2014 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
82
Prize
$633,341
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,585,000
Entries
550
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

"Alright Gents, Have a Good Day"

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

After the player in the hijack opened with a raise, a short-stacked Chance Kornuth moved all in from the button for 9,300. James Mackey then three-bet all in over the top from the small blind for 19,600, the big blind folded, and the original raiser got out of the way.

Kornuth: {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Mackey: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

Kornuth was in bad shape and looking for some help, but he found none on the {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop. The {A-Spades} turn paired Mackey, and that left Kornuth drawing dead.

"Alright gents, have a good day," Kornuth said as the dealer put out the {4-Hearts} on the river to make his elimination official.

Meanwhile, Justin Bonomo was eliminated over at Table 1 in unknown action.

Player Chips Progress
James Mackey us
James Mackey
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Chance KornuthJames Mackey

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Madsen Soars to 100K

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jeff Madsen shot to fame in 2006 when he won not one but two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He won his third piece of poker jewellery in 2013 when he took down the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament and is setting himself up for a shot at a fourth bracelet by accumulating a stack of 100,000 as this tournament heads towards its final level of play.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
100,000 50,000
Matt Davenport gb
Matt Davenport
84,500 56,500
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
58,000 21,000
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
55,000 15,300

Tags: Jeff Madsen

Juanda vs. Ramage

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

John Juanda opened for 850 and cleared the field all the way around to Grayson Ramage, who opted to call from the big blind. Ramage proceeded to check-call bets of 1,350 and 2,750 on the {3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} flop and {A-Spades} turn respectively, and then checked for a third time on the {3-Hearts} river.

Juanda thought for a few moments before betting 4,350, and Ramage thought equally as long before making the call.

"I have an ace," Juanda said before tabling the {a-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. It was good as Ramage simply sent his cards to the muck.

Meanwhile, Jeff Gross has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
75,000 -15,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
75,000 44,700
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
Busted

King Ostrander

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The preflop action escaped us, but we do know Greg Ostrander got his stack of 22,975 all in preflop against David Fhima, who was sitting on a pretty big stack of his own.

Ostrander: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Fhima: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}

Ostrander was well out in front, and that's just where he stayed as the board ran out a harmless {j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
David Fhima fr
David Fhima
90,000
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
WSOP 1X Winner
50,600

Tags: Greg OstranderDavid Fhima

Kanit Loves the Dealer

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Mustapha Kanit raised from the cutoff and quickly called when Igor Kurganov three-bet from the small blind.

The talented duo looked on as the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{K-Diamonds} flop came into view - a flop that both players checked. The {7-Hearts} saw Kurganov lead for 4,400 and Kanit called. Kurganov fired a 12,500 bet at Kanit on the {K-Hearts} river and Kanit quickly called.

Kanit: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Kurganov: {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}

Kurganov had a busted straight and Kanit a hand-winning full house, but the dealer took a couple of seconds to process what was in front of her.

"Chop it up," joked Kurganov.

"Give me the money," exclaimed Kanit before adding an "I love you" to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
56,200 41,200
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
46,300 16,300

Tags: Igor KurganovMustapha Kanit

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
120,000 80,000
Fhima David
Fhima David
115,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
Everest Poker
90,000 66,000
Josh Bergman us
Josh Bergman
85,000 4,000
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
80,000 45,500
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
75,000 55,000
Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
WSOP 2X Winner
75,000 27,000
Senh Ung gb
Senh Ung
70,000 46,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
60,000 25,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
53,000 28,000
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
50,000 10,500
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000 5,000
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
50,000 27,000
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 26,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
31,000 16,000
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000
Rene Angelil us
Rene Angelil
22,000 2,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
20,000 9,500
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
20,000 16,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
20,000 5,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
18,500 5,500
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
18,000 -6,400
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
15,000 -11,000
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
15,000 -17,300
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
10,000 1,000

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