2014 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 2c
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
Players Left 1 / 6683
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It's Haralabob's World, and We're All Just Living In it

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

From middle position, a player raised to 2,600. Haralabos Voulgaris called from the big blind, and the flop came down {K-Clubs}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. Voulgaris checked, his opponent bet 5,500, and Voulgaris called.

On the turn, the {3-Clubs} landed, and Voulgaris checked. His opponent checked behind.

The river paired the board with the {10-Clubs}, and Voulgaris led with a bet of 10,600. His opponent mulled it over for a minute, then called.

Voulgaris tabled the {Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds} to beat his opponent's {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} and rake in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Haralabos Voulgaris
187,000
47,000
47,000

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Baker Can't Best Eights

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The player under the gun limped and it folded all of the way around the table to David "ODB" Baker on the button. He raised the action to 3,200 and both of the blinds released. The original limper called and the two were heads up to the flop.

The dealer fanned {J-Clubs}{7-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} on the felt and Baker's opponent came out swinging for 4,500. Baker called and the {K-Spades} dropped down on fourth street. Both players checked and did so again after the {9-Clubs} finished off the board. Baker's opponent showed {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} for a pair of eights. Baker mucked his cards and watched as the pot was pushed to the opposite end of the table. Baker is now down to about 72,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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David "ODB" Baker
72,000
46,000
46,000
WSOP 4X Winner

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Neff Takes a Hit Late

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We didn't catch the action, but Peter Neff was cutting out chips to double up an opponent who had {10-Spades}{7-Spades} for a backdoor flush on a board of {j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{k-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Spades}. Neff's hand was already in the muck, but we heard a player at the table joking about how little equity Neff's opponent had on the flop. After Neff sent 68,800 to his right, he now sits with 384,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Peter Neff
384,000
89,000
89,000

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Three More Hands

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to the field to capture any last-minute action and to compile a list of chip counts.

Stay tuned for those, as well as a full recap of the Day 2c action!

Patgorski Makes a Strong Fold

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We didn't see the action, but Mike Halioua was all-in on a {8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop and the player to his immediate left was also all-in. There was already a substantial amount in the pot and the action was on John Patgorski. Calling would be for the majority of his stack, but he decided against it and showed {K-}{K-}. It was a great fold, as Halioua had {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}. The person in the middle had {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs} and would be eliminated after the turn {4-Diamonds} and river {2-}. Both Halioua and Patgorski will end the night with well above-average stacks barring any last minute collapses.

Player Chips Progress
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Michel Halioua
250,000
250,000
250,000
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John Patgorski
235,000
235,000
235,000

Aron Busts Pique

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On a board of {4-}{3-}{2-}{6-} with over 40,000 in the middle, Michael Aron bet 38,000. Gerard Pique jammed-all-in over the top and Aron called.

Aron tabled {5-}{5-} for a straight and Pique showed {4-}{4-} for a flopped set. The river was a blank and Pique was sent to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Aron
480,000
142,000
142,000
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Gerard Pique
Busted

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Pierce Slipping in the Fourth Quarter; Booth Exits

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

As the night nears its end, Paul Pierce is down under 50,000 after a recent pot. A player opened for a raise to 3,000 in middle position, and the hijack called, as did Pierce in the small blind. Pierce checked the {q-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop. He called 6,000 after the third player folded. Pierce check-called 7,000 more on the {2-Diamonds} turn, but snap-folded to a 6,000 bet on the {q-Spades} river.

At another table, Brad Booth's seat was empty with an open seat card on the felt.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Pierce
49,000
40,500
40,500
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Brad Booth
Busted

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Assorted End-Of-Day 2c Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

