A total of $499,056 was raised for the One Drop charity in the $1,111 Little One for One Drop at the 2014 World Series Of Poker and the 102 hopefuls remaining chase an even bigger payout with the payday of $637,539 for a first-place finish.
Leading the field is Charbel Azzi (514,000) as only player above half a million in chips, but not too far behind are Alexander Ziskin (480,000), Julian Parmann (471,500) and Matthew Lapossie (458,000).
Other notables include Eric Baldwin (298,000), Sergio Castelluccio (291,500) and Salvatore Bonavena (255,000) from Italy, 2014 bracelet winner Asi Moshe (252,500), Joep van den Bijgaart (249,500), Maurice Hawkins (236,000), Sunday Million champion Jose Carlos Garcia (234,500), EPT champion Michael Tureniec (219,500), Brian Pinkus (215,000), Kevin Eyster (191,500) and Brett Shaffer (190,000).
Tony Cousineau has scored his ninth cash at the 2014 WSOP and will be among the short stacks when play resumes at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time in the Amazon Tan section. The blinds restart at 3,000-6,000 with a running ante of 500 and the PokerNews live reporting will deliver all the crucial action on our way to crown another golden bracelet winner.
Xiao Peng raised to 16,000 from early position and Jason Shadell called to see the flop. Shadell led out for 25,000 and Peng called before they went on to see the on the turn. Shadell now check-raised all in and Peng had to call 175,000 on top of her bet of 75,000.
The Canadian obliged with for a flush and saw the opponent drawing dead already with . The meaningless river completed the board and Peng is among the biggest stacks with less than 70 players left.
The action started with Hungarian national Arpad Balazs opening to 15,000 and Xiao Peng made it 50,000 to go. It was folded over to Matthew Lapossie who made it 115,000. Balazs moved all in, having both players covered with over 700,000 in chips. Peng quickly folded and Lapossie couldn't get his chips into the middle fast enough as he proudly turned over the pre-flop nuts with . It was a cooler for Balazs as he had .
The board would run out and the ace high flush for Lapossie was enough to give him the massive pot which moved him over the million chip mark. Balazs will have work to do but still has chips with 240,000 left after that blow.
It was a three-way all in between Brian Pinkus, Julius Coleman and Jose Carlos Garcia and the Sunday Million winner from Poland not only had the most chips but also the best hand out of the three players.
Pinkus:
Coleman:
Garcia:
Once the board was completed, a new chip leader was born with 1.2 million in chips.
Asi Moshe moved all in from early position for 180,000 in chips and the action folded to Theodore Driscoll on the button. He just called and the two players in the blinds released their cards.
Moshe:
Driscoll:
As usual there was a sweat on the board but ultimately Moshe could not improve anymore and has been eliminated in 27th place.
Robert McLaughlin three-bet shoved over the top of a button raise from Arpad Balazs and was called by the Hungarian with . It was a flip against and McLaughlin improved on the flop. The turn blanked and the cruel river sent McLaughlin to the payout desk.
Balazs then won another pot against Eric Baldwin to increase his stack further.
It was folded to Mykhailo Krasnytskyi in the small blind who moved all in for slightly more than 400,000 in chips. Xiao Peng in the big blind asked for a count and as the dealer was counting she announced a call. The two players hands were turned over:
Krasnytskyi:
Peng:
The flop came keeping Peng in the lead and giving her a flush draw as well. The turn was the to give Peng a flush. Her opponent could still chop the pot if the river was a diamond bigger than a five. It was the , however, and Krasnytskyi was eliminated in 25th place. Peng moved her stack to 910,000, a far cry from the 150,000 she had a little while ago.
In the very first hand back from the break, two-times WSOP bracelet winner Brett Shaffer was all in for his last 120,000 chips with and had a coin flip against the of Michael Tureniec. The Swede took the lead on the turn and the river sent Shaffer to the rail.
Brandon Eisen opened to 55,000 from the cutoff and Tommy Hoard moved all in for slightly more than 400,000 from the button. Jackduyph Duong moved all in from the small blind and Eisen quickly got out of the way. Hoard turned over and Duong . A queen on the flop moved Duong ahead of Hoard's aces and nothing would change on the turn and river.
"Gotta go, hey look at that," said Hoard. "Good luck everybody and congrats!"
Another all in and a call after preflop action between Igor Dubinskyy and Julian Parmann with the latter at risk but the better hand preflop.
Parmann:
Dubinskyy:
The flop saw Dubinsky improve thanks to the three-outer and he shrugged his shoulders after the turn and the river, apologizing for the suckout that had just happened.
flop. Shadell led out for 25,000 and Peng called before they went on to see the 
on the turn. Shadell now check-raised all in and Peng had to call 175,000 on top of her bet of 75,000.
for a flush and saw the opponent drawing dead already with 
. The meaningless 
river completed the board and Peng is among the biggest stacks with less than 70 players left.
. It was a cooler for Balazs as he had 
.
and the ace high flush for Lapossie was enough to give him the massive pot which moved him over the million chip mark. Balazs will have work to do but still has chips with 240,000 left after that blow.
board was completed, a new chip leader was born with 1.2 million in chips.
board but ultimately Moshe could not improve anymore and has been eliminated in 27th place.
. It was a flip against 
river sent McLaughlin to the payout desk.
keeping Peng in the lead and giving her a flush draw as well. The turn was the 
to give Peng a flush. Her opponent could still chop the pot if the river was a diamond bigger than a five. It was the 
and had a coin flip against the 
flop moved Duong ahead of Hoard's aces and nothing would change on the 
