Event #43: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Dan Kelly burst onto the WSOP scene back in 2010 when he won his first bracelet in the $25,000 NLHE Six Handed tournament for a staggering $1,315,518. Since that victory, Kelly had cashed 22 more times and made five final tables. In 2013, he would cash a total of ten times.

That second bracelet had proven elusive, however, and Kelly returned to the 2014 WSOP motivated to change that. Sunday, in Event #43: $1,500 Limit Hold'em he would do just that as he would emerge with all the chips after over 300 hands were played at the final table. "It's always nice to win," Kelly would tell the media after the event adding "it's hard to top the first one I won because it was my first WSOP and it was the 25K, but this one means a lot."

It was a tough final table that included two five-time bracelet winners, Jeff Lisandro and David Chiu. Lisandro would fall early in seventh place winning $24,683 and Chiu would follow shortly in sixth place which was good for $32,338.

With those two out of the way, the biggest threat to Kelly's second bracelet looked to be Brandon Shack-Harris who was coming into this final table already having a first and second place finish this summer. Shack-Harris would ultimately fall in third place for $78,335 and Kelly would head into heads up play against Yegor Tsurikov with a commanding chip lead.

Tsurikov would mount a couple of small comebacks during heads up action but was ultimately ground down by Kelly's constant aggression. The final hand would see Tsurikov take    up against Kelly's    and when the board ran out       to give Kelly a queen high straight, Tsurikov would have to settle for second place and a $120,501 payday. Kelly's parents were there to celebrate the win with their son - their first time ever watching their son play at a final table. "That was pretty cool," Kelly would say when asked what he thought about that.

FINAL TABLE RESULTS

With this being only one of two limit hold'em events on the WSOP schedule in 2014, a total of 657 entrants would turn out for this event creating a prize pool of $886,950. Plenty of big names would take their shot and many would see their bracelet dreams come to an end on day one including Tom Schneider, Rep Porter, Marcel Luske, Barry Greenstein, Greg Mueller, Stephen Chidwick, Humberto Brenes, Jeff Gross, and Eric Buchman.

There were plenty who would make deep runs, make the money, but fail to reach the final table. This included Daniel Negreanu who recorded his 75th career WSOP cash finishing in 63rd place for $2,926. Others joining Negreanu in cashing were Steven Wolansky (10th - $11,681), Mitch Schock (17th - $7,459), Sam Barnhart (23rd - $6,048), Jeff Shulman (25th - $6,048), and Terrence Chan (47th - $3,459).

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Hand #327: Yegor Tsurikov raised and Dan Kelly made the call. They saw a flop of    . Kelly checked and a bet from Tsurikov took it down.

Hand #328: Kelly raised and they saw a flop of    . Tsurikov checked and a bet from Kelly won that pot.

Hand #329: Tsurikov raised and Kelly put in the call. The flop was    . Kelly check-called a bet from Tsurikov. The   hit the turn and this time Kelly went for a check-raise and Tsurikov made the call. The river was the   and both players checked. Kelly won with    for a rivered pair and Tsurikov was a little dismayed to see that.

Hand #330: Kelly raised and Tsurikov folded.

Hand #304: Dan Kelly bet and the flop was    . Check from Yegor Tsurikov and a fold when Kelly bet.

Hand #305: Tsurikov raised and the flop was    . Kelly check-called a bet. The turn was the   and again check-bet-call. The   saw Kelly check –raise and when Tsurikov called the    for Kelly was good.

Hand #306: Raise and take it for Kelly.

Hand #307: Tsurikov folded.

Hand #308: Kelly raised and they saw a     flop. Tsurikov check-called a bet. The turn   was checked. The river [8c saw Tsurikov bet and Kelly call. The    straight for Tsurikov was good.

Hand #309: Tsurikov raised and the flop was    . Both checked and the turn was the [ah. Check again to the river  . Kelly bet and took it down.

Hand #310: Kelly raised and took it down.

Hand #311: Tsurikov folded.

Hand #312: Kelly opened and they saw a flop of    . Tsurikov called a bet to see the   turn. Tsurikov checked and folded to a bet from Kelly.

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Hand #279: Raise and take for Yegor Tsurikov

Hand #280: Dan Kelly raised the button and the flop was    . Tsurikov check-called and the turn was  . A bet from Kelly took it.

Hand #281: Tsurikov raised, Kelly three-bet and they saw a flop of    . Kelly bet and the turn was the  . Bet from Kelly took it.

Hand #282: Kelly bet and a bet on the flop of     won it.

Hand #283. Tsurikov raise and take it.

