Level: 8
Blinds: 15,000/3,000
Ante: 5,000
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #57: The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000,000
Prize Pool
$37,333,338
Entries
42
Level
25
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
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Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Scott Seiver and Bill Klein checked to Dan Smith on a flop of 
, and he fired out 140,000. Antonio Esfandiari folded, Seiver called, and Klein folded.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Seiver checked, and Smith tanked for a bit before checking behind.
"I have no balls," Smith announced.
Seiver showed 
for a pair of queens, but as Smith suspected he had the best of it with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,730,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
||
|
2,400,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
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Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
With the official closure of registration and the elimination of Igor Kurganov, we now have an updated table draw:
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 347 | 1 | Brian Rast |
| 347 | 2 | Jean-Robert Bellande |
| 347 | 3 | John Juanda |
| 347 | 4 | David "Doc" Sands |
| 347 | 5 | Philipp Gruissem |
| 347 | 6 | Talal Shakerchi |
| 347 | 7 | Tom Hall |
| 347 | 8 | Isaac Haxton |
| 349 | 1 | Antonio Esfandiari |
| 349 | 2 | Erik Seidel |
| 349 | 3 | Scott Seiver |
| 349 | 4 | Bill Klein |
| 349 | 5 | Connor Drinan |
| 349 | 6 | Dan Smith |
| 349 | 7 | Brandon Steven |
| 349 | 8 | Greg Merson |
| 353 | 1 | Phil Galfond |
| 353 | 2 | Rono Lo |
| 353 | 3 | Phil Ivey |
| 353 | 4 | Niklas Heinecker |
| 353 | 5 | Rick Salomon |
| 353 | 6 | Cary Katz |
| 353 | 7 | Daniel Negreanu |
| 353 | 8 | Erick Lindgren |
| 354 | 1 | Max Altergott |
| 354 | 2 | Noah Schwartz |
| 354 | 3 | John Morgan |
| 354 | 4 | Paul Newey |
| 354 | 5 | Vanessa Selbst |
| 354 | 6 | Sam Trickett |
| 354 | 7 | Christoph Vogelsang |
| 354 | 8 | --Empty-- |
| 356 | 1 | Daniel Cates |
| 356 | 2 | Tony Gregg |
| 356 | 3 | Jason Mercier |
| 356 | 4 | Doug Polk |
| 356 | 5 | Daniel Colman |
| 356 | 6 | Guy Laliberté |
| 356 | 7 | Tobias Reinkemeier |
| 356 | 8 | --Empty-- |
Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
The board showed 
when Antonio Esfandiari had put out a bet of 251,000. Dan Smith went deep into the tank and eventually he called.
Smith mucked when Esfandiair tabled 
and the defending champ is back up over the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,550,000
-555,000
|
-555,000 |
|
|
||
Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Sam Trickett made it 60,000 to go from early position and Igor Kurganov three-bet the action to 165,000 from the next seat over. Action folded back around to Trickett and he cut out a four-bet to 270,000. Kurganov called.
The flop brought 
to the felt and Trickett continued out for 360,000. Kurganov spent right around four minutes in the tank before announcing an all in raise for what looked to be about 1.2 million total. Trickett instantly dropped forward calling chips and the hands were turned over.
Trickett: 
Kurganov: 
Kurganov led at the moment with his pocket queens and continued to hold the lead as the dropped down on the felt. Unfortunately for Kurganov, the completed the board on the river and gave Trickett a winning straight to the jack. Kurganov exited the tournament area and Trickett increased his already massive chip lead to about 10.5 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,500,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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|
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Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Phil Galfond fired out what looked like 150,000 on a completed board of 
, and his neighbor Rono Lo called.
Galfond rolled over 
, which absolutely stunned Lo.
"HUH?!?!?" he blurted before turning over 
for trips.
"He can come to Macau too, right?" Phil Ivey asked Lo. "With the deuce-four?"
"Yeah," Lo said, nodding fervently as he dragged the pot. "Yeah."
The very next hand, Daniel Negreanu raised to 60,000 from the hijack seat, Erick Lindgren called in the cutoff, Galfond called on the button, and Lo called in the small blind.
The dealer spread , the action checked to Negreanu, and he bet 135,000. All three of his opponents called.
The turn was the 
, the action checked to Lindgren, and he moved all in for about 1.2 million. All three players folded, and Lindgren pulled in the pot.
"I folded queen-ten of hearts," Ivey announced before chuckling to himself.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,515,000
-823,000
|
-823,000 |
|
||
|
4,301,000
-649,000
|
-649,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,004,000
534,000
|
534,000 |
|
||
|
705,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
German high roller Niklas Heinecker just called a raise from the blinds after his fellow countryman Christoph Vogelsang had made it 50,000 from the cutoff.
The flop came down 
and both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Heinecker lead out for 70,000, Vogelsang called.
On the river the hit and Heinecker bet another 170,000. Vogelsang tanked for quite a while but eventually he called. Heineker tabled 
and he took down this pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,250,000
-652,000
|
-652,000 |
|
1,950,000
804,000
|
804,000 |
Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Picking up the action on the 
flop, Antonio Esfandiari checked, and Scott Seiver bet 65,000. Esfandiari called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Esfandiari led for 104,000, and Seiver called.
Esfandiari showed the 
for just ace high without a flush. Seiver showed the for a flush, and he won the pot.
Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Action folded to Phil Ivey in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 55,000. Cary Katz called on the button, and Erick Lindgren called from the big blind.
All three players saw the flop come down 
, and Lindgren checked. Ivey bet 100,000, Katz folded, and Lindgren folded.
Level 7
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Talal Shakerchi checked the 
flop, and Jean-Robert Bellande bet 140,000. Shakerchi check-raised to 340,000, and Bellande folded.