2014 World Series of Poker

Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$288,744
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,519,200
Entries
1,688
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Last Break of the Day

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

A final twenty-minute break during which those pesky green T25 chips will be colored up.

Player will then have two more levels of play before the day draws to a close.

Seidel Wants To See a Flop

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Erik Seidel opened from early position for 1,300 and got rasied by the button to 3,100. The blinds folded and Seidel put in the call.

They checked it down to the river of a board showing {5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs} where his opponent bet 4,050 and Seidel laid it down.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
18,000 -2,000

Nitsche Nixed

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Dominik Nitsche had reached the turn of a board showing {5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds} against one opponent. Nitsche bet 2.500 and his opponent moved all in and had him covered. There was about 5,000 in the pot.

"I have no idea what to do.” Nitsche admitted. “I call.”

His opponent showed {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} and Nitsche was drawing thin with {k-Spades}{8-Spades}. The river was the {j-Spades}.

“Good game.” Nitsche said and was off.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted

Pok Kim Gets Aces

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante
Pok Kim
Pok Kim

It didn't go as smooth for Pok Kim on her new table next to Victor Ramdin, but she just rebounded and got some of her losses back. An opponent moved all in from early position for 6,425 chips and Kim reshoved two seats over to enforce folds all around. The opponent showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and Kim had that crushed with the {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}. The board ran out {A-Spades}{2-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and Kim thanked the dealer "for no bad beat."

Another two familiar names are on the rise on tables nearby, you can find their chip counts below.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
53,000 45,500
Pok Kim us
Pok Kim
42,500 -9,500
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
30,500 13,700

Tags: Pok Kim

Nice Call From Baker

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We saw the {3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{K-Spades} turn checked through between Amanda Baker and her opponent before the latter made it 2,300 to go on the {6-Diamonds} river. Baker gave it some thought before making the call and was shown {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, which ended up second best to the {A-Clubs}{J-Spades} of Baker.

We also grabbed some further updated chip counts from the blue section as well.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Iarussi us
Joseph Iarussi
60,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
44,000 21,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
20,000 13,000
Amanda Baker us
Amanda Baker
15,000 2,500
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
Busted

Tags: Amanda Baker

Farrell Exploits Position

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Niall Farrell has a couple of players to his right, seemingly amateurs, who he has tangled with as reported previously and he was just at it again. The older of the two players limped from early position and Farrell to his left raised it up to 1,700. It folded back round to the limper and he put in the calling chips.

The flop was {10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. Checked to Farrell, he bet 2,300 and the older gentleman folded. The other player however, even though he wasn’t in the hand, objected to the way Farrell placed his bets in one neat stack making it more difficult to see the exact amount. Farrell good naturedly agreed and said he would make it easier or verbalise the bet next time.

A round later Farrell was under the gun and placed out a raise for 1,200 with the chips clearly separated. “Better?” he asked with a smile and laughed as it folded round to the older gentleman who was the only caller in the big blind.

The flop was {4-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{k-Spades}. Both players checked. The turn was the {q-Clubs} and Farrell raised a bet of 2,000 to 4,900 and got a call. The river was the {4-Spades} and when the big blind checked Farrell moved all in. There was a fair bit of head shaking before he let the hand go, showing the {q-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
17,000 5,000

Tags: Niall Farrell

Sowers Takes It With a Continuation Bet

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Anthony Gregg opened the action with a min-raise to 1,200 and the small blind called, Mike Sowers in the big blind three-bet to 4,000. That enforced a fold from Gregg but the small blind stuck around to see the heads-up {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} flop. The small blind checked and then folded when Sowers made the continuation bet for 4,500.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
53,000 -1,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 19,000

Tags: Mike Sowers