Event #47: $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$963,900
Entries
714
Level
25
Blinds
5,000 / 5,000
Ante
30,000
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
Although some may have seen Monday as a quiet day on the 2014 World Series of Poker schedule, they would be wrong as Event #47: $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em took center stage as the only tournament that would start on the day.
In it's second run last year, the Ante-Only format attracted 678 players and had rave reviews, and in the third running this year a whopping 714 players took to the felt to create a $963,900 first prize that had $212,093 reserved for the victor.
As expected, play was incredibly fast as players consistently fell to the rail throughout the day, and even registering after dinner break couldn't help prevent a hasty exit as players still managed to only last a few hands. With play winding up for the evening, the chance to make the money seemed possible, but as played slowed down in the final few orbits only 80 players would survive meaning that eight players would return tomorrow and leave empty-handed.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Ryan D'Angelo who rode somewhat of a roller coaster in the latter few levels before soaring to an impressive 120,400 to end the day as one of the few players in the six-figure club. Recent bracelet winner Dan Kelly made a huge comeback over the last few hands to end with 98,400 while Max Silver (73,700), Eddy Sabat (56,800), Jason Somerville (51,800) and Maria Ho (50,300) all finished with above average stacks.
WSOP stalwarts Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Erik Seidel also ended with healthy stacks while 2013 WSOP Champion Ryan Riess is still in contention and looking at claiming his third cash for the series.
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. (PDT) on Tuesday afternoom in the Amazon Room, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide all the live updates as we look to play down to the Event #47 final table.
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 437 | 1 | Matt Brady | 22,300 |
| 437 | 2 | Stuart Fischbein | 32,400 |
| 437 | 3 | Sung Cho | 47,400 |
| 437 | 4 | Kevin O'Donnell | 43,000 |
| 437 | 5 | Jason Somerville | 51,800 |
| 437 | 6 | Antonie Saout | 46,200 |
| 437 | 7 | Max Silver | 73,700 |
| 437 | 8 | Dutch Boyd | 14,800 |
| 437 | 9 | Heinz Kamutzki | 47,400 |
| 438 | 1 | Brendan Taylor | 41,200 |
| 438 | 2 | Justas Semaska | 5,500 |
| 438 | 3 | Jake Cody | 7,500 |
| 438 | 4 | Phil Hellmuth | 23,400 |
| 438 | 5 | James Hodges | 10,000 |
| 438 | 6 | Tom Braband | 63,400 |
| 438 | 7 | Brandon Meyers | 27,900 |
| 438 | 8 | Kevin Buck | 49,300 |
| 438 | 9 | Julio de la Rosa | 24,800 |
| 439 | 1 | Gregory Morris | 75,600 |
| 439 | 2 | Simeon Naydenov | 28,200 |
| 439 | 3 | Thomas Beckstead | 15,000 |
| 439 | 4 | Nicholas Stowell | 23,500 |
| 439 | 5 | Michael Sylvan | 1 |
| 439 | 6 | Dustin Goldklang | 76,100 |
| 439 | 7 | Daniel Negreanu | 49,900 |
| 439 | 8 | Eddy Sabat | 56,800 |
| 439 | 9 | Erik Seidel | 24,600 |
| 440 | 1 | Fernando Brito | 14,700 |
| 440 | 2 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | 60,500 |
| 440 | 3 | Adam Levy | 20,100 |
| 440 | 4 | Kyle Bowker | 62,000 |
| 440 | 5 | Carter Myers | 30,000 |
| 440 | 6 | Martin Finger | 40,000 |
| 440 | 7 | Demis Hassabis | 19,400 |
| 440 | 8 | Dan Kelly | 98,400 |
| 440 | 9 | Kevin MacPhee | 52,600 |
| 441 | 1 | Andrii Tolsteneko | 18,600 |
| 441 | 2 | Nipun Java | 61,200 |
| 441 | 3 | Steven Levy | 22,400 |
| 441 | 4 | Roongsak Griffeth | 77,900 |
| 441 | 5 | Masato Yokosawa | 34,300 |
| 441 | 6 | Chad Layne | 25,000 |
| 441 | 7 | Amanda Baker | 10,400 |
| 441 | 8 | Maria Ho | 50,300 |
| 441 | 9 | Jeremy Joseph | 38,900 |
| 442 | 1 | Anton Smirnov | 106,600 |
| 442 | 2 | Jonathan Driscoll | 5,600 |
| 442 | 3 | Jeff Garza | 66,900 |
| 442 | 4 | Jonas Lauck | 59,500 |
| 442 | 5 | Takaaki Nakayama | 88,400 |
| 442 | 6 | Nenad Medic | 30,200 |
| 442 | 7 | Matthew Zola | 24,900 |
| 442 | 8 | Alex Queen | 31,000 |
| 442 | 9 | Rhys Jones | 50,000 |
| 443 | 1 | Jeanphilippe Matte | 5,200 |
| 443 | 2 | Pradeep Rajasekaran | 16,500 |
| 443 | 3 | Andrea Benelli | 29,500 |
| 443 | 4 | Ivan Soshnikov | 18,200 |
| 443 | 5 | Ryan Tosoc | 44,000 |
| 443 | 6 | Davide Suriano | 33,800 |
| 443 | 7 | Jeff Sluzinski | 46,100 |
| 443 | 9 | Ryan Snickles | 39,000 |
| 444 | 1 | Ryan D'Angelo | 120,400 |
| 444 | 2 | Randal Flowers | 11,800 |
| 444 | 3 | Daniel Buzgon | 23,500 |
| 444 | 4 | Herbert Yarbrough | 45,400 |
