2014 World Series of Poker

Event #62: The $1,111 Little One for One Drop
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
56
Prize
$637,539
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,111
Prize Pool
$4,046,400
Entries
4,496
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000

Event #62: The $1,111 Little One for One Drop

Day 2 Completed

102 Players Advance to Day 3 of the 2014 Little One for One Drop

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Charbel Azzi leads with 514,000 in chips
Charbel Azzi leads with 514,000 in chips

A total of 885 players returned to the tables of the Amazon and Pavilion room for Day 2 of the $1,111 Little One for One Drop and the blinds resumed in level nine at blinds 300 - 600 with a running ante of 75. The bubble burst in the second level of play when Frank Yenigotchian couldn't improve with {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} against the {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} of Julian Parmann.

Nine levels of one hour each would be played before 102 participants bagged up chips over night and Charbel Azzi (514,000) was the only player to accumulate more than half a million in chips to end atop the leader board. In a crucial hand of level 15, Azzi eliminated Ludovic Geilich and increased his stack consistently throughout the rest of the day.

Hot on his heels are Alexander Ziskin (480,000), aforementioned Parmann (471,500) and Matthew Lapossie (458,000). Other notable names that made it through with an above-average stack include Maxim Panyak (335,500), Sergio Castelluccio (291,500), Salvatore Bonavena (255,000), Joep van den Bijgaart (249,500), Maurice Hawkins (236,000), Jose Carlos Garcia (234,500), Michael Tureniec (219,500) and Brian Pinkus (215,000).

Familiar faces on the circuit that busted before the money were for example Pierre Neuville, 2013 WPT Prague champion Julian Thomas, Lynn Gilmartin, Anna Khait, Ryan Laplante, Jennifer Tilly and Mike Sowers. Dan Heimiller, Goran Mandic, Xuan Liu, Amanda Musumeci, Carlos Mortensen and Shannon Shorr all fell in the first payout zone for $1,780 each.

Many other big names such as Antonio Esfandiari, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Alex Bilokur, Willa Failla, Humberto Brenes, Dimitar Danchev and Annette Obrestad also cashed but won't be returning on Saturday when the action resumes at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time. The blinds continue at 3,000 - 6,000 with a running ante of 500.

All remaining players have $3,560 guaranteed and the eyes are set on the first-place payout of $637,539. The PokerNews live reporting will be on hand to bring you all the key action from the tables. It seems unlikely that a winner will already be crowned on Saturday and up to 10 levels of one hour each are scheduled.

Tags: Charbel AzziFranck YenigotchianJose Carlos GarciaLudovic GeilichMatthew LapossieMaurice HawkinsMichael TureniecSergio Castelluccio

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Charbel Azzi us
Charbel Azzi
514,000 -36,000
Alexander Ziskin us
Alexander Ziskin
480,000
Julian Parmann us
Julian Parmann
471,500 -58,500
Matthew Lapossie ca
Matthew Lapossie
458,000 -2,000
Vitaly Kovyazin us
Vitaly Kovyazin
415,500 415,500
Andrius Bielskis lt
Andrius Bielskis
406,500 32,000
Nick Davies us
Nick Davies
375,016 375,016
Vimy Ha us
Vimy Ha
371,500 371,500
Joseph Liberta us
Joseph Liberta
340,000 40,000
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
335,500 55,500
Theodore Driscoll (Ted Driscoll) us
Theodore Driscoll (Ted Driscoll)
334,500 334,500
Jack Duong us
Jack Duong
WSOP 1X Winner
332,500
Bao Nguyen us
Bao Nguyen
314,000
Benjamin Sinclair ca
Benjamin Sinclair
302,000 62,000
Nikita Nikolaev ru
Nikita Nikolaev
299,000 299,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
298,000
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
291,500 1,500
Robert Dreyfuss us
Robert Dreyfuss
284,500 284,500
Walter Fisher us
Walter Fisher
279,000 279,000
Matthew Weber us
Matthew Weber
268,500 268,500
Damian Salas ar
Damian Salas
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
262,500 -1,500
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
255,000 55,000
Robert McLaughlin (Robert J McLaughlin) us
Robert McLaughlin (Robert J McLaughlin)
254,000 254,000
Asi Moshe il
Asi Moshe
WSOP 4X Winner
252,500 -12,500
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
249,500 49,500

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Unlucky Turn and River for Castelluccio

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The {2-Spades}{A-Spades}{2-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Hearts} was complete and an opponent was all in for 53,500 in chips. Sergio Castelluccio didn't have anything on the flop but made a backdoor full house with {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} to call off. Unfortunately for the Italian, his opponent held {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} and slow-played the hand to get the maximum value.

Player Chips Progress
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
290,000 30,000

Tags: Sergio Castelluccio

Isolation from Shimelfarb

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Gennady Shimelfarb had a deep run in the Millionaire Maker earlier in the 2014 WSOP and may once again try to win the elusive bracelet. A short stack moved all in for 40,000 and Shimelfarb moved all in over the top to scare off all opponents.

The short stack held {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and Shimelfarb dominated that with {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}. The {A-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs} flop was no threat, but the {K-Spades} turn provided some outs with the flush draw. It wasn't meant to be for the short stack, who hit the rail once the {Q-Clubs} river completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Gennady Shimelfarb us
Gennady Shimelfarb
240,000 240,000

Tags: Gennady Shimelfarb

Azzi Buzzin

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Charbel Azzi had been quite active and the biggest pot that vaulted him into the lead came in the previous level still. He called a raise from Peter Hong for 7,000 and the three-bet to 15,000 by another player with {10-Spades}{9-Spades} and found the {A-Clubs}{7-}{8-Clubs} flop.

The third player involved bet 16,000 and both Hong and Azzi called before all checked the {6-Clubs} on the turn. Azzi then bet 45,000 after the {8-} river and Hong called only to muck when shown the straight.

Azzi appears to be the only player above half a million at the moment with 116 players left.

Player Chips Progress
Charbel Azzi us
Charbel Azzi
550,000 290,000

Tags: Charbel AzziPeter Hong