Players are back in action.
2014 World Series of Poker
Nivel: 21
Ciegas: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are on break after Level 20, the first level of the day, and it was relatively light on major action for a two-hour stretch this deep in a tournament. Having said that, some notable names did head for the payout desk this level: Mike Sowers (286th), Sam Jaddi (284th), Michael Shklover (278th), John Monnette (272nd), Tony Ma (265th), Konstantin Puchkov (262nd), and Kory Kilpatrick (249th).
At the other end of the spectrum, Griffin Benger has pushed for the chip lead by hitting the 3.3 million mark. He still trails the 3.5 million of Kyle Keranen.
In one recent pot, Benger was in the big blind against Michael Palo on the button, and he check-called 75,000 on a board of . On the river, Benger checked again before calling 150,000. After his opponent announced a pair of sevens, Benger turned over for top two, and he took down the pot.
Trailing Benger at the top of the counts: Zach Jiganti (2845,000), Leif Force (2,563,000), and Dan Smith (2,550,000).
Mark Newhouse is surging today with 2.35 million after outdrawing a pair of kings in the hole with by making an ace-high flush as he pushes toward a second straight November Nine appearance.
Notables chipping up this level included Mukul Pahuja and Brian Townsend. Pahuja did his damage with top pair, while Townsend doubled up with KK.
Day 2a/b leader Tim Stansifer rode his early big stack to a deep run, but it came to an end when he put his last 130,000 while dominated.
Raj Vohra opened to 26,000 in the hijack only to have Mukul Pahuja three-bet next to act to 64,000. Vohra responded by making it 157,000 and Pahuja called as the dealer spread a flop.
Vohra checked and Pahuja bet out 88,000 which Vohra called as the was checked by both players on the turn. The river landed the and as Vohra checked a third time, Pahuja cut out a bet of 315,000.
With players now heading on break, Vohra went deep into the tank as Pahuja sat there stone-faced looking down towards the board and the pot.
Although a few players stayed behind, over eight minutes would pass with Vohra still not settling on a decision.
Pahuja finally broke his statuesque gaze and took a sip of his coffee Vohra pushed the calling chips into the pot with half the break already over.
Pahuja tabled his for a full house to scoop the pot and climb to 1,770,000 as Vohra slipped down to 171,000 in chips.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Mukul Pahuja |
1,770,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Raj Vohra |
171,000
-734,000
|
-734,000 |
|
Garrett Garvin moved all in for his last 174,000 from middle position and Martin Jacobson called from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, allowing the hands to be tabled.
Garvin showed and was racing with Jacobson's . The flop came down , keeping Garvin's jacks in the lead. The dropped down on fourth street, meaning Jacobson needed an ace or a king on the river to score the elimination. The river was indeed the , allowing Jacobson to make top pair and eliminate Garvin from play.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Martin Jacobson |
2,180,000
586,000
|
586,000 |
|
||
Garrett Garvin | Eliminado |
Vadzim Markushevski was all in and at risk for 355,000 - around the size of the pot - on a board of . His was ahead of Idan Raviv's , and both players held straight and flush draws.
The river was the , giving Markushevski a heart flush, and he doubled to 1.085 million chips.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Vadzim Markushevski |
1,085,000
273,000
|
273,000 |
Idan Raviv |
645,000
-505,000
|
-505,000 |
|
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Kyle Keranen |
3,441,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
Griffin Benger |
3,429,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
Zach Jiganti |
3,070,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Leif Force |
2,495,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
||
Trevor Martin |
2,490,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
Martin Jacobson |
2,385,000
791,000
|
791,000 |
|
||
Mark Newhouse |
2,360,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Michael Finstein |
2,345,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Matthew Haugen |
2,270,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Pakinai Lisawad |
2,218,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
Luis Velador |
2,200,000
847,000
|
847,000 |
|
||
Andoni Larrabe |
2,112,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
Farid Jattin |
2,070,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
Todd Rebello |
2,050,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
Bruno Politano |
1,972,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
||
Clayton Hamm |
1,720,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Henrik Hecklen |
1,680,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Bradley Lussier |
1,675,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Bryan Shay |
1,560,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
Benjamin Koziol |
1,525,000
414,000
|
414,000 |
Chris Johnson |
1,520,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
Mats Karlsson |
1,450,000
729,000
|
729,000 |
Jing Wang |
1,420,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Christopher Shaw |
1,327,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
Darlene Lee |
1,283,000
313,000
|
313,000 |
When we arrived at the table, Timur Margolin had 78,000 in front of him on the button and was facing a four-bet from Kyle Keranen to 158,000 from an earlier position. Margolin opted to make the call, and the flop fell . After Keranen checked, Margolin bet 116,000. Keranen made the call to see the turn.
Fourth street produced the , and action was checked through to the river card. Keranen studied, then bet 245,000. Margolin received the count on the bet, took about a minute, then called.
Keranen rolled over the for top two pair, kings and queens, and Margolin mucked his hand. This moved Keranen up over 3.5 million and dropped Margolin to 500,000.
To provide a little background information on Keranen, he was the chip leader at the end of Day 5 in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. t that point i the tournament that year, Keranen finished the day with 6.935 million in chips and 97 players remained. He went on to bust on Day 6 in 38th place for $191,646. Keranen has two other WSOP cashes on record, one from 2011 and one from 2010, and a total of $260,856 in live tournament earnings.
Below are the full chip counts from Table 422 following the hand.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Kyle Keranen |
3,525,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
Curtis Rystadt |
1,200,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
Stuart Rutter |
970,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
Adam Coats |
870,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Cristian Rotondo |
710,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Casey Stewart |
560,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
Timur Margolin |
500,000
-1,204,000
|
-1,204,000 |
|
||
Scott Blackman |
351,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
Joseph Lacarrubba |
201,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
Farzad Bonyadi, winner of three World Series of Poker bracelets and almost $4 million in career earnings, has just been knocked out by Eddy Sabat.
Sabat raised from early position to 25,000 and the action folded to Bonyadi in the big blind. Bonyadi moved all in for 189,000 and Sabat went into the tank for a bit.
"This may be optimistic," Sabat said right before he put in the call.
Sabat:
Bonyadi:
The board ran out and Bonyadi was knocked out.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Eddy Sabat |
1,100,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Farzad Bonyadi | Eliminado | |
|
Nicholas Nardello raised to 25,000 in middle position, Adam Lamphere called in the cutoff and Ola Amundsgard three-bet shoved from the big blind for 291,000. Nardello called, Lamphere folded and the hands were revealed.
Nardello:
Amundsgard:
The board ran out , no help to Amundsgard, giving Nardello the pot.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Nardello |
1,230,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Ola Amundsgard | Eliminado |