Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:31 PM Local Time
Ivey Loses a Little
Phil Ivey opened the action for a raise and found a caller in the other big stack at the table, Mehrdad Yousefzadeh. The flop came and Ivey continued with his pre-flop aggression by making a bet of 11,000. Yousefzadeh raised it to 25,500 and after a few seconds of contemplation, Ivey tossed out a call.
The turn was the and both players checked. They would repeat this on the river. Ivey shrugged and turned over and did not seem surprised when Yousefzadeh turned over the winner with for queens and tens. Ivey did a quiet tap on the table with a stack of his chips having dropped to 425,000 after the hand. Yousefzadeh, in the meantime, moved up to 660,000.
| Mehrdad Yousefzadeh | 660,000 | 115,000  |
| Phil Ivey | 425,000 | -56,500  |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:30 PM Local Time
Farrell Meets Resistance
Niall Farrell had raised from early position and got one caller on the button. They went to a flop of and Farrell fired out a bet of 11,500. The button made the call and they both checked the turn card . The on the river saw Farrell check and when he faced a bet of 21,500 he flicked his cards away as soon as they hit the felt.
| Niall Farrell | 175,000 | -44,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28 PM Local Time
Amazon Tan Chip Counts
| Andrew Liporace | 675,000 | 194,500 |
| Steve Chanthabouasy | 665,000 | -500 |
| Oscar Kemps | 594,000 | 17,000 |
| Munir Shahin | 580,000 | -10,000 |
| Ola Amundsgard | 425,000 | -40,000 |
| Maria Mayrinck | 385,000 | -3,000 |
| Darlene Lee | 295,000 | -50,000 |
| Tore Lukashaugen | 294,000 | 294,000 |
| Craig McCorkell | 195,000 | 195,000 |
| Tony Moreno | 135,000 | 10,000 |
| Anthony Zinno | 126,000 | -1,000 |
| Tom Marchese | 124,000 | 2,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28 PM Local Time
"Wretchy" Takes a Wretched Beat
We found Dan "Wretchy" Martin getting all of his stack in preflop against Paul Klann.
Martin:
Klann:
The flop was an unfortunate one for Martin: , giving his opponent a set. Things got worse on the turn, as the left Martin drawing dead.
| Paul Klann | 360,000 | 180,000 |
| Dan Martin | 0 | -330,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:26 PM Local Time
Biggest of Brasilia
| Raul Mestre | 834,500 | 0 |
| Tom Roupe | 750,000 | 0 |
| Lasell King | 710,000 | 710,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:25 PM Local Time
Binger Drives On Pierce
Action folded to Michael Binger in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 7,000. Paul Pierce called on the button, and the flop came down . Binger continued with a bet of 10,000, and Pierce called to see the turn.
The was added to the board on fourth street, and Binger bet 20,000. Pierce gave it up, and saw his stack dip below 200,000 in chips. Binger rose to 188,000.
| Paul Pierce | 195,500 | -19,500 |
| Michael Binger | 188,000 | 13,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:18 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Amazon Purple
| John Kabbaj | 660,000 | -20,000 |
| Aaron Wilt | 420,000 | 12,000 |
| Chanracy Khun | 395,000 | -190,000 |
| Rocky McNatt | 370,000 | 3,000 |
| Vitaly Lunkin | 340,000 | 15,000 |
| Mukul Pahuja | 340,000 | -10,000 |
| Christopher Smith | 290,000 | 0 |
| Jeff Madsen | 260,000 | 120,000 |
| Huck Seed | 250,000 | 60,000 |
| Laurence Grondin | 230,000 | 100,000 |
| Paul Pierce | 215,000 | -8,300 |
| Michael Binger | 175,000 | 0 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | 165,000 | 35,000 |
| Zachary Donovan | 155,000 | -135,000 |
| Raymond Ezzie | 140,000 | -30,000 |
| Scott Baumstein | 105,000 | -10,000 |
| Max Pescatori | 85,000 | 13,500 |
| Ben Yu | 75,000 | 30,000 |
| Harry Kaczka | 71,000 | |
| Thayer Rasmussen | 60,000 | -21,200 |
| Steve Dannenmann | 50,000 | -30,000 |
| Alexis Gilbard | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:11 PM Local Time
Play Resumes
The cards are back in the air!
