2014 World Series of Poker
Down to his last 14,200 chips, a short-stacked Philip Long got them in holding ![]()
against an opponent with a little more than 16,000 behind. His opponent held ![]()
and was in great shape to score the knockout and almost double up. A miracle would intervene as the eight hit the flop to save Long’s tournament, allowing him to earn slightly more than his original stack when he took his seat on Day 1a.
We arrived at the table in time to find Ashton Griffin and an opponent looking down at a completed board of ![]()
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. With about 13,000 already in the middle, Griffin checked over to his opponent who fired 7,000.
Griffin was in the tank for a moment before coming over the top with a raise to 15,500. Griffin's opponent wasted little time tossing forward a call, prompting Griffin to roll over ![]()
for two pair. It was no good, however, as Griffin's opponent rolled over ![]()
for a flopped set of nines. Griffin watched as the pot was pushed to his opponent and he now has about 44,000 in chips.
When we arrived at the table, Sharman Olshan had 2,400 sitting in front of her in middle position, and Dario Sammartino had a raise of 6,700 in front of him in the small blind. Olshan tossed in the additional 4,300 needed to make the call, and the two took a flop of ![]()
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Sammartino led out for 7,400, Olshan called, and the turn was the
. The Italian fired out another bet - this one worth 14,400 - and Olshan thought better of it, folding.
In a pot that looked to be bloated by multiple raises preflop, Ryan Tepen bet 7,000 from the button after ![]()
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flopped. Michael Gathy called from middle position before checking the
turn, seeing Tepen check back. Gathy came out firing with 11,625 on the
river, and Tepen thought for a bit before folding.
Gathy has already snagged two bracelets in his brief career, and adds a few more chips here after collecting another pot.
With little to cheers about in the first level of the day, Susie Isaacs is quietly exuberant having been dealt ![]()
and then flopping a set with ![]()
to increase her stack to over 60,000 just after play resumed.