Juego con responsabilidad.
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Zach Hall was all in for 119,000 with 
against Peter Neff who had him well covered with 
. The board ran out 
as Hall hit a queen on the river to score the double through Neff.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
245,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
931,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
669,000
342,000
|
342,000 |
|
586,000
-134,000
|
-134,000 |
|
565,000
250,500
|
250,500 |
|
512,000
305,500
|
305,500 |
|
|
442,000
-348,000
|
-348,000 |
|
243,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
148,000
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
|
122,000
-67,500
|
-67,500 |
Way back on Day 1c we told you the story of Pauly "Walnuts" Bianchi, a Chicagoland player that waited until the last minute to play the Main Event, and got in via very unique circumstances.
Here's the story as previously written:
You see, late Sunday night a group of Chicago players were deep in a poker game when the idea was floated about of getting someone in the 2014 WSOP Main Event. The problem was there was only one remaining starting flight beginning in less than 12 hours and they had only managed to pool together $1,200, well short of the $10,000 buy-in.
After the game broke earlier this morning, the motley crew decided to do what any true degens would do and headed to the local casino to try and spin it up playing blackjack. The problem was the closest gaming venue, the Rivers Casino, closes their table games at 7:00 a.m., so by the time they got there, they literally only had time to play three hands.
With a "go big or go home" attitude, the group promptly placed a $1,200 bet, which they won. The next bet of $2,400 turned into $4,800, and on the third hand they let it ride. The group ended up making a 20 with the dealer showing a seven, and Bianchi literally started dancing and yelling, "I'm going to Vegas."
The 20 held, and the group left the casino with $9,500 — still shy of the buy-in, but close enough to drum up a couple thousand more from another investor to cover expenses. Just like that Bianchi was on the first flight out of Chicago and now finds himself inside the Rio playing in poker's most prestigious tournament.
As fate would have it, Bianchi has turned that initial $1,200 investment into at least $25K as he is in the money, albeit as a short stack.
In a recent hand, Ian Simpson opened for 17,000 from the cutoff and Jacob Phillips called from the small blind. Bianchi, who began the hand with around 100,000, came along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of 
.
Phillips checked, Bianchi bet 17,000, and Simpson called. Phillips called as well and then all three players checked the turn as well as the 
river. Phillips rolled over the 
for a rivered flush, and it was good as both Bianchi and Simpson mucked.
In the very next hand, Robert Park raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Bianchi decided to shove all in for 71,000 total from the small blind. The big blind folded and Park did the same.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
100,000 |
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
2,090,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
1,385,000
-309,000
|
-309,000 |
|
1,320,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,160,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
||
|
980,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
960,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
960,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
880,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
|
|
||
|
870,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
865,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
860,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
825,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
805,000
618,000
|
618,000 |
|
775,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
||
|
|
630,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
540,000
342,000
|
342,000 |
|
485,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
450,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
440,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
260,000
80,500
|
80,500 |
|
185,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
170,000
-138,000
|
-138,000 |
|
120,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
118,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
Jacob Phillips raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and action folded over to Duc Nguyen in the big blind. He three-bet all in for his last 119,000, sending Phillips into the tank. After roughly one minute, Phillips slid forward a call.
Phillips: 
Nguyen: 
Nguyen was in need of help and that's exactly what he found on the 
flop. He catapulted into the lead with top two pair and held that lead through the turn (
) and the river (
). Nguyen now sits on about 255,000 in chips.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
544,000
-106,000
|
-106,000 |
|
255,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
Matthew Haugen fired out four green T25,000 chips — less than half of the pot — on a completed board of 
. His opponent, Tom Thomas, tank-called, then mucked when Haugen showed 
for a pair of aces.
Haugen is up over a million chips, while Thomas tumbled to 245,000.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
245,000
-353,000
|
-353,000 |
From under the gun, John Kabbaj raised to 20,000, and then action folded over to Phil Ivey in the hijack seat. Ivey, who won his 10th gold bracelet earlier this summer, reraised to 55,000. Everyone folded back over to Kabbaj, and he made the call to see the flop.
After the dealer spread the 
, Kabbaj checked. Ivey checked behind, and the turn brought the 
. With two pair now on board, Kabbaj led with a bet of 80,000. Ivey had around 275,000 behind and took his time to study Kabbaj. Ivey's stare was piercing, and he eventually pushed his entire stack forward for an all-in bet. Kabbaj called quickly.
When the two hands were revealed, it was Kabbaj's 
against Ivey's . As the cameras surrounded the table and the action was halted until everyone set up to get the shots, Ivey sat stoically, in need of an ace or a king on the river to keep his Main Event run alive.
The dealer burned one final time and completed the board with the 
. Ivey was up, out of his chair, and through the exit immediately, only stopping for some brief few seconds to pick up his top-heavy chair that toppled over after his got up out of his seat. His run ended in 430th place for $25,756, and Kabbaj climbed to 1.4 million in chips.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
||
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
After a series of raises preflop, Joseph Ressler would find himself all in against Byron Kaverman.
Ressler:
Kaverman: 
The 
flop put Ressler squarely into the lead until the landed on the turn. And just to make it worse, the completed the board on the river to send Ressler to the rail and Kaverman up to 900,000 after hitting runner-runner quads.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
890,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
||
|
Eliminado | |
Vien Nguyen raised to 17,000 under the gun, and Kent Goulding three-bet to what looked like 42,000 in the next spot. From middle position, John Andress shoved all in for 87,000. Action folded back to Nguyen, who moved in as well.
"Alright, I'll play," Goulding said.
Goulding:
Nguyen:
Andress:
The flop came 
, giving Goulding a flush draw and suddenly a very live hand. The 
turn gave Andress a straight draw, and Nguyen's once-promising aces were now in grave danger. The dealer peeled off the 
, a miracle card Andress needed.
"Wow," he said softly. "That's sweet."
He gathered a triple up, while Nguyen was left with 11,000, which he doubled up next hand all in blind-versus-blind with 
.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000
204,500
|
204,500 |
|
|
||
|
360,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
|
|
30,000
-123,000
|
-123,000 |
