2014 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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
Players Info - Day 3

Floor Threatens Sembera with Penalty

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Larry Samet raised from the cutoff and action was on Michael Sembera, who had only about 11 big blinds left in the big blind. He tanked and tanked, and Maurice Hawkins finally called a clock shortly after saying he didn't want to be the guy who called the clock.

The floor began the 10 second countdown after almost a minute had passed, and Sembera pushed all in, taking down the pot when Samet folded.

After the hand, Sembera admitted he had known he was shoving and was simply stalling in hopes of a player busting at another table. The tournament supervisor overheard this, and he informed Sembera he would receive only a 10-second clock in the future, as well as a penalty, if it happened again.

Tags: Larry SametMaurice HawkinsMichael Sembera

Bart Lybaert Eliminated in 20th Place ($50,614)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Bart Lybaert
Bart Lybaert

In what is easily the biggest pot of the tournament, Bart Lybaert has been eliminated in 20th place and Andrew Dick has added to his chip lead and is now sitting with 8.575 million in chips. As told to us by Dick, it all started when Lybaert opened for the minimum and Dick called out of the big blind.

The flop came {K-Spades}{5-}{4-Spades} and Dick checked. Lybaert made a bet and Dick check-raised. Lybaert called.

The turn was the {6-Spades} and Dick check-raised again. Lybaert again called.

The river was the {10-Diamonds} and this time Dick moved all in. Lybaert made the call with {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} but it was no good as Dick had {7-Spades}{3-Spades} for a flush. Lybaert is eliminated in 20th place and Dick sits with over four million chips than the next player on the leader board.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Dick us
Andrew Dick
8,575,000 3,225,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
Busted

Jeremy Halaska Eliminated in 21st Place ($50,614)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Jeremy Halaska
Jeremy Halaska

Sitting on only 170,000 chips, Jeremy Halaska had to make a move, and he pushed his stack in from the under-the-gun-plus-one position. Matthew Livingston made the call in the big blind and turned over {Q-Spades}{8-Spades} against Halaska's {A-Hearts}{5-Clubs}. The board ran out {7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} and Livingston made the top pair to bust Halaska from the tournament in 21st.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Livingston us
Matthew Livingston
1,250,000 100,000
Jeremy Halaska us
Jeremy Halaska
Busted

Tags: Jeremy HalaskaMatthew Livingston

Sean Prendiville Eliminated in 23rd Place ($50,614)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Sean Prendiville - 23rd Place
Sean Prendiville - 23rd Place

Michael Stembera raised the pot under the gun, and Sean Prendiville shipped his last 300,000 or so. Jeffrey Coburn reshipped, covering Stembera, who folded.

Prendiville: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Coburn: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The dealer put down three cards and turned them over as he prepared to spread them, and the window cards was the {10-Hearts}. Right behind it followed the {10-Spades} and the {3-Clubs}.

"He runs worse than anyone I've ever seen," Hawkins said of his former nemesis Prendiville. The {4-Clubs} turn and {9-Hearts} river put the official end to Prendiville's tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Coburn us
Jeffrey Coburn
1,500,000 575,000
Sean Prendiville ie
Sean Prendiville
Busted

Tags: Maurice HawkinsSean PrendivilleJeffrey Coburn

Oh No!

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

With a flop of {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, Andrew Oh check raised Jonathan Dimmig's 65,000 bet to 135,000. Dimmig called. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and Oh led out for 200,000 and was called quickly by Dimmig. The river was the {9-Clubs} and Oh bet a third time, placing out a bet of 300,000. Dimmig called and Oh said "good call" and wanted to muck his hand but was forced to show his {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Dimmig turned over {9-Spades}{8-Spades} for a flopped flush draw that turned into two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Dimmig us
Jonathan Dimmig
WSOP 1X Winner
3,550,000 750,000
Andrew Oh us
Andrew Oh
575,000 -925,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

Jason Vanstrom Eliminated in 24th Place ($50,614)

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Vanstrom
Jason Vanstrom

We saw Jason Vanstrom get it all in preflop with {A-}{Q-} after an initial raise from Stewart Newman. Newman called the three-bet and flopped over {K-}{K-}, which held on the board of {9-}{9-}{10-}{7-}{Q-}. Vanstrom picked up $50,614 for his deep run.

Player Chips Progress
Stewart Newman
Stewart Newman
1,340,000 990,000
Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
Busted

Tags: Jason VanstromStewart Newman

PokerNews Podcast Episode #220: Litigating for Rolls feat. Vanessa Selbst

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Vanessa Selbst with her gold bracelet
Vanessa Selbst with her gold bracelet

Vanessa Selbst, winner of Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em and her third World Series of Poker gold bracelet, joins the show to talk about her heads-up matches, the Twitter beef with Jason Mo, and her two small dogs. Rich, Donnie, and Jason then take a look at all of the recent bracelet winners and dissect the idea of a $20 million guarantee tournament.

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Tags: PokerNews PodcastVanessa Selbst