On the flop, Yosuke Sekiya checked, and then Martin Jacobson bet 3,700. Behind him was 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event champion David Gorr, and he raised to 8,600 with about 21,000 behind. Sekiya folded, then Jacobson followed suit, and Gorr picked up the pot.
With 65,000 already in the pot, Jacob Zalewski moved all in with the board showing . His lone opponent, in Seat 8, had a tough decision to make holding with the call being for nearly half his stack. He studied Zalewski, trying to get some kind of indicator whether he was beaten or not. Ultimately, he decided he couldn't fold his queens and called.
Zalewski turned over and when the river bricked out, the excited Zalewski pumped his fist and let out a "Yeah!" The chips started coming his way and he couldn't help but let out another "Yes!" before quickly apologizing to his opponent for his excitement. That double up brings Zalewski, who started the day with 37,475, up to 122,000.
Only four tables are left playing in the Pavilion. The tables will break soon and the players will join the remaining Day 1b field in the Brasilia room. Here are a few notable players still in the Pavilion:
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Level 8 is in the books for Day 2a/b of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. Players are currently on a 90-minute dinner break.
The third level of the day was an exciting one that saw Martin Jacobson continue his upward trend while staying toward the top of the chip counts. Challenging Jacobson's reign is none other Joe Kuether, who finished Level 8 with just under 300,000 in chips. Other big stacks include Jack Schanbacher, Joe Kuether, Daniel Wirgau and Mars Callahan.
The two top contenders for this year's WSOP Player of the Year race bowed out this level, with both current leader Brandon Shack-Harris and second place George Danzer hitting the rail. A look at their eliminations as well as the current PoY leaderboard can be found here.
Shack-Harris and Danzer were not the only notable players eliminated during this level. Other players to fall include Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Nam Le and Amanda Musumeci. Jason Somerville was also eliminated from play at the hands of Florens Feenstra. Somerville's pocket queens were unable to hold against Feenstra's ace-king and he was forced into a Day 2 exit.
On dinner break, be sure to check out Sarah Grant's interview with 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up, David Williams, who is still alive and thriving on Day 2.
Noah Schwartz checked to Ali Davar on a flop of , who fired out 8,000. Schwartz check-raised to 19,000, Davar called, and the turn was the . Schwartz led out for 26,000, Davar immediately moved all in for 44,300, and Schwartz slumped back in his chair.
He asked for a count, and when the dealer gave him an approximate amount, he called.
Schwartz:
Davar:
Schwartz was a big favorite to record the knockout, but the spiked on the river to give Davar two pair.
"What the f***," Schwartz muttered under his breath.
The dealer cut out the stacks to verify the final count, and after sending the chips over to Schwartz, he was left with just 7,000 chips.
With around 35,000 in the pot and a board reading , a player in middle position checked and the start-of-day chip leader, Martin Jacobson, bet 16,000 from the cutoff. It did the trick and Jacobson's opponent folded.
Nothing too big, but a nice little appetizer for the German just prior to the dinner break.
flop, Yosuke Sekiya checked, and then Martin Jacobson bet 3,700. Behind him was 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event champion David Gorr, and he raised to 8,600 with about 21,000 behind. Sekiya folded, then Jacobson followed suit, and Gorr picked up the pot.
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. His lone opponent, in Seat 8, had a tough decision to make holding 
with the call being for nearly half his stack. He studied Zalewski, trying to get some kind of indicator whether he was beaten or not. Ultimately, he decided he couldn't fold his queens and called.
and when the river bricked out, the excited Zalewski pumped his fist and let out a "Yeah!" The chips started coming his way and he couldn't help but let out another "Yes!" before quickly apologizing to his opponent for his excitement. That double up brings Zalewski, who started the day with 37,475, up to 122,000.
. Schwartz led out for 26,000, Davar immediately moved all in for 44,300, and Schwartz slumped back in his chair.
, a player in middle position checked and the start-of-day chip leader, Martin Jacobson, bet 16,000 from the cutoff. It did the trick and Jacobson's opponent folded.