Thursday, July 10, 2014 1:08 AM Local Time
Phil Ivey Advances to Day 3 as Overall Chip Leader; Hellmuth, Cada and Hachem Fall
On Wednesday, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event continued as 2,571 players returned to the Rio All-Suite Casino for Day 2c action. After five two-hour levels of play, the field was cut down considerably with Phil Ivey and his stack of 505,500 leading the way. That's more than Tim Stansifer, who finished as the Day 2a/b chip leader with 481,500.
Ivey, who began the day second in chips and overtook start-of-the-day chip leader Eric Tracy early on when notched a double elimination. There was no looking back for the 10-time bracelet winner after that.
Others who finished the night with big stacks were Raul Mestre (477,900), Michael Aron (468,000), Peter Neff (389,000), Isaac Baron (387,200), Steve Tripp (380,400), and Horacio Chaves Cortes (350,200).
Eliminations were steady all day as a stream of players flowed out of the Amazon, Pavilion and Brasilia Rooms. Former New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour was eliminated by Raj Vohra in the first level of play, and then a nasty river card put an end to Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin's 2014 WSOP one level later.
Doug "WCGRider" Polk began the day on a short stack but managed to spin it up a bit in the first two levels of play. Unfortunately for the online star who won a bracelet this summer, his Main Event came to an end when his pocket nines failed to win a race against Yun Fan's big slick. Likewise, Gus Hansen was felled in Level 8 when he got the last of it in with a straight draw on the flop against an opponent who held two pair. Unfortunately, "The Great Dane" failed to get there.
Another player to fall was 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada, who was the victim of a rather nasty cooler. Other former Main Event champs who met their end on Day 2c were Berry Johnston, Joe Hachem, Scott Nguyen, and Phil Hellmuth.
Hellmuth's quest for a 14th bracelet came to an end after two disastrous hands. In the first, the player in the cutoff opened, Hellmuth three-bet from the small blind, the player in the cutoff four-bet to 13,100 and Hellmuth called to see a flop of . Hellmuth checked, his opponent bet 8,500, Hellmuth check-raised to 22,000 and his opponent called to see the turn, which both players checked. The river completed the board and Hellmuth bet 33,000. His opponent raised to effectively 45,000 and Hellmuth folded after about 45 seconds.
Down to about 12,000, Hellmuth got his last 12 big blinds in with , but failed to improve against . Others who failed to make it out of Day 2c with chips were JC Tran, David Benyamine, Marcel Luske, Daniel Idema, Bryan Micon, Jennifer Harman, Howard "Tahoe" Andrew, Matt Salsberg, and the 2014 Big One for One Drop champ Daniel Colman.
While many fell, plenty of notables managed to make it through to Day 3 including NBA superstar Paul Pierce, who survived with 48,600 despite taking a hit after running ace-king into pocket kings. He will be joined by the likes of John Hennigan (342,700), Daniel Alaei (228,300), Haralabos Voulgaris (164,700), John Juanda (133,700), Barry Greenstein (113,500), Ola "no_Ola" Amundsgard (110,100), Jake Cody (80,000), Daniel Negreanu (39,800), and Byron Kaverman (29,000).
The Day 2c survivors will join those from Day 2a/b under the same roof tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time for Day 3 action where they'll play five more levels. Hundreds more will hit the rail, though the money bubble isn't expected to hit until Day 4. Of course the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be there to bring you all the action and eliminations, so be sure to join us then.
While you wait, check out this video of Phil Ivey talking about his great start to the WSOP:
Thursday, July 10, 2014 1:07 AM Local Time
Assorted End-Of-Day 2c Chip Counts
This is not a full chip counts posting. Disregard the (full) listed above and please refer to here for a complete list of survivors.
