Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Completed
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$10,768,950
Entries
7,977
Level
37
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Stephen Graner will bring 12,005,000, about a third of the chips in play, to tomorrow's final table of Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em. That puts him more than 7 million clear of his nearest competitor, James Duke.
The Henderson, Nev., native has already gotten 2014 off to a nice start, scoring his biggest ever cash of $65,840 in February, but with such a massive chip lead, he has his sights set squarely on the $1,319,587 first-place prize. Everyone returning tomorrow is already assured of scoring $128,150.
The most accomplished tournament players coming back tomorrow are in third and seventh, respectively. Englishman Andrew Teng ($700,000 in live cashes) brings 4,375,000, while Florida's Maurice Hawkins ($1.1 million) bagged just under 2 million.
Plenty of well-known players brought stacks into Day 2, but most fell by the wayside relatively early on. Among those falling today: Chris Klodnicki, Matt Salsberg, Amir Lehavot, Athanasios Polychronopolous, James Mackey, Andrew "BalugaWhale" Seidman, John Racener, Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler, Chris DeMaci, and Greg "FBT" Mueller.
Tomorrow's final table will convene at 1 p.m. and play down to a winner. Be sure to tune back in to PokerNews for the crowning of the next poker millionaire, who will have conquered a massive field to claim the bracelet.
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,005,000
1,705,000
|
1,705,000 |
|
4,645,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
4,375,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
4,185,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
|
3,850,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
||
|
2,870,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,960,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
1,660,000
810,000
|
810,000 |
|
1,245,000
-935,000
|
-935,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Jonathan Dimmig opened from early position to 120,000 and Bradley Anderson called from the button. Michael Stembera moved all in from the big blind for 685,000 total. Dimmig got out of the way and with the pressure on and the chance to get to the official final table, Anderson ultimately made the call. It looked like a bad call when the hands were turned over:
Anderson 
Stembera 
That all changed when the dealer fanned a flop of 
giving Anderson middle pair. The turn was the 
giving Stembera a ton of outs to survive. Any ace, ten, or club would give him the winning hand and double up.
It was not to be though as the river was the 
. The players are now bagging and tagging for the night. We'll have the official chip counts shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Action folded to Jeffrey Coburn, who shoved all in for 380,000 on the button. Maurice Hawkins rubbed his hands together, checked his cards, and announced a call. The big blind folded.
Hawkins: 
Coburn: 
"Jack!" Hawkins yelled.
The dealer fanned a flop of 
, delivering Hawkins the jack and leaving Coburn in need of runner-runner.
"It's over!" someone yelled.
Not quite, as the hit the turn, giving Coburn a flush draw.
"Red card!" Hawkins yelled, standing on his chair. "Red card!"
Instead, the 
landed, and Coburn had his unlikely double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000
-680,000
|
-680,000 |
|
|
850,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Jeffrey Coburn raised 190,000 under the gun and Maurice Hawkins three-bet to 440,000 in the seat on his left. Coburn called and the flop came 
. Coburn checked and Hawkins bet 500,000. Coburn pushed all in and Hawkins snap-called, turning over 
to Coburn's 
. The turn and river were blanks, 
, and Coburn was left short while Hawkins chipped up significantly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,680,000
1,280,000
|
1,280,000 |
|
|
500,000
-1,500,000
|
-1,500,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Bradley Anderson opened for 130,000 and was called by James Duke and Jonathan Dimmig. The flop came 
and Dimmig checked. Anderson bet 355,00 and Duke moved all in. Dimmig folded and after a few seconds to decide what to do, Anderson announced a call and turned over 
for top pair. Duke proudly turned over his hand 
and the 
gave him a near lock on the hand as only a ten would lead to a split pot and any other card would be a win for Duke. The river was the 
and Anderson said "nice hand" to Duke who thanked him as he secured a timely double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,800,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
-2,300,000
|
-2,300,000 |
|
|
||
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Jonathan Dimmig opened for 120,000 in early position, and Andrew Dick repopped to 320,000 in the hijack. Stephen Graner woke up with a cold four-bet to 675,000 on the button. Dimmig ducked out, but Dick decided to play. Both players checked the 
flop, and Dick came out betting with 350,000 on the turn. Graner called, and he saw his opponent bet another 500,000 on the river. Graner slid out three stacks of green T25,000 chips with a few extras on top to boot: 1.65 million.
"Queens full of sixes?" Dick asked, folding without much thought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,300,000
2,350,000
|
2,350,000 |
|
|
4,475,000
-1,525,000
|
-1,525,000 |
Level 28
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
On a flop of 
, Jason Johnson bet 100,000 and Maurice Hawkins called. The turn brought checks from both players, and the on the river convinced Johnson to bet 500,000. Hawkins called and mucked after Johnson showed 
for a flopped set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,180,000
930,000
|
930,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |