The 2014 WSOP Thread. tikay wins a bracelet, the rest is secondary

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Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low

Players Left 208
Entries    470


Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Dan Shak    52,000
2    James Hoeppner    41,000
3    David Tarbet    35,000
4    Joe Tehan    35,000
5    Michael Moed    32,000
6    Owais Ahmed    29,000
7    Vanessa Selbst    28,000
8    Andrew Barber    26,100
9    Edison Shields    26,000
10    Adam Friedman    24,000

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Victoria Coren on skipping the WSOP

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/team_pokerstars_blogs/vicky_coren/2014/on-skipping-the-wsop-149025.shtml

Quite a few of the UK festival/circuit regs missing Vegas this year

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Calvin Anderson finishes Day 1 of the 5K Six Max with a top 10 chip count after final tabling the 10K HORSE earlier today.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/13624%5CEV24-Day-2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

16 Richard Kellett Chorley, , EE 118,300
26 Martins Adeniya LONDON, , GB 94,100
113 Zimnan Ziyard EASTBOURNE, , GB 24,100

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Tom Schneider has a big stack in Event 25 at the end of Day 1.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/13625%5CEV25-Day-2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

14 David Tarbet United Kingdom, , GB 46,400
27 John Kabbaj BUSHEY, GB 36,200
28 Iaren Lightbourne GB 35,500
127 Robert Price CORNWELL, , GB 8,600

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After the first two weeks of the 2014 World Series of Poker, Justin Bonomo is out to an early lead in the Player of the Year standings. Bonomo reached his eighth career final WSOP final table last week and finally claimed his first WSOP bracelet, removing his name from the list of the best players without poker's most prestigious piece of hardware.

Bonomo is followed closely in the standings by Brandon Shack-Harris, a cash game player who virtually came out of nowhere to win a bracelet of his own. Shack-Harris won the largest pot-limit Omaha event in Event #3, and followed that up with a runner-up finish in the $10,000 Razz Championship event.

Sitting third in the POY standings through 20 events is George Danzer, who defeated Shack-Harris heads-up in the Razz Championship on Sunday. It was also the first bracelet for Danzer, wideley considered one of the top mixed-games minds in the game.

Rounding out the top five through the first two weeks of the series are Brock Parker and Jonathan Dimmig. Parker picked up his third career bracelet in Event #10, and Dimmig collected the first seven-figure score of the 2014 WSOP with his victory in the Millionaire Maker.

WSOP PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP 10 (through 20 events)
Place   Player   Points
1   Justin Bonomo   399.00
2   Brandon Shack-Harris   389.00
3   George Danzer   372.60
4   John Brock Parker   349.50
5   Jonathan Dimmig   300.00
5   Vanessa Selbst   300.00
7   Paul Volpe   272.25
8   Tuan Le   270.00
9   Kyle Cartwright   251.50
10   Jeffrey Smith   230.00

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Event #24: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em

Players Left 17
Entries    541

347   1   Kory Kilpatrick   USA   250,000
347   2   Mustapha Kanit   Italy   250,000
347   3   Bryn Kenney   USA   740,000
347   4   Matt Jarvis   Canada   850,000
347   5   Andrea Dato   Italy   505,000
347   6   Griffin Benger   Canada   265,000
                
353   1   Amanda Musumeci   USA   145,000
353   2   David Borrat   France   545,000
353   3   Byron Kaverman   USA   520,000
353   4   Pierre Neuville   Belgium   605,000
353   5   Pratyush Buddiga    USA   270,000
353   6   Greg Merson   USA   295,000
                
359   1   Fabrice Touil   France   335,000
359   2   Andrew Lichtenberger   USA   565,000
359   3   Jay Dragland   Canada   125,000
359   4   Mark Darner   USA   535,000
359   5   Kevin Eyster   USA   460,000
359   6   Jeremy Kottler   USA   347,000

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Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low

Players Left 25
Entries    470

444   1   Christopher McHugh
444   2   Terrence Hastoo
444   3   Fu Wong
444   4   Cameron Tahmasebi
444   5   Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
444   6   Chris Reslock
444   7   Jeet Shetty
444   8   Mike Matusow
        
