Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:48 PM Local Time
A Boat For Ivey
Omaha 8
Elior Sion raised and Phil Ivey called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Ivey check-called a bet from Sion. On the turn the popped up and Ivey check-called another bet. The river brought the and now Ivey lead out and Sion called.
Ivey tabled for a full house and he took this pot down.
Phil Ivey | 160,000 | 12,300 |
Elior Sion | 105,000 | -51,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:45 PM Local Time
Burr-n Notice
Stud
Burr: / /
Duhamel: / /
Hang: / --fold
We picked up with the action on fourth street in time to see Tommy Hang fire out a bet with eight-seven of hearts showing. Jonathan Duhamel called to see fifth and Melissa Burr came along as well. Hang paired his sevens on fifth and continued out with a bet. Both of his opponents called.
Sixth street saw Burr pair her sixes, but Hang still had the lead with sevens showing. He checked, Duhmael led out, Burr called, and Hang ultimately opted to release his hand.
Burr's sixes gave her the first action on seventh and she checked. Duhmael knuckled the table back. Burr showed for Broadway. Duhamel tossed his cards into the muck and Burr took down the pot. She now has 142,000 in chips.
Tommy Hang | 145,000 | -5,000 |
Melissa Burr | 142,000 | 12,000 |
Jonathan Duhamel | 137,500 | -12,500 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:44 PM Local Time
Lisandro Tries a Bluff
2-7 Triple Draw
After the last draw, Jeff Lisandro checked to Jeremy Ausmus, who bet. Lisandro raised, and Ausmus thought briefly before putting in a call. Lisandro knuckled the table, indicating he couldn't win, and placed two eights on the felt. Ausmus showed for an eight-seven to take the pot.
Jeremy Ausmus | 161,000 | 10,500 |
Jeff Lisandro | 140,000 | -10,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:41 PM Local Time
Can One of These Men Become the First Player to Make the $50K Final Table Three Times?
According to the WSOP, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is the only player to win the Chip Reese Trophy twice, but eight other players have final tabled this event multiple times. Here are those players and their results:
Player | Final Tables | Finishing Positions | Years | FT Earnings |
Michael Mizrachi | 2 | 1st and 1st | 2010, 2012 | $3,010,573 |
John Hanson | 2 | 3rd and 2nd | 2007, 2009 | $1,641,679 |
Andy Bloch | 2 | 2nd and 3rd | 2006, 2012 | $1,591,383 |
Bruno Fitoussi | 2 | 2nd and 8th | 2007, 2012 | $1,448,599 |
Minh Ly | 2 | 3rd and 6th | 2011, 2013 | $975,593 |
Matt Glantz | 2 | 4th and 5th | 2008, 2011 | $945,070 |
David Singer | 2 | 6th and 6th | 2006, 2007 | $749,280 |
Barry Greenstein | 2 | 7th and 6th | 2007, 2008 | $614,496 |
Huck Seed | 2 | 7th and 5th | 2008, 2009 | $560,769 |
Of those listed, Mizrachi, Bloch, Fitoussi, Glantz, and Singer are currently in the field.
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:35 PM Local Time
"That's Stud in a Nutshell"
Stud
We caught the action on fourth street when Daniel Negreanu bet and both Vanessa Selbst and Luis Velador made the call. On fifth Selbst bet out, Velador called and Negreanu tanked for a bit before folding. On sixth street Selbst bet again, Velador called. On seventh street Selbst bet and Velador looked at his cards for a while before raising it up.
Daniel Negreanu: / --fold
Vanessa Selbst: / /
Luis Velador: / /
"That's stud in a nutshell," Selbst mumbled, as she contemplated her next move after getting raised on seventh street.
As Selbst ultimately threw in the call she said, "Your straight is good."
Velador however had an even stronger hand and tabled for a flush. Velador took down this pot as Selbst shook her head in disappointment.
Luis Velador | 160,000 | 10,000 |
Vanessa Selbst | 140,000 | -8,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:32 PM Local Time
Shak Tank-Folds
No-Limit Hold'em
We found Dan Shak betting 20,000 out of the big blind in a large pot that appeared have had multiple raises in preflop against Dylan Linde in the cutoff. The flop had come , and Linde made the call. Linde called another 30,000 on the turn, and Shak bet 35,000 when the board paired with the . After a brief thinking period, Linde said he was all in, covering Shak's 44,000 more.
"So sick," Shak said. "You either have the other two aces, ace-king, or quads."
He continued tanking, muttering to himself about Linde's possible holdings. He put his head in his hands, covering his face, and finally, after about four minutes, he slid his cards to the dealer.
Dylan Linde | 228,500 | 78,500 |
Dan Shak | 44,000 | -106,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:17 PM Local Time
PokerNews Impromptu: David "ODB" Baker on his Tough Table Draw
David "ODB" Baker drew a tough table here in the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship. He talks about it on the first break of the day as well as selling action to such a big buy-in tournament.
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:09 PM Local Time
Mixed-Games Specialist Melissa Burr Emerges as a Force at the WSOP
One of the lesser-known players getting into the action in this event is Melissa Burr, but just because Burr may be a relatively unknown face to the common poker fan, it doesn't mean she lacks knowledge of these games or skill the can compete with the best of the best.
