seen Jesse Sylvia, Xuan Liu, and French Canadian poker analyst Laurence Grondin take their seats and Ami Alibay vacate his.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Rice	6,500	6,500
Xuan Liu	4,500
Laurence Grondin	4,500	4,500
Jesse Sylvia	4,500	4,500
Jeff Madsen	2,500	-2,000
Ami Alibay	Busted

Tags: Jeff Madsen Jim Rice

06-14-2014 12:44 UTC-7

Quick Double Up For Kessler

Happy_Freaked

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

"I doubled on the first hand," Allen Kessler immediately mentioned when he spotted our presence at his table.

Kessler went on to explain how he managed to already sit on quite a big stack here during the early goings. Kessler called a raise with and called again when the flop brought . On the turn a hit and Kessler raised the bet from his opponent, who on his turn put in another raise.

The river was another and Kessler moved all in after his opponent bet again. Kessler was called by and his rivered full house gave him a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	8,525

Tags: Allen Kessler

06-14-2014 12:35 UTC-7

More Famous Faces

Happy_Freaked

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Puchkov	4,500	4,500
Dave Ulliot	4,500	4,500
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	4,500	4,500
Andy Frankenberger	4,500	4,500
Adam Levy	4,500	4,500
Jameson Painter	4,500	4,500
Matt Stout	4,500	4,500
Kitty Kuo	4,500	4,500
Timothy Finne	4,500	4,500
Larry Wright	4,500	4,500
Martin Staszko	4,500	4,500
Amir Lehavot	4,500	4,500
Ted Lawson	4,500	4,500
Niall Farrell	4,500	4,500
Mark Newhouse	4,500	4,500
Scott Abrams	4,500	4,500
John Monnette	4,500	4,500