These players earned $33,734 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts tab.
2014 World Series of Poker
Ian Simpson bet 105,000 on a board of ![]()
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, and Robert Park made the call after a bit of thinking. Simpson rolled over a bluff: ![]()
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We saw the TV cameras swarming Table 370, so we made our way over and discovered 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Jeff Madsen all in for his last 195,000 or so and at risk against Hans Winzeler.
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It was a flip, and all Madsen had to do to double was hold. That didn't happen though as the ![]()
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flop gave Winzeler the lead with a pair of aces. Madsen sat quietly as the dealer burned and turned the
. Not a ten, but still helpful as it gave him a gutshot straight draw. Madsen stared at the board and watched the
peeled off.
"Yes," he whispered as he pumped his fist and shot up from his chair. He then made his way over to his supporters on the rail for a round of high fives.
"It's the beer," Madsen said with a smile as he retook the lead and was pushed the double.
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and about 360,000 in the pot, Vladimir Bozinovic bet 165,000. Matthew Haugen called after about 20 seconds, but mucked when Bozinovic tabled ![]()
for an eight-high straight.
Mukul Pahuja bet 185,000 on the river in a recent pot against Jason Weber, who was under the gun on a board of ![]()
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. Weber tossed out a quick call, but Pahuja had ![]()
for a set and dragged the hefty pot.
The next hand, Pahuja was in early position and called an under-the-gun open before seeing Michael Stembera shove all in for 170,000. The opener followed the blinds into the muck, but Pahuja snap-called, tabling ![]()
. Stembera had a dominated hand: ![]()
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flop. The
helped Pahuja's equity with a straight draw, but the
wasn't enough improvement to take the pot.
Matt Waxman raised to 20,000 in early position, Matthew Hruska called out of the small blind, and the flop fell ![]()
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. Hruska checked, Waxman continued for 26,000, and Hruska check-raised to 77,000. Waxman tank-called.
The turn was the
, both players checked, and the
completed the board. Hruska checked again, Waxman tossed out five T25,000 chips, and Hruska called.
Waxman turned over ![]()
for a king-high straight, and Hruska mucked.
"Not the best runout for my hand," Waxman said, dragging the pot.
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, Matt Haugen bet 50,000 from the small blind. Martin Jacobson called in early position, Vladimir Bozinovic folded in middle position and the
river completed the board. Haugen bet 150,000 and Jacobson quickly called.
Haugen showed ![]()
for king high, while Jacobson tabled ![]()
to win the pot.
A player raised, David Einhorn three-bet to 70,000 and Garrett McFarland moved all in for 430,000 chips. The action then folded to Trevor Martin in the big blind and he moved all in as well. This got the initial raiser and Einhorn to fold creating the following showdown.
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and Martin knocked another player out.
Mark Herm raised to 21,000 in middle position, there was a call on the button, Griffin Benger called out of the small blind, and Roman Valerstein defended his big blind.
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, Benger led out for 37,000, and only Herm called. The turn was the
, both players checked, and the river was a third spade - the
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Benger fired out another 90,000, Herm went into the tank, and eventually the American slid his cards into the muck.
Michael Finstein raised to 20,000 and Alexander Yen moved all in from the small blind. Finstein called and the showdown went as following.
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and Finstein raked in another pot to keep his stack above two million.