WSOP Update, ONE DROP Nears Money

In the last 24 hours, a few things have happened at the 2014 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Let’s catch up, shall we?

WSOP Event 51: Down to Two

The $1,500 Monster Stack NLHE event was a five-day affair, starting with 7,862 players and a $10,613,700 prize pool.

By Day 5, only nine players remained to start the final table. By the late-evening dinner break, Sean Drake had busted in third place for $619,521 and only two players remained. The day’s original chip leader Hugo Pingray had 33.6 million chips and trailed Joseph McKeehen with 84.2 million chips.

WSOP Event 54: Langmann Wins

The $3K PLO Hi/Low Split-8 event brought 474 players to the tables to create a $1,294,020 prize pool.

Day 3 reduced the field to nine and played on, as Florian Langmann took his original final table chip lead to the winner’s circle for a WSOP gold bracelet.

1^st place: Florian Langmann ($297,650)

2^nd place: Zach Freeman ($184,216)

3^rd place: Dylan Wilkerson ($122,427)

4^th place: Doug Baughman ($90,853)

5^th place: TJ Eisenman ($68,181)

6^th place: Antony Lellouche ($51,670)

7^th place: Woody Deck ($39,506)

8^th place: Jonathan Depa ($30,448)

9^th place: Shiva Dudani ($23,641)

WSOP Event 55: Money for Moshe

One of the latest $1,500 NLHE events played out with 2,396 players who started and a $3,234,600 prize pool.

The third and final day started with 17 players and eliminated several people in the afternoon. Ultimately, the tenth place elimination of Georgios Kapalas set the final table with original chip leader David Jackson holding a substantial lead over the other eight.

Jackson suffered midway through the action, however, while Asi Moshe soared. After Aaron Massey took third place, Moshe and Michael Ferrer tangled a bit but one big hand won it all for Moshe.

1^st place: Asi Moshe ($582,321)

2^nd place: Michael Ferrer ($361,207)

3^rd place: Aaron Massey ($255,209)

4^th place: David Jackson ($183,498)

5^th place: Bobby Poe ($133,686)

6^th place: Henrik Hecklen ($98,687)

7^th place: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin ($73,781)

8^th place: Timothy West ($55,681)

9^th place: Brian Kennedy ($42,826)

WSOP Event 56: Thinning the Field

The latest of the $1K NLHE tournaments drew 2,525 players and a $2,272,500 prize pool. Day 1 moved fast and started payouts for the top 270 finishers before the night ended.

Day 2 brought 206 players back and decreased that number a great deal. Players like Alexandre Gomes, Perry Friedman, Loni Harwood, and Sean Getzwiller exited late in the evening. With just 31 players remaining, Matt Salsberg had the chip lead.

WSOP Event 57: ONE DROP Nears Final

The $1 million buy-in Big One for ONE DROP tournament drew a total of 42 players for a $37,333,338 prize pool, down quite a bit from the 48 players who entered in 2012.

Day 2 brought back 31 players and lost most of them throughout the afternoon and early evening. Some of the departures included Jean-Robert Bellande, Guy Laliberte, Greg Merson, Erik Seidel, Erick Lindgren, and Sam Trickett.

Only eight players were to be paid, and play tightened significantly with 14 remaining near midnight. Tom Hall had the chip lead then, with defending champion Antonio Esfandiari close behind.

WSOP Event 58: Mixed Max Madness

The first of two events on Monday was the $1,500 NLHE Mixed Max, a tournament that started nine-handed, will go to six-handed on Day 2, and play heads-up on the final day. There were 1,475 players in action for a $1,991,250 prize pool. The top 162 players were to be paid with $405,428 up top.

WSOP Event 59: Late-Starting Omaha

The 4pm tournament on Monday was a $3K Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 tournament. The official numbers were released at midnight showing 457 players in the event and a $1,247,610 prize pool. The last 54 players standing would be paid, and the winner was set to receive $286,976.