Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:22 AM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche Wins Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Less than a month removed from a win in the 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship, Dominik Nitsche won his third WSOP gold bracelet, taking down Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em today.
The day began with 16 players and things moved rather quickly with David Lucchesi, Louis Campbell, Mickey Petersen, Dan Alspach, Eric Shanks, and Erwann Pecheux all busting before they moved 10-handed. Lance Harris then bubbled the official final table and Thayer Rasmussen took a hefty lead nine-handed with Nitsche third in chips.
Englishman David Burt soon ran his short stack and into Jeff Gross' aces to say goodbye ninth before Billy Horan took a nasty beat to bust eighth, running pocket aces into Dave D'Alesandro's own aces and cringing as D'Alesandro four-flushed.
D'Alesandro also busted Eric Milas seventh when his tens held against , again making a flush on the river.
Bob Bounahra then started to make a move, grabbing the chip lead without showdown. But it was Nitsche who busted Jeff Gross next, sending Gross home sixth when his queens held against big slick.
Five-handed play took a good couple of levels and the chips were traded around the table before Rasmussen became Nitsche's next victim, getting in with against Nitsche's and failing to improve. Zach Gruneberg also fell to the run-good powers of Nitsche, shoving and grimacing as Nitsche called with and got there yet again.
Nitsche would finally lose a hand three-handed, calling with after Bounahra moved in with and D'Alesandro re-shoved with . That hand bounced Bounahra and gave D'Alesandro the heads-up chip lead, but nothing would stop Nitsche tonight.
Through a 92-hand heads up battle, no matter how many times D'Alesandro ground away at Nitsche and had him all in for his tournament life, he managed to double up and stay alive.
Nitsche got almost even getting it in with against D'Alesandro's and holding.
Then suddenly in the 286th hand, Nitsche took control, getting it all in with against D'Alesandro's and finding a way to make a heart flush on the river. Crippled, D'Alesandro finally fell when he got it in with queen-high against Nitsche's king-high and was outdrawn again.
With that, Nitsche took home $335,659 and a WSOP gold bracelet, mercifully ending Event #21.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:46 PM Local Time
Dave D'Alesandro Eliminated in 2nd Place ($208,931)
Hand #271: Dominik Nitsche opened to 200,000 and took the pot.
Hand #272: Dave D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 and got called. Nitsche bet 250,000 on the river with the board reading , and D'Alesandro called and was shown .
Hand #273: Nitsche raised to 200,000 and won.
Hand #274: D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 and got called. D'Alesandro eventually won the checked-down pot with king high.
Hand #275: Nitsche raised to 200,000 on the button and won.
Hand #276: D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 then folded to a three-bet to 500,000.
Hand #277: D'Alesandro bet 200,000 on the board, and a hit. D'Alesandro bet 500,000, and Nitsche quickly called. The was a winner for D'Alesandro.
Hand #278: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #279: Nitsche raised to 200,000 and won the pot.
Hand #280: D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 and won.
Hand #281: Nitsche raised to 200,000 and folded to D'Alesandro's shove.
Hand #282: D'Alesandro shoved an won.
Hand #283: Nitsche limped, an D'Alesandro checked. D'Alesandro check-called 110,000 on the flop, and a led to two checks. A arrived, and D'Alesandro bet 225,000. That was enough to take the pot.
Hand #284: D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 and folded to a shove.
Hand #285: Nitsche raised to 200,000 and won.
Hand #286: The two got it all in preflop.
Nitsche:
D'Alesandro:
Nitsche made a flush on the board.
Hand #287: Nitsche raised on the button and won.
Hand #288: Nitsche called a raise and then took down the pot at showdown with top pair.
Hand #289: Nitsche raised to 200,000 on the button and took it down.
Hand #290: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #291: Nitsche shoved and won the pot.
Hand #292: D'Alesandro shoved all in on the button and was called.
D'Alesandro:
Nitsche:
Nitsche's preflop all in fortune continued as the flop came , leaving him fading just two outs. The turned, and the players got out of their chairs, clearly expecting the tournament to end. It did exactly that on the river.
