2014 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
123
Event Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$195,167
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Total Entries
657
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 657
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Lodden Thinks

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Antonio Esfandiari
Antonio Esfandiari

Antonio Esfandiari has recently been moved to a new table and has struck up a game of "Lodden Thinks." The most recent question was how long a player at the table to Antonio's immediate right, takes to do his hair in the morning.

Barry Greenstein is also at the table. Esfandiari was trying to get him to join in but, Greenstein is busy playing on his iPad.

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Ylon Schwartz Stealing Blinds

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It was folded to Ylon Schwartz in the small blind who took the opportunity to raise David Sklansky's big blind. The noted poker author and three-time bracelet winner let his hand go and Schwartz added to his impressive stack.

Level: 5

Limits: 200/400

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Pre-Break Chip Counts

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Defending Champ Among the Leaders

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The defending champ, Brent Wheeler, picked up a decent sized pot on the last hand before the break.

Wheeler raised preflop and both of the players in blinds called. The flop came {q-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{k-Hearts}, both of the blinds checked, Wheeler bet, the player in the small blind raised, the player in the big blind three-bet, Wheeler maxed out with a four-bet, the small blind folded, and the player in the big blind called putting himself all in.

Wheeler: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Big Blind: {q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

Wheeler was ahead with his pair of eights and would eliminate his opponent after the turn and river: {8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

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Negreanu Binks a River

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Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu made a a four-bet call that a player under-the-gun had moved all-in on the turn with. Negreanu made the call with {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and two hearts on board. The river was a {4-Hearts} giving Negreanu a flush and the pot, eliminating the UTG player.

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Some Updated Chip Counts

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