2014 World Series of Poker

Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players' Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$1,517,767
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,568,000
Entries
102
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players' Championship

Day 2 Completed

Mercier Leads After Day 2; One Former Champion Remains

Level 10
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

With 802,600 chips, Jason Mercier leads the 55 survivors after Day 2 of the 2014 $50,000 Poker Players' Championship. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner was the only player to bag over 800,000 chips, and eliminated Brian Rast in a big pot-limit Omaha hand during the final level of the evening. Mercier, who has over $10.6 million in career live tournament earnings, has only recorded two six-figure scores since May of 2013, and will be looking to return to his winning ways in this marquee bracelet event.

Joining Mercier atop the counts are Jonathan Duhamel (783,000), Shaun Deeb (724,400), David Steicke (711,100), Matt Glantz (522,800). Glantz is in search of his third career final table in this event – he finished fourth in 2008 for $568,320, and fifth in 2011 for $376,750.

Also among the Day 2 survivors are Scott Seiver, John Hennigan, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, and 2014 bracelet winners Brandon Shack-Harris, Calvin Anderson, Robert Mizrachi, and Brock Parker.

David Bach (17,400) is the only defending champion standing after 10 levels of play over two days, and has a lot of work to do on Day 3 and beyond if he wants to take a repeat trip to the winner's circle. Matthew Ashton (2013) exited after a pot-limit Omaha hand against John Monnette, Michael Mizrachi (2012, 2010) was done in by John Juanda in a hand of razz, Frank Kassela busted Scotty Nguyen (2008) in a hand of stud, and, as mentioned above, Mercier busted Rast (2011).

Freddy Deeb (2007) didn’t participate in this year’s event.

Registration closed at 4 p.m. PT on Monday, and a total of 102 players ponied up 50 dimes to play, generating a total prize pool of $4,896,000. It is the smallest $50,000 mixed game championship since 2009 (95 entries), and the $1,517,767 first-place prize is the third smallest of all time. The top 14 players will earn a minimum of $99,388, and each member of the seven-handed official final table will pocket a minimum of $165,435.

Among the players who busted on Day 2 and will not reach the money were 2014 WSOP bracelet winners Dan Heimiller, Paul Volpe, Dan Kelly, and Player of the Year leader George Danzer. Daniel Negreanu, Jeff Lisandro, and Gus Hansen all exited as well.

Hansen played a near half million-chip pot with 2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel in Level 9. The Great Dane had a flush draw against the French-Canadian’s over pair, and Duhamel held.

The 2014 $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship will resume on Tuesday at 2 p.m. PT. Be sure to return to PokerNews for live coverage straight from the tournament floor for this and every bracelet event at the 2014 World Series of Poker.

We caught up with Shaun Deeb, who's third in chips, at the end of the day.

Tags: Jason Mercier

End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Level 10
Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
WSOP 6X Winner
802,600 52,600
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
WSOP 3X Winner
783,000 323,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
724,400 4,400
David Steicke au
David Steicke
711,100
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
534,700 98,700
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
529,700 29,700
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
522,800 -7,200
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
425,000 25,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
404,700 124,700
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
397,300 56,300
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
WSOP 3X Winner
390,200 -9,800
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
380,700 90,700
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
WSOP 1X Winner
363,600 18,600
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
356,200 58,200
Elior Sion gb
Elior Sion
WSOP 2X Winner
351,900 51,900
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
344,800 -25,200
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
WSOP 2X Winner
329,400
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
325,200 125,200
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
306,900 46,900
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
298,400 -76,600
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
296,900 36,900
Vladimir Schemelev ru
Vladimir Schemelev
WSOP 2X Winner
286,100 -73,900
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
269,600 9,600
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
260,700 77,700
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
239,400 -50,600

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Quads For Everyone

Level 10

Limit Hold'em

"You want to hear a fun hand?" Richard Ashby just said to your reporter on the scene.

