Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day 2ab Completed
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
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Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Day 2a/b is of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event is officially in the books with Tim Stansifer leading the roughly 700 survivors from the two returning flights. Stansifer sat atop the chip counts late in the day and had a surge during the last few hands to boost his stack up to a massive 481,500.
This second day was a unique experience at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, as survivors from Day 1a and Day 1b remained segregated for their second day of play. While play occurred simultaneously, those to advance from Day 1a played their flight in the Amazon Room while the returning players from the larger Day 1b flight took to the Brasilia and Pavilion rooms.
Stansifer sits atop the chip counts moving forward onto Day 3, but has has other players close on his heels. Tom Cannuli bagged up the second largest stack with 407,800 and none other than Joe Kuether put third-place chips in the bag with 401,200. Kuether found a spot among the leaders roughly halfway through the day and sat there ever since. Kuether, who has over $2.13 million in lifetime career tournament earnings has never cashed in a Las Vegas WSOP Main Event. He has, however, racked up 24 WSOP cashes including a 24th place in the 2012 WSOP Europe Main Event and a third place in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event in 2012 for over $218,000.
Martin Jacobson, who began Day 2a/b as the chip leader, also bagged up a top five stack by the end of the day. Jacobson continued to ride his momentum and will return for Day 3 with 342,700 in chips.
Joining those big stacks on Day 3 are the likes of Antonio Esfandiari (277,800), Abe Mosseri (260,500), Eric Cloutier (236,000), 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker (222,000), Faraz Jaka (195,000), Ole Schemion (180,900), Marvin Rettenmaier (173,200), Erik Seidel (130,600), Allen Cunningham (114,400), 1996 WSOP Main Event champion Huck Seed (96,500), and reigning champion Ryan Riess (84,900).
While those players progressed onto the next stage of this prestigious tournament, others fell before the bagging phase at the end of the day. Some of the players who were eliminated by the end of Day 2a/b include 2012 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson, Josh Arieh, Mike Sexton, Dennis Phillips, November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Amanda Musumeci, Vanessa Selbst, Annette Obrestad, and Igor Kurganov. Brandon Shack-Harris and George Danzer, who sit in the one and two spots in the WSOP Player of the Year race, were also eliminated from play.
The Main Event continues on Wednesday where players will hit the felt for Day 2c play. As always, PokerNews will be on hand to provide all of the latest from the tournament felt.
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
This is not a full chip counts posting. Disregard the (full) above. Please refer to this list for a full list of survivors, but please note that Grantland Hillman bagged 48,900, not 489,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
481,500
143,500
|
143,500 |
|
407,800
7,800
|
7,800 |
|
402,700
37,700
|
37,700 |
|
401,200
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
367,900
367,900
|
367,900 |
|
|
367,900
367,900
|
367,900 |
|
364,400
364,400
|
364,400 |
|
361,900
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
358,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
|
354,500
69,500
|
69,500 |
|
|
349,600
349,600
|
349,600 |
|
349,600
349,600
|
349,600 |
|
342,700
22,700
|
22,700 |
|
||
|
342,200
-47,800
|
-47,800 |
|
341,800
241,800
|
241,800 |
|
340,800 | |
|
336,600
147,600
|
147,600 |
|
316,500
131,500
|
131,500 |
|
|
||
|
313,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
289,300
289,300
|
289,300 |
|
286,900 | |
|
285,100
163,100
|
163,100 |
|
279,300 | |
|
277,800
22,800
|
22,800 |
|
||
|
274,400
-600
|
-600 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Three more hands will be dealt at each table before the players bag and tag for the night.
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Iori Yogo had 22,000 in front of him on the river after the board came 
, and Sam Greenwood had shoved all in for 29,000 more than that. Yogo thought for awhile before deciding to look up his shorter-stacked opponent. Greenwood showed 
for a full house on the river, and Yogo nodded and mucked his hand before leaning back in his chair and looking pained.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
79,800
-74,200
|
-74,200 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Ryan Riess raised in the cutoff, the player in the big blind called and the flop fell 
.
Action was checked to Riess and he continued for 2,500. The player in the big blind check-raised to 6,500, Riess called and both players checked the 
turn. The river completed the board and the player in the big blind bet 5,500. Riess called, but his hand fell short against his opponent's 
. Riess flashed the 
as he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
From under the gun, Duane Wellnitz raid to 2,800. Martin Jacobson called from the hijack seat, and Vasili Lazarou called from the big blind. Then, the dealer spread out the 
flop, and action was checked by Lazarou. Wellnitz was next and bet 2,800, but Jacobson kicked it up to 6,500 with a raise. Lazarou folded, then Wellnitz folded as well, and Jacobson won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
140,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
From early position, Duane Wellnitz from Phoenix, Arizona raised to 2,800. Wesley Chong called from middle position, and Martin Jacobson called from the cutoff seat. All three players took the 
flop, and action checked to Jacobson. He bet 5,000, Wellnitz called, and Chong folded.
After the added a fourth diamond to the board on the turn, Wellnitz check-called a bet of 10,000 from Jacobson. Then, the 
landed on the river and both players checked.
"Set," announced Wellnitz, to which Jacobson responded with a nod.
Wellnitz showed the 
for a set of twos, and Jacobson mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
143,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
108,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
German super star Igor Kurganov has just been knocked out by the hands of Floris van der Ven. The action started with a raise to 2,700 from early position and Floris van der Ven three-bet to 7,200 from the player's left. Kurganov was next to act and he four-bet shoved for 35,700.
The action folded all the way around to Van der Ven and he quickly made the call.
Van der Ven: 
Kurganov: 
The board ran out 
and Kurganov was knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
David Tuthill was under the gun and raised the action to 2,600. Action folded around the table to a late position player who moved all in for his last 25,100. Hands hit the muck around the table until it was back on Tuthill. He called and the two hands were turned on their backs.
Tuthill: 
Opponent:
Tuthill stood from the table and his rail crowded the table. The dealer produced a flop of 
, eliciting an immediate response from Tuthill.
"Flush!" he yelled while laughing, pointing out that his opponent had flopped an ace-high flush. The board completed with the and the , ensuring that Tuthill would ship the chips across the table. He's now down to about 108,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |