WSOP Employees Play Final Table, Mixed Max Thins Field, PLO Sets Record

WSOP Casino Employees Vie for Victory

Event 1 of the 2014 WSOP was in its second day on May 28. The first day drew in 876 players for a $394,200 prize pool to pay the top 90 players. The money bubble burst in the late evening, and only 51 players remained at the end of the night. Corey Emery was the chip leader.

Day 2 played down toward the final table, at which point Emery eliminated Cameron Tullis in tenth place for $4,888. The final table was then set as follows:

Seat 1: Kevin Chiem (192,000)

Seat 2: John Taylor (387,000)

Seat 3: Olivier Doremus (110,000)

Seat 4: Marcin Sobczak (373,000)

Seat 5: Charles Nguyen (296,000)

Seat 6: Roland Reparejo (351,000)

Seat 7: Corey Emery (500,000)

Seat 8: David Luttbeg (213,000)

Seat 9: Brian Wong (212,000)

WSOP $25K Mixed Max Goes Six-Handed

Event 2 was a $25K buy-in Mixed Max NLHE tournament, which started nine-handed. The field grew to 131 players, pushing the prize pool to $3,111,250 to pay the top 16. Only 60 players made it through Day 1, and Vanessa Selbst was ahead of the pack.

Day 2 reduced the field significantly, as only 20 players remained at the dinner break. The top five of them were as follows:

Calvin Anderson (1,009,000)

Vanessa Selbst (1,005,000)

Jason Mo (944,000)

Al Decarolis (887,000)

Ryan Fee (807,000)

First $1K PLO Begins

The World Series started offering $1K NLHE tournaments several years prior, but more players indicated an interest in a $1K PLO. So, this year, Event 3 delivered just that.

When registration closed, it set a new record for the largest non-Hold’em tournament in history with 1,128 players. The prize pool was set at $1,015,200, which would pay out the top 117 players and reserve more than $205K for the winner.

By the dinner break, little more than 200 players remained and Steve Billirakis was among the chip leaders.