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Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Total Entries
6,683
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left 1 / 6,683
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Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Just before the break, Andrey Zaichenko opened to 60,000 from middle position. Scott Mahin called on the button, Timur Margolin called from the small blind and Pfizer Jordan called from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Margolin led for 86,000. Only Zaichenko called to see the 
turn where Margolin bet 208,000. Zaichenko called again, the 
river completed the board and Margolin checked. Zaichenko bet 516,000 effective, sending Margolin into the tank for nearly five minutes before he called.
Zaichenko tabled 
for kings and fours, Margolin mucked and Zaichenko scored the elimination.
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Cards are back in the air, and T100,000 chips are now in some of the stacks.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Another two hours, but more of the same story after Level 23 of the Main Event. Bruno Politano continued his dominion over the top spot in the chip counts, increasing his stack to more than 6 million.
Nobody else is within a stone’s throw of that mark, but there is a Mark surging up the counts: Mark Newhouse, who was the first to fall during last year’s November Nine for just over $733,000, rocketed up the leaderboard with an extremely productive two hours. He entered the dinner break with just over 3 million and now finds himself hovering around 5 million. His aggression got Chris Johnson off a hand where Johnson made hefty bets on the turn and river before folding to a huge river shove.
As for Politano, his hot run continued with a big win in a race against Adam Coats.
Maria Ho and Mikiyo Aoki are providing the tournament with some feminine flair. Aoki has grinded her stack to north of 2.5 million, while Ho reached a peak of about 2.7 million before faltering a bit to 2.1 million. In a recent pot, she snapped off a three-bet shove with kings to bust Michael Palo.
Vincent Maglio (138th), Alex Outhred (140th), and Huy Nguyen (142nd) were among the fallen this past level.
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
With around 300,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, a raising war broke out between Nathan Goldstein and Hieu Nguyen over at a secondary feature table that resulted in the latter getting all in for his last 407,000.
Nguyen: 
Goldstein: 
It seemed Goldstein had picked the wrong spot to mix it up as Nguyen had top set, but the 
turn made things interesting as Goldstein picked up an open-ended straight draw. Much to Nguyen's dismay it came in as the 
spiked on the river. The stacks were counted down and Goldstein had Nguyen covered by just 83,000.
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Lee Taylor and Nathan Fletcher found all the money in the middle preflop on one of the secondary feature tables. Fletcher was at risk with the 
for 310,000 against the 
for Taylor.
The board ran out 
to give Fletcher quads and double him up.
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
On the 
flop, Michael Aron checked, Pakinai Lisawad checked, and then Peter Placey bet 120,000. Aron check-raised to 260,000, Lisawad folded, and Placey called.
The turn was the , and Aron led for 450,000 into his opponent. Placey made the call with about 600,000 behind, and the dealer delivered the 
on the river. After taking his time, Aron announced that he was all in. Placey tanked for several long minutes, but folded in the end, and Aron won the pot
"Did you have it?" asked Placey after the hand.
"You'll see it on TV," responded Aron, although no cameras filmed the hand.
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
We missed the first couple bets, but it appeared Maria Ho had raised from the button and Greg Himmelbrand three-bet from the big blind. Ho then four-bet to 190,000 and called when Himmelbrand moved all in for roughly 750,000.
Ho: 
Himmelbrand: 
Both players held an ace, but Ho was out in front with her superior kicker. The 
flop was kind to Himmelbrand though as it paired his queen and gave him the lead. Ho picked up a Broadway draw, but she missed as the 
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
