2014 World Series of Poker

Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$514,027
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,816,100
Entries
2,086
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Pagano Sent Home

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

PokerStars Team Pro Luca Pagano has been sitting on a short stack for a while now and desperate for a double-up. Action folded to him in the small blind and he pushed his chips into the middle. He had already tried this a few times and won the blinds and antes, but this time James Anderson to his left in the big blind had a hand to call with.

Pagano: {4-Spades}{10-Spades}
Anderson: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}

Board: {j-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Pagano's life in this tournament has come to an end, and Anderson is sitting on an above-average stack.

Player Chips Progress
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James Anderson
34,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
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Luca Pagano
Busted

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Chainsaw Needs Sharpening

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Allen 'The Chainsaw' Kessler was sitting in the hijack smacking his head with an open palm, trying to figure out what he should do with action folded to him. He eventually elected to push his 11,800 chips in the middle. The rest of the table folded and he won the blinds and antes, but he's still sitting at half the tournament average and needs to win some pots soon.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Kessler
13,900
3,500
3,500

Fish Takes a Hit

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

We walked up to a board of {6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and a bet of 4,500 from Darryl Fish. His heads-up opponent announced "all in" and it was an additional 12,300 for Fish to make the call.

After a few minutes in the tank, Fish made the call, but mucked when his opponent tabled {5-Spades}{6-Spades} for the straight.

Player Chips Progress
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Darryll Fish
22,000
11,800
11,800

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Shahade Wiped Out in Two

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
Jennifer Shahade's day has come to an end.
Jennifer Shahade's day has come to an end.

Chess champion Jennifer Shahade was just crippled in an all-in-preflop pot, and then finished off in the very next hand.

Shahade opened to 1,800 in middle position and the player in the cutoff pushed his small stack all in. Shahade called and flipped over {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, a big underdog to her opponent's {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. The board ran out {k-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and Shahade was left with just 3,300 to try to run up.

In the next hand, she elected to raise to 2,500 from middle position, leaving just a few hundred behind. The player to her left called and everyone else folded. The flop came {q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Shahade check-called her opponent's all-in bet. She showed {j-Hearts}{8-Spades} and still had a few outs in the deck, but her opponent had {a-Clubs}{q-Spades} for top pair and Shahade had no luck improving on the turn or river.

Player Chips Progress
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Jennifer Shahade
Busted

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Kaverman Busts

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

David Peters raised to 1,700 from late position and Byron Kaverman moved all in for his last 7,000 or so. Peters made the call and tabled {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, while Kaverman had {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}. The flop fell {8-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and Kaverman was looking good to double.

The board completed {10-Hearts}{j-Hearts} however and Peters back-doored the flush. Kaverman had been masterfully nursing the short stack most of the evening, but was unable to fade the run-good of Peters.

Player Chips Progress
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David Peters
52,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Byron Kaverman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Mackoff Stacks Off

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Jonas Mackoff three-bet all in from middle position after the player to his right raised preflop. The initial raiser called and Mackoff showed {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} to his opponent's {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The board was dealt {6-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and Mackoff doubled up to gain a fresh life in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonas Mackoff
26,800
15,600
15,600

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A Couple of Big Stacks Tangle

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

David Peters raised to 2,100 from late position and Chris Furbert and Andy Spears called in the blinds. The flop was {6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{j-Spades} and all three players checked. The turn was the {q-Spades} and Furbert checked. Spears bet 3,200, Peters folded and Furbert made the call.

The river was the {3-Clubs} and Furbert check-called a bet of 8,500 from Spears. Spears showed {4-Spades}{5-Spades} for the flush and Furbert disgustingly mucked what he said was a straight.

Player Chips Progress
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Andy Spears
100,000
15,100
15,100
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Chris Furbert
90,000
2,000
2,000

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End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Justin Filtz
135,800
135,800
135,800
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Jameson Painter
116,900
21,600
21,600
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Victor Chapnik
116,300
77,450
77,450
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Andy Spears
112,400
12,400
12,400
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Fernando Diaz
110,700
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Mihails Morozovs
107,000
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Jaime Kaplan
105,600
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Mitch Garshofsky
104,300
-1,700
-1,700
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Pierre Milan
103,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Daniel Eichhorn
101,400
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Edison Shields
98,400
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Shaun Tobin
98,300
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Joseph Mattingly
94,100
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Frank Blanco
93,700
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Jan Sjavik
90,100
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Jon Lane
89,100
54,100
54,100
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Michael Levine
88,900
-100
-100
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Thomas Legacki
87,400
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Jason Nablo
87,200
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Mustapha Kanit
85,500
Winamax
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Alexander Barlow
84,600
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John Hennigan
82,100
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Walter Treccarichi
82,100
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Keanu Tabali
79,600
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Scott Montgomery
79,500
36,500
36,500
WSOP 1X Winner

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Justin Filtz Leads as Bubble Nears

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Justin Filtz leads
Justin Filtz leads

Day 1 of Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em started at noon today and, by the time registration closed during dinner break eight and a half hours later, 2,086 players had passed through registration to join the field.

All survivors made it through 11 levels. As players bagged and tagged their stacks for Day 2, it was Justin Filtz putting away the most chips with 135,800.

We saw plenty of big names come and go today. Among those who didn’t make it through were Tony Dunst, Jason Duval, Antonio Esfandiari, Jackie Glazier, Jeff Gross, Maurice Hawkins, Phil Ivey, Mike Leah, Kevin MacPhee, Greg Mueller, Luca Pagano, Mickey Petersen, Dwyte Pilgrim, Greg Raymer, Matt Salsberg, Vanessa Selbst, Joe Serock, Mike Sowers, Jennifer Shahade, and JC Tran.

The big names still holding onto some chips include Matt Affleck, Darryll Fish, Bart Hanson, Loni Harwood, Allen Kessler, Scott Montgomery, David Peters, and Jason Somerville.

The prize pool has been set at $2,816,100, and everyone has their eye on the top prize of $514,027. From the field, 216 players will get paid in this event, and when action completed on Day 1, the bubble was not far off. It should burst very early on Sunday's Day 2 when play reconvenes at 1 p.m.

Make sure to follow along with the PokerNews Live Reporting blog to keep up with all the action on Day 2. Until then, goodnight from Las Vegas.

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