Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,708,160
Entries
992
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Rettenmaier Falls
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
Marvin Rettenmiaer was in middle position and he bed 2,425 on the 
board, putting the action on Eric Baldwin on the button. Baldwin called and the dealer put the 
onto the river.
Rettenmaier sat riffling chips for 45 seconds before moving all-in only to see Baldwin snap-call.
Baldwin flipped over 
for a flush, which Rettenmaier couldn't beat so he mucked his hand.
Rettenmaier was left with only 750 chips and these went into the middle on the next hand with 
, was called by 
and when the board ran 
Rettenmaier's tournament was over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000 | -9,000 |
|
Busted |
Benger Squeezes Pros Out of the Pot
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
Jason Somerville raised to 800 from the cutoff, Noah Schwartz called on the button and Ludovic Geilich called from the small blind. Griffin Benger was in no mood for calling and he jammed all-in for around 9,000 but before we could count the bet's size, all the active players folded and Benger won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
23,900 | -100 |
|
21,000 | 2,000 |
|
12,500 | 1,500 |
|
10,000 | |
|
7,000 | -1,700 |
Harwood's Heater
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
Loni Harwood has somehow gone from 11,000 chips up to 56,000. We will try catch up with her at the next break to find out what actually happened.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | 44,200 |
|
45,000 | 32,600 |
|
28,200 | -2,000 |
|
26,700 | 26,700 |
|
13,800 | 13,800 |
|
11,900 | 2,200 |
|
Busted |
Affleck Actively Acquiring Chips
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Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
We picked up to the action with Matt Affleck and a heads-up opponent involved and a flopped board of 
. Both players checked to see a turn of the 
. Affleck bet 4,000 and his opponent called.
The river was the and both players checked. Affleck tabled 
and his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 1,000 |
Prize Pool Information
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
With registration now closed, the tournament staff had done some math and released the prize pool information.
The prize pool stands at $2,708,160 thanks to 992 players buying in. A total of 117 places are to be paid, a min-cash is worth $5,145 and a final table appearance $39,078. The champion of Event #35 leaves with a gold bracelet and $548,460 in cash.
A full breakdown of the prizes can be found on our payouts tab.
A Few More Stacks
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 24,400 |
|
26,000 | 500 |
|
24,600 | 13,600 |
|
|
23,500 | 6,500 |
|
22,300 | 13,300 |
|
22,000 | |
|
21,000 | 6,000 |
|
20,500 | 2,500 |
|
18,500 | 9,500 |
|
|
17,000 | 7,700 |
|
|
14,500 | 1,000 |
|
13,000 | -1,300 |
|
|
11,800 | 3,000 |
|
11,300 | 2,000 |
|
11,000 | 2,000 |
|
10,900 | 1,900 |
|
9,450 | 450 |
|
6,200 | -2,600 |
|
5,600 | -9,300 |
|
5,200 | |
|
3,400 | -8,500 |
Huntly Sends Dovzchenko to the Rail
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
Alex Dovzchenko raised to 900 from early position and Gordon Huntly called in the small blind. The big blind moved all-in for 2,975 and then Dovzchenko raised all-in for 8,950. Huntly made the call to put both of his opponents at risk.
Dovzchenko: 
Huntly: 
Big Blind: 
The five community cards fell 
which tripled up the big blind, sent Dovzchenko to the rail and Huntly up to 33,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Runner-runner for Matt Affleck
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
Dunst Passes 50K
Level 7
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,500 | 26,900 |
|
34,000 | 23,000 |
|
31,000 | 23,000 |
|
29,100 | |
|
29,000 | 21,850 |
|
28,100 | 19,700 |
|
26,500 | 900 |
|
26,500 | 6,700 |
|
24,400 | -1,600 |
|
17,000 | 2,700 |
|
10,300 | 2,075 |
|
9,000 | -500 |
|
9,000 | |
|
7,125 | -10,475 |
|
|
6,100 | -7,900 |
|
6,000 | -1,250 |
|
5,075 | -6,325 |