Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-15-2014 03:15 UTC-7

Markin on Top After Day 1; Gonsalves, Griffin, and Gruissem Among Leaders

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Day 1 of Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em is in the books, and leading the 97 survivors is Leonid Markin. Markin bagged 206,800 chips, most of which came in a failed bluff from Jonathan Jaffe. The two were heads up in a pot where Markin fired out a pot-sized bet on the flop, and Jaffe moved all in for roughly 90 big blinds holding queen-high and no draw. Markin called with pocket aces and held, dragging the 183,000-chip pot.

Joining Markin atop the counts are Ashton Griffin (162,300), Markus Gonsalves (145,900), Wai Kin Yong (141,100), and Philipp Gruissem (130,900). Griffin won a 100,000-chip race against Martin Finger in Level 9.

Also surviving the day are PokerNews Podcast cohost Jason Somerville, 2014 WSOP bracelet winners Doug Polk, George Danzer, and Brock Parker, and two players who ran very big bluffs and showed only the ; Nick Schulman and David Williams.

Schulman bluffed Jaffe in Level 8, moving all in for less than a full raise on the river of a board. After committing roughly 100 big blinds, Jaffe folded, and Schulman showed him the . Williams ran his bluff on Anthony Spinella during the final level of the night, check-raising all in on an board. Spinella folded, claiming to have a full house, and Williams also showed the .

Spinella and Jaffe were both eliminated in later hands. Jaffe ran the aforementioned failed bluff against Markin, while Spinella had his aces cracked then lost a race to Parker.

Also exiting on Day 1 were Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Stephen Chidwick, Scott Seiver, Ryan Riess, Justin Bonomo, Davidi Kitai, Michael Mizrachi, and Joseph Cheong.

Cheong was the victim of a bad beat from Greg Merson. The 2012 WSOP Main Event champion cracked Cheong’s queens in a four-bet all-in pot with ace-jack, and Cheong exited empty-handed.

Event #32 attracted a total of 264 players – only 89 players more than the $25,000 variant held in 2013 - generating a total prize pool of $2,481,600. The top 30 finishers are all guaranteed a minimum of $17,793, each member of the six-handed official final table will pocket at least $91,670, and the winner will bank $670,041 along with the coveted gold bracelet.

Day 2 begins on Sunday at 2 p.m. PT in the Amazon Room, and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you live updates straight from the tournament floor. Until then, good night from Las Vegas!

06-15-2014 02:30 UTC-7

Williams Pushes Out Spinella with a Gutsy Bluff

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Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

From the cutoff seat, Anthony Spinella raised to 2,400. Brock Parker called from the small blind, and David Williams reraised to 10,000 from the big blind. Spinella called, and Parker called.

The flop came down , and all three players checked rather quickly before the dealer placed the out on the turn to pair the board. Parker and Williams checked, which prompted a bet of 8,500 from Spinella. After Parker folded, Williams check-raised enough to put Spinella all in.

"Oh my f***ing god!" blurted out Spinella as soon as Williams stuck out the stack of pink T5,000 chips to set him all in. "This is just the worst."

After a minute or so of tanking, Spinella began talking out loud to himself. "You have to have it," he said.

Another minute passed as Spinella was tossing around his chips in front of him in a frustrated fashion before he added, "You're really telling me not to call right now?"

Williams didn't flinch during Spinella's tanking episode, and eventually Spinella gave it up. As soon as he did, Williams turned up the from his hand and passed his cards to the dealer.

"F***!" yelled out Spinella, slamming a couple chips on the felt in front of him and causing players at the adjacent tables to snap their head over and look at what was going on. One chip even bounced off the table and rolled about 12 feet away to where the security guard in the area had to point out where the chip went.

Left with a little under 30,000 in chips, Spinella wasn't too happy with it. Williams, on the other hand, moved up to 130,000 with smile on his face.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	130,000	6,000
Brock Parker	33,000	-7,000
Anthony Spinella	29,500	-25,500

Tags: Brock Parker David Williams Anthony Spinella

06-15-2014 01:58 UTC-7

Arieh is "Concerned"

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

When we arrived at Table 382, Josh Arieh had a bet of 18,000 in front of him - roughly half of the pot - and the board was completed . His opponent, Igor Kurganov, was in the tank.

Kurganov sat silently in thought for a few minutes, mumbling to himself now and then, and finally called.

"I'm concerned," Arieh said. "Nine-high."

Kurganov revealed for a pair of tens, and Arieh mucked.

"I'm very concerned," Arieh said once more. "Nice hand."

"I quit," Erik Seidel said after the hand with a big grin on his face. "I'm going home."

