2014 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
62
Prize
$1,319,587
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$10,768,950
Entries
7,977
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Running Hot

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Khiem Nguyen opened the action with a min raise and then called the all in of an opponent for about 10,000. It was a coin flip with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} versus {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and the {3-Spades}{A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts} provided the necessary help. We also caught some bigger stacks and three more notables in the purple and orange section.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
135,000
135,000
135,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Julian Thomas de
Julian Thomas
100,000
100,000
100,000
Khiem Nguyen de
Khiem Nguyen
67,000
67,000
67,000
Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
26,000
26,000
26,000
Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee
21,000
-8,400
-8,400
Martin Stausholm dk
Martin Stausholm
20,000

Tags: Khiem Nguyen

Jason Wheeler Gets a Double Up

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Jason Wheeler raised and got two callers with one opponent in the blinds defending {3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. Wheeler spiked the {3-Spades}{4-Clubs}{K-Spades} flop where he cbet for 5,000 with about as much behind. On the {K-Clubs} turn the opponent in the blinds put him all in and Wheeler happily called with {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} for trips. The meaningless {2-Diamonds} river completed the board and Wheeler raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
42,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jason Wheeler

Giles Knocks Out Danzer and Jarvis

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

George Danzer was all in preflop for his last 10,700 and was called by Darwin Giles one seat over. Matt Jarvis raised another 12,800 on top and Giles called that to see the {J-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{6-Spades}. He instantly moved all in and Jarvis called on the button for just under 20,000 with {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}. Danzer turned over {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Giles had {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

Turn: {A-Clubs}
River: {8-Hearts}

Giles knocks out two of the big names and is up to a very healthy stack now.

Player Chips Progress
Darwin Giles us
Darwin Giles
105,000
105,000
105,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
34,000
34,000
34,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
Busted
George Danzer de
George Danzer
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: George DanzerMatthew Jarvis

The Terminator

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

"You know, I keep calling short stacks with the worse hand and win." That was the reply from Khien Nguyen after my puzzled look when noticing his stack.

Steven Watts was not as fortunate and he has been eliminated. We already seen him move all in twice before on a short stack though.

Player Chips Progress
Khiem Nguyen de
Khiem Nguyen
110,000
43,000
43,000
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
Busted

Tags: Khiem NguyenSteven Watts

All In the Amazon Now

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

They are still dropping like flies and all tables from the Pavilion are now done and dusted. The screens have been updated and show 906 players remaining, we are thus just a mere 30 eliminations away from the money after about two hours into Day 2.

Sexton Chips Up

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Mike Sexton defended his big blind and then check-raised the {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Spades} flop from 2,800 to 7,000. His opponent in late position called and then folded to the 10,000 bet of Sexton after the {7-Spades} turn. They are both pretty much even stacked now and so is fellow PartyPoker Pro Jamie Kerstetter.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
41,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
40,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Mike Sexton