Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,234,600
Entries
2,396
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
On Sunday afternoon, 268 players returned to their seats in the Orange section of the vast Amazon Room, each hoping to make it into the top 243 finishing places so they would have some prize money to show for their efforts.
Once those fortunate few had reached the money, their goal changed to navigating their way through to Monday’s Day 3 and towards that huge $582,231 first place prize, the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet and a lifetime of bragging rights that come with being a WSOP champion
Over the course of 10 hour-long levels, the 243 players were reduced to a much more manageable field of 17 and these 17 hopefuls know they are only 16 eliminations away from being written into poker’s history books.
Leading those 17 players back into battle at 1:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon is David Jackson who bagged up a tournament leading stack of 1,487,000 by the time the tournament director called time on proceedings.
Also safely through and ready to make a beeline for the final table are players such as Michael Ferrer (1,146,000), Aaron Massey (949,000), former November Nine member Marc-Etienne McLaughlin (795,000) and Timothy West (633,000).
Of course, the very nature of tournament poker meant that a large number of established pros, familiar faces and “big names” fell by the wayside throughout Day 2. Reaching the money, but failing to punch their ticket for Day 3, were players such as John Eames, Alex Kravchenko, Matt Salsberg, Ryan Spittles, Steve Gross, Manig Loeser, Steve Gee, Eric Baldwin, Steve Sung, Todd Terry, Andrea Dato, Barny Boatman and Brandon Cantu.
Play in Event #55 resumes at 1:00p.m. and continues until only one man has each and every one of the 10,782,000 chips in play. Who will the champion be? Return to PokerNews.com on Monday to find out!
Day 3's Seat Draw
Table 446
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgios Kapalas | 554,000 |
| 2 | Aaron Massey | 949,000 |
| 3 | Paul Balzano | 171,000 |
| 4 | Jonatahan Andero | 914,000 |
| 5 | David Quang | 323,000 |
| 6 | Henrik Hecklen | 305,000 |
| 7 | Bobby Poe | 380,000 |
| 8 | Brian Kennedy | 192,000 |
| 9 | Timothy West | 633,000 |
Table 450
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 795,000 |
| 2 | Michael Ferrer | 1,146,000 |
| 3 | Robert Allen | 242,000 |
| 4 | Empty | |
| 5 | James Dorrance | 943,000 |
| 6 | David Jackson | 1,487,000 |
| 7 | Asi Moshe | 847,000 |
| 8 | Bernado Dias | 138,000 |
| 9 | Nicholas Nowak | 765,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,487,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
||
|
1,146,000
316,000
|
316,000 |
|
949,000
289,000
|
289,000 |
|
943,000
543,000
|
543,000 |
|
914,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
847,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
||
|
795,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
765,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
633,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
554,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
|
380,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
323,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
242,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
192,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
192,000
151,500
|
151,500 |
|
171,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
|
138,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
We didn't catch all of the action but Joel Tushnet ran into Marc-Etienne McLaughlin's set of kings and was eliminated just before play ended for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Henrick Hecklin opened from early position, Asi Moshe three-bet and James Czarnecki moved all in. Action folded back to Hecklin and he folded. Moshe made the call and revealed 
. Czarnecki tabled 
and the board ran out 
.
Moshe's two pair was good enough to send Czarnecki packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jonas Ten Cate moved all in and Joel Tushnet also moved all in from the cutoff. Everyone else folded and they were heads up.
Ten Cate: 
Tushnet: 
The board ran out 
and Ten Cate hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
In a blind versus blind situation, Hans Secker got the last of his chips in with 
and couldn't catch up against the 
of Georgios Kaplas. Secker hit the rail in 21st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Bobby Poe looked down at 
in middle position and moved all-in for 164,000 in total. The action then folded around to Jonas Ten Cate in the big blind and he called with his 
.
Poe's hand remained best as the five community cards fell 
and he doubled to around 325,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
245,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
David Jackson opened the betting with a raise to 27,000 from the cutoff seat. Keith Wintermans was next to act on the button and he three-bet all-in for 263,000 in total. The blinds folded, but Jackson called to put Wintermans at risk.
Jackson:
Wintermans: 
Jackson had his opponent outkicked and that kicker came into play when the board ran 
to bust Wintermans.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
The following places recently busted and received $16,658 each.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
532,000
|
532,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
880,000
357,000
|
357,000 |
|
|
830,000
781,800
|
781,800 |
|
|
750,000
667,200
|
667,200 |
|
|
660,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
640,000
562,500
|
562,500 |
|
|
620,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
450,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
430,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
405,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
400,000
311,300
|
311,300 |
|
|
380,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
370,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
340,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
315,000
270,600
|
270,600 |
|
|
290,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
|
290,000
266,200
|
266,200 |
|
|
230,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
180,000
109,200
|
109,200 |
|
|
170,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
110,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
95,000
53,800
|
53,800 |
|
|
40,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
