2014 World Series of Poker

Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
$514,027
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,816,100
Entries
2,086
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Hand #47: Mustapha Kanit Eliminated in 5th Place ($117,079)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit
Mustapha Kanit

Hand #47: John Hennigan opened to 80,000 and [Removed:480] made the call from the button. Mustapha Kanit pushed all in for 740,000 from the small blind and Hennigan folded. Divkovic thought for a couple minutes before eventually making the call.

Divkovic: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

Kanit: {a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{a-Hearts} and Divkovic's kicker would play and eliminate Kanit.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:480]
3,500,000
1,185,000
1,185,000
Profile photo of Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Busted
Winamax

Tags: John HenniganMustapha Kanit

Hands #45-46: Fernandez Doubles

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #45: Ted Gillis raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Jacobo Fernandez called on the button. The flop came {2-Spades}{8-Clubs}{k-Clubs} and Gillis continued for 155,000. Fernandez made the call and the dealer delivered the {2-Diamonds}. Gillis checked and Fernandez pushed all in for for 435,000, which was good enough to win the pot.

Hand #46: Gillis raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Jacobo Fernandez called from the cutoff. Mustapha Kanit also called in the big blind and the flop came {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. Kanit checked and Gillis bet 350,000. Fernandez pushed all in and Kanit got out of the way. Gillis made the call and flipped over {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} to Fernandez' flush draw and gutshot with {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. The turn was the {10-Spades} and the river was the {7-Hearts}, completing the flush and giving Fernandez the double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Jacobo Fernandez
1,880,000
1,210,000
1,210,000
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Ted Gillis
550,000
-1,210,000
-1,210,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jacobo FernandezMustapha KanitTed Gillis

Hands #40-44

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #40: Mustapha Kanit opened to 80,000 and [Removed:480] made the call from the big blind. The flop was the {j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Divkovic checked. Kanit bet 90,000 and Divkovic called. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and Divkovic again checked. Kanit bet 165,000 and Divkovic called.

The river was the {5-Spades} and both players checked. Kanit tabled {j-Spades}{7-Spades} for two pair and Divkovic mucked.

Hand #41: Ted Gillis raised to 85,000 from under the gun and everyone folded.

Hand #42: John Hennigan raised to 80,000 and [Removed:480] three-bet to 175,000 and Hennigan called. The flop was the {10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Hennigan checked. Divkovic bet 155,000 and Hennigan called. The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and Hennigan again checked. Divkovic bet 335,000 and Hennigan folded.

Hand #43: Mustapha Kanit raised to 80,000 from the button and Ted Gillis three-bet to 255,000 from the small blind. Kanit Folded.

Hand #44: Mustapha Kanit opened to 80,000 and John Hennigan called from the big blind. The flop was {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Hennigan checked. Kanit bet 80,000 and Hennigan called. The turn was the {k-Diamonds} and again Hennigan checked. Kanit bet 140,000 and Hennigan made the call. The river was the {2-Clubs} and both players checked.

Hennigan showed the {a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for a pair and Kanit mucked.

Tags: John HenniganMustapha KanitTed Gillis

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

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Tags: Greg MersonJason SomervillePokerNews Podcast

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
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Jaime Kaplan Eliminated in 6th Place ($86,609)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Jaime Kaplan - 6th place
Jaime Kaplan - 6th place

Hand #38: Jaime Kaplan pushed all in from the cutoff when action folded to him. Jacobo Fernandez found a hand he could call with and we had another race.

Kaplan: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}
Fernandez: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and Fernandez made a straight to end Kaplan's run in this tournament. He was eliminated in sixth place and earned $86,609.

Hand #39: Mustapha Kanit raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and John Hennigan called to go to a flop of {6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Both players checked and the turn card was the {k-Spades}. Hennigan check-called Kanit's bet of 80,000 and the dealer burned and brought out the {3-Clubs} on the river. Hennigan check-called again; this time Kanit's bet was 210,000. Hennigan showed {5-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and Kanit mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Jacobo Fernandez
670,000
-205,000
-205,000
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Jaime Kaplan
Busted

Tags: Jacobo FernandezJaime KaplanJohn HenniganMustapha Kanit

Hands #32-37

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #32: [Removed:480] raised to 80,000 and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #33: Divkovic raised to 80,000 and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #34: Mustapha Kanit raised to 80,000 and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #35: Kanit opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Ted Gillis three-bet to 275,000. The action folded back around to Mustapha and he called. The flop was the {k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Kanit checked. Gillis moved all in and Kanit folded.

Hand #36: Jacobo Fernandez raised to 80,000 and John Hennigan made the call. The flop was the {5-Clubs}{a-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Fernandez checked. Hennigan bet 80,000 and Fernandez raised to 205,000. Hennigan reraised all in and Fernandez folded.

Hand #37: Hennigan raised to 80,000 and took the blinds and antes.

Tags: Jacobo FernandezJohn HenniganMustapha KanitTed Gillis

Hiren "Sunny" Patel Eliminated in 7th Place ($64,911)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Hiren Patel - 7th place
Hiren Patel - 7th place

Hand #31: Hiren Patel pushed all in from the hijack seat for 665,000 and [Removed:480] quickly made the call in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and we had a race to sweat.

Patel: {6-Clubs}{6-Spades}
Divkovic: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The flop gave Divkovic plenty of outs when it came {9-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. The turn {j-Spades} changed nothing, but the {j-Hearts} on the river gave Divkovic the flush, eliminating Patel in seventh place in this tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:480]
2,315,000
155,000
155,000
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Hiren Patel
Busted

Tags: Hiren Patel

Hands #26-30

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #26: [Removed:480] raised to 80,000 and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #27: Mustapha Kanit opened to 80,000 and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #28: Ted Gillis raised to 80,000 and Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 200,000. Action folded back to Gillis who also folded.

Hand #29: Jacobo Fernandez raised to 80,000 and John Hennigan three-bet to 185,000. Action folded back to Fernandez and he folded as well.

Hand #30: Action folded around to Jaime Kaplan in the small blind and he moved all in for 305,000 and Kanit thought for a moment before folding from the big blind.

Tags: Jacobo FernandezJaime KaplanJohn HenniganMustapha KanitTed Gillis

Hands #22-25: Hennigan Applies Pressure

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #22: Mustapha Kanit raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Ted Gillis three-bet to 160,000 in middle position. John Hennigan four-bet to 350,000 and won the pot when everyone folded.

Hand #23: Gillis raised to 80,000 from under the gun and everyone folded.

Hand #24: Hiren Patel pushed all in from the hijack seat and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #24: Hennigan raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Divkovic three-bet to 205,000 from the hijack. Hennigan then four-bet to 480,000 and Devkovic went in the tank. After a couple of minutes, Hennigan called the clock and Devkovic's hand was mucked when he timed out on the clock.

Tags: Hiren PatelJohn HenniganMustapha KanitTed Gillis