2014 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$405,428
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
1,475
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Gustavo Kamei Eliminated in 9th Place ($27,509)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Gustavo Kamei - 9th Place
Gustavo Kamei - 9th Place

Moments after getting chopped down in a previous clash with Brandon Cantu, Gustavo Kamei just fell with Rio's resident lightning rod delivering the finishing blow.

Kamei open-shoved for roughly 175,000 and Cantu called him down with {a-Spades}{j-Clubs} to find himself in dominant position over the Brazilian's {a-}{7-}.

The final board brought no help to Kamei, coming {q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Spades} to leave him with no pair — and no chips. With that, the eight remaining runners headed for the redraw before reassembling at the final two tables.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
1,300,000 150,000
Gustavo Kamei br
Gustavo Kamei
Busted

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Cantu the Kickboxer

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Brandon Cantu
Brandon Cantu

The board read {4-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} by fourth street when Brandon Cantu checked from the small blind, eliciting a bet of 35,000 from Gustavo Kamei.

After Cantu flatted the river came {7-Hearts} and he checked once again, with Kamei following through and firing nearly half his stack for a 120,000 wager.

Cantu snap-called and waited to see what Kamei could come up with, and when he saw {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs} hit the table, he revealed his {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} triumphantly to outkick Kamei.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
1,150,000 180,000
Gustavo Kamei br
Gustavo Kamei
165,000 -80,000

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Michael Coleman Eliminated in 10th Place ($27,509)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Michael Coleman - 10th Place
Michael Coleman - 10th Place

Michael Coleman shoved on the the button for about 150,000 and found action from Mike Watson in the small blind. Watson led with {A-}{Q-} against Coleman's {K-}{10-} and Coleman found no held from the board, ending his run in 10th place.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
585,000 197,000
Michael Coleman us
Michael Coleman
Busted

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Jared Jaffee in Pole Position to Capture First World Series of Poker Bracelet

Jared Jaffee
Jared Jaffee

Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of Event #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em.

The starting field of 1,475 entrants is down to just 10 players, each looking to capture a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as well as the first-place prize of $405,428.

On top of the chip counts entering Day 3 is Jared Jaffee with 1.583 million, the only player with a seven-figure stack. This marks the Brooklyn native's 12th career WSOP cash and all that stands between him and his first bracelet are nine opponents. Second in chips is Mark "dipthrong" Herm with 927,000 and he is followed by two-time bracelet winner Brandon Cantu with 918,000. For Cantu, this marks his seventh cash of the 2014 WSOP and despite his critics, Cantu has a chance to join an exclusive group by capturing a third bracelet.

Here are the Day 3 seating assignments and chip counts:

TableSeatPlayerChips
4461--empty-- 
4462Joseph Alban594,000
4463Michael Coleman200,000
4464Mike Watson388,000
    
4491Brandon Cantu918,000
4492--empty-- 
4493Gustavo Kamei437,000
4494Xiao Peng654,000
    
4501Jeff Gross550,000
4502Mark Herm927,000
4503Jared Jaffee1,583,000
4504Anton Smirnov381,000

Play is set to resume at 1 p.m. and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide you live updates of all of the exciting action!

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