2014 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,683
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Brasilia Chip Counts

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Daniel Colman us
Daniel Colman
58,000
29,400
29,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
55,900
13,100
13,100
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
51,000
10,500
10,500
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
45,000
11,000
11,000
Dave Ulliott gb
Dave Ulliott
41,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
38,800
-3,200
-3,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Ted Driscoll us
Ted Driscoll
37,000
8,500
8,500
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
35,800
-2,200
-2,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
35,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
34,500
-3,500
-3,500
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
29,200
-800
-800
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
24,100
-3,600
-3,600

Zach Zimbile Qualifies for Main Event Via WSOP.com

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante
Zach Zimbile
Zach Zimbile

On Saturday, July 5, WSOP.com hosted their $215 buy-in WSOP Main Event Scramble, which guaranteed 25 seats into the $10,000 buy-in Main Event. The online qualifier attracted 1,235 players, and true to their promise they awarded 25 seats into the "Big One."

Zach Zimbile is no stranger to the WSOP as he's at the Rio almost everyday; however, he doesn't come as a player, but instead as an employee of Kondler & Associates, the poker tax specialists who man a popular booth in the halls of the Rio.

Zimbile had longed dream of playing in the Main Event, but the buy-in proved a little too steep for his bankroll. Thanks to WSOP.com, Zimbile's dream has come true and he now finds himself among the hopefuls competing for a $10 million payday. Needless to say, if he manages a nice score, he'll have the tax stuff all figured out.

PokerNews caught up with Zimbile on a recent break from the Main Event for a quick interview.

PokerNews: Can you tell us a little more on how you qualified for the Main Event?

Zimbile: I've always wanted to play the Main Event, but I don't play a ton of poker and obviously a $10,000 buy-in is way out of my league. But the other night I decided to throw $200 on WSOP.com and they had 1,250 runners and gave 25 seats away. Twelve hours later I found myself 23 out of 25 people and I got myself a seat, so here I am now on Day 1c.

We've seen you at the Rio quite a bit for Kondler & Associates. What's it like to be on the other side of the table so to speak, playing against players instead of working with them?

I played a few sit-n-go's to start the WSOP, and that's really all I did. I was here for work for the Main Event last year, this is our second year here at the WSOP, and watching all the players it looked like it was an unbelievable amount of fun. Even after the first level I'm having a great time.

I see a few people at the table I recognize. Sam Trickett is in the three seat, so that's always interesting when you see a familiar face, but I've settled in and it seems like it's going to be a fun tournament. I hope it goes a little bit longer than just today.

Some players enjoying mixing it up with the pros. Do you like having notable competition or would you rather have a really soft table?

Easy tables are always great, but you could think you have an easy table and all of a sudden you could have four guys who're online winners and you would never know they are great players to begin with. I know that Sam Trickett is a great player, I've seen him play before, and I know he's capable of making plays. It's fun to play with pros, but I'm going to sit back and enjoy it for what it is. If I happen to play well great, but this is probably a once in a lifetime tournament.

You say once in a lifetime. What is it that makes the Main Event so special?

I'm not going to get ahead of myself, but I can understand why all these people pay $10,000 to try and win $10 million. Just looking around the room and thinking someone here could be the Main Event champion and $10 million richer, that's crazy, you can't get that anywhere else.

*Interestingly, Zimbile went on to eliminate Sam Trickett from the 2014 WSOP Main Event, which you can read about by clicking here.

Tags: Kondler & AssociatesWSOP.comZach Zimbile

Engel Bets Flop, River

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Ari Engel raised it up from early position and was called by the small blind. On the {2-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop, he bet 750 when checked to and was called. The {9-Diamonds} turned, causing both players to check, and the river brought a four-flush with the {q-Diamonds}. The small blind checked, and Engel bet 1,500. The small blind looked like he was going to fold a couple of times, but eventually reached into his stack and tossed out a call. Engel showed {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} for a king-high flush and took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
25,900
-4,100
-4,100
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ari Engel

Ivey Scores Elimination with Set Over Set

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

Picking up with the action on a {4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop, an early positioned player fired out a bet of 1,625. Phil Ivey was in the next seat over and came over the top for 5,000 total. His opponent wasted little time three-bet shipping all in for about 24,000. Ivey called and the hands were turned over.

Ivey: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Opponent: {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

Both players flopped sets with pocket pairs, but Ivey's top set of sixes was in the lead. The board completed with the {Q-Spades} and the {9-Hearts}, allowing Ivey's set to hold up as the best hand. He scooped the pot, scored the elimination, and now has 63,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
63,000
32,800
32,800
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Piqué Converts the Spot Kick

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

On a board of {10-Spades}{A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{6-Clubs} with roughly 12,000 in the middle, Gerard Piqué was faced with a bet of 5,600.

After close to two minutes in the tank, Piqué raised to 13,000 and his opponent instantly mucked.

Piqué raked in the pot and moved his stack upwards of 55,125 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Gerard Pique es
Gerard Pique
55,125
14,125
14,125

Tags: Gerard Pique

Jaffee Extracts Value With Top Pair

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante
Jared Jaffee
Jared Jaffee

Both the small and big blinds checked to Jared Jaffee on the {8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop and Jaffee, on the button, bet 1,500. Only the small blind called so it was heads up to the {9-Diamonds} turn. The small blind checked and then called Jaffee's bet of 2,300. Both players checked the {6-Spades} and Jaffee turned over {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}. The small blind mucked and Jaffee climbed to 25,000.

Jaffee recently won his first World Series of Poker bracelet when he took down the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed Max event, defeating Mike Watson heads-up to secure $405,428 in prize money along with his poker bling.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
25,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jared Jaffee

Juanda Lets One Go

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

The player under the gun raised to 600 and Ajay Gnanasambanthan called two seats from his left. John Juanda, in the next seat over, called as well and the small blind, Brandon Wong too.

The flop came down {K-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and Wong checked to the under-the-gun player who bet 800. Gnanasambanthan called and Juanda raised it up to 2,400. This got Wong and the initial raiser to fold and Gnanasambanthan called.

The turn was the {J-Spades} and Gnanasambanthan checked to Juanda who bet 3,700. Gnanasambanthan tanked for a bit before making the call.

On the river the {A-Clubs} hit and Gnanasambanthan lead out for 4,000. Juanda tanked for quite a while but eventually he decided to let his hand hit the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Wong us
Brandon Wong
68,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Juanda id
John Juanda
43,000
-4,700
-4,700
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Ajay Gnanasambanthan us
Ajay Gnanasambanthan
35,000

Tags: Brandon WongJohn JuandaAjay Gnanasambanthan