Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em.
Outside of the Big One for Drop and the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, the $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em is the most expensive buy-in on the World Series of Poker schedule. It is also a new addition to the WSOP docket, as in 2013 the only mixed-max event was a $3,000 buy-in, won by Isaac Hagerling for $372,387.
The event is scheduled for four days and each day will be played in a different variant. Day 1 plays nine-handed, Day 2 plays six-handed, Day 3 plays four-handed, and Day 4 (which will have four players remaining) is a heads-up tournament. Those four players will be seeded and placed into a tournament bracket with the big stack facing the short stack, the two middle stacks squaring off, and the winner of each advancing to battle for the bracelet.
Play is set to begin at 4 p.m. local time and 10 one-hour levels will be played without a dinner break. There will be a 15-minute break after every two levels, meaning Day 1 will conclude at roughly 3 a.m.
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Phil Ivey raised to 700 on the button, a player came along for the ride in the small blind and Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 3,000 out of the big blind. Both Ivey and the player in the small blind called, and the dealer fanned a flop of .
The action checked to Ivey, he took the opportunity to bet 6,000 and both of his opponents called. The trio checked on the turn () and the river was the . All three players checked again and Lichtenberger showed for the nuts. The trap didn't work, but he still pulled in a nice pot.
The very next hand, Ivey raised in the cutoff, his neighbor on his left called again and Christian Harder defended his big blind. The flop came , Harder checked and Ivey continued for 1,300. Only the player on his left called.
Ivey slowed down on the next two streets, check-calling bets of 1,500 on the turn () and 2,350 on the river () and the player revealed . Ivey showed and dragged the pot.
Jason Koon led out for 2,000 on a flop of , Daniel Negreanu raised to 6,000 and Koon made the call.
The turn was the , Koon led out again - this time for 8,500 - and Negreanu raised again. Kid Poker bumped the action to 20,500 and Koon came over the top, putting out 35,000 in pink T5,000 chips.
"Not a good card for me," Negreanu sighed, mucking. "I definitely had you before that."
"Really?" Koon asked.
"Yes - I could still be ahead!" Negreanu chuckled.
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A few minutes into Level 5, Jennifer Tilly was spotted scooping a massive pot on Table 366. Ryan D'Angelo didn't have a stack in front of his seat, and proceeded to collect his things and exit the Amazon Room.
According to D'Angelo, he was the victim of a vs. cooler:
Darren Elias fired out a bet of 6,200 on a board of , John Hennigan raised to 13,500, and Elias moved all in for effectively 36,600. Hennigan didn't see the bet initially - he was checking what looked like baseball scores on his phone - and when he finally looked up he instantly called.
Hennigan:
Elias:
Hennigan need a club to survive, but it was not to be as the completed the board. Elias chipped up to 160,000, while Hennigan hit the rail.
Brandon Steven checked to Joseph Cheong on a flop of , and the 2010 November Niner bet 3,000. Steven check-raised to 10,000, Cheong moved all in for around 20,000 more, and Steven snap-called.
Cheong:
Steven:
The on the turn gave Cheong a better two pair - tens and nines - and an open-ended straight flush draw. Steven could still double through with an eight or a seven on the river, but the completed the board.
"Good game, Brandon," Cheong said to the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table bubble boy.
Steven wished the table good luck, then exited the Amazon Room.
After a series of preflop raises, Jeff Gross was all in and at risk for 43,875 holding . Paul Volpe had him covered by 1,400, but was in very rough shape with .
The pocket rockets held up as the board rolled out , and Gross doubled through. Volpe was eliminated shortly thereafter.
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) and the river was the 
. All three players checked again and Lichtenberger showed 
for the nuts. The trap didn't work, but he still pulled in a nice pot.
, Harder checked and Ivey continued for 1,300. Only the player on his left called.
) and 2,350 on the river (
) and the player revealed 
. Ivey showed 
and dragged the pot.
, Daniel Negreanu raised to 6,000 and Koon made the call.
, Koon led out again - this time for 8,500 - and Negreanu raised again. Kid Poker bumped the action to 20,500 and Koon came over the top, putting out 35,000 in pink T5,000 chips.
completed the board. Elias chipped up to 160,000, while Hennigan hit the rail.
, and the 2010 November Niner bet 3,000. Steven check-raised to 10,000, Cheong moved all in for around 20,000 more, and Steven snap-called.
completed the board.
, and Dani Stern went into the tank.
for a full house.
. Paul Volpe had him covered by 1,400, but was in very rough shape with 
, and Gross doubled through. Volpe was eliminated shortly thereafter.
