Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-02-2014 18:14 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Mehmood	Busted

Kessler Binks the Turn

mnuwwarah

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The big blind checked to Carter Kessler on a flop and Kessler bet 80,000. The big blind check-raised to 190,000 and Kessler thought for about two minutes before moving in for 645,000 total.

"This is a cooler if I lose this one," the big blind said to someone on the rail before calling.

Big blind:
Kessler:

Kessler was behind, but the dealer burned and turned the , giving Kessler unbeatable trips.

An elated Kessler clapped, hopping up and down a few times, unable to contain his excitement.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carter Kessler	1,400,000 1,259,000	1,259,000

Tags: Carter Kessler

06-02-2014 18:20 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Tleuzhan Jumakov	Busted
Chris DeMaci	Busted
Michael Terronez	Busted
David Fong	Busted
Rhys Jones	Busted
Andre Dyonisio	Busted
Garrett Greer	Busted
Brian Surber	Busted
Gregory Lasica	Busted
Edward Lawson	Busted
Christopher Mazzawi	Busted
Gouwei Zhang	Busted
Colby Burleson	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	1,950,000 -350,000	-350,000
Sean Prendiville	1,400,000 230,000	230,000
Gennady Shimelfarb	885,000 -205,000	-205,000
Chris Wa	840,000 215,000	215,000
Andrew Seidman	775,000 615,000	615,000
Andrew Oh	400,000 -193,000	-193,000
John Racener	380,000 -360,000	-360,000

David Wilkinson	210,000 -20,000	-20,000

Three Pairs and no Action

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Andrew Seidman raised to 40,000 and then called the all in of Andrew Oh for 143,000 on top of that. Seidman showed but could not score the knockout versus .

One hand later, Seidman min-raised again and Gennady Shimelfarb three-bet to 110,000 one seat over. Maurice Hawkins called on the button and the blinds folded. The board was checked down, Seidman showed , Shimelfarb turned over and Hawkins laughed before tabling . He ran away for a few seconds to cheer all by himself and then came back to stack the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	2,200,000 250,000	250,000
Andrew Oh	400,000

Tags: Andrew Oh Andrew Seidman Gennady Shimelfarb Maurice Hawkins

06-02-2014 18:31 UTC-7

Assi Scores a KO

mnuwwarah

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Bassel Assi just busted a shorter stack when his held against the of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bassel Assi	1,200,000 858,000	858,000

Tags: Bassel Assi

06-02-2014 18:34 UTC-7

Table 443 Chip Counts

[user272102]

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bassel Assi	1,210,000 10,000	10,000
John Moore	1,150,000 58,000	58,000
Bradley Anderson	725,000 225,000	225,000

Jason Johnson	595,000 -35,000	-35,000
Charles Randall	590,000 379,000	379,000
Jeffrey Yarchever	585,000 205,000	205,000
Jeffrey Coburn	315,000 314,999	314,999
Christopher Keller	241,000 -84,000	-84,000

06-02-2014 18:37 UTC-7

Wilkinson Doubles Through Seidman

[user263659]

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

We saw David Wilkinson all in preflop with his 225,000 chips on the button. Andrew Seidman called in the small blind and flipped over a dominating to Wilkinson's . The board ran out for a turned flush for Wilkinson and now the two players are close to even in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Wilkinson	560,000 350,000	350,000
Andrew Seidman	470,000 -305,000	-305,000

Tags: Andrew Seidman David Wilkinson

06-02-2014 18:43 UTC-7

Table 444 Chip Counts

[user272102]

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	2,200,000 400,000	400,000
Andrew Dick	1,195,000 355,000	355,000
Brian Yoon	1,070,000 846,000	846,000

Michael Stembera	735,000 577,000	577,000
James Duke	700,000 460,000	460,000
Jeff Sluzinski	320,000 -130,000	-130,000
Jonathan D'Souza	290,000 -32,000	-32,000
Christopher Thompson	270,000 30,000	30,000

06-02-2014 18:43 UTC-7

One Bust and One Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jonathan Dimmig lost a ton of chips after he got it in with on a flop only to see his opponent turn over . Both the turn and the river weren't what the chip leader wanted to see and he dropped 568,000 chips postflop.

One hand later, Ardie Ervin ran into the of his table neighbor and his hole cards were already rushed away. He was severely short stacked though, and bowed out in 43rd place.