This is not a full chip counts posting. Disregard the (full) listed above and please refer to here for a complete list of survivors.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Ivey
505,500
19,500
19,500
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global
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Raul Mestre
477,900
179,900
179,900
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Michael Aron
468,000
12,000
12,000
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Peter Neff
389,200
5,200
5,200
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Isaac Baron
387,200
82,200
82,200
WSOP 1X Winner
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Steve Tripp
380,400
380,400
380,400
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Horacio Chaves Cortes
350,300
30,300
30,300
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John Hennigan
342,700
134,700
134,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jeff Cox
Jeff Cox
332,800
332,800
332,800
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Anders Fsellstrom
328,400
328,400
328,400
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Martin Hansen
324,800
7,200
7,200
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Danny Yousefzadeh
317,800
317,800
317,800
Profile photo of Taha Maluf
Taha Maluf
307,200
307,200
307,200
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Raj Vohra
306,400
21,400
21,400
WSOP 1X Winner
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George Wolff
305,900
305,900
305,900
$25K Fantasy
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Griffin Benger
305,500
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Jonas Kronwitter
300,500
90,500
90,500
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Cong Pham
298,600
23,600
23,600
Profile photo of Eric Tracy us
Eric Tracy
294,900
106,900
106,900
Profile photo of Scott Palmer us
Scott Palmer
292,600
27,400
27,400
Profile photo of Matthew Leecy us
Matthew Leecy
290,700
68,700
68,700
Profile photo of Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
287,900
2,100
2,100
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Farid Jattin co
Farid Jattin
281,600
281,600
281,600
Profile photo of Paul Richards gb
Paul Richards
279,000
279,000
279,000
Profile photo of Michael Halioua
Michael Halioua
277,000
277,000
277,000

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Phil Ivey Advances to Day 3 as Overall Chip Leader; Hellmuth, Cada and Hachem Fall

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

On Wednesday, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event continued as 2,571 players returned to the Rio All-Suite Casino for Day 2c action. After five two-hour levels of play, the field was cut down considerably with Phil Ivey and his stack of 505,500 leading the way. That’s more than Tim Stansifer, who finished as the Day 2a/b chip leader with 481,500.

Ivey, who began the day second in chips and overtook start-of-the-day chip leader Eric Tracy early on when notched a double elimination. There was no looking back for the 10-time bracelet winner after that.

Others who finished the night with big stacks were Raul Mestre (477,900), Michael Aron (468,000), Peter Neff (389,000), Isaac Baron (387,200), Steve Tripp (380,400), and Horacio Chaves Cortes (350,200).

Eliminations were steady all day as a stream of players flowed out of the Amazon, Pavilion and Brasilia Rooms. Former New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour was eliminated by Raj Vohra in the first level of play, and then a nasty river card put an end to Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin's 2014 WSOP one level later.

Doug "WCGRider" Polk began the day on a short stack but managed to spin it up a bit in the first two levels of play. Unfortunately for the online star who won a bracelet this summer, his Main Event came to an end when his pocket nines failed to win a race against Yun Fan's big slick. Likewise, Gus Hansen was felled in Level 8 when he got the last of it in with a straight draw on the flop against an opponent who held two pair. Unfortunately, "The Great Dane" failed to get there.

Another player to fall was 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada, who was the victim of a rather nasty cooler. Other former Main Event champs who met their end on Day 2c were Berry Johnston, Joe Hachem, Scott Nguyen, and Phil Hellmuth.

Hellmuth's quest for a 14th bracelet came to an end after two disastrous hands. In the first, the player in the cutoff opened, Hellmuth three-bet from the small blind, the player in the cutoff four-bet to 13,100 and Hellmuth called to see a flop of {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. Hellmuth checked, his opponent bet 8,500, Hellmuth check-raised to 22,000 and his opponent called to see the {K-Spades} turn, which both players checked. The {K-Diamonds} river completed the board and Hellmuth bet 33,000. His opponent raised to effectively 45,000 and Hellmuth folded after about 45 seconds.

Down to about 12,000, Hellmuth got his last 12 big blinds in with {A-}{3-}, but failed to improve against {A-}{J-}. Others who failed to make it out of Day 2c with chips were JC Tran, David Benyamine, Marcel Luske, Daniel Idema, Bryan Micon, Jennifer Harman, Howard “Tahoe” Andrew, Matt Salsberg, and the 2014 Big One for One Drop champ Daniel Colman.

While many fell, plenty of notables managed to make it through to Day 3 including NBA superstar Paul Pierce, who survived with 48,600 despite taking a hit after running ace-king into pocket kings. He will be joined by the likes of John Hennigan (342,700), Daniel Alaei (228,300), Haralabos Voulgaris (164,700), John Juanda (133,700), Barry Greenstein (113,500), Ola "no_Ola" Amundsgard (110,100), Jake Cody (80,000), Daniel Negreanu (39,800), and Byron Kaverman (29,000).

The Day 2c survivors will join those from Day 2a/b under the same roof tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time for Day 3 action where they’ll play five more levels. Hundreds more will hit the rail, though the money bubble isn’t expected to hit until Day 4. Of course the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be there to bring you all the action and eliminations, so be sure to join us then.

While you wait, check out this video of Phil Ivey talking about his great start to the WSOP:

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