Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players' Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-22-2014 21:02 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	225,000 45,000	45,000

Shaun Deeb	190,000 -15,000	-15,000

Marco Johnson	172,000

Brian Hastings	127,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tommy Hang	126,000 -24,000	-24,000
Nick Schulman	117,000 -23,000	-23,000

Melissa Burr	117,000 -8,000	-8,000

Updated Chip Counts from Table 364

Chad Holloway

Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	250,000 34,000	34,000

Matt Glantz	200,000 5,000	5,000

George Danzer	140,000 -28,000	-28,000

David "ODB" Baker	119,000 -21,000	-21,000

Ben Yu	111,000 -36,000	-36,000

Vanessa Selbst	95,000 -17,000	-17,000

06-22-2014 21:00 UTC-7

"Gordo" Continues to Slide

mnuwwarah

Level 3

Pot-Limit Omaha

Mike Gorodinsky remains in an early slump in the event where he notched a ninth-place finish last year. His most recent stumble came in the game that made him famous: PLO.

Gorodinsky was under the gun on a flop, and Frank Kassela bet into him for 800. Gorodinsky called, and he called another 3,000 on the turn. Kassela's final bullet was for 5,500 on the river, and Gorodinsky quickly called that as well.

Kassela had the nut straight with , and he took down the medium-sized pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	160,500 10,500	10,500

Mike Gorodinsky	103,700 -27,800	-27,800

Tags: Mike Gorodinsky

06-22-2014 20:59 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from Table 370

Chad Holloway

Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
Abe Mosseri	215,000 25,600	25,600

Matthew Ashton	210,000 4,000	4,000

James Obst	175,000 -5,000	-5,000

Sergii Baranov	135,000 -2,000	-2,000
Paul Volpe	130,000 -5,000	-5,000

Bryn Kenney	120,000 -10,000	-10,000

Phil Galfond	81,500 -18,500	-18,500

06-22-2014 20:56 UTC-7

WSOP 2014: Phil Ivey

Webjoker

Level 3

https://www.pokernews.com/video/wsop-2014-phil-ivey-still-chasing-his-first-bracelet-of-the-8869.htm

Tags: Phil Ivey

06-22-2014 20:52 UTC-7

Baranov Raises, Obst Folds

Josh_Cahlik

Level 3

No-Limit Hold'em

Sergii Baranov raised it up to 1,200 from the cutoff and Abe Mosseri called from the button. The small blind folded and James Obst called from the big blind. The three saw a flop and Obst checked. Baranov continued for 2,200 and Mosseri shot his hand to the muck. Obst, however, elected to stick around.

The turn was the and both players checked to see the hit the river. Obst led for 2,200 and Baranov raised to 5,000 straight. Obst instantly picked up his hand and dropped it into the muck. Baranov was pushed the pot and now has about 137,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	180,000 -15,000	-15,000

Sergii Baranov	137,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: James Obst Sergii Baranov

06-22-2014 20:50 UTC-7

Sion Keeps the Pressure On

Chad Holloway

Level 3

No-Limit Hold'em

Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion opened for 1,300 from middle position and Brian Rast, who won this event back in 2011, called from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop. Sion led out for 1,800, Rast called, and the appeared on the turn.

Sion bet again, this time 4,800, and Rast came along for the ride. When the {Q} completed the board on the river, Sion fired a third bullet for 13,600, and this time it did the trick as Rast quickly released his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	238,000 -23,000	-23,000

Elior Sion	175,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Brian Rast Elior Sion

06-22-2014 20:50 UTC-7

Monnette Back Up

Happy_Freaked

Level 3

No-Limit Hold'em

The board showed and with about 30,000 chips already in the middle John Monnette bet 18,300 from the small blind. Steve Billirakis tanked for a long time but in the end he folded his hand to give this big pot to Monnette.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Billirakis	174,000 20,000	20,000

John Monnette	140,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: John Monnette Steve Billirakis

06-22-2014 20:45 UTC-7

Roaring Start for Rast

mnuwwarah

Level 3

Brian Rast has nearly doubled his stack so far.

No-Limit Hold'em

Brian Rast continues to accumulate chips at a furious pace early on.

Philip Sternheimer opened for 1,200 in middle position in a recent pot, and Rast three-bet to 4,000 from the big blind. Sternheimer made the call, and the two took in a flop, on which Rast bet 4,800. Sternheimer called, and Rast kept the barrels coming with 8,500 on the turn. Sternheimer again called, and the emerged on the river. At this, Rast fired out 27,000. Sternheimer tanked for awhile, asked for a count of the bet, and then decided to look his opponent up.

Rast flipped for trips, and that was enough to rake in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	261,000 -4,000	-4,000

Philip Sternheimer	126,000 -46,000	-46,000

Tags: Brian Rast Philip Sternheimer

06-22-2014 20:34 UTC-7

A Big Hand For Shakerchi

Happy_Freaked

Level 3

2-7 Triple Draw

On the second draw we saw Jeff Lisandro take one card from the small blind after which Talal Shakerchi, in the big blind, stood pat and Scott Seiver took one card as well. Lisandro checked to Shakerchi who bet, Seiver raised, Lisandro called and Shakerchi followed suit.

On the final draw Lisandro took one card and both Shakerchi and Seiver stood pat.

Lisandro and Shakerchi checked to Seiver who immediately checked behind. Shakerchi showed , and Seiver shook his head as he mucked his cards.