"I just had sevens in Limit Hold'em in a hand against Lyle Berman. The flop was {3-}{3-}{3-} and on the turn a {7-} hit so I made a bigger full house. The river however was another {3-}, so I couldn't even call a bet," Ashby said with a wry smile on his face.

Ashby ended up folding and Berman showed {A-}{Q-} for quads with the best possible kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
WSOP 1X Winner
225,000 20,000
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
165,000 -3,000

Tags: Lyle BermanRichard Ashby

Hachem Eliminated in One of the Last Hands of the Night

Level 10

No-Limit Hold'em

Action folded to 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe Hachem in the small blind and he limped. Brian Hastings then checked his option from the big and the flop came out {9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}. Hachem led out for 5,000, Hastings called, and the dealer burned and turned the {7-Spades}.

Hachem bet 15,000, Hastings thought for a bit before raising all in, and Hachem called off for 48,000 or so.

"Did you turn two pair?" Hachem asked. Indeed Hastings had.

Hastings: {7-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Hachem: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Hachem had outs, but the {10-Hearts} river was not one of them. "Only ten minutes to go," a disappointed Hachem said referencing the time left on the clock. Unfortunately the Aussie won't be returning for Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Joe HachemBrian Hastings

The Big Fish and the Fat Fish

Level 10
Chun Lei Zhou
Chun Lei Zhou

"Samrostan! The VIP," John Juanda yelled at his friend Chun Lei Zhou who was being moved to his table.

"Floorman, help this man," Juanda joked as Zhou dropped bottle of water on the floor on his way to the table.

Scott Seiver joined in the banter, and as he saw that Lyle Berman and Richard Ashby were moved to his table as well he yelled, "Stop the clocks!"

The day is almost done and there will be a redraw heading into tomorrow, so Seiver can't enjoy this fun table for much longer. This however doesn't hold him back from stirring things up a little more before the end of the night.

"Look, big fish!" Seiver pointed at Vladimir Schemelev as he looked at Zhou.

Schemelev started laughing and cracked up even more when Zhou responded, "Me too, but he's fat and I'm a bigger fish."

The banter and jokes at this table were likely to continue throughout the night, but unfortunately for everyone there are just a few hands left before the day is done.

Tags: Chun Lei ZhouJohn JuandaRichard AshbyLyle BermanVladimir Schemelev

Deeb Chips Up

Level 10

Limit Hold'em

Action folded to Brian Tate in the cutoff seat, and he raised. Shaun Deeb reraised on the button, and action folded through the blinds and back to Tate. He called, and the flop came down {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Tate checked, Deeb bet, and Tate called.

On the turn, and {8-Spades} paired the board. Tate checked, Deeb bet, and Tate folded.

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
720,000 50,000
Brian Tate us
Brian Tate
256,000 -49,000

Tags: Brian TateShaun Deeb

Steicke Shows Ivey

Level 10

Stud 8

Phil Ivey: {X-}{X-} / {10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{10-Diamonds}fold
David Steicke: {X-}{X-} / {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{A-Clubs}

Picking up the action on fifth street, Steicke bet and Ivey called to see sixth. On sixth, Steicke paired his ace and checked to Ivey, who paired his ten. Ivey bet, and then Steicke check-raised. Ivey thought for a bit, then folded, and Steicke won the pot.

"Flush draw," said Steicke, showing the {2-Hearts} from the hole. He also showed the {A-Diamonds} for trip aces before he scooped in the pot.

Tags: David SteickePhil Ivey

No Mor

Level 10
Ofir Mor
Ofir Mor

Pot-Limit Omaha

Ofir Mor is no more. He pushed in facing a John Juanda 6,000-chip open and after the rest of the table tucked and covered, Juanda made the call.

It was {7-Spades}{a-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for Mor versus Juanda's {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{6-Spades} but Juanda made a nine-high straight on the {3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} board to send him broke.

Player Chips Progress
Ofir Mor us
Ofir Mor
Busted

Tags: John JuandaOfir Mor