445   1   Matt Lefkowitz
445   2   Mike Leah
445   3   Robert Mizrachi
445   4   Matt Glantz
445   5   Tyson Marks
445   6   Tom Schneider
445   7   Konstantin Puchkov
445   8   Andrey Zhigalov
        
440   1   Thomas Keller
440   2   Erik Seidel
440   3   Owais Ahmed
440   4   Michael Roeseler
440   5   Raymond Bonavida
440   6   Jan Erik Sorensen
440   7   John Kabbaj
440   8   Joe Tehan


Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Andrey Zhigalov    340,000
2    Tyson Marks    280,000
3    Erik Seidel    265,000
4    Terrence Hastoo    205,000
5    Robert Mizrachi    200,000
6    Fu Wong    190,000
7    John Kabbaj    190,000
8    Thomas Keller    185,000
9    Joe Tehan    180,000
10    Mike Matusow    170,000

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Event #26: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Players Left 216
Entries    1594


Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Ryan Welch    89,000
2    Vanessa Kade    81,000
3    Chris Symesko    73,600
4    Mark Dube    73,000
5    Ami Barer    68,000
6    Scott Clements    64,000
7    Geremy Eiland    62,400
8    Max Silver    62,000
9    Hector Quiroz    61,000
10    Dan Smith    58,000

full uk list at the close of play when the pdf comes through

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Greg Merson and Andrew Lichtenberger (luckychewy) will return for Day 3 of the 5K Six Max. Full Chip Counts

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/13624%5CEV24-Day-3-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

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phi hellmuth survives Day 1 of Event 26 and is in pursuit of a record extending 14th bracelet. Day 2 Chip Counts:

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/13626%5CEV26-Day-2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

13 Tom Alner BRISTOL, , GB 85,300
18 Max Silver LONDON, GB 80,100
32 Adam Wilkinson GB 61,300
42 Mike Ellis LONDON, GB 54,900
58 Karim Jomeen LONDON, GB 46,900
85 Matthew Davenport Cheshire, GB, GB 33,500
148 Steven Watts London, , GB 15,100

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Eight time bracelet winner, Erik Seidel, leads Event 25 - Omaha/Stud 8 with 18 players remaining

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/13625%5CEV25-Day-3-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

John Kabbaj 3 of 18 overnight

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phi hellmuth survives Day 1 of Event 26 and is in pursuit of a record extending 14th bracelet. Day 2 Chip Counts:

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/13626%5CEV26-Day-2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

13 Tom Alner BRISTOL, , GB 85,300
18 Max Silver LONDON, GB 80,100
32 Adam Wilkinson GB 61,300
42 Mike Ellis LONDON, GB 54,900
58 Karim Jomeen LONDON, GB 46,900
85 Matthew Davenport Cheshire, GB, GB 33,500
148 Steven Watts London, , GB 15,100

71,700 for Danny Laming too - always put him down as a Swiss player for some reason.

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The 2014 World Series of Poker Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low began with 470 players, but after 28 levels of play it was England’s John Kabbaj that emerged as the last man standing.

Kabbaj, who won the 2009 WSOP Event #45 $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em for $633,335, captured his second gold bracelet and a $267,327 first-place prize.



This is the UK's first 2014 bracelet, and takes Jhn to over $2.9m in career earnings

Many congratulations

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Event #24: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em


Top Chip Counts
Name    Chips
1    Pierre Neuville    3,970,000
2    Kevin Eyster    2,790,000
3    Andrew Lichtenberger    1,360,000

4    Bryn Kenney    US    160,927
5    Jeremy Kottler    US    109,844
6    David Borrat    FR    77,145
7    Mustapha Kanit    IT    55,710
8    Fabrice Touil    FR    55,710
9    Matt Jarvis           41,344

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Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low

Place   Player   Prize
1st   John Kabbaj   $267,327
2nd   Thomas Keller   $165,177
3rd   Christopher McHugh   $105,000
4th   Terrence Hastoo   $75,713
5th   Joe Tehan   $55,451
6th   Erik Seidel   $41,230
7th   Mike Leah   $31,115
8th   Tom Schneider   $23,833