2014 World Series of Poker

Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 2ab
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

Hastings Playing Pots

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

We found Brian Hastings firing out a hefty bet on the end with the board having come {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, and his lone opponent made the call. Hastings couldn't beat his opponent's {q-Spades}{j-Hearts} for a straight.

On the next hand, Hastings called a raise, and by the turn the board had come {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Hastings bet 3,500 and was called by an out-of-position opponent, and both players checked the {k-Spades} river. In this case, Hastings' {a-Spades}{10-Spades} for top pair on the flop was the winner.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Hastings
77,000
-16,000
-16,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Brian Hastings

McLellan Gets River Value

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Duncan McLellan bet 2,100 on the river of a board reading {2-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. It wasn’t a huge pot, suggesting there hadn’t been a lot of action leading up to the river. McLellan tends to have an aggressive image and his opponent no doubt took that into consideration when, after some thought, he made the call.

Perhaps McLellan feared he was beaten as he said, “Is that a call?” and turned over {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. His opponent had made the call with {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}, however, and McLellan took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Duncan McLellan
78,000
4,475
4,475

Tags: Duncan McLellan

Amazon Orange Counts

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
146,000
31,200
31,200
Profile photo of Jonathan Taylor us
Jonathan Taylor
140,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Hyoung Chae us
Hyoung Chae
120,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Eric Berger us
Eric Berger
119,000
119,000
119,000
Profile photo of Daniele Vadaccino it
Daniele Vadaccino
118,000
118,000
118,000
Profile photo of Austin Buchanan us
Austin Buchanan
105,000
825
825
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
90,000
19,775
19,775
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Cloutier ca
Eric Cloutier
87,000
-8,700
-8,700
Profile photo of Vegard Nygaard no
Vegard Nygaard
81,000
81,000
81,000
Profile photo of David Singer us
David Singer
80,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
77,000
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
75,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gabriel Nassif fr
Gabriel Nassif
60,000
2,125
2,125
Profile photo of Brigette Lau us
Brigette Lau
53,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
50,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
49,000
-1,500
-1,500
Profile photo of Stephen Diamantas us
Stephen Diamantas
46,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
43,500
-125
-125
Profile photo of Mikiyo Aoki us
Mikiyo Aoki
38,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Tom McEvoy us
Tom McEvoy
35,000
4,500
4,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Ruth Graham us
Ruth Graham
16,500
-5,000
-5,000

Sweet Start For Van Zadelhoff

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Steven van Zadelhoff
Steven van Zadelhoff

Dutch pro Steven van Zadelhoff, who has cashed the World Series of Poker Main Event twice before and also once in London during the WSOP Europe Main Event, just managed to find himself a double-up.

The player in the small blind raised to 1,350 and Van Zadelhoff three-bet to 3,200 from the big blind. The big blind applied some more pressure making it 9,300 to go and that was the sign for the Dutch pro to move all in for 21,425.

Van Zadelhoff: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Van Zadelhoff's queens held to win him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven van Zadelhoff
43,250
43,250
43,250

Tags: Steven van Zadelhoff

Some Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Purple

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
125,000
63,000
63,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
100,000
16,625
16,625
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
84,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kenny Tran us
Kenny Tran
80,000
-39,000
-39,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
75,000
24,375
24,375
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jay Farber us
Jay Farber
70,000
4,950
4,950
Profile photo of Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
68,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Paredes us
David Paredes
62,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
43,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
40,000
-27,000
-27,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Ted Forrest us
Ted Forrest
32,000
17,800
17,800
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
26,000
-5,900
-5,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
20,000
-3,400
-3,400
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
19,000
1,700
1,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bill Perkins us
Bill Perkins
6,700
-33,200
-33,200
Profile photo of Sean Smith gb
Sean Smith
Busted
Profile photo of William Blake us
William Blake
Busted
Profile photo of Stelios Philippou ga
Stelios Philippou
Busted
Profile photo of Sebastian Proulx ca
Sebastian Proulx
Busted

"I Don't Have Hearts"

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jonathan Taylor raised to 1,100 in early position, Larry Karambis called on the button, and Anthony Newman defended his big blind. The flop fell {9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Newman checked, and Taylor continued for 2,100. Karambis raised to 7,200, Newman moved all in for 34,575, and Taylor instantly mucked.