Here's counts from the entire table:

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	78,000	62,375
Eric Wasserson	40,000	-23,500
Tim West	37,000	-21,000
Josh Arieh	30,500	-20,500
Erik Seidel	27,000	8,500
Timothy Adams	26,300	-5,700

Tags: Erik Seidel Igor Kurganov Josh Arieh

06-15-2014 01:43 UTC-7

Straight Flush for Merson

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Greg Merson fired 4,300 into the pot on a board of , and Nick Schulman made the call to see the pair the board on the river. Merson bet 2,400, and Schulman called.

Merson showed the for a king-high straight flush, and Schulman mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Merson	154,000	4,000
Nick Schulman	147,000	18,000

Tags: Nick Schulman Greg Merson

06-15-2014 00:02 UTC-7

Gruissem Gets One

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Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Philipp Gruissem was faced with an all-in bet of 12,125 on a flop of , and with a player behind him he chose to just call. That player folded, and the hands were tabled.

Gruissem:
Opponent:

"That's a very fair fight," David Sands said at the sight of the two hands.

The turn was the , taking away the players' two-pair outs, and the on the river missed him completely. He was eliminated, while Gruissem is up to 77,000 chips.

The man known as "Philbort" just arrived in Las Vegas for the WSOP, and our own Remko Rinkema caught up with him during a break:

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	77,000	21,500

Tags: Philipp Gruissem David Sands

06-15-2014 00:01 UTC-7

"Did That Card Match Up with Anything On the Board, Nick?"

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

On the flop, Greg Merson, Jonathan Jaffe, and Nick Schulman were involved in action together. Merson was first and checked. Jaffe was next and bet 1,850, only to get raised to 4,200 by Schulman. Merson ducked out of the way with a fold, but Jaffe thought things over and then called.

The turn was the , and Jaffe checked. Schulman slid forward a bet of 7,200, and that prompted Jaffe to study.

"Can I see how many pinks you have?" asked Jaffe, to which Schulman responded by cutting out his stack of pink T5,000 chips which equaled 40,000.

Jaffe took a minute, then check-raised to 17,000, verbally announcing his raise. Schulman called.

The completed the board on the river, and Jaffe bet 28,000. With a stack of 47,775 total, Schulman moved all in, pushing his chips forward in towers with two hands and leaning back in his chair to take a sip from his coffee cup.

It was 19,725 more to Jaffe after he requested the dealer to cut out the additional raise, and he went into the tank. Eventually, Jaffe folded his hand, but not without requesting Schulman to show. Schulman looked at one card, then looked at the other, and showed only the .

"Did that card match up with anything on the board, Nick?" asked Merson from across the table.

Schulman smiled with a small chuckle as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	122,000	44,000
Jonathan Jaffe	86,000	-46,000

Tags: Greg Merson Jonathan Jaffe Nick Schulman

06-14-2014 23:17 UTC-7

PokerNews MyStack App Available at the 2014 WSOP!

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

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06-14-2014 22:17 UTC-7

Ladouceur Over 100K

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Marc-Andre Ladouceur led out for 5,000 on a board of , and his opponent Kyle Julius came along for the ride. The river was the man with the ax (), Ladouceur led out for another 13,000, and Julius called.

Ladouceur showed for the nuts, and Julius mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	120,000	71,000
Kyle Julius	10,400	-19,600

Tags: Kyle Julius Marc-Andre Ladouceur

06-14-2014 21:01 UTC-7

"If We Ever Have a Cash Game, You're Not Invited"

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Cary Katz and Galen Hall were heads up on a board of with around 5,000 in the middle, and both players checked. The river was the , and Katz tossed out a min-bet of 300.

Hall went into the tank.

"It's a thin value-bet," Katz said.

Hall didn't respond.

"You can always raise," Katz told him.

Hall continued to tank.

"It's a blocker bet," Katz said. "You can't have a seven. You would've bet on the turn with a seven."

"I could have a six," Hall said.

"You could have a six," Katz responded.

Another 10 seconds elapsed.

"Clock," Katz told the dealer.

The dealer was about to call the floor.

"I'm kidding," Katz then said, chuckling.

The other four players at the table erupted with laughter.

"I don't know if I want to raise or call," Hall said, finally committing the minimum bet.

"Three pair," Katz said, showing .

Hall opened up for a superior hand, and was pushed the pot.

"Damn, you're slow," Katz told him, grinning. "If we ever have a cash game, you're not invited."

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	32,000	5,000
Cary Katz	24,000	-6,000

06-14-2014 19:05 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast Episode #225: When in Doubt, Bet feat. Ryan Riess

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

The PokerNews Podcast crew covers several huge stories, including the PokerStars sale, Mike Matusow's penalty, and the decline of pot-limit hold'em. They are then joined by defending Main Event champion Ryan Riess to talk about his banner, his recent run bad, and much more.