Trishelle Cannatella has been knocked out from the Main Event and Andrea Dato was kind enough to share her elimination hand with us.
Cannatella called a raise before the flop after which the big blind called as well. The flop brought out with two clubs and the action was checked to the initial raiser who bet. Cannatella check-raise all in for about 6,500 and was called by .
Cannatella tabled for bottom two pair but the turn, a club, put her in dire need of making a full house. The river did no such thing and Cannatella was knocked out.
Two players, including Scott Standridge, checked to Phil Laak on a board of , and he moved all in for 25,000 into a pot of around 6,000. The first player folded, then Standridge tank-called all-in for 21,675.
Laak rolled over for an open-ended straight draw, and Standridge was ahead with for a pair of aces. The on the river gave Laak a meaningless pair of eights, and he was reduced to 4,700 chips.
Kenny Tran checked to "All-American" Dave Swanson on a flop of , and he tossed out 3,200. Tran check-raised to 9,200, Swanson quickly called, and the turn was the .
Silently, Tran plopped a stack of chips in front of him, moving all in for effectively 25,525. Swanson went into the tank, and when he emerged he committed the remainder of his stack.
Tran:
Swanson:
Swanson was a 70% favorite to double through, but the spiked onto the felt to give Tran a flush.
For a brief moment, Swanson hung his head. After a second or two he collected himself, gathered his things, and exited the Amazon Room.
Over on the feature table as Eric Worre continued to amass chips, high stakes player Bill Perkins found a double when he was all in with against on a flop. Perkins spiked the on the turn and doubled through with quads back to nearly starting stack.
Bruno Fitoussi, Sean Jazayeri and Alberto Sapiano would all hit the rail, while Steven Gee's run at making three consecutive deep Main Event runs would come to an end when his couldn't outdraw his opponent's . After Gee took 9th in 2012, he backed it up with a 24th place in 2013, but unfortunately it ends there as Gee's performance in those years rivals Dan Harrington and Grey Raymer's performances back in the early 2000's.
However the story of the level would be Nick DiVella's rise to the top of the leaderboard as the first player to reach the six-figure club. Earlier in the day DiVella took a sizeable pot off Mike Matusow to move to roughly 42,000 before slowly building up to around the 60,000-chip mark. Then with a bet on the river holding a set, DiVella scooped a pot to send him to 100,225 before ending the level with 93,900. However it would be Jon Broderick who won - as quoted by his tabled - "won 40 or 50 pots" to end the level with 140,075 in chips.
Jason Mercier has just been knocked out of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event. Mercier's summer was filled with big swings as he busted right before the money in the $50,000 Players' Championship and on Day 1 of the Big One for One Drop.
There were also highlights as Mercier cashed in three WSOP events, including a third place finish in the $10,000 2-7 no-limit single draw for $99,313 and second in the Bellagio 100k for $1.6 million.
Just now Mercier hit the rail and we asked the players at his former table what had happened. The player under the gun, Alex Simic, raised to 750 and Mercier three-bet to 1,925. The action folded back to Simic, who called.
The flop came down and Simic led out, Mercier raised and Simic called. On the turn a blank hit and Simic put Mercier, who started the hand with around 22,000 chips, all in. Mercier called all in with and he was up against .
The river brought no help and Mercier was knocked out before the dinner break.
Following a raise to 900, Steven Gee moved all in from the button for his last 4,900 with his opponent making the call.
Gee:
Opponent:
The board ran out to end Gee's tournament just a few orbits shy of dinner break.
Unfortunately for Gee, a deep run will not be repeated this year after finishing 9th in 2012 and 24th in 2013 - one of the best back-to-back Main Event runs since Dan Harrington (2003 and 2004) and Greg Raymer (2004 and 2005).
Bruno Fitoussi has been knocked out. One of the biggest poker players in France had a short lived Main Event and a player at his former table was kind enough to give us some details.
"Man, he got coolered the entire day," the player said.