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:11 PM Local Time
Level 14 started
Level: 14
Blinds: 1500/3000
Ante: 500
Thursday, July 10, 2014 7:38 PM Local Time
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Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:43 PM Local Time
Dinner Break; Isaac Baron Still Leading, Paul Pierce Dropping Dimes
The third level of Day 3 is done and dusted with approximately 1,053 players heading on a 90-minute dinner break with play resuming at roughly 8:10 p.m.
Roughly 230 players would be bounced to the rail this level as players looked to ascend up the chip leaderboard. 2013 Poker Players' Championship winner Matthew Ashton decline came in two similar pots when he lost with a straight and flush draw twice to be bounced to the rail. Barry Greenstein then ran his into to hit the rail, before Ryan Riess' title defense came to an end when his couldn't outdraw Steve Brecher's on a board. Erik Seidel, Earl Barron, Ted Forrest, Chris Lindh, Kitty Kuo and Eric Wasserson would also join them on the rail.
Unfortunately for Jorn Walthaus, his day would end after he triple-barrel bluffed against 10-time NBA All-Star Paul Pierce. Walthaus raised out of the small blind and then barreled the board before moving all in on the river with only to have Pierce call him down with . Pierce celebrated by launching to his feet - giving his masseuse a small break — before returning to be seated behind a 237,000-chip stack. Pierce would end the level with 223,300.
Although chip leader Isaac Baron would have a quiet level, he still managed to finish on top as he takes 855,500 into his dinner break. However many players below him made a move up the leaderboard with the likes of Raul Mestre (825,000), Steve Tripp (755,000), Tim Roupe (750,000), Timur Margolin (712,000), Steve Chanthabouasy (658,000) and Martin Jacobson (597,000) all surging up the counts.
There's a first prize of $10 million awaiting the winner. While we wait for play to resume, see what players said they'd do if they were to win:
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:40 PM Local Time
Big Stacks in Orange
| Isaac Baron | 857,000 | 12,000 |
| Steve Tripp | 755,000 | 80,000 |
| Timur Margolin | 712,000 | 712,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:40 PM Local Time
Dentale Lets it Go
Three players checked to the button on a flop of , and the player there bet 25,000. Gennady Shimelfarb folded in the blinds, and Mike Dentale called after some thought in the hijack. The cutoff woke up with an all-in shove for 86,700 more, and the player on the button quickly folded. Dentale seemed frustrated and said he figured he was ahead of the player on the button but wasn't sure about the cutoff.
"Do you want to gamble?" he asked.
"I already have," the cutoff pointed out. "Mine's out there."
Dentale let it go after another minute of thought.
| Mike Dentale | 208,000 | 30,700 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:39 PM Local Time
Roupe Takes a Small Hit
Action folded to Daryl Roberts on the button and he put in a raise to 6,200. Tom Roupe, who was sitting on a massive stack, responded by moving all in from the small blind. The player in the big quickly folded, and Roberts, who had 59,300 total, seemed tortured as to what to do. He thought long and hard, often shifting in his chair, before calling off.
"Good luck," Roupe offered.
Roupe:
Roberts:
It was a classic race, and Roberts was looking to hold. The in the window made it seem as if Roupe was going to chip up even more, but then it was followed by the . Roberts flopped a set and locked up the double when the appeared on the turn. The meaningless was put out on the river, and Roupe counted out the chips to pay off his opponent.
| Tom Roupe | 750,000 | -50,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:38 PM Local Time
Chip Counts From Around Amazon Purple
| Raj Vohra | 605,000 | 95,000 |
| Martin Jacobson | 600,000 | -50,000 |
| Matthew Haugen | 570,000 | 125,000 |
| Joe Kuether | 490,000 | -82,000 |
| Tony Ruberto | 380,000 | -22,700 |
| Blake Whittington | 285,000 | 99,000 |
| Manig Loeser | 220,000 | -140,000 |
| Ankush Mandavia | 170,000 | 57,700 |
| Matthias De Meulder | 166,000 | 1,000 |
| Mike Gogliormella | 165,000 | 4,000 |
| Alessio Isaia | 137,000 | 137,000 |
| Greg Ostrander | 115,000 | -10,700 |
| Faraz Jaka | 90,000 | -45,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:33 PM Local Time
Wilke Hits Flush to Scoop Huge Pot
We got to the table with the board showing and there was a series of bets and raises that saw Jesse Wilke, with 270,000 behind, at risk of losing nearly 200,000 to his shorter stacked opponent who held for the flopped nut straight. Wilke, wasn't drawing dead as he had for top pair, gutshot straight draw, and flush draw. The flush draw would get there on the turn with the and Wilke would pump his fist in celebration. The river was the and Wilke scored the knock out and moved up to 485,000 in chips.
| Jesse Wilke | 485,000 | 238,900 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:33 PM Local Time
Keeping Up With the Pahujas
Brothers Vinny and Mukul Pahuja are seated no more than five steps away from each other at Tables 434 and 438 respectively in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room, and they both have respectable stacks as well.
