Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,519,200
Entries
1,688
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
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Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #57: Paul Cogliano limped the small blind and Will Givens checked his option. The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
, Cogliano bet 31,000 and Givens called. The river was the 
and Cogliano bet 84,000. Givens called. Cogliano showed 
and took the pot.
Hand #58: Dutch Boyd got a walk
Hand #59: Steven Norden got a walk.
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #54: Paul Cogliano raised to 48,000 from the button and folded after Boyd raised to 144,000 from the big blind.
Hand #55: WIll Givens limped from the button, Boyd folded the small blind and Steven Norden checked his option from the big blind. Both players checked down the 
board until the river.
Norden checked for a third time, Givens bet 100,000 and his value-bet with 
was paid off by Norden, who ended up mucking his cards.
Hand #56: The action was folded to Norden and he raised to 63,000 from the small blind. Cogliano made the call and we saw the 
flop. Norden was first to act and checked, Cogliano bet 42,000 and Norden check-raised all in to take down the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #49: Paul Cogliano and Will Givens went to a flop of 
. Cogliano bet 29,000 and Will Givens called. The turn was the 
. Cogliano checked and Givens bet 78,000. Cogliano folded.
Hand #50: Steven Norden raised to 50,000. Dutch Boyd called in the big blind and they saw a flop of . Boyd checked and Norden moved all in. Boyd got a count as he sipped his tea and looked tempted, but folded. βIt always feels wrong to fold,β he said with a grin.
Hand #51: Paul Cogliano raised and took it down.
Hand #52: Will Givens opened for 50,000 and Steven Norden in the small blind raised to 137,000. Givens folded.
Hand #53: Norden made it 50,000 on the button and Givens called to see a flop of 
. Givens checked and Norden bet 38,000. Givens then made it 82,000 and Norden called. The turn was the and Givens, first to act, bet 205,000. Norden laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
|
390,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #46: Dutch Boyd was the single big blind after the elimination of Pok Kim and Steven Norden limped from early position. Will Givens limped as well from the button and Boyd checked his option. On the 
flop, Boyd and Norden checked and Givens led for 55,000.
Only Norden called and moved all in after the 
turn. Givens quickly folded.
Hand #47: Boyd raised to 62,000 out of the small blind and claimed the big blind and antes.
Hand #48: Boyd raised to 48,000 from the button and Paul Cogliano defended his big blind. They checked down the 
board and Boyd won the pot with versus 
.
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #44: Will Givens received a walk as single big blind after the previous elimination.
Hand #45: Givens raised to 52,000 from the small blind and Pok Kim defended her big blind. Both checked the 
flop and Givens then bet 52,000 on the turn. Kim moved all in and Givens called immediately.
Givens: 
Kim:
The gutshot and open-ended straight draw for Kim, but the river was no help and she has been eliminated in 5th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
496,000
|
496,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #42: Pok Kim moved all in and she took it down.
Hand #43: Paul Cogliano moved all in from the small blind and Christopher Sensoli made the call. It was Sensoli who was at risk.
Sensoli:
Cogliano: 
The board ran out and Coglianoβs straight finished off Sensoliβs tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,410,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Will Givens began Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Holdβem as the chip leader and while he has given just a few chips back, he is still near the top. The event came into today with 10 players and it was just 40 minutes into play when the official final table was formed.
Givens has over $340,000 in live tournament winnings, with $144,765 of it coming from the Heartland Poker Tour win in 2009. We caught up with Givens as the players went to break to talk about being at his first final table, the time between his last big win and today and who he thinks his toughest opponent is.
PokerNews: How does it feel to be at your first WSOP final table?
Will Givens: This might seem like a pat answer, but when everyone says it is surreal, it really is surreal. I was sleeping last night and I woke up remembering that I was picturing this when I late regged the event. I played the $5K Six-Max a few days ago - which had a lot of tough players - and when you throw yourself in some shark tanks, then you become a shark. I was saying to myself, if I can get deep in this $1K - itβs on. I started building and itβs happening just like I pictured. You visualize it and it happens. Crazy.
It appears that you are having a lot of fun at the table with quite a bit of laughter. Is that part of your approach coming into today?
Today started kind of funny. First thing in the morning, I turned on my shower and brown water was coming out. All the water was brown in the room and the hotel didnβt know when it would be fixed. That meant I started my day with a cold shower and that sort of woke me up. So I got a late start. I came in late and decided I was going to sit back and just see what happens. I donβt have a stack where I have to make moves, I am going to see how things play themselves out and take it one step at a time.
Tell us about the last few days leading into the final table. Any key moments, any key hands?
Through out the last two days I have only been all in twice. On Day 1 I was all in on the turn with 
on 
[and] it was a weird dynamic with two other players. The guy with pocket eights called and had a set, but I rivered a spade. Then in the middle of Day 2, me and Steven [Norden] got it in with tens versus ace-king for a 100 [big blind] pot. I lost the flip there and I had to come back. Thatβs when I got it in three-way with jacks versus nines versus ace-five.
Besides that, it has been a cruise. It has been a big blur, everythingβs working and my reads have been right on; I am losing the min and winning the max. When you have that going for you, victory is in reach.
2009 was your last six-figure score. What would a win today mean?
It means Iβm back. It means everything.
Where did you go?
I was grinding. Any grinder that hits the pinnacle, then drops down and has to grind his way back up can understand how much this means. People doubt you and they say give it up.
Hello! Iβm back.
Who is your toughest opponent today?
Everyone seems pretty solid. Vinny [Pahuja] is pretty tough. Donβt disregard Stephen [Norden] or Dutch [Boyd]. Even Paul [Cogliano]. I donβt know what his hands have been and I canβt wait to look at the stream. I donβt know about Chris [Sensoli], I havenβt played much with him yet. Everyone is tough, I am not taking any player for granted.
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #41: Vinny Pahuja moved all in for 402,000 from the button and Dutch Boyd peeked at his cards. He made the call and Steven Norden folded from the big blind.
Pahuja: 
Boyd: 
There was no glimpse of help on the 
board for Pahuja and he settled for 7th place and a payday of $34,668.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
396,000
|
396,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #34: Paul Cogliano moves all in from the small blind and takes it down.
Hand #35: Cogliano opens for 48,000 on the button and takes the blinds and antes.
Hand #36: Christopher Sensoli moved all in and now he took the antes and blinds.
Hand #38: Sensoli moved all in again and took another pot.
Hand #40: Cogliano opened for 48,000 and won the pot.