Canada's Mark Radoja already has two WSOP bracelets in his collection and if he continues to play how is is right now, number three could be his in a couple of day's time.
Radoja is absolutely bossing his table right now and has 47,000 chips to terrorise his opponents with, which by our reckoning is around 15,000 more than any other player in the field. Wow!
Gavin Smith opened the betting with a raise to 450 from under the gun, a raise that folded out the active players one-by-one until the action was on Olivier Busquet on the button.
Busquet peeked at his cards then moved all-in for 3,150 in total. The blinds ducked out of the way, but Smith shrugged his shoulders and called.
Smith:
Busquet:
Smith looked on course for a timely double-up, but the flipped the hand on its head and put the ball firmly in Busquet's court. The left Smith drawing dead and he was already out of his seat when the completed the board.
As Smith left the table, the waiter arrived with a tray of drink. Smith darted back to his to collect his beverage, and Busquet gave the waiter a couple of dollars to pay for it.
"Well that was worth it," said Smith as he headed out of the tournament area sipping on his free cocktail.
2014 SCOOP Player of the Series Calvin Anderson joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about going deep in the $25,000 buy-in Mixed-Max event, playing non-hold'em games, and more. Rich and Donnie then discuss some of the robberies taking place at the Rio, and a feature on Mike "The Mouth" Matusow.
There is something special about the World Series of Poker. Every summer players from around the world travel to Las Vegas for their shot at poker glory. Oftentimes this results in players from vastly different backgrounds meeting at the green felt. Take for instance David "Devilfish" Ulliott and Everett Carlton.
The two couldn't come from more different backgrounds. The former is a poker legend in the UK with a gold bracelet, a poker book, and numerous TV appearances to his name. The latter is a grinder from the Midwest who can be found playing the WSOP Circuit and Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT). Today the two are seated side by side over at Table 99.
Carlton, who resides in St. Paul, Minnesota, used to be a high stakes golf player but took up poker in 2003 after being diagnosed with malignant melnonoma from exposure to the sun. While he was recovering he saw poker on TV and the rest is history. Carlton has $629,809 in total WSOP & Circuit earnings, which includes a Circuit ring win in the 2009/2010 WSOP Circuit Event #3: $550 No Limit Hold'em at Caesars Palace. Last year he finished third in the 2013 44th Annual World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $224,455. In addition, the soft-spoken Carlton has made a name for himself on the MSPT where he holds the record for most final tables and cashes with eight and ten respectively.
On the flip side is Ulliott, a brash and talkative player that has established himself as one of poker's first true characters. Back in 1997, "the Devilfish" made a name for himself at the WSOP by winning the the 28th Annual World Series of Poker Event #9 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em for $180,310. From there Ulliott went on to rise to poker superstardom in the groundbreaking Late Night Poker television program. Love him or hate him, the Devilfish is truly a poker legend.
David "Devilfish" Ulliott
Carlton and Ulliott come from completely different backgrounds and have opposite personalities, but at the WSOP it doesn't matter. Today they will compete against one another amid thousands of others looking to capture the same prize. Poker truly is a great game.
Welcome back to the 2014 World Series of Poker! It’s the third day of action this summer, and today will see the start of the first $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event of the summer. Yesterday Event #3 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha attracted a massive 1,128 players, and if history is any indication, Event #4 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em should draw quite a bit more than that; in fact, right now there are more than 1,300 players registered for the tournament.
Last year, the first $1,000 no-limit event of the summer (a re-entry event) saw 3,164 total entries, and after three days of intense play, it was Canada’s Charles Sylvestre that emerged victorious to capture the $491,360 first-place prize.
Other $1,000 NLHE winners from last summer include Matt Waxman, who defeated Eric Baldwin heads up in Event #7 to win $305,952; Taylor Paur, who took down Event #18 for $340,260 after overcoming the unconventional Roy Weiss, who was moving all in every hand to neutralize his more experienced opponent; Chris Drombrowski, who topped a field of 2,108 players to win Event #30 for $346,332; Michael Gathy, who captured the Event #34 $1,000 NLHE Turbo title for $278,613; Norbert Szecsi, who defeated one of the quickest final table (132 hands in less than five hours) to win Event #42 for $345,037; and Dana Castaneda, who added her name to the short list of women to win an open event by taking down the Event #54 title for $454,207.
If you look at all of those winners you will see one thing in common — they all ponied up $1,000 and turned it into a big six-figure payday. The winner of this event will do the same. Action will kick off at 12 noon local time, which is just over an hour from now. Join us then as we bring you all the action from Day 1 of the summer's first $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament.
flipped the hand on its head and put the ball firmly in Busquet's court. The 
left Smith drawing dead and he was already out of his seat when the 
completed the board.
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