Dave D'Alesandro | 0 | -3,100,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:37 PM Local Time
Hands #262-270
Hand #262: Dave D'Alesandro made it 200,000 and Dominik Nitsche called. The flop came and both players checked. The turn came the , Nitsche bet 250,000 and D'Alesandro let it go.
Hand #263: Dominik Nitsche bet 200,000 and Dave D'Alesandro called. The flop was and D'Alesandro check-called a 210,000 bet from Nitsche. The turn was the and after D'Alesandro bet 450,000 Nitsche folded.
Hand #264: Dave D'Alesandro bet 200,000 and won the pot.
Hand #265: Dominik Nitsche bet 200,000, Dave D'Alesandro moved all in and Nitsche folded.
Hand #266: Dave D'Alesandro bet 200,000, Dominik Nitsche called and they saw a flop of . D'Alesandro check-called 150,000, and the turn was the . D'Alesandro check-called 275,000 and the river came the . It checked down, D'Alesandro showed to take down the pot.
Hand #267: Dominik Nitsche made it 200,000, Dave D'Alesandro raised to 500,000and Nitsche folded.
Hand #268: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #269: Dominik Nitsche made it 200,000 and Dave D'Alesandro called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . D'Alesandro bet 200,000, Nitsche called and they chopped the pot both showing a queen.
Hand #270: Dave D'Alesandro bet 200,000, and Dominik Nitsche made the call. The flop was and after a check from Nitsche, D'Alesandro bet 225,000. Nitsche folded.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:15 PM Local Time
Nitsche Doubles Again
Hand #252: Dave D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 but folded to a shove from Dominik Nitsche.
Hand #253: D'Alesandro shoved from the big blind and took the pot.
Hand #254: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #255: D'Alesandro got a walk.
Hand #256: D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 and won.
Hand #257: D'Alesandro got a walk.
Hand #258: D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 and won.
Hand #259: Nitsche shoved all in and won.
Hand #260: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #261: Nitsche shoved on the button, and D'Alesandro got a count before calling for 1.5 million.
D'Alesandro:
Nitsche:
The board came , giving Nitsche another double.
Dave D'Alesandro | 3,100,000 | -900,000 |
Dominik Nitsche | 3,000,000 | 900,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:13 PM Local Time
Hands #247-251
Hand #247: Dominik Nitsche bet 160,000 and won the pot.
Hand #248: Dave D'Alesandro made it 160,000 and Dominik Nitsche made thecall. The flop was and both players checked. The turn brought the and they checked again to bring out the river. Nitsche bet 140,000 and D'Alesandro decided to fold.
Hand #249: Dominik Nitsche bet 160,000 and Dave D'Alesandro made the call. The flop came and D'Alesandro check-called a 165,000 Nitsche bet. The river was the and after D'Alesandro checked, Nitsche bet 350,000. He called and the river was checked by both. D'Alesandro turned over to take the pot.
Hand #250: Dave D'Alesandro bet 160,000 and took it down.
Hand #251: Dominik Nitsche bet 160,000 and Dave D'Alesandro made the call. The flop came and both players checked. They also checked the [10c turn, but when the river came down D'Alesandro bet 225,000 and took it down.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:59 PM Local Time
Nitsche Doubles After Fortunate Turn
Hand #237: Dominik Nitsche called the button before folding to Dave D'Alesandro's shove.
Hand #238: D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 and took the pot.
Hand #239: Nitsche called the button, then bet the flop when D'Alesandro checked to him. D'Alesandro folded.
Hand #240: D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 and was called. Nitsche check-called the flop and D'Alesandro bet 250,000 on the turn. The river brought the . Nitsche checked, and D'Alesandro's 400,000 forced a fold.
Hand #241: Nitsche limped and D'Alesandro checked. Both checked the board, and Nitsche's won.
Hand #242: D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 and took the pot.
Hand #243: Nitsche limped, and D'Alesandro checked. D'Alesandro checked the flop, and Nitsche bet 80,000. D'Alesandro raised to 180,000 and Nitsche called. The resulted in a 250,000 bet from D'Alesandro. Nitsche shoved and D'Alesandro called.