In fact, Burr has already showed great prowess here at the 2014 World Series of Poker in mixed games by earning the two largest tournament scores of her poker career. First, Burr took eighth in Event #10: $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Championship for $51,768. She followed that up with a fifth-place finish in Event #30: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low for $39,181. In addition, Burr took ninth in Event #41: $1,500 Six-Handed Dealer's Choice for $9,944.
No stranger to mixed games, Burr recently sat down with PokerNews' Marty Derbyshire to discuss her poker career, how she came about playing mixed games, and emerging as a force at the 2014 WSOP. You can read the feature article by clicking here.
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:07 PM Local Time
Some Level 2 Registrants
Sergii Baranov | 150,000 | |
Michael Mizrachi | 150,000 | |
Nick Schulman | 150,000 | |
Calvin Anderson | 150,000 | |
Luis Velador | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Dylan Linde | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Richard Ashby | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Scott Clements | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Tommy Hang | 150,000 | 0 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:07 PM Local Time
Level 2 started
Level: 2
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:54 PM Local Time
Break Time
That's one level in the books! Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the evening.
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:54 PM Local Time
Elezra Pats a Nine
2-7 Triple Draw
Shaun Deeb and Brian Hastings each drew two on the first draw, while Eli Elezra drew one. Elezra bet and got two calls, and Deeb drew one, while Hastings drew two again and Elezra stood pat. Elezra once again bet and saw both opponents call, and draws went one, one, pat.
Everyone checked the last round, and Deeb announced a king. Elezra spread for a nine-low to take the pot.
Shaun Deeb | 186,000 | 28,000 |
Eli Elezra | 129,200 | -20,800 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:51 PM Local Time
Smooth Eight No Good For Sion
2-7 Triple Draw
Elior Sion raised, Mike Leah reraised in position and Steve Billirakis called from the small blind. Sion called as well and on the first draw Billirakis took three cards while both Sion and Leah needed just one replacement card.
Billirakis checked to Sion, Leah raised and Billirakis folded right away. On the second draw the action was heads up as Sion called, and both players stood pat. Sion check-called a bet and on the third and final draw both players patted again. Sion checked to Leah who bet, Sion raised and Leah smiled as he put in the call.
Sion tabled but that was no good against Leah's .
Mike Leah | 180,000 | 30,000 |
Elior Sion | 156,000 | -23,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:48 PM Local Time
$50K All-Time Money Earners
Here is a list of all the players who have ever cashed in this event complete with their total money earned from those cashes:
Player | Money Earned |
Michael Mizrachi | $3,010,573 |
Freddy Deeb | $2,360,462 |
Scotty Nguyen | $1,989,120 |
Andy Bloch | $1,813,988 |
Chip Reese | $1,784,640 |
Matthew Ashton | $1,774,089 |
Brian Rast | $1,720,328 |
John Hanson | $1,641,679 |
Bruno Fitoussi | $1,448,599 |
David Bach | $1,436,646 |
Michael DeMichele | $1,243,200 |
Vladimir Schemelev | $1,131,904 |
Don Nguyen | $1,096,254 |
Phil Hellmuth | $1,063,034 |
Minh Ly | $975,593 |
Matt Glantz | $945,070 |
Barry Greenstein | $928,919 |
Chris Klodnicki | $896,935 |
John Hennigan | $807,562 |
Erick Lindgren | $781,440 |
Phil Ivey | $777,600 |
David Singer | $749,280 |
David Oppenheim | $745,545 |
Huck Seed | $708,651 |
Amnon Filippi | $586,080 |
Jim Bechtel | $549,120 |
Erik Sagstrom | $522,393 |
David Benyamine | $497,122 |
Owais Ahmed | $482,058 |
TJ Cloutier | $480,480 |
Dewey Tomko | $474,624 |
Mike Wattel | $467,046 |
Kenny Tran | $444,000 |
Lyle Berman | $444,000 |
John Juanda | $436,865 |
Luke Schwartz | $406,736 |
Doyle Brunson | $398,880 |
George Danzer | $388,523 |
Vitaly Lunkin | $368,812 |
Daniel Alaei | $342,099 |
Robert Mizrachi | $341,429 |
Roland Israelashvili | $317,882 |
Ralph Perry | $314,880 |
George Lind | $300,411 |
David "Bakes" Baker | $272,275 |
Stephen Chidwick | $253,497 |
Jeff Lisandro | $248,635 |
Scott Seiver | $243,978 |
Patrick Bueno | $230,880 |
Ville Wahlbeck | $219,655 |
Jonathan Duhamel | $207,630 |
Patrik Antonius | $205,920 |
Robert Williamson III | $205,920 |
Gavin Smith | $205,920 |
Bill Chen | $205,856 |
Brett Richey | $204,579 |
Ben Lamb | $201,338 |
Joe Cassidy | $193,227 |
Thor Hansen | $188,256 |
Chau Giang | $184,087 |
Mikael Thuritz | $182,463 |
Mike Gorodinsky | $173,796 |
Michael Glick | $173,796 |
Jason Lester | $168,529 |
Erik Seidel | $162,381 |
Nick Schulman | $152,730 |
Alexander Kostritsyn | $152,730 |
Bryn Kenney | $147,882 |
Yan Chen | $143,400 |
