Event #65: $10,000 Main Event Dia 1b | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-07-06 22:31 UTC-7

Final Break of the Day; Matt Affleck Makes a Charge

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Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Four years ago, Matt Affleck suffered one of the worst beats you can imagine near the bubble of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table bubble. After an inconsequential flop, Affleck was all in and at risk with pocket aces against the pocket jacks of Jonathan Duhamel, and the eventual champion spiked a jack to take a massive chip lead.

Now, on Day 1b of the 2014 Main Event, Affleck is making a charge. We caught Affleck in one significant pot in Level 4, where he check-raised on the flop and fired two more bullets on the turn and river. His opponent tank-folded after the final community card was dealt and Affleck was pushed the pot.

Also among the leaders at this time are Jeff Norman, Samuel Moore, Trey Luxemburger and Steve Ryan.

Among the players to bust during Level 4 were Eddie Blumenthal, Vivek Rajkumar, Dan O'Brien, Bob "Uncle Krunk" Panitch, Max Silver, Justin Smith, Ami Alibay, Mathew Frankland, Chris Tryba, Timothy Adams, Philipp Gruissem and Nick Cassavetes.

Gruissem was all in and at risk with a very short-stack holding , and was crushed by an opponent's . The aces held up, and the German hit the rail. Cassavetes was also done in with suited gappers - - against a wired pair of eights.

The players will be on recess for 20 minutes before playing the fifth and final level of the evening. In the meanwhile, check out this video:

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Nível: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

2014-07-06 23:02 UTC-7

Big Hit to Boeree

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Just before the break, we caught a hand where Liv Boeree lost a solid portion of her chips. In the hand, a middle position player raised to 1,000 and Boeree came over the top for 2,100 total. Her opponent called and the flop came down . Action checked to the raiser and Boeree fired out a continuation of 2,000. Her opponent called, allowing the to drop down on the turn. Boeree's opponent check again, she bet 3,600, and he tossed out a call.

The finished the board on the river and action checked Boeree's way one last time. She cut out a bet of 11,000 and her opponent called, tabling for ace-high. Boeree flashed before her cards were pulled into the muck.

During the break, she took to twitter regarding the hand.

Liv Boeree @Liv_Boeree

Managed to find possibly worst guy in the tourney to 3/b & empty the clip into. Doh. 11k going into 200/400.July 06, 2014

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Boeree now sits right around 11,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Liv Boeree	11,000 -21,000	-21,000

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2014-07-06 23:08 UTC-7

Purple People Eaters

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Williams	87,000 9,500	9,500

Michele Limongi	78,000 48,000	48,000
Triana Iglesias	70,000 -6,000	-6,000
John Eames	67,000 22,000	22,000
Angel Guillen	62,000

Arnaud Mattern	61,000 3,000	3,000
Miguel Borrero	60,000 6,000	6,000
Tuan Le	57,000 -1,700	-1,700
Ravi Raghavan	50,000 -1,000	-1,000
Chris Bell	50,000 2,000	2,000
Brian Green	47,000 6,500	6,500

Eric Afriat	45,000 -33,000	-33,000
Kevin Song	42,000 -1,000	-1,000

Tom Koral	39,000 1,000	1,000

Cy Watson	37,000 22,800	22,800
Andrey Pateychuk	30,000 -8,000	-8,000
Matt Woodward	24,000 24,000	24,000
Eric Stocz	23,000 -2,500	-2,500
Ismael Bojang	22,500 5,500	5,500

Nick Binger	14,000 -1,800	-1,800

Christian Harder	13,500 2,500	2,500

2014-07-06 23:19 UTC-7

Richards Battles With Pham

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We just caught the action in a hand between J.R. Richards and David Pham. When we arrive on the scene Pham had 2,800 out in front of him on the button while J.R. Richards, three seats on his right, had 1,250 invested.

Richards tanked for a bit before ultimately tossing in 5,000. Pham tanked for over a minute and Richards said, "Just let it go Mr. Dragon!"

Eventually Pham made the call and the the flop brought out . Richards bet 9,250 and Pham folded after about two minutes.