"Well," Karambis said, reaching for chips. "I don't have hearts."

He called, showing {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} for middle set, and Newman was drawing very slim with {7-Clubs}{7-Spades} for bottom set.

The {7-Diamonds} spiked onto the felt on the turn, however, giving Newman quads, and a {10-} bricked off on the river.

"There's been a cooler every other hand," Taylor told our reporter as Newman pulled in the pot.

Newman more that doubled to 73,000 chips, while Karambis slipped to 55,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jonathan Taylor us
Jonathan Taylor
130,000
54,750
54,750
Profile photo of Anthony Newman us
Anthony Newman
73,000
73,000
73,000
Profile photo of Larry Karambis us
Larry Karambis
55,000
4,850
4,850

Tags: Anthony NewmanJonathan TaylorLarry Karambis

A Few Chip Counts from Pavilion White

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Richard Moon us
Richard Moon
185,000
38,800
38,800
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
124,000
7,400
7,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
122,000
17,900
17,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Pham us
David Pham
110,000
76,400
76,400
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
102,000
61,525
61,525
Profile photo of Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
87,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
73,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
68,000
26,000
26,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
63,000
-27,000
-27,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of David Tuthill us
David Tuthill
61,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Shawn Cunix us
Shawn Cunix
53,000
875
875
Profile photo of Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
48,000
-34,500
-34,500
Profile photo of Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
38,000
-31,075
-31,075
Profile photo of Dan Harrington us
Dan Harrington
36,000
800
800
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
32,000
-17,775
-17,775
Profile photo of Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
21,000
-18,450
-18,450
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
13,000
-9,500
-9,500

Karanam Picks Off Bluff

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

A player bet 6,700 into Ajaykumar Karanam with the board reading {3-}{9-}{3-}{4-}{8-}, and Karanam cut out chips to call, staring at his opponent to see if he reacted. After a bit of thought, Karanam dropped the chips into the middle, and his opponent instantly flipped over {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for ace-jack high. Karanam was a bit better with {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}, and he took the pot. He's certainly among the early leaders here in Brasilia.

At another table in the Red section, Tony Gregg is sitting with a below-average stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Ajaykumar Karanam
196,400
196,400
196,400
Profile photo of Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
25,050
-4,450
-4,450

Tags: Ajaykuma KaranamTony Gregg

Heitmann Off to Watch the World Cup

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Upon his arrival to the Amazon Purple section, German pro Jan Heitmann requested the nearest TV be turned to the FIFA World Cup Germany vs. Brazil match, a requested that was honored by the staff.

Heitmann seemed more interested in that game than the Main Event, but that didn't stop him from playing a little poker. In what ended up being his final hand, Heitmann got his chips in (it appeared to be on the turn) holding the {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} on a board reading {q-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. Unfortunately for him, Angus Wong had flopped two pair with the {6-Spades}{4-Spades}. The {J-Spades} river was of no consequence, and that was all she wrote for Heitmann.

"Have a good day," someone at the table told Heitmann.

"That depends on this match," Heitmann said while motioning to the World Cup on TV. Given Germany scored a couple of minutes later, we're guessing Heitmann isn't too torn up over his exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Jan Heitmann
Busted

Tags: Angus WongJan Heitmann

Rossiter Doubles Through Rettenmaier

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

We picked up the action with a flop showing {9-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, and both blinds checked to Marvin Rettenmaier who was seated under the gun. Rettenmaier bet 1,625, the small blind folded, and Jeff Rossiter called from the big.

On the turn the {8-Spades} popped up and Rossiter checked to Rettenmaier again who paused for 30 seconds before betting 4,125. Rossiter did some tanking of his own before he ultimately decided to move all in for 9,750 total.

Rettenmaier snap-called.

Rettenmaier: {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Rossiter: {Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}

Rossiter had turned a full house and Rettenmaier was drawing dead after having flopped a straight. The {5-Spades} filled out the board, and Rossiter doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
135,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
23,000
23,000
23,000

Tags: Jeff RossiterMarvin Rettenmaier