Nitsche's had been outflopped by , but the turn gave him an unbeatable hand.
Hand #244: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #245: Nitsche raised and won.
Hand #246: D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 and got called. D'Alesandro won with a bet on the flop.
Dave D'Alesandro | 4,000,000 | -500,000 |
Dominik Nitsche | 2,100,000 | 500,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:51 PM Local Time
Nitsche Times Two
Hands #234: Dave D'Alesandro moved all in from the button to win the pot.
Hand #235: Dominik Nitsche moved all in for 710,000 to win the pot.
Hand #236: D'Alesandro moved all in and Nitsche called. This time it was for D'Alesandro versus Nitsche's . Ace-high held on the board to give Nitsche the double.
Dave D'Alesandro | 4,500,000 | 2,400,000 |
Dominik Nitsche | 1,600,000 | -2,400,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:44 PM Local Time
D'Alesandro's Boat Gets Paid
Hand #222: The board was on the river, and Dominik Nitsche bet 200,000 and took the pot after the two players checked it down.
Hand #223: Nitsche raised to 160,000 and took the pot.
Hand #224: Dave D'Alesandro raised to 200,000 on the button, and Nitsche put in 500,000. D'Alesandro called to see a flop of . Nitsche bet 300,000, and D'Alesandro called. Nitsche checked the turn, and D'Alesandro checked behind. The completed the board, and Nitsche checked once more. D'Alesandro bet 800,000 and was quickly called. He showed for a flopped boat and took the pot.
Hand #225: Nitsche shoved from the button and took the pot.
Hand #226: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #227: D'Alesandro got a walk.
Hand #228: D'Alesandro shoved and won.
Hand #229: Nitsche shoved the button and won.
Hand #230: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #231: D'Alesandro got a walk.
Hand #232: D'Alesandro shoved and won.
Hand #233: D'Alesandro got a walk.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:39 PM Local Time
D'Alesandro Can't Clinch
Hands #220: Dominik Nitsche called a 160,000 open from Dave D'Alesandro and the flop came . Nitsche checked and D'Alesandro made it 100,000. Nitsche called and the turn brought the . Both players checked and the river was revealed. Nitsche checked and a 300,000 bet from D'Alesandro won the pot.
Hand #221: D'Alesandro was in the big blind when Nitsche pushed all in. D'Alesandro called and Nitsche was light, holding . D'Alesandro looked poised to win the tournament with . He even held through the flop and turn. But Nitsche paired up on the river to double.
Dominik Nitsche | 4,000,000 | 2,230,000 |
Dave D'Alesandro | 2,100,000 | -2,260,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:31 PM Local Time
Hands #210-219
Hand #210: Dave D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 and took the pot.
Hand #211: Dominik Nitsche limped in, and D'Alesandro checked. Nitsche won the pot with 80,000 on the flop.
Hand #212: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #213: Nitsche called, and D'Alesandro shoved. Nitsche folded.
Hand #214: D'Alesandro raised the button, and Nitsche called. Both players checked the flop, and an turned. Nitsche bet 180,000, and D'Alesandro folded.
Hand #215: Nitsche limped the button then folded to a bet on the flop.
Hand #216: D'Alesandro got a walk.
Hand #217: Nitsche limped, and D'Alesandro checked. On the river, the board was and D'Alesandro picked up the pot with a bet.
Hand #218: D'Alesandro moved all in on the button and took the pot.
Hand #219: Nitsche shoved all in and took the pot.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:24 PM Local Time
Hands #200-209
Hand #200: Dave D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 and Dominik Nitsche called. Nitsche called 175,000 on the flop, and he then bet 275,000 on the turn. D'Alesandro called, and the river was the . Nitsche checked, and D'Alesandro slid out 600,000. That was enough to take the pot.
Hand #201: D'Alesandro folded to a button raise.
Hand #202: D'Alesandro raised to 160,000 and got called. Nitsche check-folded on the flop.
Hand #203: Nitsche shoved preflop.
