Event #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack Dia 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-06-27 18:57 UTC-7

Pavilion Counts

Nível 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Monnette	255,000	50,000
Zachary Gruneberg	170,000	170,000
Soi Nguyen	151,000	27,000
Dwyte Pilgrim	150,000	49,000
Steven Levy	145,000	84,500
Sofia Lovgren	141,000	63,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	137,000	2,000
Olivier Busquet	124,000	76,000
Tom Alner	110,000	-27,000
Carter Gill	105,000	60,800
Marco Johnson	70,000	29,500
Joseph Cheong	70,000	-45,000
Maria Ho	62,000	29,000
Tim Vance	56,000	30,000
Gavin Smith	49,000	26,000
Matt Salsberg	45,000	14,900
Dan Kelly	31,000	13,000
Joe Cada	Eliminado
Lisa Hamilton	Eliminado

Nível: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

2014-06-27 18:43 UTC-7

Gates Advancing

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Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The action folded round to the player in the hijack and he opened to 3,200 only to have Garry Gates three-bet his button to 7,700. Josh Pollock paused in the big blind before releasing as the original raiser made the call.

The dealer spread a flop and once it was checked to Gates, he pushed out an assortment of chips amounting to a bet of 9,000. Gates' opponent took his time before eventually releasing his hand to see Gates pushed the pot to send him to roughly 40,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Garry Gates	39,500	5,500

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2014-06-27 18:28 UTC-7

Purple Amazon Updates

Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Paul Pritchett	77,000	47,900
Martin Staszko	59,000
Pierre Neuville	58,000	30,300
Ludovic Lacay	40,000	-25,600
Sarah Tolagson	30,000	8,200
Todd Terry	Eliminado

2014-06-27 18:26 UTC-7

One Orbit With A Monster

Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

While everyone's starting stack in this event has been classified a monster, one player actually used his Day 1 starting flight to build what can truly be called a monster stack.

Pierre Calamusa came into the day with 243,000 and a huge chip lead as the only player over the 200,000 mark. The Frenchman has since crested 300,000 and PokerNews decided to watch him for an orbit to see his secret. It was a lesson in power poker to say the least.

Calamusa folded the big blind to a 2,800-chip raise, but when it folded to him in the small blind on the next hand, he made it 3,000 to go. The big blind defended, but folded to a 3,000-chip c-bet on the flop. Calamusa showed .

It then folded to Calamusa on the button and he picked up the blinds and antes with a 2,600-chip open. Then things got interesting.

Calamusa joined another player calling a 2,700-chip early position open. The button also called and after the blinds folded they went four-handed to the flop. The early position aggressor pushed in for 8,600 and after one fold, Calamusa called. The button also called. The turn brought the and after Calamusa checked, the button pushed in for 18,700.

Calamusa folded and the button ended up winning the pot with turned trip fives.

Calamusa picked up the next hand with a 2,400-chip early position raise, but folded to a 2,500 open after asking how much the player had behind on the hand after that.

He began to get a massage from a therapist before the next hand started and after the player to his right raised to 2,500, he picked up the pot with a little power, making it 6,400 total and forcing a fold.

He open folded the next hand in early position, but under the gun he found cards to raise with, making it 2,400 again. The player two to his left came over the top for 4,600 total, but when it folded back to Calamusa, he slid out a stack of 5,000 chips and announced all in.

His opponent folded and Calamusa found himself on some 325,000 and still in the lead after the orbit.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Pierre Calamusa	325,000	20,000

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2014-06-27 18:14 UTC-7

Lindgren Chips Up

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Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On a board of Erick Lindgren was faced with a bet of 9,500 into a pot of roughly 15,000.

Lindgren deliberated for a few moments before making the call as the landed on the river.

Once the action was checked to him, Lindgren tossed in a bet of just 4,000 and his opponent quickly mucked to see Lindgren pushed the pot to move him to over 50,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Erick Lindgren	52,000

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2014-06-27 18:08 UTC-7

Brenes Swimming In the Right Direction

Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Humberto Brenes three-bet an opening raises of 2,800 and his raise was in front of him with his toy shark sitting on top. His opponent wanted to know how much it was so the dealer removed the shark and counted it as 6,800. The player then moved all in.

Brenes the mock chided the dealer for moving the shark in a backward motion, demonstrating that it only ever swam forwarda. He then made the call. His opponent flipped over and Brenes turned over . The cards ran out and Brenes recovered some of the chips he had lost

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Humberto Brenes	74,000	35,000

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2014-06-27 18:05 UTC-7

Flush for O'Brien

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Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On a board of and roughly 48,000 in the middle, Dan O'Brien pushed out a stack of chips amounting to a bet of 45,000.

His opponent went deep into the tank for several minutes before eventually making the call for his tournament life.

O'Brien tabled his for the nut flush, and once his opponent's stack was broken down to be a handful of chips shy of the bet, he headed to the rail as O'Brien moved to roughly 140,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan O'Brien	140,000	55,100

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2014-06-27 18:00 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Brasilia

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Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kelly Kim	103,000	57,500
Andrey Zaichenko	85,000	17,700
Bob Lauria	57,000	6,300
Erick Lindgren	52,000	5,500
Ole Schemion	50,000	-31,300
Anthony Zinno	50,000	12,700
Josh Pollock	45,000	17,000
Aaron Jones	42,000	-13,200
Christian Harder	37,000	800
David Chicotsky	37,000	26,700
Owais Ahmed	35,000	-5,000
Garry Gates	34,000	23,500
Dean Hamrick	28,000	7,900
Cherish Andrews	21,000	-7,900