Eric Cloutier is being very loquacious at one of the secondary feature tables where Ryan Riess is looking to defend his title. As our reporter came over to Riess to grab his chip count, Cloutier joked, "Why you talking to him? Who's that guy?" and then referenced his stack, which was the largest at the table at 225,000 in chips.
Riess laughed, and the dealer nodded over to the banner that hung about 50 yards away bearing Riess' winner photo from last year's Main Event.
"Oh, he's that guy," said Cloutier, a sly grin coming over his face.
Picking up the action after the river of a board with about 40,000 in the middle, Nabih Zaczac bet effectively 45,000-ish. His opponent called all in after about 30 seconds and Zaczac tabled for a rivered set. His opponent shrugged and showed his defeated before making his exit.
Anton Makiievskyi opened for 2,000 and Maria Mayrinck defended her big blind. Just as the flop was being dealt Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger arrived at their table with his chips in a rack and took a seat to her right. Mayrink gave a cry-mock dismay and asked her friend, “Don’t you have another village to terrorize?”
Luckychewy replied that he was just there to spread the love as the dealer spread the flop of . Mayrinck check-folded to a bet, telling Makiievskyi that she played honestly and would only play back at him if she had something.
After eight hours of poker, there is no sign of Mayrinck slowing up on her determination to make her table the fun table. It would be unwise to bring a serious demeanor to table and Lichtenberger certainly won’t do that.
From early position, Maxx Coleman bet into a few opponent's after a flop and only the small blind called. After unknown turn action following the falling, Coleman's opponent bet 11,100 on the river. Coleman called, and his opponent showed for trips. Coleman's for the nut flush was the winner, though.
Level 9 of Day 2a/b of the 2014 World Series of Poker has come to a close! Players are currently taking their final 20-minute break of the evening. When they return from this break, they will play one more two-hour level before bagging and tagging for the evening
Joe Kuether continued his domination this level, working his chip stack above the 400k mark. Our Live Reporting team caught up to find Kuether scoop a sizable pot with a flush to bring his stack to this point. Other big stacks heading into the break belong to Curtis Rystadt, Munir Shahin and start-of-day chip leader Martin Jacobson. Jacobson crossed the 300,000 mark roughly halfway through the level after hitting two pair with king-jack.
Annette Obrestad took a particularly gross beat just after the dinner break, getting her money in with a flopped straight against David Farber. Farber hit running cards to make a full house and sent Obrestad packing.
Other eliminations during this level include: David Gorr, Brian Meinders, Aaron Johnson, and David Sklansky.
While on break, be sure to check out our interview with current 2014 WSOP Player of the Year leader Brandon Shack-Harris who was eliminated from play earlier today:
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board with about 40,000 in the middle, Nabih Zaczac bet effectively 45,000-ish. His opponent called all in after about 30 seconds and Zaczac tabled 
for a rivered set. His opponent shrugged and showed his defeated 
before making his exit.
against a player's 
and he managed to get value on all three streets.
. Mayrinck check-folded to a bet, telling Makiievskyi that she played honestly and would only play back at him if she had something.
flop and only the small blind called. After unknown turn action following the 
for trips. Coleman's 
