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

2014-07-07 12:08 UTC-8

More Notables in Pavilion

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Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joey Weissman	30,000

Pratyush Buddiga	30,000
Doug Polk	30,000

Kevin Eyster	30,000

Steve Gross	30,000

James Carroll	30,000
Ylon Schwartz	30,000

Ben Hamnett	30,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	30,000
Sam Barnhart	30,000
Matt Haugen (Matthew Haugen)	30,000
Nick Schulman	30,000

Trevor Pope	30,000

Tom Marchese	30,000

Russell Crane	30,000

2014-07-07 12:08 UTC-8

Fricke Adds to His Stack Early On

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Jimmy Fricke was in the cutoff facing a 1,000 bet from the small blind on the turn of the board.

"Twenty-eight hundred," said Fricke before placing three T1,000 yellow chips into the middle of the felt. "I call," said his opponent and the dealer put the onto fifth street. The small blind checked and Fricke checked behind.

The small blind revealed , but Fricke beat it with his .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jimmy Fricke	33,350 3,350	3,350

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2014-07-07 12:08 UTC-8

The Curious Case of Pauly "Walnuts" Bianchi

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Some players look forward to partaking in the World Series of Poker Main Event, even planning their trip a year or more in advance. Then there is Pauly "Walnuts" Bianchi, a Chicagoland player that didn't decide to play until late last night.

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.

Obviously he's not playing on a lot of rest, so we'll have to see how he does here on Day 1c.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Paul Bianchi	30,000 30,000	30,000

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2014-07-07 12:07 UTC-8

Racener Down Early

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In a pot that really illustrates how the early levels of the Main Event are all about pot control, John Racener had a red T5,000 chip in front of him on a board of , a raise to an unknown amount against the player on the button who had bet 1,250. The player on the button then made it 9,300, and Racener quickly called.

Button:
Racener:

Both players had eights full of fives, and they chopped.

"I was ready for someone to turn over quads there," a player remarked.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
John Racener	23,900 -6,100	-6,100

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2014-07-07 12:05 UTC-8

Greg Mueller Takes His Seat

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A player in early position limped in and Greg Mueller raised from the cutoff to 300. The flop came and Mueller's opponent checked. Mueller grabbed two T100 chips and tossed them haphazardly into the middle of the table.

"Folding sevens here," Mueller's opponent said and the two-time bracelet winner took down the small pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Greg Mueller	30,450 30,450	30,450

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2014-07-07 12:03 UTC-8

Helppi Folds to River Bet

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A player in middle position led into Finnish star Juha Helppi on a board reading . The always methodical Helppi sat motionless, studying the board and his opponent before calling.

The river was the and Helppi's opponent bet again, making it 1,075 to play. This time Helppi paused for a lesser time before sending his cards back to the dealer.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Juha Helppi	25,400 -4,600	-4,600

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2014-07-07 12:01 UTC-8

More Familiar Faces in the Tan Section

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Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jameson Painter	30,000 30,000	30,000
John Racener	30,000 30,000	30,000

Robin Ylitalo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vera Kelleher	30,000
CK Hua	30,000 30,000	30,000
Zo Karim	30,000 30,000	30,000
Hiren Patel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Benvenuti	30,000 30,000	30,000

2014-07-07 11:52 UTC-8

More Notables from Brasilia

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Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alex Kravchenko	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fabian Quoss	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andre Akkari	30,000 30,000	30,000

Andy Philachack	30,000 30,000	30,000
David "ODB" Baker	30,000 30,000	30,000

Melanie Weisner	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dylan Linde	30,000 30,000	30,000

Robert Varkonyi	30,000 30,000	30,000

Ali Eslami	30,000 30,000	30,000

Steven Silverman	30,000 30,000	30,000
Shannon Shorr	30,000 30,000	30,000

Stephen Chidwick	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tony Cousineau	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vitaly Lunkin	30,000 30,000	30,000

John D'Agostino	30,000 30,000	30,000
Huy Nguyen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aaron Stuery	30,000 30,000	30,000
Owais Ahmed	30,000 30,000	30,000

Mike Wattel	30,000 30,000	30,000

Don Zewin	30,000 30,000	30,000

2014-07-07 11:48 UTC-8

More Orange Faces

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Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Scott Bohlman	30,000 30,000	30,000

Davidi Kitai	30,000

Joe Elpayaa	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dutch Boyd	30,000 30,000	30,000

Roman Korenev	30,000 30,000	30,000

Jennifer Powers	30,000 30,000	30,000

2014-07-07 11:46 UTC-8

Laplante Shoves

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With the board reading and roughly 1,550 in the middle, Ryan Laplante had a 4,000-chip bet in front of him along with the all-in button signifying a big reraise.

His opponent was in the tank and had a 10,000-chip raise in front of him and was contemplating a decision for Laplante's 23,425 total.

After several minutes, Laplante's opponent folded and Laplante climbed to roughly 35,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ryan Laplante	34,975 -1,025	-1,025

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