Hand #204: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #205: Nitsche called, and D'Alesandro moved all in. Nitsche folded.
Hand #206: Unknown action.
Hand #207: The two saw the flop of for the minimum. Nitsche bet 85,000 and took the pot.
Hand #208: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #209: D'Alesandro bet 80,000 on a flop, and Nitsche called. A hit the turn, and D'Alesandro bet 160,000, and Nitsche called to see the . D'Alesandro checked, and Nitsche bet 250,000. D'Alesandro folded.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:13 PM Local Time
Short Break
Play has resumed after a five-minute break.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:07 PM Local Time
Bob Bounahra Eliminated in 3rd Place ($145,229)
Hand #196: Dave D'Alesandro got a walk in the big blind
Hand #197: Bob Bounahra made it 180,000 and took it down.
Hand #198: Dominik Nitsche limped the small blind and Bounahra checked. Nitsche bet the flop and won the pot.
Hand #199: Nitsche made it 160,000, Bouhnara moved all in and D'Alesandro did the same. Nitsche made the call.
It was for Nitsche, for D'Alesandro and for Bounahra. The board ran out and Bounahra was eliminated.
D'Alesandro will now take a chip lead into heads-up play.
Dave D'Alesandro | 4,360,000 | 1,460,000 |
Dominik Nitsche | 1,770,000 | -230,000 |
Bob Bounahra | 0 | -1,500,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:56 PM Local Time
Level 29 started
Level: 29
Blinds: 40000/80000
Ante: 10000
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:56 PM Local Time
Hands #187-195
Hand #187: Dominik Nitsche raised to 120,000 on the button. Dave D'Alesandro reraised to 345,000 from the big blind. Nitsche elected to four-bet ship, and D'Alesandro let his hand go.
Hand #188: Bob Bounahra opened to 125,000 on the button, and D'Alesandro shoved from the small blind. He took down the pot.
Hand #189: D'Alesandro opened from the button and took down the pot.
Hand #190: Nitsche raised to 120,000 on the button. Bounahra decided 315,000 was more appropriate, and he took the pot.
Hand #191: D'Alesandro limped the small blind, and Nitsche checked his option. Both players checked the flop, and a turned. D'Alesandro folded to 60,000.
Hand #192: Nitsche limped the small blind, and Bounahra checked. Nitsche bet the flop and won the pot.
Hand #193: Nitsche opened to 120,000 before folding to a 300,000 three-bet from D'Alesandro.
Hand #194: D'Alesandro limped, and Nitsche checked. D'Alesandro checked the flop, and Nitsche bet 60,000. D'Alesandro called to see a turn. D'Alesandro check-called 130,000, and a fell. D'Alesandro checked a final time, and Nitsche bet 250,000. D'Alesandro called quicker this time, and his beat the of Nitsche.
Hand #195: D'Alesandro raised to 125,000 and was called by Nitsche in the small blind. Nitsche checked the flop, and he check-raised to 320,000 after D'Alesandro bet 135,000. D'Alesandro made it 540,000, and Nitsche pushed all in, taking down the pot.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:55 PM Local Time
Hands #178-186
Hand #178: Dave D'Alesandro got a walk.
Hand #179: Dominik Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #180: D'Alesandro made it 120,000 and Bob Bounahra called in the big blind. They both checked the flop and on the turn, Bounahra made it 150,000 and took it down.
Hand #181: Nitsche made it 120,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #182: Bounahra made it 125,000 and Nitsche defended his big blind with a call. The flop of was checked by both, as was the turn. Bounahra bet the river after a check and took it down.
Hand #183: Nitsche completed from the small blind and Bounahra checked. On the flop Nitsche bet 65,000 and Bounahra called. The turn brought a check from Nitsche and Bounahra accidentally dropped some chips in front of him. It was ruled a 60,000 bet that took it down.
Hand #184: Bounahra made it 125,000 from the small blind and D'Alesandro called. The flop brought a 160,000 bet from Bounahra that took the pot down.
Hand #185: D'Alesandro limped in from the small blind and Nitsche checked. The board brought a check from D'Alesandro and a 70,000-chip bet from Nitsche that won the pot.