Phil Ivey | 505,500 | -19,500 |
Raul Mestre | 477,900 | 179,900 |
Michael Aron | 468,000 | -12,000 |
Peter Neff | 389,200 | 5,200 |
Isaac Baron | 387,200 | 82,200 |
Steve Tripp | 380,400 | 380,400 |
Horacio Chaves Cortes | 350,300 | 30,300 |
John Hennigan | 342,700 | 134,700 |
Jeff Cox | 332,800 | 332,800 |
Anders Fsellstrom | 328,400 | 328,400 |
Martin Hansen | 324,800 | -7,200 |
Mehrdad Yousefzadeh | 317,800 | 317,800 |
Taha Maluf | 307,200 | 307,200 |
Raj Vohra | 306,400 | 21,400 |
George Wolff | 305,900 | 305,900 |
Griffin Benger | 305,500 | 0 |
Jonas Kronwitter | 300,500 | 90,500 |
Cong Pham | 298,600 | 23,600 |
Eric Tracy | 294,900 | 106,900 |
Scott Palmer | 292,600 | -27,400 |
Matthew Leecy | 290,700 | 68,700 |
Ali Eslami | 287,900 | -2,100 |
Farid Jattin | 281,600 | 281,600 |
Paul Richards | 279,000 | 279,000 |
Michael Halioua | 277,000 | 277,000 |
Troy Sprungl | 276,800 | -24,400 |
Henrik Hecklen | 247,300 | 300 |
Greg Ostrander | 245,000 | 23,300 |
Larry Ormson | 244,000 | 99,000 |
Ryan Hall | 241,700 | 0 |
Chris Overgard | 230,400 | 230,400 |
Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 229,500 | 94,500 |
Daniel Alaei | 228,300 | 0 |
Parker Talbot | 225,200 | -4,800 |
Ronnie Bardah | 215,800 | -21,200 |
Wai Cheng | 211,800 | 211,800 |
Suzanne Miller | 208,800 | 208,800 |
Chris Greaves | 207,400 | 2,400 |
Linglin Zeng | 206,800 | 12,800 |
Lucas Greenwood | 206,000 | 6,000 |
Jing Wang | 200,500 | 200,500 |
Stuart Rutter | 199,500 | 31,500 |
Christopher Sly | 198,300 | 198,300 |
Tom Marchese | 197,200 | 13,200 |
Artem Litvinov | 194,200 | -15,800 |
Stephen Kats | 171,300 | 81,300 |
Dmitrii Valouev | 166,600 | -14,400 |
Haralabos Voulgaris | 164,700 | -22,300 |
Nick Yunis | 153,300 | 12,300 |
Roland Israelashvili | 147,700 | 27,700 |
Matt Matros | 136,700 | 32,700 |
John Juanda | 133,700 | 31,700 |
Nick Schulman | 131,000 | 10,000 |
Yen Dang | 130,000 | 130,000 |
Derek Lerner | 128,400 | -10,600 |
Adam Levy | 126,500 | -25,500 |
Matt Waxman | 124,900 | 35,900 |
Jens Kyllonen | 122,200 | 1,200 |
David Zeitlin | 120,700 | 30,700 |
Darren Rabinowitz | 118,900 | 11,900 |
Bernard Lee | 118,400 | 10,400 |
Jason Wheeler | 115,700 | -27,300 |
Barry Greenstein | 113,500 | 3,500 |
Ola Amundsgard | 110,100 | -4,900 |
Alexander Kuzmin | 107,300 | -200 |
Keith Lehr | 96,500 | -500 |
Thayer Rasmussen | 96,100 | -32,400 |
Mike Gogliormella | 92,400 | 22,400 |
Dermot Blain | 92,000 | 42,000 |
David "ODB" Baker | 88,800 | 16,800 |
David Steicke | 86,000 | 0 |
Steven Silverman | 85,300 | 39,300 |
Guillaume Rivet | 83,700 | 20,700 |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos | 81,800 | -13,200 |
Antonio Moreno | 80,000 | -600 |
Jake Cody | 80,000 | -15,000 |
Anthony Zinno | 75,800 | 8,800 |
Eric Ethans | 68,300 | -33,700 |
Ben Hamnett | 65,000 | -25,000 |
Fatima Moreira de Melo | 62,200 | -2,800 |
Aaron Massey | 57,800 | -12,200 |
JP Kelly | 54,600 | 10,600 |
Jacob Bazeley | 52,900 | -57,100 |
Theo Jorgensen | 50,600 | 27,600 |
Ryan Olisar | 50,600 | -39,400 |
Paul Pierce | 48,600 | -400 |
Mickey Appleman | 48,200 | -25,800 |
Blair Hinkle | 44,700 | -98,300 |
Tony Ma | 44,500 | 44,500 |
Eric Wasserson | 43,000 | -16,500 |
Mike Wattel | 43,000 | 14,000 |
Russell Crane | 42,500 | -85,500 |
Amit Makhija | 40,800 | -114,200 |
Daniel Negreanu | 39,800 | -115,200 |
Jonathan Aguiar | 35,800 | 21,775 |
Robert Varkonyi | 33,800 | -30,200 |
Bryan Devonshire | 33,000 | 2,200 |
Rhys Jones | 32,300 | -67,200 |
Byron Kaverman | 29,000 | -45,000 |
Kevin Calenzo | 23,900 | -3,100 |
Todd Bui | 23,400 | -8,600 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:45 AM Local Time
Pierce Slipping in the Fourth Quarter; Booth Exits
As the night nears its end, Paul Pierce is down under 50,000 after a recent pot. A player opened for a raise to 3,000 in middle position, and the hijack called, as did Pierce in the small blind. Pierce checked the flop. He called 6,000 after the third player folded. Pierce check-called 7,000 more on the turn, but snap-folded to a 6,000 bet on the river.
