2014 World Series of Poker

Event #6: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
$259,211
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,279,800
Entries
948
Level Info
Level
7
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000

Raptor Hunting; Ho Down

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

Maria Ho will not be winning Event #6 of the 2014 World Series of Poker as she has crashed out of the tournament, leaving Scott Seiver as the stellar name at her former table.

One player who is still in the hunt is David "Raptor" Benefield who you may recall finished eighth in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, banking over $900,000. While he won't win anywhere near as much from this tournament, a win is worth $259,211 and even the affluent Benefield wouldn't turn his nose up at that sum.

Player Chips Progress
David Benefield us
David Benefield
9,800 9,800
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
Busted

Tags: David BenefieldMaria HoScott Seiver

Brannan Takes On Aguiar

Level 5 : 100/200, 25 ante

Dave Brannan started the hand by limping in for 200 from the button. The small blind peeled back his hole cards, didn't like what he saw and folded his hand. Jonathan Aguiar was in the big blind and he tapped the table to indicate he was checking.

The draw-heavy {9-Spades}{8-Spades}{Q-Spades} flop prompted a quick check from Aguiar, an equally fast bet of 200 from Brannan and a fold from Aguiar.

Tags: Dave BrannanJonathan Aguiar

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Break

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players are on their second break of the day — 20 minutes in length.

From the White Section

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Allen Kessler is tearing things up in the Pavilion Room and sits with 20,500 chips. The man known as "Chainsaw" is sharing a three-handed table with Galen Hall.

Also in the White section, former WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson is in a great position to progress to the next round as he has turned his 4,500 starting stack into 13,500, while David "Bakes" Baker is armed with 16,000 betting tokens.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
20,500 16,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
17,400 17,400
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
16,000 11,500
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
13,500 9,000
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
8,000 8,000
Sebastian Saffari
Sebastian Saffari
7,200 7,200
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
WSOP 1X Winner
6,700 6,700
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
WSOP 1X Winner
5,300 175
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
4,100 4,100