Hand #284: Kelly raised, they saw a flop of     . Tsurikov bet and Kelly called to see the turn  . Both checked and a bet from Tsurikov on the river   won it.

Hand #285: Tsurikov opened, the flop was     and a bet from Tsurikov won it.

Hand #286: Kelly four-bet preflop and the say    . Kelly bet and they both checked the turn  . A river   saw Tsurikov bet and Kelly called and won with    against the    of Tsurikov.

Hand #287: Tsurikov raise and take.

Hand #288: Kelly raised and they saw a flop of    . A bet from Kelly took it down.

Hand #289: Tsurikov raised and they saw a flop of    . Both players checked to see a turn  . Kelly called a bet and the river was the  . Two checks again and the    of Kelly won.

Hand #290: Tsurikov got a walk.

Hand #291: Tsurikov bet and the flop was    . Kelly check-raised and they went to the turn  . Tsurikov called a bet from Kelly and the river was the  . Kelly check folded to a bet from Tsurikov.

Hand #292: Kelly raised and they saw a flop of    . Tsurikov called a bet to see the turn  . Tsurikov checked and folded to a bet from Kelly.

Hand #293: Tsurikov raised. The flop was    . Bet from Kelly and the turn was the  . Another bet from Kelly to the river  . Kelly check-called a bet from Tsurikov and Tsurikov won with   .

Hand #294: Kelley opened. The flop was [   . Tsurikov check raised and they saw a turn  . Tsurikov now check-called and the river was the  . Kelly bet and a call from Tsurikov saw him much when Kelly showed   .

Hand #262: Yegor Tsurikov opened and was called by Brandon Shack-Harris. The flop came     and Tsurikov led out and was called by Shack-Harris. The turn was the   and Tsurikov checked. Shack-Harris bet and was immediately met with a check-raise from Tsurikov. Shack-Harris let his hand go and Tsurikov won the hand.

Hand #263: Dan Kelly raised from the small blind and Tsurikov called from the big blind. The flop came     and Tsurikov folded to Kelly's bet.

Hand #264: Kelly raised and Shack-Harris called from the big blind. The flop came     and Shack-Harris check-called Kelly's bet. The turn was the   and this time Shack-Harris would check fold.

Hand #265: Kelly got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #266: Shack-Harris opened and was called by Tsurikov. The flop came     and Shack-Harris would fold to a Tsurikov check-raise.

Hand #267: Kelly opened and was raised by Tsurikov. The flop came     and Kelly would fold to the lead out bet from Tsurikov.

Hand #268: Tsurikov opened and was three bet by Kelly. Tsurikov made the call but would fold to Kelly's continuation bet on the     flop.

Hand #269: Kelly opened for a raise and Tsurikov called. The flop came     and Kelly check-called a bet from Tsurikov. The turn was the   and Kelly check-raised Tsurikov's bet. Tsurikov made the call and would call Kelly's bet on the   river. Kelly turned over    for the turned queen high straight to take down the pot.

Hand #270: Tsurikov opened and was called by Shack-Harris. The flop came     and Tsurikov bet and was called by Shack-Harris. The turn was the   and Shack-Harris would fold after Tsurikov bet.

Hand #271: Kelly received a walk in his big blind.

Hand #272: Shack-Harris raised and was called by Tsurikov. The flop came     and both players checked. They would check again on the   turn. The river was the   and Tsurikov checked and then would call Shack-Harris's bet with just    for queen high. It was a good call though as Shack-Harris only had   .

Hand #273: Shack-Harris received a walk.

Hand #274: Tsurikov raised, Shack-Harris three bet, and Kelly made it four bets to go. Tsurikov folded and Shack-Harris made the call. The flop came     and Shack-Harris check-called Kelly's bet. He would fold to a bet from Kelly on the   turn.

Hand #275: Shack-Harris raised and was called by Tsurikov. The two would exchange bets on a     flop until Shack-Harris was all in. Tsurikov had    and Shack-Harris   . The latter would end up making a heart flush when the turn was the   and the river was the   to double up.

Hand #276: Kelly raised and Shack-Harris called. The flop came     and Shack-Harris check-folded to Kelly's bet.

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Hand #241: Brandon Shack-Harris opened from the button and Sean Barrios called from the big blind. The flop came     and Berrios led out with a bet and was called by Shack-Harris. The turn was the   and Berrios checked, Shack-Harris bet, and Berrios moved all in for the rest of his stack. Shack-Harris called and the cards were turned over:

Berrios:    for second pair, a gutshot straight draw, and a flush draw
Shack-Harris    for an over pair of jacks

The river was the   and Shack-Harris would win the pot with his pair. Berrios was eliminated in fourth place collecting $57,536 for his finish.

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