Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day 2ab Started
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 2ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,683
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Jacobson and Luxemburger Lead Returning Fields for Day 2ab
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!
https://www.pokernews.com/video/wsop-2014-day-2a-2b-update-9029.htm
Assorted Chip Counts From Day 1a and 1b
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,100
100
|
100 |
|
||
|
193,450
17,450
|
17,450 |
|
190,125
25,125
|
25,125 |
|
189,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
173,350
23,350
|
23,350 |
|
165,125
20,125
|
20,125 |
|
158,425
158,425
|
158,425 |
|
150,775
775
|
775 |
|
147,500 | |
|
|
146,200
146,200
|
146,200 |
|
|
142,275
142,275
|
142,275 |
|
137,250
137,250
|
137,250 |
|
135,675
-4,325
|
-4,325 |
|
134,025
36,025
|
36,025 |
|
||
|
|
133,975
-27,025
|
-27,025 |
|
128,625
54,525
|
54,525 |
|
126,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
||
|
116,600
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
|
||
|
115,000 | |
|
114,800
-20,200
|
-20,200 |
|
104,800
27,800
|
27,800 |
|
104,175 | |
|
104,100
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
||
|
101,025
101,025
|
101,025 |
|
100,350
-14,650
|
-14,650 |
|
||
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Shuffle Up And Deal!
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 2ab of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event!
Ask The Pros: Eight Essential Characteristics for Navigating Large Tournaments
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
The World Series of Poker Main Event is always a massive affair, as players aim to maneuver his or her way through a sea of entrants in order to achieve poker immortality.
One of the reasons that the game of poker attracts people from all over the world is that it’s a game that mentally challenges you to be your best. Knowing that bad beats will happen, bad play will get rewarded from time to time, and variance can creep up at any moment, what does it take to last?
Recently, PokerNews went on a quest to find out what qualities a poker player should possess to make it through a large-field tournament such as the WSOP Main Event.
To learn more about the eight essential characteristics for navigating these large events, check out the full article by clicking here.
Kelly Crushes Kobayashi
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000
23,725
|
23,725 |
|
Busted |
Online Star "samrostan" the First to Go
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
36,525
|
36,525 |
|
Busted |
Not Bluffing This Soon
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
50,500
2,425
|
2,425 |
|
30,500
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
||
Early Eliminations
Level 6
: 250/500, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |