2014 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Chip Check

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nick Grippo us
Nick Grippo
358,000
238,000
238,000
Profile photo of Chou Chou us
Chou Chou
326,000
278,000
278,000
Profile photo of Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
300,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ferdinando Locascio it
Ferdinando Locascio
283,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Rupesh Pattni us
Rupesh Pattni
283,000
174,000
174,000
Profile photo of Harrison Beach us
Harrison Beach
186,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
175,000
86,000
86,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
138,000
10,000
10,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
95,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Shashank Jain
94,500
-63,500
-63,500
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Heinz Kamutzki
86,000
72,200
72,200
Profile photo of Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
63,000
-25,000
-25,000
Raise Your Edge
Profile photo of Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
26,000
8,000
8,000

Herm Going Deep In His First Event of the Summer

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

Jared Jaffee raised to 5,100 from the cutoff and the action passed to Mark Herm in the small blind. Herm three-bet to 15,200 and Jaffee let his hand go.

We have been informed that this is Herm's first event of the 2014 World Series of Poker and the online legend is looking good for a very deep run. Online, Herm is better-known as Dipthrong online where he has banked over $4.4 million in cashes. Here he is guaranteed another $5,316 at least.

We've also bumped into Germany's Felix Trau who has secured his first 2014 WSOP cash and has around 230,000 chips at his disposal.

Player Chips Progress
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Felix Trau
230,000
200,600
200,600
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Mark Herm
115,000
63,600
63,600

Tags: Jared JaffeeMark Herm

Hunter Gets Lucky to Treble Up

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

Hunter Cichy can breathe more easily now that he has 111,000 chips in front of him, courtesy of a very fortunate treble up.

Jason Vanstrom raised, Nipun Java flatted and Cichy squeezed all in for 36,000. Vanstrom then reshoved and Java called, creating a huge pot.

Vanstrom: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Java: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Cichy: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

"Just take them now!" said Cichy about his lowly pocket fives, but it's a good thing they weren't because the board ran {9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, gifting Cichy an unlikely straight. Vanstrom busted in the hand and Java lost a decent chunk of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Hunter Cichy
111,000
71,900
71,900
Run It Once
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Nipun Java
72,000
3,100
3,100
WSOP 3X Winner
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Jason Vanstrom
Busted

Tags: Hunter CichyJason VanstromNipun Java

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Thinking Poker Podcast Episode #84: Alex “Assassinato” Fitzgerald

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Alex Fitzgerald (PCA)
Alex Fitzgerald (PCA)

Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald joins Nate and Andrew on the Thinking Poker Podcast to talk about growing up in Alaska, struggling with drugs, coming up in poker, and making and disseminating training material.

You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.

Tags: Alex FitzgeraldThinking Poker Podcast

Peng Pads Stack

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We caught the action with a completed board of {k-Spades}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Xiao Peng bet 67,000 into a big pot. Her heads-up opponent tanked for several minutes before eventually calling, but mucked when Peng turned over {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for trip eights.

Player Chips Progress
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Xiao Peng
415,000
211,000
211,000

Tags: Xiao Peng

Cantu Pushes Guilbert Out of the Way

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Brandon Cantu checked from the big blind on a {Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs} putting the action on Johan Guilbert on the button. Guilbert, who for some unknown reason is sporting two watches on his left wrist, bet 6,000. Cantu responded with a check-raise to 17,000.

Guilbert thought about his next move for over 90-seconds before raising to 36,000. No sooner had Guilbert's chips touched the felt, Cantu moved all-in and Guilbert insta-folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Cantu
235,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
95,000
-43,000
-43,000
Run It Once

Tags: Brandon CantuJohan Guilbert

Watson Has Heaps

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mike "Sir Watts" Watson have over $7 million in live tournament cashes and a whole host of World Series of Poker cashes, but that WSOP bracelet still remains elusive.

Watson came agonisingly close to winning a bracelet in 2011 when he finished second to Tristan Wade in the €3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout in Cannes. Now he has a great chance to grab some gold in this event because he's currently sat with 310,000 chips with only 44 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Watson
310,000
255,000
255,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Mike Watson