Event #31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-06-14 12:11 UTC-8

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Hennigan	4,500

Sam Greenwood	4,500

Keanu Tabali	4,500

Slow Start For Collins

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Nível 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Former November Niner Phil Collins' off to a good start at this year's World Series of Poker with four cashes but today his start has been a bit slow.

Collins made a raise to 75 and the player in the small blind made the call. The flop brought out and both players checked after which the turn was the . The small blind checked again and this time Collins bet 150. Collins' opponent check-raised to 425 and the call was made.

On the river the popped up and Collins shook his head when his opponent bet 725. Collins ultimately folded and left himself with 3,400 chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Phil Collins	3,400 1,100	1,100

Tags: Phil Collins

Nível: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

2014-06-14 12:02 UTC-8

Madsen Tank Folds

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We arrived at the table with a board reading and about 4,000 chips in the middle. Jim Rice had bet 1,500 and action was on Jeff Madsen. Eventually Madsen folded and Rice claimed a decent sized pot.

We also seen Jesse Sylvia, Xuan Liu, and French Canadian poker analyst Laurence Grondin take their seats and Ami Alibay vacate his.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jim Rice	6,500 6,500	6,500
Xuan Liu	4,500
Laurence Grondin	4,500 4,500	4,500
Jesse Sylvia	4,500 4,500	4,500
Jeff Madsen	2,500 2,000	2,000

Ami Alibay	Eliminado

Tags: Jeff Madsen Jim Rice

2014-06-14 11:44 UTC-8

Quick Double Up For Kessler

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"I doubled on the first hand," Allen Kessler immediately mentioned when he spotted our presence at his table.

Kessler went on to explain how he managed to already sit on quite a big stack here during the early goings. Kessler called a raise with and called again when the flop brought . On the turn a hit and Kessler raised the bet from his opponent, who on his turn put in another raise.

The river was another and Kessler moved all in after his opponent bet again. Kessler was called by and his rivered full house gave him a full double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Allen Kessler	8,525

Tags: Allen Kessler

2014-06-14 11:35 UTC-8

More Famous Faces

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Nível 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Konstantin Puchkov	4,500 4,500	4,500

Dave Ulliot	4,500 4,500	4,500
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	4,500 4,500	4,500
Andy Frankenberger	4,500 4,500	4,500

Adam Levy	4,500 4,500	4,500

Jameson Painter	4,500 4,500	4,500
Matt Stout	4,500 4,500	4,500
Kitty Kuo	4,500 4,500	4,500

Timothy Finne	4,500 4,500	4,500
Larry Wright	4,500 4,500	4,500

Martin Staszko	4,500 4,500	4,500
Amir Lehavot	4,500 4,500	4,500

Ted Lawson	4,500 4,500	4,500

Niall Farrell	4,500 4,500	4,500

Mark Newhouse	4,500 4,500	4,500
Scott Abrams	4,500 4,500	4,500

John Monnette	4,500 4,500	4,500

2014-06-14 11:35 UTC-8

Silver Sliders

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Nível 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

A few more chip counts from the Brasilia room's silver section:

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	4,500
Jeff Madsen	4,500

Vinny Pahuja	4,500

2014-06-14 11:24 UTC-8

Pavilion Chips

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Nível 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Here are some chip counts from the Pavilion room:

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Allen Kessler	4,500 4,500	4,500
Greg Raymer	4,500 4,500	4,500

Ryan Tepen	4,500
Jennifer Shahade	4,500 4,500	4,500

Danny Noseworthy	4,500 4,500	4,500
Barry Greenstein	4,500 4,500	4,500