On Fitoussi's last hand he limp-called a raise and got it in on a flop with ten-nine suited. The former $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. runner up did not catch any card to help his chances on the turn or river and he hit the rail in the third level of play.
Several new players such as Layne Flack, Tim Phan, Kenny Tran and Andy Bloch all took a seat while the likes of David Benefield, Jason Mercier, David Vamplew and Amanda Musumeci all began sliding down the chip counts page. However, level two would be moving level for multiple players as pots began getting bigger and players starting adjusting to their tables.
Aaron Wilt kept building from his earlier full house while WSOP bracelet winners Naoya Kihara, Mike Gorodinsky, John Monnette and Abe Mosseri started trending upwards. However it would be the lesser known Eric Worre who is on the feature table with Ryan Riess, Greg Merson and Bill Perkins that would take the top spot early in the level.
As play closed in on the level, WSOP bracelet winner Charles Sylvestre launched to the top of the counts along with Damien Lhommeau as both players ended the level with roughly 72,000. However it would be Chad Power powering his way to the number one spot with roughly three-times the starting stack.
"Hey Johnny," a player at Johnny Chan's table just yelled. "How about when we get heads up you take the bracelet and I'll take the money?"
"I don't need more bracelets," Chan laughed, as the 10-time bracelet winner could join a select couple named Stu Ungar and Johnny Moss as the only three-time Main Event champion.
"Don't you have enough money?" the player continued.
"Haha, you can never have enough money!" Chan replied with a big smile, as he's looking to make another nice run in this tournament.
Ryan Riess takes center stage at the feature table
The first break of Day 1a of the Main Event is upon us with players heading on a 20-minute break.
The first level of the day saw a mix of amateurs, seasoned veterans and tournament grinders take their seat here on Day 1a. Following speeches from Jack Effel and Ty Stewart, Joe Hachem put the cards in the air to honor the years that the WSOP has been at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Early on, several tables would be halted as the dealer began action with an insufficient number of players. For Eric Spencer, he would turn a straight against his opponent to chip up early before his table was paused for close to 15 minutes before breaking.
2013 and 2012 Champions Ryan Riess and Greg Merson would be seated on the feature alongside Bill Perkins, while the likes of Annette Obrestad and Antonio Esfandiari would be seated on the secondary feature tables. A plethora of notables would also take their seat in this flight with the likes of Jason Mercier, Nam Le, Phil Laak, Matthew Ashton, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Tony Dunst, Billy Baxter, Mike Sexton and two-time Champion Johnny Chan just the tip of the iceberg.
Many first-timers would also take a seat in their first Main Event with "All American" Dave Swanson being one of those. Swanson - most noted for his healthy and nutritious meals that are delivered to players - stated he was living his dreams right now, and with an ounce of luck, that may turn into a new title ... 2014 WSOP Champion.
Once play closed for the level however, it would be Kent Wuethrich ending as the level chip leader after being on the positive side of a set-over-set confrontation to take an impressive 55,000 with him on break.
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with two clubs and the action was checked to the initial raiser who bet. Cannatella check-raise all in for about 6,500 and was called by 
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, and he moved all in for 25,000 into a pot of around 6,000. The first player folded, then Standridge tank-called all-in for 21,675.
for an open-ended straight draw, and Standridge was ahead with 
on the river gave Laak a meaningless pair of eights, and he was reduced to 4,700 chips.
, and he tossed out 3,200. Tran check-raised to 9,200, Swanson quickly called, and the turn was the 
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against 
on a 
flop. 
on the turn and doubled
and Simic led out, Mercier raised and Simic called. On the turn a blank hit and Simic put Mercier, who started the hand with around 22,000 chips, all in. Mercier called all in with 
flop with ten-nine suited. The former $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. runner up did not catch any card to help his chances on the turn or river and he hit the rail in the third level of play.
and couldn't outdraw Antonio Venneri's 