Hand #186: Nitsche limped the small blind and Bounahra checked. They both checked the flop and the turn, but when the river fell, Nitsche bet 75,000. Bounahra called and mucked when he saw Nitsche turn over .
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:32 PM Local Time
Hands #164-177
Hand #164: Dominik Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #165: Dave D'Alesandro raised to 125,000 on the button and took the pot.
Hand #166: Nitsche raised to 120,000 on the button and took the pot.
Hand #167: Bob Bounahra raised to 130,000 on the button, and NItsche defended his big blind. Two checks followed the flop, and more checks followed the . A hit the river, and Nitsche check-folded to 180,000.
Hand #168: D'Alesandro raised on the button and won the pot.
Hand #169: Bounahra took down the pot with a bet on an unknown flop.
Hand #170: Nitsche got a walk.
Hand #171: Nitsche limped the small blind, and Bouhnara checked. Nitsche's flop bet won the flop.
Hand #172: Nitsche raised to 120,000 on the button and took the pot.
Hand #173: D'Alesandro limped the small blind, and Nitsche checked. On the flop, D'Alesandro bet 75,000 and took it down.
Hand #174: Unknown action.
Hand #175: Nitsche raised to 120,000 on the button, and D'Alesandro defended his big blind. Nitsche bet 140,000 on the flop, and D'Alesandro folded.
Hand #176: D'Alesandro limped in, and Nitsche checked. D'Alesandro bet 75,000 on the flop, and Nitsche called. Both players checked the , and a completed the board. D'Alesandro bet 155,000, and Nitsche raised to 350,000. D'Alesandro cut out two stacks of green T25,000 chips before ultimately folding.
Nitsche showed the .
Hand #177: Nitsche limped the small blind, and Bounahra checked. Nitsche bet 75,000 on the flop, and Bounahra called. Both players checked the , and Nitsche checked the before folding to 215,000 from Bounahra.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:28 PM Local Time
Hands #159-163
Hand #159: Dominik Nitsche limped the small blind and Bob Bounahra checked his option. The flop was the and Bounahra folded to a 70,000 bet from Nitsche.
Hand #160: Dave D'Alesandro got a walk.
Hand #161: Dave D'Alesandro limped the small blind and Dominik Nitsche checked. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and after D'Alesandro bet 70,000 Nitsche called.
The river was the and it went check-check with D'Alesandro showing and Nitsche picking up the pot holding for a pair of fours.
Hand #162: Bovb Bounahra limped the small blind, then called when Dave D'Alesandro made it 180,000. After the Bounahra check-folded to a 175,000 c-bet from D'Alesandro.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:18 PM Local Time
Bob Bounahra Triples Up
Hand 151:Bob Bounahra open-shoved and got the call from Dave D'Alesandro. Dominik Nitsche then moved all in behind him and D'Alesandro was forced to let it go.
Nitsche had Bounahra crushed with but the flop changed that. The run out was all Bounahra needed to triple up
Dave D'Alesandro | 2,900,000 | -500,000 |
Dominik Nitsche | 2,000,000 | -500,000 |
Bob Bounahra | 1,500,000 | 60,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:10 PM Local Time
Hands #152-157
Hand #152: Dave D'Alesandro limped in from the small blind, and Dominik Nitsche checked. D'Alesandro bet 65,000 on the flop, and Nitsche called. Nitsche folded to 155,000 on the turn.
Hand #153: Nitsche pushed all in from the small blind and got Bob Bounahra to fold.
Hand #154: Bounahra jammed from the small blind and won.
Hand #155: D'Alesandro check-called 70,000 from Nitsche after both saw a flop for the minimum. Both players checked the , and a finished the board. D'Alesandro bet 200,000, and Nitsche folded.
Hand #156: D'Alesandro raised to 125,000 on the button and won the pot.
Hand #157: Nitsche raised to 120,000, and D'Alesandro called in the big blind. Both players checked the flop, and Nitsche called 135,000 on the turn. The river led to two more checks, and Nitsche showed to best his opponent's .