When we've seen Everett Carlton in the past, it's been primarily at small World Series of Poker Circuits stops. That's why is was a bit surprising to see him in the "Land Down Under" for the WSOP APAC. When asked what inspired him to make the long trip from Minnesota, Carlton laughed and explained that he needed some more miles on Delta to make platinum, and there was no better way to do it than to travel to Australia to play a little poker.
Unfortunately for Carlton, things didn't go his way here on Day 1b. He was crippled by Jonathan Duhamel, and a short time later he shoved his last 400 all in preflop holding only to run into an opponent holding . Carlton failed to get lucky, and he made an early exit from Event #1. Whether or not he'll try again later tonight in the Day 1c flight remains to be seen.
George Danzer's starting table was recently broke, and he was moved over to the same table as Daniel Negreanu and Ryan Riess. This is especially interesting considering Danzer and Negreanu are sitting second and third respectively on the 2014 World Series of Poker Player of the Year leaderboard. The man who leads them, Brandon Shack-Harris, is seated just one table over, so it's certainly an area of the room worth keeping an eye on.
In the last hand of Level 1, a player in middle position opened for 50 and Negreanu called from the hijack. Noah Novick then three-bet to 250 from the cutoff, the original raiser folded, and Negreanu called to see a flop of . Negreanu proceeded to check-call a bet of 200 before both players checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Negreanu bet 700 and Novick hit the tank. Negreanu began his patented table talk and stated that he put Novick on either kings or jacks.
"What do you have?" Novick asked. Negreanu joked that he would tell him, but he didn't want to get a penalty. Not long after, Novick min-raised to 1,400.
Negreanu was flabbergasted and began to laugh out loud.
"My whole life I've always wanted to do that," Negreanu complimented his opponent much to the entertainment of the table. "I've never had the balls to do that."
Negreanu chuckled a bit more and then sent his cards to the muck. The table urged Novick to show a bluff, but he showed just the for at least a pair of queens.
Back on July 14, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table was set. The players in this year's "November Nine" are set to resume play on November 10, and it is a globally diverse group of young players who will be battling it out for the $10 million top prize.
Daniel Sindelar graduated college in 2006 and made the move from his home state of Nebraska to Las Vegas, Nevada. Since then, it's been all poker for the young man from the Midwest, and he's done well enough to find himself at the 2014 WSOP Main Event final table with 21.2 million in chips.
This finish will be far and away Sindelar's most impressive, but he's recorded 17 WSOP cashes and 11 WSOP Circuit cashes over the years.
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Crown Casino's Jim Preston kicking things off on Day 1a
Today marks the second day of World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific action from Down Under. Yesterday, the festivities kicked off with Day 1a of the opening AU$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator event. The first of three starting flights drew 197 entries and only 30 of them survived. Topping the pack after a massive day was two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Scott Clements with 76,575 in chips.
No other player bagged up half of that amount, and those rounding out the top five were Marko Piper (36,825), Zane Ly (36,400), Jamie Pickering (34,150), and last year's runner-up Jonathan Karamalikis (30,900).
Lots of players came and went on Day 1a, but with this unique event each of them will be able to try again here today on Day 1b — or Day 1c which takes place later on today. Of those who failed to "accumulate" enough chips to reach the bag-and-tag portion of last night were Phil Hellmuth, Mike Leah, Jonathan Duhamel, Russell Thomas, Mohsin Charania, Jackie Glazier, Vanessa Rousso, Ami Barer, and Ryan Riess.
One of the players that did bag up chips was George Danzer. He finished on 24,625 and currently sits in a very close second on the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year leader board with 745.2 points. The leader, Brandon Shack-Harris with 752 points, had some travel delays and didn't make it for Day 1a. Also surprising was that Daniel Negreanu didn't show up yesterday despite tweeting about his excitement an hour before play began. We expect both Shack-Harris and Negreanu to be in action today.
Day 1b will see the cards in the air at 12:10 p.m. local time at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Just like yesterday, eight one-hour levels are on the schedule with 15 breaks after every two levels and no dinner break. Players begin with 3,000 in tournament chips.
Day 1c also begins today, and that will kick off at 6:10 p.m. local time. That means it's going to be a long day of poker, but when there's a big payday and a WSOP gold bracelet up for grabs, what could be better? Stay tuned and we'll see you back here for the start momentarily.
only to run into an opponent holding 
. Negreanu proceeded to check-call a bet of 200 before both players checked the 
turn.
completed the board on the river, Negreanu bet 700 and Novick hit the tank. Negreanu began his patented table talk and stated that he put Novick on either kings or jacks.
for at least a pair of queens.
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