At another table, Brad Booth's seat was empty with an open seat card on the felt.
Paul Pierce | 49,000 | -40,500 |
Brad Booth | 0 | -40,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:45 AM Local Time
Aron Busts Pique
On a board of with over 40,000 in the middle, Michael Aron bet 38,000. Gerard Pique jammed-all-in over the top and Aron called.
Aron tabled for a straight and Pique showed for a flopped set. The river was a blank and Pique was sent to the exit.
Michael Aron | 480,000 | 142,000 |
Gerard Pique | 0 | -110,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:42 AM Local Time
Patgorski Makes a Strong Fold
We didn't see the action, but Mike Halioua was all-in on a flop and the player to his immediate left was also all-in. There was already a substantial amount in the pot and the action was on John Patgorski. Calling would be for the majority of his stack, but he decided against it and showed . It was a great fold, as Halioua had . The person in the middle had and would be eliminated after the turn and river . Both Halioua and Patgorski will end the night with well above-average stacks barring any last minute collapses.
Michel Halioua | 250,000 | 250,000 |
John Patgorski | 235,000 | 235,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:41 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
The tournament staff has just announced that the remaining players will play three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. We're headed out to the field to capture any last-minute action and to compile a list of chip counts.
Stay tuned for those, as well as a full recap of the Day 2c action!
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:36 AM Local Time
Neff Takes a Hit Late
We didn't catch the action, but Peter Neff was cutting out chips to double up an opponent who had for a backdoor flush on a board of . Neff's hand was already in the muck, but we heard a player at the table joking about how little equity Neff's opponent had on the flop. After Neff sent 68,800 to his right, he now sits with 384,000.
Peter Neff | 384,000 | -89,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:35 AM Local Time
Baker Can't Best Eights
The player under the gun limped and it folded all of the way around the table to David "ODB" Baker on the button. He raised the action to 3,200 and both of the blinds released. The original limper called and the two were heads up to the flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Baker's opponent came out swinging for 4,500. Baker called and the dropped down on fourth street. Both players checked and did so again after the finished off the board. Baker's opponent showed for a pair of eights. Baker mucked his cards and watched as the pot was pushed to the opposite end of the table. Baker is now down to about 72,000 in chips.
David "ODB" Baker | 72,000 | 46,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:33 AM Local Time
It's Haralabob's World, and We're All Just Living In it
From middle position, a player raised to 2,600. Haralabos Voulgaris called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Voulgaris checked, his opponent bet 5,500, and Voulgaris called.
On the turn, the landed, and Voulgaris checked. His opponent checked behind.
The river paired the board with the , and Voulgaris led with a bet of 10,600. His opponent mulled it over for a minute, then called.
Voulgaris tabled the to beat his opponent's and rake in the pot.
Haralabos Voulgaris | 187,000 | 47,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:33 AM Local Time
Fernandez Sends Weissman Walking
Joey Weissman got his last 70,000 or so all in preflop holding and was racing against the of Argentinean Leo Fernandez. It was a big flip for Weissman's tournament life, but he failed to improve as the board ran out all low cards.
Weissman took his leave just shy of Day 3 while Fernandez chipped up to 146,000.
Leo Fernandez | 146,000 | 146,000 |
Joey Weissman | 0 | -88,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:26 AM Local Time
Levy Tanks, Calls
Steve Levy was tanking at Table 384 after betting 8,400 on the river on a board of , only to see his opponent check-raise to 35,000. Deep in thought, Levy realized he was burning up clock that short stacks desperately needed to use to shove all in.
"Sorry, guys," he said. "You got a hand down there? You got pocket sevens?"
Levy tanked for another minute or so before slamming in a stack of calling chips. His opponent shook his head slightly before tabling for tens up, and Levy showed his for trips.
Steven Levy | 199,200 | 93,700 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:23 AM Local Time
Cortes Raises on the Rive
Timur Margolin led out for 26,400 - a half-pot bet - on a completed board of . Horacio Chaves Cortes put in a raise, making it 60,000 to go, and Margolin went deep into the tank.
