2014 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,683
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Swanson Shoves River; Up Over 42k

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Dave Swanson climbing up the leaderboard
Dave Swanson climbing up the leaderboard

Four players committed 450 preflop; one of which was "All American" Dave Swanson. The dealer spread a {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop and the original raiser continued for 1,550 with only Swanson making the call.

The turn landed the {8-Hearts} and Swanson led for 3,500 with his opponent making the call. The river landed the {9-Spades} and Swanson immediately announced all in to put his opponent at risk for his last 7,625.

After about two minutes deliberating, Swanson's opponent folded and tabled his {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}, as Swanson raked in the pot and climbed to 42,150.

Player Chips Progress
Dave Swanson us
Dave Swanson
42,150
5,700
5,700

Tags: Dave Swanson

Monnette Building Mountains

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and mixed game specialist John Monnette has got off to a great start here in the Main Event. He's more than doubled his starting stack and currently has 61,600 chips.

Player Chips Progress
John Monnette us
John Monnette
61,600
18,500
18,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
40,400
10,400
10,400
Jay Farber us
Jay Farber
33,000
-2,500
-2,500
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
29,000
-7,000
-7,000
StakeKings
Billy Baxter us
Billy Baxter
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
18,200
-11,800
-11,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
17,000
-13,000
-13,000
Ben Jackson gb
Ben Jackson
16,150
-13,850
-13,850

Tags: John Monnette

Making Money

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Chris Moneymaker opened for 400 and got three callers to a flop of {a-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, continuation bet for just 200 and narrowed his opponents down to two.

The turn card was the {6-Hearts} and Moneymaker announced, “One yellow chip.” betting 1,000. This time he got one caller. The river was the {2-Hearts} and it was checked to Moneymaker who bet 1,700. His opponent folded his hand.

“No diamonds huh?” Moneymaker said.

“Diamond, five or ten.” his opponent replied.

“Eight-nine of diamonds eh?” Moneymaker deduced stacking his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
30,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Tim Phan Is Back

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Tim Phan has nearly $2 million in live tournament earnings, nine World Series of Poker cashes, and a 24th-place finish in the 2005 WSOP Main Event for $304,680, but since 2011 the man has been rarely seen at the Series.

Well, he's back now and is in action here in the 2014 WSOP Main Event. Seated at Nam Le's table, Phan has a little under the starting stack about halfway through the second level of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Tim Phan us
Tim Phan
26,000

Tags: Tim PhanNam Le

Langrock Knocks One Out

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

We just caught the end of a big hand in which Sebastian Langrock knocked out a player. After the hand finished Langrock was kind enough to explain what happened.

Langrock's opponent raised and the German called in position. The flop brought out {J-Spades}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts} and the continuation bet was 800, which was raised to 2,400 by Langrock. The initial raiser called and on the turn the {5-Spades} popped up.

The action was checked to Langrock who bet 4,400. The initial raiser check-raised all in for 13,000 and Langrock snap-called.

Langrock: {A-Spades}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

The river brought the {A-Diamonds} and Langrock knocked a player out. On the very next hand Langrock raised to 525 and Don Nguyen called in position. The flop brought out {10-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and Langrock bet 675, Nguyen called and the turn was the {J-Diamonds}, on which Langrock bet another 1,125. Nguyen called and the river was the {A-Diamonds}.

This time Langrock checked and Nguyen bet 2,225. Langrock called immediately and Nguyen mucked right away. Langrock's {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs} was tabled and he took down another pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
58,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Sebastian Langrock

Ciao, Linton

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Antonio Venneri limped in from under the gun, Pete Linton raised to 900 on the button, and Garrett Greer called in the small blind. Venneri put in a reraise, making it 2,500 to go, and Linton moved all in for 14,000.

Greer quickly folded, and the Italian called the 70-big blind shove.

Venneri: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Linton: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Venneri's pair held as the board ran out {4-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}, and Linton hit the rail less than three hours into Day 1a of the WSOP Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Venneri it
Antonio Venneri
55,000
25,000
25,000
Pete Linton gb
Pete Linton
Busted

Tags: Antonio VenneriGarrett GreerPete Linton

Sapiano is Slipping

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Albert Sapiano is down to 6,800 chips after a difficult start here in the Main Event. Although his 6,800 is much less than the 30,000 he started with, the amazing structure of this tournament means Sapiano still has 34 big blinds at his disposal.

Player Chips Progress
Duncan McLellan gb
Duncan McLellan
43,000
13,000
13,000
Anton Makiievskyi ua
Anton Makiievskyi
31,900
1,900
1,900
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
29,800
-200
-200
Sebastian Saffari gb
Sebastian Saffari
28,000
4,300
4,300
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
26,400
-3,600
-3,600
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
18,100
-6,200
-6,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
17,500
-12,500
-12,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen
12,025
-17,975
-17,975
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
11,700
-1,800
-1,800
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Albert Sapiano gb
Albert Sapiano
6,800
-19,500
-19,500

Tags: Albert Sapiano

Flack Flushed

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

On a board of {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and the pot sitting at roughly 5,000, Layne Flack was faced with a 2,100-chip bet.

Flack called as a third player folded before the dealer delivered the {5-Hearts} on the river.

Flack checked and his opponent bet out 2,200 with Flack quickly calling and then folding once he saw his opponent's {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
22,500
-7,500
-7,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Layne Flack

Merson Raises Perkins

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Eric Worre limped in from early position, and then Greg Merson raised to 675 from the next seat. Action folded to Bill Perkins in the big blind, and he reraised to 1,800. After Worre folded, Merson called.

The flop was {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, and both Perkins and Merson checked to see the {Q-Diamonds} fall on the turn. After Perkins led with a bet of 2,200, Merson raised to 5,700. Perkins had a little over 17,000 behind and went into the tank. Merson, who had a little under 11,000 behind, waited patiently while riffling chips with both hands.

Eventually, Perkins folded, and Merson pulled in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Worre us
Eric Worre
61,800
-15,450
-15,450
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
20,800
300
300
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Bill Perkins us
Bill Perkins
17,200
-8,300
-8,300
StakeKings

Tags: Bill PerkinsEric WorreGreg Merson