| 444 | 5 | Manig Loeser | 79,000 |
| 444 | 6 | Jean-Jacques Zeitoun | 38,000 |
| 444 | 7 | Aaron Schaff | 28,400 |
| 444 | 8 | Tripp Kirk | 20,700 |
| 444 | 9 | George Danzer | 41,300 |
| 445 | 1 | Robert Prinz | 70,400 |
| 445 | 2 | Ryan Riess | 20,100 |
| 445 | 3 | Arthur Morris | 43,000 |
| 445 | 4 | Gino Levrini | 26,700 |
| 445 | 5 | Bryan Colin | 19,800 |
| 445 | 6 | Scott Abrams | 50,500 |
| 445 | 7 | Pierre Peretti | 28,500 |
| 445 | 8 | Arthur Pro | 83,200 |
| 445 | 9 | Jesse McEuen | 98,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,400
38,400
|
38,400 |
|
||
|
106,600
106,600
|
106,600 |
|
98,500
98,500
|
98,500 |
|
|
||
|
98,400
90,400
|
90,400 |
|
88,400
88,400
|
88,400 |
|
83,200
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
79,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
||
|
77,900
77,900
|
77,900 |
|
76,100
24,900
|
24,900 |
|
75,600
75,600
|
75,600 |
|
73,700
38,700
|
38,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,400
70,400
|
70,400 |
|
66,900
66,900
|
66,900 |
|
63,400
20,400
|
20,400 |
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
||
|
61,200
61,200
|
61,200 |
|
||
|
60,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
59,500
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
|
||
|
56,800
200
|
200 |
|
52,600
19,600
|
19,600 |
|
|
||
|
51,800
16,800
|
16,800 |
|
|
||
|
50,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
|
||
|
50,300
3,200
|
3,200 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
49,900
8,900
|
8,900 |
|
||
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
The tournament director has just announced that there will be just four more hands for the evening.
Currently there are 81 players remaining in the tournament and it is fairly unlikely that we will reach the money now.
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
Nenad Medic was all in for his last 5,100 and Humberto Brenes followed suit having him slightly covered. Kevin O'Donnell had both players covered and came along for the ride also.
Brenes: 
Medic: 
O'Donnell: 
With O'Donnell having the best of it, the 
board would see an unsavory river delivered to O'Donnell as he took a small side pot while Medic more than tripled up as Brenes headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
18,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
The field size has shrunk down to just 88, but action is slowing right up as players are now realizing they are just 30 minutes from bagging and tagging.
The hopes of reaching the money are getting slimmer, but with a big hand cooler here or there, we may still flirt with reaching the money tonight.
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
43,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
42,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
41,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
33,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
25,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
23,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
19,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
15,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
15,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
12,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
12,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
Jordan Young found himself all in for his last 7,500.
Young: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Young sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
84,000
24,800
|
24,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
82,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
65,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
||
|
|
57,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
53,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
45,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
||
|
|
43,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
39,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
13,800
14,200
|
14,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
11,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
||
|
9,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
8,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
7,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 10
: 100/100, 400 ante
We are now in the final level of the night!
With 98 players remaining and just 26 more eliminations needed until we reach the money, there is word that if the bubble gets close, play will continue so that no one returning tomorrow will have to endure the pain of walking home with no money.