The Israeli eventually found a fold, and Cortes let out a very long sigh as he dragged the pot.
Horacio Chaves Cortes | 320,000 | 18,000 |
Timur Margolin | 67,000 | -40,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:19 AM Local Time
Rousso Can’t Hit Outs, Busts
Vanessa Rousso opened the action and got calls from five other players, including the blinds. It went six ways to a flop of .
The small blind led out for 4,100 and got a fold from the big blind. Rousso was next to act and raised him to 8,200, with a touch over 20,000 behind. The three other players still to act quickly got out of the way and the decision was back on the small blind. He asked to look at her stack and bet enough to put her all-in. Rousso called and flipped over the nut flush draw . Her opponent showed bottom pair .
The turn was the and the river the . The table was fairly quiet as she gathered her belongings and said, "Good luck, you guys. Nice playing with you."
Vanessa Rousso | 0 | -40,500 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:14 AM Local Time
Alaei Extracts Value
We arrived to the table just in time to see Daniel Alaei place a river bet of 13,800 with a board of . His opponent grabbed three T5,000 chips and tossed them halfway across the table, as if he thought he had no shot of seeing them again.
That would be the case, as he mucked after Alaei turned over for jacks and twos. The four-time bracelet winner has had a nice day after starting with 117,275. He has more than doubled that and now sits with 260,000.
Daniel Alaei | 260,000 | 0 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:13 AM Local Time
Bob Takes from Devo
Bryan Devonshire led out for a half-pot bet of 7,300 on a board of , and Haralabos Voulgaris put in a raise to 17,000. Devonshire, who finished 12th in the 2011 Main Event, studied Voulgaris, then called.
The paired the board on the river, Devonshire checked, and Voulgaris bet 32,200 - roughly half of Devonshire's stack. He made a fairly quick call, Voulgaris showed , and Devonshire let out a deep sigh, flashing ever-so-slightly before mucking.
"And I thought that was a good card," Devonshire said after the hand, referring to the river.
Voulgaris laughed.
Ironically enough, before the hand, Devonshire tweeted the following about Voulgaris and the table getting tougher:
Haralabos Voulgaris | 140,000 | 49,600 |
Bryan Devonshire | 30,800 | -48,200 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:07 AM Local Time
Lanosga Forces Blain Out
Dermot Blain raised from under-the-gun to 2,500, Jeremy Lanosga three-bet to 5,000 from middle position, and Blain called. The dealer delivered a flop and Blain check-folded to a bet of 3,900 from Lanosga.
Jeremy Lanosga | 88,000 | -17,000 |
Dermot Blain | 50,000 | -7,800 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:04 AM Local Time
Zinno Gets River Bet Paid
Anthony Zinno bet 20,000 on the river with the board reading after his opponent checked to him, and the player tanked for a while before calling. Zinno showed for top set and took the pot. He said he's been grinding between 60,000 and 120,000 most of the day.
Anthony Zinno | 67,000 | -50,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:04 AM Local Time
Lenaghan Loses Some
An early positioned player raised before the flop and Ryan Lenaghan called from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way, leaving the duo heads up to a flop of . Lenaghan's opponent cut out a continuation of 3,400 and the 2011 WSOP Main Event 16th place finisher tossed forward a call.
The fell on fourth street, prompting checks from both players. The completed the board and Lenaghan's opponent fired a final bet of 9,000. Lenaghan instantly called, only to find that he was beaten by his opponent's for aces and sixes with a queen. With this hit, Lenaghan's stack has dropped to about 93,000.
Ryan Lenaghan | 93,000 | -59,000 |
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:59 PM Local Time
A Few Updated Bronze Stacks
Brian Roberts | 125,000 | -65,000 |
Gerard Pique | 110,000 | -13,000 |
Aaron Steury | 28,000 | -800 |
Huy Nguyen | 26,500 | -43,500 |
Daniel Colman | 0 | -28,500 |
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:58 PM Local Time
How Quickly Counts Can Change
We just updated some short-stacks minutes ago, but how quickly fortunes can change in a short time in No Limit Hold 'Em.
Dermot Blain was down to under 13,000 but doubled up when he got it in with , was called by and spiked an ace on the river. Not long after, he picked off a river bluff holding two pair and is now sitting with nearly 60,000.
Byron Kaverman was last seen paying off an opponent on the river, but has recovered quickly.
Paul Newey is still short on chips, but has managed to find a double up and is still alive in the Main Event.
Byron Kaverman | 74,000 | 50,100 |
Dermot Blain | 57,800 | 45,600 |
Paul Newey | 27,400 | 14,800 |