Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day 2ab Started
Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day 2ab Started
Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event! The starting flights of this prestigious event have gone by in a flash and the Amazon, Brasilia, and Pavilion rooms will all be filled to the brim with players returning for the second day of play. Day 1a leader Martin Jacobson will be returning to the biggest stack of today's players with 200,100, while hot on Jacobson's heels will be Day 1b chip leader Trey Luxemberger who bagged up 193,450.
Players from each of the first two starting flights will once again compete against those from their original flights. The 505 players to advance from Day 1a will be posted up in the Amazon room while the 1,428 who moved on from Day 1b will be placed in both Brasilia and Pavilion. The field will play a grand total of five two-hour levels today before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Dozens of notable names will be chasing the Swedish Jacobson in his starting flight, including top stacks Aaron Wilt (157,650), Seamus Cahill (150,775), Andy Hwang (118,875), Mukul Pahuja (114,800), and Alex Simic (110,675) as well as the likes of Layne Flack (75,450), Ryan Riess (70,225), Chris Moneymaker (69,850), Antonio Esfandiari (59,775), and Annette Obrestad (54,625).
Meanwhile chasing Luxemburger among the Day 1b runners will be several notable big stacks including Paul Tedeschi (137,450), Joe Kuether (135,675), Erik Seidel (134,025), Mark Radoja (126,000), and Matt Affleck (122,150). Main Event champions Dan Harrington (35,200) and Huck Seed (22,750) will also return to the felt.
Play kicks off at 12 p.m. local time. As always, be sure to stay tuned for PokerNews for all of the big pots, bad beats, and bust outs from the 2014 WSOP Main Event!
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Jacobson |
200,100
100
|
100 |
|
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Trey Luxemburger
|
193,450
17,450
|
17,450 |
Sarkis Hakobian
|
190,125
25,125
|
25,125 |
Ryan Buckholtz |
189,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
Dan Wirgau |
173,350
23,350
|
23,350 |
Ryan Julius |
165,125
20,125
|
20,125 |
Maxim Panyak |
158,425
158,425
|
158,425 |
Seamus Cahill |
150,775
775
|
775 |
Steve Ryan | 147,500 | |
Richard Moon |
146,200
146,200
|
146,200 |
Paul Douglass
|
142,275
142,275
|
142,275 |
Pavel Yakobson |
137,250
137,250
|
137,250 |
Joe Kuether |
135,675
-4,325
|
-4,325 |
Erik Seidel |
134,025
36,025
|
36,025 |
|
||
Trung Nguyen
|
133,975
-27,025
|
-27,025 |
Sebastian Pauli |
128,625
54,525
|
54,525 |
Mark Radoja |
126,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
||
Taylor Paur |
116,600
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
||
Marvin Rettenmaier | 115,000 | |
Mukul Pahuja |
114,800
-20,200
|
-20,200 |
Steve Watts |
104,800
27,800
|
27,800 |
Austin Buchanan | 104,175 | |
David Williams |
104,100
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
||
Daniele Vadacchino
|
101,025
101,025
|
101,025 |
Brian Hastings |
100,350
-14,650
|
-14,650 |
|
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
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On one of the first hands of the day Dan Kelly raised to 1,200 under the gun plus one and the player on his direct left announced a three-bet to 2,800.
The action folded back around to Kelly who quickly made the call.
The flop came down and Kelly checked to Kobayashi who bet 4,100. Kelly called and on the turn the hit.
Kelly checked again and Kobayashi moved all in for about 15,000 chips, and his opponent snap-called.
Kelly:
Kobayashi:
The Japanese player had a lower set and was looking for the final five in the deck, but the river brought the . Kobayashi, who kept smiling, thanked the players at his table and quietly left the Brasilia room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Kelly |
59,000
23,725
|
23,725 |
Hirokazu Kobayashi | Busted |
Well, it didn't take long for the first player to fall in the Day 2a field over in the Amazon Room. On the first hand of the day online superstar Chun Lei "samrostan" Zhou, the man formerly known as "patpatpanda," was sent to the rail by Salman Behbehani.
It appeared Behbehani had raised from the button, Zhou defended from the small blind, and then the latter called bets on both the flop and turn. When the completed the board on the river, Zhou checked and then called off when Behbehani moved all in.
Behbehani rolled over for a flopped flush, and it was good as Zhou sent his cards to the muck before making his way toward the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Salman Behbehani |
100,000
36,525
|
36,525 |
Chun Lei Zhou | Busted |
On one of the secondary feature tables, Tom McEvoy opened for a raise and Maria Mayrinck three-bet. It was folded back to McEvoy who let his hand go as well. Mayrinck showed and told McEvoy "I'm not bluffing this soon."
Not sure if McEvoy believed her. Mayrinck is a poker player after all.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Mayrinck |
50,500
2,425
|
2,425 |
Tom McEvoy |
30,500
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Judith Raney
|
Busted | |
Kody Muir | Busted | |
Mike Linster | Busted |