2014 World Series of Poker

Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack
Day: 1b
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Hugo Pingray
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$1,327,083
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$10,613,700
Entries
7,862
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack

Day 1b Completed

Huge Turnout The Story as Flight B of Event #51 Completed

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante
Wall to Wall Players
Wall to Wall Players

Massive, Giant, Huge, Mammoth, Monster...All could be used to describe Day 1 of the inaugural $1,500 no-limit hold’em “monster stack” event. It all kicked off at noon where flight one drew the cap of 4,020 players.

The 5 p.m. second flight quickly filled up as well and some of the ‘Day 1b first wave’ registrants had to wait nearly three hours before they were seated for play. Four more “waves” for seating players were planned, but ultimately the large majority seemed to have to wait until the start of level six to be able to play some poker.

Just over one hour later registration closed and the event’s total number of entrants was set at 7,862. A whopping prize pool of $10,613,700 was created with a another millionaire maker for the one who navigates their way through the sharks and dreamers. $1,327,083 to be exact and six-figure paydays for all who make the official final table. Not too shabby for a $1,500 investment.

We will have a better idea of the total number of entrants that made it through at the start of Day 2, as the two flights will combine into one field. The event is scheduled for five days and survivors will start Day 2 on Friday at 3 p.m. Tune in then as PokerNews continues coverage of this historic event.

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Haugen us
Matthew Haugen
157,300
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
156,500
156,500
156,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Alexander Ziskin us
Alexander Ziskin
139,800
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Evan Yanoshik us
Evan Yanoshik
136,600
Profile photo of Uri Nir us
Uri Nir
131,700
Profile photo of Ardavan Yazdi us
Ardavan Yazdi
129,300
Profile photo of Jose Maymo us
Jose Maymo
122,100
Profile photo of Greg Ronaldson
Greg Ronaldson
118,500
Profile photo of John Grue us
John Grue
113,400
Profile photo of Victor Shuchleis mx
Victor Shuchleis
107,300
Profile photo of Javier Swett cl
Javier Swett
105,600
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Jordan Young us
Jordan Young
105,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Sarkis Akopyan ru
Sarkis Akopyan
103,300
Profile photo of Liam Batey gb
Liam Batey
102,700
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Anthony Nguyen us
Anthony Nguyen
102,000
Profile photo of Andrey Marsavin us
Andrey Marsavin
101,200
Profile photo of Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
100,000
Profile photo of Sho Otsu jp
Sho Otsu
98,900
Profile photo of Zephyr Peling us
Zephyr Peling
98,500
Profile photo of Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
98,000
Profile photo of Javier Gonzalez es
Javier Gonzalez
97,200
Profile photo of Gabriel Paul us
Gabriel Paul
96,600
Profile photo of Daniel Chamberlain us
Daniel Chamberlain
96,500
Profile photo of Bryce Yockey us
Bryce Yockey
95,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ayaz Manji pt
Ayaz Manji
94,900

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Jeff Madsen Obviously Has It

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We picked up the action with a completed board of {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts} and around 16,000 in the middle. Jeff Madsen bet 7,000 and his opponent thought for a couple of minutes before finally making the call. Madsen confidently tabled {a-Spades}{10-Spades} and his opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
47,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 4X Winner

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Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Raghavan Picked Off

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

We caught the action with a board of {a-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. Piragibe Junior bet 3,500 and Ravi Raghavan made the call. The river was the {j-Clubs} and Junior checked. Raghavhan bet 8,500 and Junior snap-called. Raghavan mucked and Junior showed {2-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for just bottom pair.

Raghavan looked at this reporter and scoffed, "huh, that was a good one." Raghavan's tablemates laughed as they headed to the next hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Piragibe Junior
Piragibe Junior
43,000
43,000
43,000
Profile photo of Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
26,000
3,500
3,500

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James Flopping Sets and Stacking Chips

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

We caught the action after a flop of {5-Spades}{6-Spades}{q-Spades} and Kenna James facing a lead bet of 1,200 from an opponent. James raised to 3,100 and his opponent folded. James turned over {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts} to show the table his good fortune.

James has built a nice stack today, though we're not certain it's all from flopped sets.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kenna James us
Kenna James
71,500
15,200
15,200

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