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

Suck and Re-suck

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker raised to 900 in early position, and a very short-stacked David Murphy moved all in for 5,500 near the button.

"OK," Moneymaker said when it folded back to him. "You caught me, but I have to call."

He flicked in enough chips, and the hands were opened.

Moneymaker: {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Murphy: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The dealer fanned {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts}, changing very little, but the suicide king ({k-Hearts}) spiked on the turn, giving Moneymaker a leading pair of kings. The players at the table let out a collective groan, but it was soon replaced by excited yelps when the {j-Clubs} fell on the river, giving Murphy a set.

"Yes!" Murphy said, elated. "One time!"

"How do I run sooooooo bad," Moneymaker said with a wry smile. "They always hit two outers on me!"

He and Murphy shared a laugh while Murphy dragged in the pot, pushing him to 11,000 chips. Moneymaker is still very healthy with 67,000.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
67,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
David Murphy
David Murphy
12,000
12,000
12,000

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Schemion Gets There

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

German super star Ole Schemion has just locked up a big stack near the end of the day and one of our colleagues explained to us what happened.

On a {K-}{7-}{3-} flop the action was checked to Schemion who bet 1,650 and one of his opponents raised to 3,675. The third player folded and Schemion called. On the turn another {7-} popped up and Schemion called a 4,200-chip bet.

The river was the {A-} and Schemion's opponent bet 8,000 with about 11,000 chips left behind. The German pro moved all in and he was called by {3-}{3-}. Schemion tabled {A-}{7-} for a bigger full house and he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
75,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Cahill Among The Leaders

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Seamus Cahill
Seamus Cahill

Ireland's Seamus Cahill is a talented cash game player and one who has some excellent results in tournaments too. He's looking to add a big cash in the WSOP Main Event to his list of poker accomplishments and is going the right way about it considering he has 150,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Seamus Cahill ie
Seamus Cahill
150,000
150,000
150,000

Jacobson Hits 200K

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Martin Jacobson
Martin Jacobson

After a player limped in from middle position, Martin Jacobson raised to 1,600 from middle position. Action folded back to the limper, and he called to see the {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop come down. The first player checked, then Jacobson bet 1,500. His opponent called.

The turn was the {7-Hearts}, and the first player checked. Jacobson bet 4,000, and his opponent called.

Then, after the {6-Spades} completed the board on the river, the first player checked, Jacobson bet 10,000, and his opponent snap-called.

Jacobson tabled the {A-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} for two pair, aces and fives. His opponent showed the {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a weaker two pair, but thought he had won the pot for a brief moment before realizing he actually didn't.

Jacobson scooped the pot and moved to 200,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
200,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Day 1a Attracts 771 Players as Sweden's Martin Jacobson Sits On Top

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Martin Jacobson
Martin Jacobson

In the past five weeks, the 2014 World Series of Poker has seen 64 events begin, new and repeat bracelet winners crowned, and millionaires made, but the marquee event of the series began on Saturday with Day 1a of the $10,000 Main Event taking center stage.

With this year seeing the WSOP celebrating 10 years at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, 2005 Champion Joe Hachem sent the cards in the air. Fellow Main Event Champions led players into the field with both Ryan Riess and Greg Merson finding themselves located on the feature table, while Chris Moneymaker, Tom McEvoy, and Johnny Chan were also in the field alongside bracelet winners Jason Mercier, Phil Laak, Ted Forrest, Hoyt Corkins, John Monnette, Billy Baxter, Antonio Esfandiari, David Singer, and Layne Flack.

It would take until midway through the second level until the first few bust outs started to occur as Steven Sanzone was bounced out the door before Bruno Fitoussi, Steven Gee, "All-American" Dave Swanson, Jean-Robert Bellande, David Chiu, and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin were just a handful of the players eliminated throughout the day as the first flight's starting field of 771 was cut down to 505 by the end of play.

Although the chip lead rotated between the likes of Aaron Wilt, Mukul Pahuja, Ken Einiger, Jon Broderick, and Nick DiVella throughout the day, it would be no-limit hold'em beast and Swede Martin Jacobson ending the day as chip leader with 200,100.

Wilt (157,650), Seamus Cahill (150,775), Andy Hwang (118,875), Pahuja (114,800), and Alex Simic (110,675) all round out the top few chip counts while the likes of Flack (75,450), Riess (70,225), Moneymaker (69,850), Esfandiari (59,775), and Annette Obrestad (54,625) all sit with healthy stacks.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back on deck at 12 p.m. (PDT) on Sunday to provide all the Day 1b action live from the 2014 World Series of Poker, so be sure to tune back in.

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Event #65: $10,000 Main Event

Day 1a Completed