Event #65: $10,000 Main Event Day 2ab | 2014 World Series of Poker

07-08-2014 11:29 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorn Walthaus	115,050 47,050	47,050
Brian Hastings	93,000 -7,350	-7,350

Manig Loeser	90,500 25,500	25,500

David Bach	72,000 9,000	9,000

Aaron Johnson	56,500 56,500	56,500
Sorel Mizzi	56,400 -4,600	-4,600
Dan Martin	55,900
Ted Lawson	44,800 44,800	44,800

Cliff Josephy	29,100 29,100	29,100

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	75,775

Duncan McLellan	73,525 1,525	1,525
Barny Boatman	60,000

Martin Finger	59,000

Gabriel Nassif	57,875 10,075	10,075
Damien Lhommeau	48,350
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	43,625 22,625	22,625
Susie Isaacs	39,675

Jonas Lauck	34,000 34,000	34,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	17,300 -200	-200

Seitz Sends Arieh to the Rail

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

"Seat open Table 438," we heard a dealer yell. We made our way over to discover that Josh Arieh, who finished third in the 2004 WSOP Main Event and runner-up in Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em earlier this summer, had just been eliminated at the hands of Minnesota's Jason Seitz.

It happened when Arieh shoved his last 5,300 holding and Seitz woke up with . An ace on the flop sealed Arieh's fate, and he made an early exit from the Day 2a field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Seitz	80,000 6,875	6,875
Josh Arieh	Busted

Tags: Jason Seitz Josh Arieh

07-08-2014 11:23 UTC-8

Early Eliminations

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Mickey Doft

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Judith Raney	Busted
Kody Muir	Busted
Mike Linster	Busted

07-08-2014 11:19 UTC-8

Not Bluffing This Soon

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[user272102]

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

On one of the secondary feature tables, Tom McEvoy opened for a raise and Maria Mayrinck three-bet. It was folded back to McEvoy who let his hand go as well. Mayrinck showed and told McEvoy "I'm not bluffing this soon."

Not sure if McEvoy believed her. Mayrinck is a poker player after all.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Mayrinck	50,500 2,425	2,425
Tom McEvoy	30,500 -1,400	-1,400

Tags: Maria Mayrinck Tom McEvoy

07-08-2014 11:18 UTC-8

Online Star "samrostan" the First to Go

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Well, it didn't take long for the first player to fall in the Day 2a field over in the Amazon Room. On the first hand of the day online superstar Chun Lei "samrostan" Zhou, the man formerly known as "patpatpanda," was sent to the rail by Salman Behbehani.

It appeared Behbehani had raised from the button, Zhou defended from the small blind, and then the latter called bets on both the flop and turn. When the completed the board on the river, Zhou checked and then called off when Behbehani moved all in.

Behbehani rolled over for a flopped flush, and it was good as Zhou sent his cards to the muck before making his way toward the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salman Behbehani	100,000 36,525	36,525
Chun Lei Zhou	Busted

Tags: Chun Lei Zhou Salman Behbehani

07-08-2014 11:18 UTC-8

Kelly Crushes Kobayashi

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Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

On one of the first hands of the day Dan Kelly raised to 1,200 under the gun plus one and the player on his direct left announced a three-bet to 2,800.

The action folded back around to Kelly who quickly made the call.

The flop came down and Kelly checked to Kobayashi who bet 4,100. Kelly called and on the turn the hit.

Kelly checked again and Kobayashi moved all in for about 15,000 chips, and his opponent snap-called.

Kelly:
Kobayashi:

The Japanese player had a lower set and was looking for the final five in the deck, but the river brought the . Kobayashi, who kept smiling, thanked the players at his table and quietly left the Brasilia room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Kelly	59,000 23,725	23,725
Hirokazu Kobayashi	Busted

Tags: Dan Kelly

07-08-2014 11:17 UTC-8

Ask The Pros: Eight Essential Characteristics for Navigating Large Tournaments

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donpeters

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

The World Series of Poker Main Event is always a massive affair, as players aim to maneuver his or her way through a sea of entrants in order to achieve poker immortality.

One of the reasons that the game of poker attracts people from all over the world is that it’s a game that mentally challenges you to be your best. Knowing that bad beats will happen, bad play will get rewarded from time to time, and variance can creep up at any moment, what does it take to last?

Recently, PokerNews went on a quest to find out what qualities a poker player should possess to make it through a large-field tournament such as the WSOP Main Event.

To learn more about the eight essential characteristics for navigating these large events, check out the full article by clicking here.

07-08-2014 11:09 UTC-8