Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack Day 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-27-2014 21:42 UTC-7

Adeniya's Ascent

[user127999]

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Martins Adeniya keeps on rolling over in Pavilion. He just finished stacking up the chips from a previous pot won when a player in late position raised his blind to 5,000.

Adeniya flciked off a chip from his massive stack, making the call and they went heads up to the flop. Adeniya checked and since opponent did as well, he pounced all over that sign of weakness, betting the turn.

His opponent folded to what looked like 8,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martins Adeniya	219,000	20,000

06-27-2014 21:41 UTC-7

Fakhimi Climbs to 500k

[user80015]

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There is no doubt about it. Shawn Fakhimi is the monster chip leader of the Monster Stack.

Recently Fakhimi put a short stack at risk.

Fakhimi:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Fakhimi scooped the pot to climb to over 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Fakhimi	502,400	443,000

Tags: Shawn Fakhimi

06-27-2014 21:36 UTC-7

Big Stacks from Pavilion Black

[user80015]

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Desenailhac	390,000	-10,000
Carter Gill	260,000	90,000
Jeff Madsen	245,000	25,000
Steven Levy	225,000	80,000
Carter King	221,000	136,000
Joe Serock	155,000	133,700

06-27-2014 21:20 UTC-7

Carson Check-Raise

[user252447]

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Gregg Carson seemed to be getting some poker tips from the young player to his left on how he could have got more value from a previous hand and Carson seemed to be listening intently. As luck would have it they would be in the blinds next hand.

There was a raise to 6,000 and Carson called in small blind and his neighbour called in the big.

The flop was and Carson checked. The big blind bet 7,500 and when the original raiser folded Carson brought out the ol’ check-raise. His erstwhile teacher quickly mucked and Carson showed him the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregg Carson	140,000	-10,000

06-27-2014 21:17 UTC-7

First World Problems

[user127999]

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Olivier Desenailhac had just been moved to a new table in Pavilion when he called the floor.

He had a huge stack of chips in front of him, two bags full on his lap and was looking for a little help. The floor offered racks and the opportunity to color up a few of the smaller racks and just like that, the problem was solved.

The dilemma of how to handle Desenailhac and his big stack of chips now belongs to the players at his new home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Desenailhac	400,000	111,800

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

06-27-2014 20:58 UTC-7

Desenailhac Surges Up the Leaderboard

[user80015]

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Olivier Desenailhac has just been spotted in the Red section of the Brasilia room with an impressive 288,200-chip stack.

What is more impressive is that Desenailhac only began the day with 34,500, but has increased that by eight-fold to sit within reach of the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Desenailhac	288,200	253,700

Tags: Olivier Desenailhac

06-27-2014 20:57 UTC-7

Who Has What?

[user252447]

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Govert Metaal	105,000	64,000
Pok Kim	90,000	90,000
Pierre Neuville	63,000	5,000
Humberto Brenes	38,000	-36,000
Matt Marafioti	36,000	14,300
Sarah Tolagson	24,000	-6,000
Carla Sabini	Busted

06-27-2014 20:51 UTC-7

Hellman Takes a Beat

[user252447]

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Erik Hellman had been building his stack slowly today but he just took a bit of a dent. A player opened for 4,700 and Hellmann three-bet him to 10,700. This was met, after a pause, with an all-in.

Hellman asked for a rough count, heard it was 48,000 and made the call. His opponent turned over and Hellman showed .

His opponent stood up to face his fate and the dealer put out and Hellman’s opponent gave out a cry of “Yes.” before apologising and explaining that he never celebrated and never got lucky.