2014 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
$251,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
1,473
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Down to Double Digits; Payouts 100th-116th ($2,068)

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The players below have busted between 100th and 116th place. They will all take home $2,068:

Player Chips Progress
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Griffin Benger
Busted
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Lisa Parris
Busted
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Matt Brady
Busted
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Jamie Roberts
Busted
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Jason Everett
Busted
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Gary Gibbs
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Kanzuki Ikeuchi
Busted
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Brian Brubaker
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Darrin Oremba
Busted
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Alen Bilic
Busted
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Ravinder Bedi
Busted
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Joshua Weiss
Busted
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John Waddell
Busted
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Joseph Chaplin
Busted
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Jimmy Fricke
Busted
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Hans Winzeler
Busted
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Andrew Bucaric
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Who Has All of the Betting Tokens?

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Joe Kuether
76,000
67,000
67,000
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Kenny Hallaert
69,000
63,500
63,500
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Matt Glantz
65,000
-15,000
-15,000
Team Lucky
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Anthony Gregg
58,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Christophe de Meulder
51,000
48,000
48,000
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Christina Lindley
50,000
-18,000
-18,000
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Louis Salter
44,000
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Rhys Jones
44,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Brandon Meyers
40,000
400
400
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Amanda Baker
28,000
8,200
8,200
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Sebastian Saffari
22,000
-9,500
-9,500
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Dermot Blain
20,000
12,750
12,750
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Erik Cajelais
19,000
4,500
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Le's Check-Raise Shove Puzzles Saffari

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Nam Le raised to 3,500 from middle position and Sebastian Saffari called from the next seat along. Nobody else wanted to tangle with the active duo, meaning it was heads-up to the {5-Spades}{10-Hearts}{q-Hearts} flop.

Le made a continuation bet of 4,100 and Saffari called. The dealer burned a card before setting the seemingly innocuous {2-Spades} onto the turn. Le checked its arrival and Saffari took up the role of aggressor, setting the price to play at 7,500. Le leaned over to get a view of Saffari's stack, before sitting back in his seat and announcing he was all-in.

Saffari went deep into the tank for over two minutes, before finding a fold.

In the aftermath of the hand, Saffari said he had a pair and was puzzled as to what hand range Le, a man with $6.8 million in live tournament winnings, would be check-raising all-in with on the board.

Player Chips Progress
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Nam Le
80,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Nam LeSebastian Saffari

Gratenko Wins Massive Pot; Moves Near 100,000 in Chips

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We didn't see the hand play out, but the board showed {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{J-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and Oleksandr Gratenko had {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} in front of him and a massive pot was being pushed his way. According to a player at the table, his opponent had {10-}{10-}. Presently, the Ukrainian-born Gratenko sits with 95,000 in chips. His best recorded live tournament cash is $3,500, so he is well on his way to topping that.

Player Chips Progress
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Oleksandr Gratenko
95,000
95,000
95,000

Champion Knocked Out

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ryan Riess pushed his last two big blinds into the middle from middle position with {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and the big blind called with {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}.

A final board reading {K-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{9-Spades} was of no help to Riess, who stood up and walked toward the exits.

"Aren't you going to get paid," asked one of Riess' former table mates. Riess laughed and made the walk to register his finish.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Riess
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ryan Riess