Yesterday at the 2014 World Series of Poker, we saw a field of 967 whittled down to 113 players by the end of the evening in Event #37: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha.
This meant the players were already in the money and now they come into play today knowing that at a minimum they've made a profit. Looking to do more than just turn a small profit is the current chip leader Brandon Paster who bagged an impressive 135,300 in chips.
Not far behind him is bracelet winner, Fabrice Soulier, who had a stack of 129,300 when all was said and done. Michael Wang was a close third ending with 113,900 in chips.
There are plenty of notables lurking in the pack looking to make their mark in this event. Heading the way among those names is none other than Erick Lindgren who ended the day with a top five stack of 100,000 in chips.
Others joining him in their pursuit of WSOP glory are Taylor Paur, Galen Hall, Layne Flack, Kevin Saul, Bryan Micon, Martins Adeniya, Scott Seiver, and the king of cashing at this year's WSOP, Humberto Brenes.
Play will resume within the next hour at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time. PokerNews will be here for all the action with updates throughout the day. Tune in and find out who pushes through to the end!
Adam Bilzerian raised to 5,000 and Fabrice Soulier three-bet to 17,000 from the button. Bilzerian four-bet pot and then called all in for what looked like 75,000 once the Frenchman put him all in.
Soulier:
Bilzerian:
The flop gave Bilzerian an open-ended straight draw, but he could not get there after the turn and the river.
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We get to the table with approximately 50,000 already in the pot on a flop of and Galen Hall placed a bet of 36,000 in front of him. Fabrice Soulier, in an almost inaudible whisper to the dealer, said, "I bet the pot." Hall instantly moved all in and Soulier, committed, made the call. The hands were turned over and Hall was in the lead:
Hall: for a pair of aces
Soulier: for a pair of nines
The turn was the , giving Soulier outs to an eight for a straight. Any queen, jack, ten, nine, or eight would give Soulier the knock out. The river allowed Hall to breathe a sigh of relief as it was the , and after counting down his stack, it was determined that Soulier would send 166,000 over to Hall. This knocked Soulier down to 81,000 and chipped Hall up to 380,000 and the chip lead.
The three-way action on the flop escalated between James Hoeland, Marcel Vonk and Erick Lindgren. Hoeland as shortest stack was all in for 90,000 after the flop, whereas Vonk had another 154,500 on top of that. Lindgren had them both covered.
Vonk:
Lindgren:
Hoeland:
An incredible setup with something for everyone involved, and the board would complete with the turn and the river. Lindgren lost a massive portion of his stack and Hoeland tripled up. Vonk also got out of the hand with some profit.
Douglas Moss was one of the shortest stacks on the last three tables and he got it in preflop for the last 45,000 chips with . Erick Lindgren looked him up with and had a huge sweat on the board.
Ultimately, the pair of nines won the pot for Lindgren and Moss headed to the payout desk.
There were three all ins at the same time and Jordan Cossette was the next player at risk. He got it in preflop with the and was called by Adam Laskey with the . There was no help on the board and the pair of tens held up to eliminate Cossette in 26th place.
It all escalated on the flop when Derek Miller got his stack of more than 150,000 in with . He got called by Matthew Dames with the and was in rough shape. The turn provided some hope for a straight but a blank on the river knocked out the Brit.
Adam Laskey was responsible for the second bustout in a row on his table. A short-stacked Thomas Pronold got it in preflop with the from the cutoff seat and Laskey looked him up with the .
The board ran out and Laskey made the nut straight with his two kickers to boost himself well above average.
Dapreesch Scates opened for a raise to 12,000 and Will Durkee reraised to 41,000. Scates reraised all in and Durkee made the call:
Scates:
Durkee:
Durkee would need to improve if he was going to survive, but the flop came to give Scates top set and Durkee stood up and gathered his things. Nothing would change on the turn or river and Durkee was eliminated in 23rd place.