WSOP Event #14: Veldhuis Aims For The Final Table

The $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six-handed event attracted 367 players and only 98 secured their seats for Day 2. The total prize pool is $844,000 with 36 spots getting paid and the first place being awarded $223,697.

Amongst others, Barry Greenstein, Andy Bloch, Michael Mizrachi, Jean-Robert Bellande, Ylon Schwartz, Chau Giang, Jennifer Harman, Alex Veldhuis and Vanessa Rousso were also seen lurking from their seats in hopes of reaching the final table.

As if playing for shiny chips wasn't enough, the players at one of the tables agreed that anyone who gets aces and wins with them, also gets $100 from each person. Ronnie Bardah was crippled to just 2,000 chips but he patiently worked his way up and at one point, he picked two black aces and won a huge pot which got him up to over 14,000. Besides the chips, he also took a few hundred dollar bills to make his victory complete. While Bardah and his table seemed to be having fun, Vanessa Rousso (pictured left) was having some troubles with kings. On a flop of , Rousso was check-called by her opponent. The turn came , her opponent bet and she called.

The river brought , her opponent bet and Rousso quickly called. Her opponent revealed and Rousso exclaimed, "Ahh, why do you always have it! (referring to the king)" and she mucked her cards, dropping down to just 3,000 chips.

John Juanda didn't have a much better day either. He was seen dropping dangerously slow during the last stages of play. In the key hand, John Juanda raised pre-flop with one player joining him to the flop. The flop came , Juanda check-raised his opponent who then replied with a three-bet and Juanda called.

The turn brought and both players checked. The river came , Juanda bet and his opponent called. Juanda turned over but it wasn't good enough, as his opponent revealed . With this hand lost, Juanda dropped down to 8,000 and couldn't find the strength for a comeback, packing his bags before the day ended.

While Day 1 of the Event #14 was running at full speed, Team PokerStrategy.com members began to prepare for their next challenge, the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament. Hopefully, they will have more success there.

Here are the top 10 stacks after Day 1 of the Event #14:

World Series Of Poker Event #14 Standings
Rank	Name	Chips
1st	Jordan Cairns	76,600
2nd	Von Altizer	66,400
3rd	Franklin Kline Jr.	65,800
4th	Alexander Veldhuis	65,200
5th	Lennart Knost	60,500
6th	Robert Como	59,500
7th	Aaron Steury	58,400
8th	Eric Buchman	54,600
9th	Ernest Shakaryan	52,400
10th	Nikolay Losev	51,600

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