Event #65: $10,000 Main Event Day 3 | 2014 World Series of Poker

07-10-2014 12:29 UTC-8

Chip Counts from Amazon Purple

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Townsend	395,000 395,000	395,000
Zachary Donovan	373,000 373,000	373,000
Griffin Benger	265,000 40,500	40,500
Mukul Pahuja	265,000 265,000	265,000
Aaron Wilt	255,000 6,000	6,000
Daniel Alaei	220,000 8,300	8,300

Jeff Madsen	195,000 22,000	22,000

David Pham	170,000 170,000	170,000

Warwick Mirzikinian	155,000 155,000	155,000
Ben Yu	155,000 91,000	91,000

Erik Seidel	120,000 10,600	10,600

Michael Binger	105,000 46,000	46,000
Erica Lindgren	75,000 10,300	10,300

07-10-2014 12:33 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Munir Shahin	640,000 100,000	100,000
Richard Dubini	340,000 340,000	340,000
Ali Davar	305,000 36,800	36,800
Alex Queen	262,000 27,000	27,000
John Juanda	210,000 76,300	76,300

Tom Marchese	208,000 10,800	10,800

Marvin Rettenmaier	170,000 3,200	3,200
Ole Schemion	150,000 9,500	9,500

Allen Cunningham	100,000 14,400	14,400

Roland Israelashvili	95,000 52,700	52,700

Bernard Lee	80,000 38,400	38,400
David Singer	57,000 11,600	11,600
Anthony Zinno	51,500 24,300	24,300

Blair Hinkle	29,500 15,200	15,200

Monnette Wins Flip

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

John Monnette opened to 3,200 only to have Thomas Sica three-bet shove for 27,800 from the small blind with Monnette making the call.

Monnette:
Sica:

The board ran out to end Sica's tournament as Monnette climbs to over 80,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	81,000 81,000	81,000

Thomas Sica	Busted

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07-10-2014 12:36 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Price	51,000 51,000	51,000

Even the Little Ones Count

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Donnie Peters

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Phil Ivey raised on the button to 3,800 after action folded to him. The two players in the blinds folded, and Ivey won the pot to pick up the blinds and antes.

'Ivey, Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!" yelled out Pat and Mel Humprey from the rail, to which Ivey responded with a laugh. "The little ones count, too!"

"Yeah, but don't tell them that," said Ivey, leaning back in his chair and facing the rail.

Tags: Phil Ivey

07-10-2014 12:40 UTC-8

Bojang Goes Backdoor

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ismael Bojang bet 6,500 from under the gun against one opponent on a board of , and he was called. On the river, Bojang came out with 15,300, and his opponent thought briefly before calling. Bojang showed for a Broadway straight and collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	153,000 2,000	2,000

07-10-2014 12:41 UTC-8

Hungry Like the Wolfe

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jim Bucci was all in and at risk with on a flop of , but unfortunately for him Norman Wolfe had him crushed with for trip jacks. The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Bucci was eliminated.

Wolfe chipped up above 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Norman Wolfe	330,000 330,000	330,000
Jim Bucci	Busted

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07-10-2014 12:43 UTC-8

Ellenbogen Applies Pressure

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The board showed with close to 100,000 in the middle. After being checked to, Bennett Ellenbogen fired out a bet of 40,000 and after a few moments, his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bennett Ellenbogen	310,000 65,300	65,300

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07-10-2014 12:48 UTC-8

Zarbo’s Magic Glasses

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Giuseppe Zarbo from France has brought a pair of plastic flashing spectacles today that he is donning whenever he has been all in. He has worn them twice so far, the first was preflop and the second time was when he faced a 45,000 bet on a flop of .

Out came the glasses, coloured lights flashing away, in went the chips. His opponent was trying to ascertain if Zarbo was on a draw or if had hit the king. Zarbo said nothing and in the face of the bet and magic properties of the all-in glasses his opponent’s cards quickly hit the muck.

Another player offered to buy the glasses for $100, but they had already been safely tucked away in Zarbo’s jacket pocket ready for their next appearance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Zarbo	170,000 170,000	170,000

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07-10-2014 12:48 UTC-8

The Moneymaker Effect

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Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

With the cameras rolling and boom mic hovering over top of him, Chris Moneymaker was heads-up on a board of . About 25,000 sat in the middle and after his opponent checked, Moneymaker tossed out a bet of 11,000 and took down the pot.