Joseph Michael | $142,320 |
David "ODB" Baker | $142,197 |
Daniel Negreanu | $142,080 |
David Levi | $137,280 |
Cong Do | $137,280 |
Gabe Kaplan | $131,424 |
Abe Mosseri | $129,957 |
Lyle Berman | $129,957 |
Tommy Hang | $128,620 |
Kevin Song | $128,620 |
Josh Arieh | $124,723 |
Mike Binger | $124,723 |
Gus Hansen | $123,895 |
Mark Gregorich | $117,216 |
Allen Bari | $113,030 |
Troy Burkholder | $111,893 |
Sebastian Ruthenberg | $108,503 |
Viktor Blom | $105,235 |
Tim Phan | $103,008 |
Greg Raymer | $103,008 |
Ray Dehkarghani | $99,590 |
David Chiu | $99,590 |
Ilya Bulychev | $98,330 |
Chris Reslock | $88,800 |
Mike Matusow | $88,800 |
Tony G | $83,630 |
Steve Billirakis | $72,914 |
John Kabbaj | $72,914 |
Gary Benson | $55,947 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:45 PM Local Time
Mosseri Makes Flush
Limit Hold'em
Abe Mosseri opened with an early position raise and Paul Volpe made it three bets from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded back to Mosseri and he called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Mosseri checked to the raiser. Volpe continued out and Mosseri stuck around. The on the turn put three hearts on the board and Mosseri once again check-called a bet. The finished the board and Mosseri led into the middle. Volpe called, Mosseri tabled for a queen-high flush, and Volpe mucked his cards.
Mosseri dragged in the pot and now has about 162,000 in chips.
Abe Mosseri | 162,000 | 10,000 |
Paul Volpe | 142,000 | -8,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:40 PM Local Time
Glantz and Selbst Chop
Stud 8
Chun Lei Zhou: / — fold
Matt Glantz: / /
Vanessa Selbst: / /
After Zhou brought in, Glantz completed the bet, and Selbst called before Zhou also called to go to fourth street.
On fourth street, Glantz bet, Selbst raised, Zhou folded, and Glantz called. Then on fifth, sixth, and seventh street, Selbst check-called bets on each time.
Glantz showed for a pair of twos and a seven-five low. Selbst showed a pair of sixes and a seven-six low. Glantz had the better low, but Selbst had the best high, and the two chopped up the pot.
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:40 PM Local Time
Singer the Odd Man Out
Stud 8
Jeremy Ausmus led the betting in a three-way pot, being called by first Sergey Rybachenko and then David Singer on sixth and seventh streets.
Ausmus: /
Rybachenko: /
Singer: /
Rybachenko had an eight-five for low, while Ausmus' boat was good for high. Singer mucked his hand.
Sergey Rybachenko | 154,000 | |
Jeremy Ausmus | 150,500 | 500 |
David Singer | 120,000 | -7,500 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:30 PM Local Time
Selbst Takes Seat
Stud 8
While Table #364, which includes the likes of Matt Glantz, Daniel Negreanu, George Danzer, and David "ODB" Baker, engaged in an in-depth discussion about limit hold'em strategy, three-time bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst took her seat between Negreanu and Scott Seiver. The game had just switched from limit hold'em to stud 8.
Selbst: /
Seiver: /
Selbst played the first hand she was dealt, and we caught up to find her lead out with a bet on fourth street with ace-queen showing. Seiver called to see fifth, where both players checked to sixth.
Seiver fired out a bet on sixth and Selbst thought for a moment. She ultimately opted to release her cards and Seiver picked up the pot. This small hit early brings Selbst's stack to about 148,000 while Seiver is up to 159,000.
Scott Seiver | 159,000 | 3,000 |
Vanessa Selbst | 148,000 | -2,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:26 PM Local Time
Rast, Arieh Take Seats
Multiple bracelet winners Josh Arieh and Brian Rast are among the players who recently sat down.
Brian Rast | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Josh Arieh | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:24 PM Local Time
Ivey Is a Machine
Phil Ivey has been acting a little out of the norm here in Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players' Championship. He was just seen playing a hand, heading over to the rail for a fan photo, and then getting back into action without missing a beat.
He also recently wandered across the tournament floor a couple of tables over and put his hands on his friend Daniel Negreanu's shoulders while chatting with him a bit. Remember, Ivey and Negreanu laid anyone 1-1 odds if they wanted to bet against either of them winning a gold bracelet this summer. The minimum bet was $5,000, and it is rumoured that they have over $300,000 in action booked.
"Have you slept?" asked Matt Glantz to Ivey, who was seated to the right of Negreanu.
"I don't need sleep," responded Ivey.
Negreanu and Glantz laughed at the statement, but by the look on Ivey's face, he was being serious that he can be just as prepared as anyone without sleeping.
"I'm a tournament f***ing machine," Ivey added, as he began to turn away from the table to head back to his seat. "I've been up all night."