Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack
Day 4 Started
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack
Day: 4
Sean Drake Leads The Remaining 62 Players
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 4 coverage of Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack. The starting field of 7,862 entrants is down to just 62 players, each with hopes of capturing a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $1,327,083.
Leading the way into Day 4 is Sean Drake with 4,975,000. Drake has been under the WSOP spotlight before, having captured a bracelet in 2011. This time however, the stakes are quite a bit higher and Drake would like nothing more than to add a second piece of WSOP jewelry to his wrist.
He'll have plenty of competition, however, as several excellent players remain in the hunt. Among them are Joe McKeehen (3,740,000), Jason Duval (3,465,000), Zach Gruneberg (3,300,000), Thayer Rasmussen (3,005,000), Bolivar Palacios (2,595,000), Steven Levy (1,975,000), Tom Alner (1,785,000) and Mathew Frankland (1,575,000). The Day 4 table and seating assignments can be found here.
Play is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and the plan for the day is to either play 10 levels or down to a winner. Be sure to keep it here at PokerNews' to see the conclusion of this historic event!
Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Crane Exits
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Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
David Crane open-shoved from the hijack for roughly 500,000 and Zachary Gruneberg called from the big blind.
Crane: 
Gruneberg: 
The dealer ran out a 
board to see Gruneberg make a bigger flush and send Crane to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,850,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
Busted |
Earl Merritt Doubles Through Matt Haugen
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Matt Haugen raised to 125,000 in early position and Earl Merritt three-bet shoved for 340,000 from middle position. Action folded back to Haugen who called.
Haugen:
Merritt: 
The board ran out 
, safe for Merritt to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
|
|
860,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Huge Double for Canada
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Tony Sinishtaj opened the button to 130,000 and Robert Gustafsson three-bet to 280,000 from the small blind. With the action on Jorge Canada, he moved all in for 630,000. Sinishtaj iso-shoved over the top and Gustafsson instantly folded.
Sinishtaj: 
Canada: 
The board ran out 
and Canada doubled to roughly 1,630,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
-370,000
|
-370,000 |
|
|
1,630,000
1,140,000
|
1,140,000 |
|
885,000
-835,000
|
-835,000 |
Shawn Silber Eliminated by Paul Mattioda
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Paul Mattioda opened to 130,000 from early position and Shawn Silber three-bet shoved for about 775,000 from the cutoff. Mattioda called with 
, leading Silber's 
. The board ran out 
, giving Mattioda trip aces to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
Busted |
Canada Back to Earth
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Following a raise from Phani Ramineni, Jorge Canada moved all in for roughly 1.55 million and Nathaniel Parenti made the call for his 1.3 million as Ramineni folded.
Canada: 
Parenti: 
The board ran out 
to see Parenti double to 2.8 million as Canada was left with just 270,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,780,000
1,625,000
|
1,625,000 |
|
|
455,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
270,000
-1,360,000
|
-1,360,000 |
Pingray Gets There Against Duval
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hugo Pingray raised from under the gun and Jason Duval three-bet to 275,000 from the hijack. Pingray four-bet to 705,000 and after a few moments Duval called to see a flop.
Both checked, the hit the turn and Pingray check-called 530,000 from Duval to see the river. Both checked and Pingray tabled 
for a pair of aces. Duval flashed what looked to be 
before he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,550,000
1,080,000
|
1,080,000 |
|
||
|
2,840,000
-1,240,000
|
-1,240,000 |
|
|
||
Whoa Canada
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Robert Gustafsson raised to 125,000 on the button, Jorge Canada three-bet all in from the small blind for 140,000 total and Gustafsson called.
Gustafsson:
Canada:
The board ran out 
, no help to Canada, locking up the pot for Gustafsson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,920,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
Busted |