2014 World Series of Poker

Event #39: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$548,460
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,708,160
Entries
992
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Pinkus Busts One

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Brian Pinkus raised to 1,250 from early position and received one caller. The flop was {8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Pinkus bet 2,225. His opponent raised to 5,225 and Pinkus then moved all in. His opponent made the call with {8-}{7-} for top pair, but Pinkus tabled {10-}{10-} for the overpair. The {6-Hearts}{5-Spades} completed the board and Pinkus stacked his chips and sent his opponent packing.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Pinkus us
Brian Pinkus
63,300 63,300

Tags: Brian Pinkus

River Saves Frankenberger's Bacon

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

The flop read {10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Andy Frankenberger checked from his seat in the small blind. Bryan Picciloi, in the hijack bet 2,350 and Ryan Leplante called. Frankenberger then moved all-in for 8,900, Picciloi folded, but Leplante instantly called.

Frankenberger: {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Leplante: {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

Frankenberger was way behind and needed some luck to stay in the tournament. The {2-Hearts} turn was followed by the {2-Spades} river, improving both Frankenberger and Leplante to the same full house and therefore the pot was split.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
WSOP 2X Winner
23,200 23,200
Ryan Leplante
Ryan Leplante
23,000 23,000
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
9,400 -1,900

Tags: Andy FrankenbergerBryan PicciloiRyan Leplante

Moorman Continues To Climb; Trio Fall

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Chris Moorman is up to 53,000 chips right now and Scotland's Ludovic Geilich is around 10,000 off that total with 43,600.

It appears that the tournament has lost Phil Hellmuth, Steve Watts and Noah Schwartz during the last level, making the shark-infested waters of this event slightly less dangerous.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
53,000 26,500
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
43,600 8,600
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
Busted
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Chris MoormanLudovich GeilichNoah SchwartzPhil HellmuthSteve Watts

O'Donnell Eliminated on Three-Way All In

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Matt O'Donnell, who has made two final tables at this year's WSOP, pushed all in for 11,600 after a raise from the player under the gun and a call by Anthony Miller right behind. With the action back to the original raiser, he announced that he was also all in.

Miller would give it some serious thought, before eventually making the call and tabling {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}. He was ahead, but needed to dodge some serious outs as O'Donnell tabled {a-Spades}{j-Clubs} and their opponent had {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. Not to mention, another player at the table mentioned that his folded hand was pocket nines as well.

Outs were dodged however when the board ran out {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{5-Spades} and Miller's nines stayed good.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Miller us
Anthony Miller
41,000 41,000
Matt O'Donnell us
Matt O'Donnell
Busted

Tags: Matt O'Donnell

Ace-High is Good for Musumeci

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

We caught the action as Amanda Musumeci called an all-in bet with {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} to find her up against {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}.

"At least I have two live cards," said the all-in player. "Please let me win, I've been sat with no cards all day."

Sadly for the all-in gentleman, the cards didn't listen and when the board ran out {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Spades}, his tournament was over.

Player Chips Progress
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
17,200 200

Tags: Amanda Musumeci

Linde Adds to Watts' Misery

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Dylan Linde raised it up to 1,200 from under the gun and Steve Watts called from the next seat along. The other players folded meaning it was heads-up to the {Q-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop. Linde made a continuation bet of 1,600 and Watts ducked out of the way.

Watts informed us that a short time before the above hand, he lost a big pot with {A-}{K-} versus {9-}{9-}, which explains why he has about half of the chips from when we last counted them.

Player Chips Progress
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
WSOP 1X Winner
27,500 27,500
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
12,150 -10,150

Tags: Dylan LindeSteve Watts

Elezra Doubles to Stay Alive

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

We walked up to a board of {j-}{4-}{9-} and Eli Elezra had raised his opponent all in for his last 3,425. His opponent would make the call and Elezra needed help for his {8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} versus the {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} of his opponent.

The help came on the {8-Clubs} turn and the river {k-} was clean for Elezra; his two pair was good for a double.

Player Chips Progress
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
9,500 9,500

Tags: Eli Elezra

Meyers' Mountainous Stack

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

Brandon Meyers continues to crush all that dare stand before him. He is currently armed with a colossal stack of chips worth 78,500 and looks to be our chip leader.

Also cruising along is British pro James Dempsey. The man known as "Flushy" is rapidly approaching the 60,000 chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Meyers us
Brandon Meyers
78,500 23,500
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
59,500 26,500

Tags: Brandon MeyersJames Dempsey

Brutal Flop Tames Terry

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

We walked up to Todd Terry contemplating his action, as Christian Jeppsson had moved all in preflop. After some consideration, Terry made the call and Jeppsson winced, sheepishly turning over {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}. Terry tabled {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} and looked to be in good shape, until he saw a king in the window and a completed flop of {k-}{2-}{k-}.

The board completed {5-}{3-} and all Terry could muster was a "so sick" as he sent almost half of his stack to Jeppsson.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Jeppsson se
Christian Jeppsson
28,000 28,000
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
17,000 -12,000

Tags: Christian JeppssonTodd Terry