Pham, one of the biggest stars of the game around the poker boom, has $8.8 million in career tournament earrings and two Main Event cashes under his belt. Pham's been around for a very long time, and he has probably seen it all, as his first tournament result dates back to November of 1992.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
J.R. Richards	63,000 3,525	3,525
David Pham	57,000 -5,000	-5,000

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2014-07-06 23:19 UTC-7

Volpe Stays Alive

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Paul Volpe moved all in preflop and was met by two callers. His two opponents checked down a board of and all three chopped up the blinds and antes.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Paul Volpe	3,000 -2,500	-2,500

2014-07-06 23:25 UTC-7

More Counts from Purple

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joe DeGeorge	110,000 12,000	12,000
Tim Finne	77,000 14,000	14,000
Russell Rosenblum	69,000 -2,000	-2,000
Alex Queen	60,000 -11,000	-11,000
Brandon Meyers	58,000 21,000	21,000
Iori Yogo	46,000 -800	-800
Mark Radoja	45,000 -30,000	-30,000

Bryan Huang	43,000 17,400	17,400
Jared Hamby	38,000 5,000	5,000

Alec Torelli	37,000 -4,000	-4,000
Gary Benson	37,000 -18,000	-18,000

David Sklansky	35,500 -6,500	-6,500

Scott Seiver	33,000 17,900	17,900

Mike Watson	31,000 9,000	9,000
Vanessa Pacella	31,000
Joseph McKeehen	29,000 800	800

Garrett Beckman	28,000 -13,000	-13,000
Craig Thames	27,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	19,000 -3,000	-3,000

Pieter de Korver	18,000 -9,500	-9,500
Minh Ly	14,000 -16,000	-16,000

2014-07-06 23:25 UTC-7

Kuether Still Stacking

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The under the gun player opened to 800, an early position player made the call, and the player in the hijack seat called. Action folded to Joe Kuether in the big blind who three bet to 3,400. Only the player in the hijack called and would fold when Kuether continued with a bet of 14,000 on a flop of .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joe Kuether	100,000 23,000	23,000

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2014-07-06 23:26 UTC-7

Brasilia Chip Counts

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Chanracy Khun	123,000 49,500	49,500

Brian Hastings	110,000 9,000	9,000

Fabrice Soulier	79,000 -3,000	-3,000

Nancy Birnbaum	67,000 25,000	25,000
Jesse Capps	58,000 4,000	4,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	49,000 -3,500	-3,500

Jeff Madsen	44,000 5,850	5,850

Rep Porter	36,000 -27,000	-27,000

Donald Nicholson	11,000 -5,000	-5,000
Ronit Chamani	11,000 -5,000	-5,000
Tom Franklin	9,000

David Randall	8,000 -1,500	-1,500
Paul Volpe	Eliminado

Joe Serock	Eliminado

2014-07-06 23:27 UTC-7

Player Spotlight: Former NFL Player and Flag Football Coach Eric Stocz

Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

As former tight end for the NFL's Detroit Lions, Eric Stocz now spends his time coaching flag football for kids in grades 2-8 and spends a part of his summer each year here in Las Vegas participating in the World Series of Poker Main Event.

We caught up with Stocz as Day 1b players were heading to their last break of the evening. He shared how he got involved in poker, his biggest challenge at the table, and talked a little about the infamous poker games on the team plane.

PokerNews: How’s your day going?

Eric Stocz: I’m having a great day. A little up and down. This is my fourth World Series and I’m hanging in there and happy to be here.

You used to play for the Detroit Lions and then went on to work in the fitness industry, specifically with kids. Tell us a little about that.

I played for the Lions from 1996-1998 and on retirement I used to work with sports camps for kids and I did that for about eight or nine years. That was a camp that I ran, a speed and strength camp. I would have my old teammates come out.

Then I changed my emphasis towards coaching and spent my time coaching a football team at the local high school. Now I run a flag football camp through the NFL in West Bloomfield, Michigan. On top of that, I am also a personal trainer. I don’t have any kids of my own so it’s great to have them all day long and I have a lot of fun with it.

So how did you get involved in poker?

I am such a competitive person and it seems like every time I go and play a sport, I get hurt. I found that poker allows me to feed my competitive spirit without me getting hurt. And as long as I keep my head straight and I don’t go crazy with the gambling, it’s a good thing.

What do you find is your biggest challenge at the poker table?

I am a person with major ADD, it is really hard for me to sit still. I live a very active lifestyle so sitting still for so long is a challenge. You will always know where I am at in a poker room because I am always up and down.

You hear all the rumors floating around about poker games on the planes when the team is heading out of town. Is there any truth to those?

It is totally true. For a guy that was making $350,000 per year, which was a lot for me, I was playing against some guys that were making big-time money. So when I lost it was a lot of money to me. It was fun, well not the losing part. But yeah, basically we gambled on the plane all the time.

Do you play poker outside of the World Series?

No, not really. In Michigan they have local poker charity rooms and they are everywhere plus there are three casinos near by as well. So it’s tough not to play. But I come out here and play in these big events and seeing all different types of people from different countries, it’s just really to be a part of this.

So how do you prepare for the World Series if you aren’t playing regularly?

I have been playing for so long and I do a lot of reading so it feels like I just pick up where I left off. To me, a poker game is a poker game. This just happens to be for a lot of money.

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