Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-01-2014 00:37 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Laak	32,000 850	850

Mohsin Charania	25,000 4,000	4,000

Jeff Gross	17,000 6,000	6,000

Erick Lindgren	11,000 6,400	6,400

Andy Bloch	9,500 9,500	9,500

Fernando Brito	8,600 4,100	4,100
Christian Harder	6,000 6,000	6,000

Klein In Charge Of The Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a raise to 850 and a three-bet to 1,600, Loren Klein called and so did the initial raiser. On the flop, the three-bettor made it 2,400 to go and only Klein called to see the turn. The opponent checked and Klein won the pot with a 3,300 bet. He has taken over control of the table and hopes for yet another deep run similar to the Pot Limit Omaha Event #3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Loren Klein	42,000 2,000	2,000

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06-01-2014 00:20 UTC-8

A Few Updated Chip Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Samet	80,000 31,000	31,000
Loren Klein	40,000 15,000	15,000

Michael Gathy	22,000 7,000	7,000

Bernard Lee	20,000 11,800	11,800
George Danzer	19,000 19,000	19,000

Jamie Kerstetter	16,000 5,800	5,800

Giacomo Fundaro	15,000 15,000	15,000
Mike Watson	11,500 1,000	1,000

Zachary Korik	11,200 6,700	6,700
Freddy Deeb	8,000 4,300	4,300

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

06-01-2014 00:12 UTC-8

Deeb Doubles, Still Short

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Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

Freddy Deeb doubled to 3,700 but is still incredibly short.

Deeb, in the big blind, called a raise of 650 from the cutoff and then open-shipped his stack into the middle on a flop, a bet that received an instantaneous call from his opponent.

It was versus , Deeb holding the lower of the pairs. The on the turn was no help to Deeb, but the was as it improved him to a set and won him the pot.

The player whose aces were cracked jumped from his seat and put his hands on his head in apparent disbelief.

"You still have money," said Deeb, "What are you moaning about?"

"First my jacks and now my aces?"

"You'll miss me when I'm gone, you'll be bored!" said Deeb, which drew a chuckle from several of the players at the table except the player with the cracked aces, of course.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddy Deeb	3,700 3,700	3,700

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06-01-2014 00:10 UTC-8

Kelley Crushed

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Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

Greg Kelley is gone from the tournament and judging from his Twitter feed he's had a tough day at the felt, one that saw him fold a lot!

When Kelley finally got a legitimate hand in pocket queens, they failed to stay best in a coinflip with ace-king and he is now busted.

Greg Kelley @GregnLV

Busted. QQ < AK aipf. Gotta win flipsJune 01, 2014

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Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Kelley	Busted

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05-31-2014 23:53 UTC-8

Only ten tables left in Pavilion

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

Slowly but surely the field is getting cut down but there is no indication whatsoever on how many players are left. What we do know is that there are only ten tables remaining in the Pavilion room and the below players are the most familiar faces left there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	32,000 12,700	12,700
Bart Lybaert	11,000 5,500	5,500
Mike Watson	10,500 7,850	7,850

Jamie Kerstetter	10,200 4,300	4,300

05-31-2014 23:45 UTC-8

Cody Crushing After Getting Here Late

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Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

Jake Cody is absolutely flying at the moment and is up to 25,000 despite buying into the Millionaire Maker late. It's not all good news though because the talented Brit is having to share a table with $111,111 One Drop High Roller champion Tony Gregg and fellow Brit Ben "f3nix35" Dobson.

Elsewhere, Rhys Jones is cruising with 19,100 while Maria Ho is in a similar position with 19,300.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Cody	25,000 23,400	23,400

Maria Ho	19,300 3,300	3,300
Rhys Jones	19,100 7,800	7,800
Tony Gregg	17,000

Stephen Chidwick	13,000 8,500	8,500

John O'Shea	8,900 900	900
Ben Dobson	7,000

Jeff Gross	6,600 1,700	1,700

Mike Watson	2,650 4,250	4,250

Tags: Ben Dobson Jake Cody Maria Ho Rhys Jones Tony Gregg

05-31-2014 23:38 UTC-8

Stout Is Out

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Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

On our to check how play in the Pavilion Room was going, we noticed Matt Stout walking in the corridor with a group of friends, presumably busted. Upon checking out Twitter feed, we found confirmation of Stout's exit.

Matt Stout @MattStoutPoker

Busto #WSOP8 (b) 0/5, -$6,500 for #WSOP2014. $1k NL tomorrow while I sweat the Kings/Hawks game & start making travel plans. #LETSGORANGERSJune 01, 2014

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Olivier Busquet is also no longer in the tournament, he too was heading for the warm Las Vegas night air.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Busquet	Busted
Matt Stout	Busted

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05-31-2014 23:34 UTC-8

Amazon Digest

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Lewis	35,000 27,500	27,500
Jimmy Fricke	22,000 22,000	22,000
Michael Gathy	15,000 10,500	10,500

Taylor Paur	11,500

Dominik Nitsche	9,000 4,300	4,300

Joe Cada	8,000 3,500	3,500

Eugene Katchalov	4,900 600	600

Griffin Benger	3,800 800	800