There were a total of 967 entrants creating a prize pool of $1,305,450. The top 117 players will make the money with a minimum cash being worth $2,480. In addition to winning a bracelet, first place will also collect the tidy sum of $264,400. Full payouts are listed below:
The 2014 World Series of Poker is at it's halfway point with 34 events in the books. Time to see if you've paid attention! Dan Heimiller (2014 WSOP bracelet winner), David Tuchman (WSOP livestream commentator), Nolan Dalla (Media Director of the World Series of Poker), Marcel Vonk (2010 WSOP bracelet winner), Jessica Welman (Managing Editor of WSOP.com) and Calvin Anderson (2014 WSOP bracelet winner) battle it out today. Check back the coming days for more trivia questions and answers from this elite group of poker involved people.
James Carroll had just registered for this event and was gone almost before his butt had sat down in his chair. He walked over to a friend, smiled, and said, "Well, that was fun."
Other late entrants we were able to spot include the following:
We're back from dinner and the tournament clock is showing 967 entrants. We'll have the prize pool and payout information shortly and will look for the few faces that signed up over the dinner break and report back on them.
The show gets off to a bumpy start with thanks to a few technical difficulties, but a great story about a David Williams bluff and another about "hood" poker get the ball rolling again. Dan O'Brien then joins the program to talk about his jet ski accident, his Me vs. U challenge against Danielle Andersen, and more.
Players are on a 90-minute dinner break. Registration is open through the end of dinner break. Once we get back and the numbers are finalized, we'll post the prize pool and payout information.
We get to the table with the board reading and a pot-sized bet in front of Joe Kuether. His opponent moved the last of his chips in, for about the same amount as Kuether's bet. The cards were turned over:
Kuether: for two pair, sevens and threes
Opponent: for flush and straight draw, and top pair
Kuether was ahead but his opponent had countless outs. He would hit one of them on the river giving him a flush and Kuether would lose the pot, slipping to 10,500 in chips in the process.
Inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino isn't the only place for you to satisfy your World Series of Poker appetite. WSOP.com is the leading online poker site in Nevada and has plenty of action running around the clock, seven days a week.
All summer long, a special promotion labeled Multi-Table Madness will be running from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. PST each night. The promotion will select one random hand at a random cash-game table during those hours that will award every player dealt into the hand with a cash bonus up to $100.
What's more is that WSOP.com will be sweetening the prize by giving players as much as $100 more for each additional table they're playing at during the time of the drawing. That means if you're playing in four different cash games when your table is selected, you could walk away with up to $400 in bonus money.
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Multi-Table Madness promotion, please click here.