Vinny is sitting at 361,000 chips, and little brother isn't so far behind with 350,000. Both of them have about double the average stack.
Mukul is having a banner year, winning the Season XII World Poker Tour Player of the Year, while Vinny has seven cashes at the 2014 WSOP, including 12th and seventh-place finishes in no-limit hold'em events.
Combined, the brothers only have one cash in the Main Event - Vinny finished 659th in 2011 for $19,359 - and could triple that number with a double cash on Day 4.
| Vinny Pahuja | 361,000 | 214,000 |
| Mukul Pahuja | 350,000 | 135,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:32 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia Blue
| Tom Roupe | 800,000 | 180,000 |
| Raul Mestre | 790,000 | 55,000 |
| Eric Tracy | 450,000 | 80,000 |
| Brett Richey | 230,000 | 80,000 |
| Tatiana Barausova | 230,000 | 130,000 |
| Byron Kaverman | 182,000 | 57,000 |
| Paul Klann | 180,000 | 5,000 |
| Artem Litvinov | 170,000 | 125,000 |
| Alex Outhred | 165,000 | 165,000 |
| Vladimir Shchemelev | 160,000 | 40,000 |
| Jonathan Aguiar | 160,000 | -17,000 |
| Taylor Cuccia | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| David Vamplew | 145,000 | 71,000 |
| Alec Torelli | 141,500 | -28,500 |
| Nick Schulman | 130,000 | -17,000 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 127,000 | -33,000 |
| Huy Nguyen | 120,000 | 40,000 |
| Aaron Stuery | 120,000 | 9,000 |
| Christina Lindley | 100,000 | -20,000 |
| Austin Buchanan | 100,000 | 15,000 |
| Ismael Bojang | 90,000 | -56,000 |
| Tristan Wade | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Layne Flack | 82,000 | 300 |
| Ronnie Bardah | 50,000 | -20,000 |
| Amit Makhija | 36,000 | -8,300 |
| Kyle Cartwright | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Buffer | 0 | -129,000 |
| McLean Karr | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:28 PM Local Time
Bardah's Strive for Five Still Alive
Ronnie Bardah, winner of the 2012 $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold'em event, has cashed in the World Series of Poker Main Event four years in a row leading into 2014. In 2010, Bardah finished 24th out of 7,319 players for $317,161. In 2011, he placed 453rd for $27,103 from a field of 6,865. In 2012, Bardah finished in 540th place out of 6,598 for $21,707, and in 2013 he placed 124th out of 6,352 for $50,752.
In the four recent years, Bardah has played in an average Main Event field size of 6,783.5 players with an average finish of 285.25. In total, Bardah's four consecutive cashes have earned him $416,723, and he has a chance to earn his fifth cash in a row if he's able to make the money here in 2014. After beginning the day with 215,800, Bardah's stack has slipped back to 70,000, but he's still alive.
The current record for most consecutive cashes in the WSOP Main Event is four, and it's a record shared by a few people. Bardah is one of those, and he's joined by Robert Turner (1991-1994), Bo Sehlstedt (2004-2007), Theodore Park (2005-2008), Chris Overgard (2007-2010), Chris Bjorin (2008-2011), and Christian Harder (2010-2013).
| Ronnie Bardah | 70,000 | -132,800 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:25 PM Local Time
A Few Chip Counts From Amazon Orange
| Konstantin Puchkov | 550,000 | 70,000 |
| Phil Ivey | 455,000 | 45,000 |
| Ali Eslami | 373,000 | -102,000 |
| Cong Pham | 350,000 | 115,000 |
| Owen Crowe | 230,000 | 30,000 |
| Eddy Sabat | 230,000 | 230,000 |
| Ralph Perry | 195,000 | 195,000 |
| Ryan Julius | 170,000 | 170,000 |
| Jason Sackler | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| Olivier Busquet | 145,000 | -13,000 |
| Abe Mosseri | 130,000 | -40,000 |
| Bryce Yockey | 124,000 | 72,000 |
| Mike Wattel | 110,000 | 50,000 |
| JJ Liu | 70,000 | 2,000 |
| Gary Bolden | 34,000 | 34,000 |