Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-16-2014 12:21 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Massey	15,000
David Nicholson	15,000
Loni Harwood	15,000

David Pham	15,000

Eric Froehlich	15,000

Brock Parker	15,000
Fabrice Soulier	15,000

David Sands	15,000
JJ Liu	15,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	15,000

Randal Flowers	15,000
Marc McLaughlin	15,000
Barny Boatman	15,000

Daniel Strelitz	15,000

Amit Makhija	15,000
Phil Collins	15,000
Melanie Weisner	15,000
Olivier Busquet	15,000
Heinz Kamutzki	15,000
Doug Lee	15,000

Strelitz Raises River

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

We arrived at the table in time to see Daniel Strelitz heads up with an opponent on a board of . Strelitz checked the river and his opponent let into the middle for 3,700. Strelitz came over the top with a raise to 11,600. This raise sent Strelitz's opponent deep into the tank for well over two minutes.

Eventually, time was called and the floor supervisor came over to the table. Strelitz's opponent was informed that he had one minute to act on his hand before it was declared dead. After about 30 more seconds, he let go of his cards. Strelitz was pushed the pot and now has about 26,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Strelitz	26,000 11,000	11,000

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06-16-2014 12:52 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Marc McLaughlin	19,000 4,000	4,000
Kevin Saul	18,800 3,800	3,800
Vanessa Selbst	18,500 3,500	3,500

David Vamplew	18,400 3,400	3,400
Jeff Madsen	17,500 2,500	2,500

Russell Thomas	17,000
Ted Lawson	16,400

David "Bakes" Baker	15,400

Christina Lindley	14,400 600	600
Jesse Sylvia	13,300 1,700	1,700
Barny Boatman	12,600 2,400	2,400

Darren Rabinowitz	12,200 2,800	2,800

Kurt Cohlberg (Curt Kohlberg)	12,100
Allen Kessler	11,100 3,900	3,900
Gaelle Baumann	11,000 4,000	4,000

Loni Harwood	10,900 4,100	4,100

Doug Lee	10,100 4,900	4,900
Everett Carlton	9,500 5,500	5,500
Kevin MacPhee	9,100 5,900	5,900

Robert Panitch	7,800 7,200	7,200

06-16-2014 12:56 UTC-8

Flowers Growing

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The flop read and Randal Flowers was heads up with an opponent. Action checked over to Flowers and he dropped forward a bet of 1,250. His opponent quickly came over the top with an all in bet and Flowers snapped him off, rolling over . Flowers' opponent showed and was in dire need of help to stay alive.

Flowers' jacks held through the turn and river and he scored the elimination. His stack is now sitting around 23,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randal Flowers	23,000 8,000	8,000

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06-16-2014 13:00 UTC-8

$50,000 PokerStars Freeroll

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

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06-16-2014 13:01 UTC-8

Break Time

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Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-16-2014 13:39 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kunal Patel	29,500 7,000	7,000
Dani Stern	19,300 4,300	4,300
Aaron Massey	17,600 2,600	2,600
JJ Liu	17,000 2,000	2,000
John Juanda	16,800

Brock Parker	16,300 1,300	1,300
Ryan Riess	15,800 800	800

Ryan Olisar	15,000
Dan Smith	15,000

Joe Kuether	14,300 700	700
Steve Brecher	14,100 900	900
Andre Akkari	14,000

Darryll Fish	13,500 1,500	1,500
Cary Katz	13,000

Scott Baumstein	12,800

Phil Collins	11,200 3,800	3,800
Amit Makhija	11,000 4,000	4,000
Mike McDonald	11,000 4,000	4,000
Amanda Musumeci	10,500 4,500	4,500
Heinz Kamutski	9,500
Chris Moorman	9,400 5,600	5,600

Fabrice Soulier	9,000 6,000	6,000

Dylan Linde	8,400 6,600	6,600

Fabian Quoss	7,300 7,700	7,700
Galen Hall	4,200

06-16-2014 13:41 UTC-8

Silver Stars

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Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Here are a few counts from the Silver section of the Brasilia Room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Danchev	40,500 40,500	40,500

Jeff Gross	37,400 37,400	37,400

Jason Wheeler	25,000 25,000	25,000

John Juanda	22,800 6,000	6,000

Rhys Jones	19,400 19,400	19,400
Tamer Kamel	14,200 14,200	14,200
Mike Watson	13,400 13,400	13,400

Zimnan Ziyard	11,800 11,800	11,800
Joe Serock	10,075 10,075	10,075

Steve Watts	8,300 8,300	8,300

06-16-2014 13:46 UTC-8

England Versus France

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Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Barny Boatman, winner of a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2013, opened the betting with a raise to 400 from the cutoff and Frenchman Guillaume Diaz defended his big blind with a call.

Diaz checked to Boatman on the flop, Boatman made a continuation bet of 500 and Diaz called. The turn was another nine, this one the and Diaz checked again. Boatman kept his foot on the gas and made it 1,000 to go. Diaz wasn't prepared to pay and extra 1,000 and he folded.

Also on Boatman and Diaz's table is Vanessa Selbst who looks remarkably focused — as she usually is. Selbst has slightly more than starting stack with 16,800 chips.