Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

The third and final day of the Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em of the 2014 World Series of Poker restarted with 11 players remaining. Ultimately it was Will Givens who emerged victorious for a payday of $306,634 after six levels of play. Just one week ago, Givens finished fourth in Event #33 after entering the final table as chip leader.

Givens defeated start-of-day chip leader Angela Prada-Moed heads-up after a short but intense battle. Prada-Moed scored a career-high payday of $189,632 and reached her second final table after a fourth-place finish in the 2012 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Ladies Championship.

Day 3 started with a bang after Paul Sokoloff doubled up through Terik Brown in the first hand. Brown would bow out shortly after in eleventh place. The second woman among the finalists, Kim Ng, ran with    into the    of Givens and was eliminated in tenth place.

The action continued at a high pace and Loren Klein never recovered from a huge double up of Duy Ho through him to hit the rail in ninth place in Hand #11. Likewise, Ivan Saul lost a big pot and was then all in short-stacked in Hand #13 to bust in a three-way pot with   .

Dmitrii Shchepkin was at risk with    and improved on the flop against the    of Prada-Moed, but one of the over cards on the river resulted in his elimination in seventh place for $38,423. Prada-Moed was also responsible for the next bustout in Hand #23 when a king-high bluff of Ho went wrong.

Down to five players, the action was moved to the ESPN Feature Stage and Patrick Curzio joined the rail in fifth place after his inferior ace-kicker failed to improve against the    of Givens. Half an hour later, David Hass lost a coinflip with    against the pocket fives of Prada-Moed and he had to settle for fourth place.

Three-handed, Sokoloff was all-in and at risk several times, but it would take until Hand #145 to see him bow out in third place after losing a coin flip against Givens, who clearly dominated in the late stages of the final table. Despite three double-ups for Prada-Moed, she could never retake the lead, and in the fourth crucial confrontation, Givens dodged a flush draw and his rail exploded in celebration.

Final Table Results

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Hand #173: Will Givens received a walk.

Hand #174: Givens raised to 100,000 and Angela Prada-Moed moved all in. Givens called and said, "OK, I gamble."

Prada-Moed:   
Givens:   

Prada-Moed flopped Broadway on the     flop and both the   turn and the   river blanked; the short-stack doubled through.

Hand #175: Givens received a walk.

Will Givens	4,410,000	-340,000
Angela Prada-Moed	1,085,000	325,000

Hand #161: Angela Prada-Moed raised to 100,000 and Will Givens made the call. The flop was     and Givens bet 115,000. Prada-Moed raised to 250,000 and Givens called. The   fell on the turn, Givens bet 275,000 and Prada-Moed folded.

Hand #162: Givens raised to 100,000 and Prada-Moed made the call. The flop was     and both players checked. The turn was the   and Prada-Moed checked. Givens bet 125,000 and Prada-Moed called. The river was the   and Prada-Moed checked. Givens bet 500,000 and Prada-Moed called, but mucked after Givens tabled    for three aces.

Hand #163: Givens received a walk.

Hand #164: Givens raised to 100,000; Prada-Moed reraised all in and Givens folded.

Hand #165: Givens received a walk.

Hand #166: Givens moved all in and Prada-Moed folded.

Hand #167: Prada-Moed moved all in and Givens folded.

Hand #168: Givens raised to 100,000 and Prada-Moed made the call. The flop was     and Prada-Moed checked. Givens bet 75,000 and Prada-Moed called. The   came on the turn and Prada-Moed checked again. Givens bet 150,000 and Prada-Moed folded

Will Givens	4,750,000	1,450,000
Angela Prada-Moed	760,000	-1,240,000

Hand #151: Angela Prada-Moed raised to 100,000 and got a call from Will Givens. On the     flop both players checked. They also checked the   turn and then Prada-Moed bet 220,000 after the   river to take down the pot.

Hand #152: Givens raised to 100,000 and enforced a fold.

Hand #153: Givens got a walk.

Hand #154: Givens raised to 100,000 and called the three-bet to 250,000 by Prada-Moed. On the     flop, Prada-Moed checked and then folded when Givens made it 300,000 to go.

Hand #155: Prada-Moed raised to 100,000 and then called all in for 980,000 when Givens put her all in.

Givens:   
Prada-Moed:   

The       board completed with a sweat and Prada-Moed is still in it to win it.

Will Givens	3,300,000	-900,000
Angela Prada-Moed	2,000,000	700,000

Hand #145: Paul Sokoloff moved all in and got called by Will Givens.

Sokoloff:   
Givens:   

This time, the       board stayed clear for the better hand preflop and the heads-up stage has been reached.

Paul Sokoloff

0

-1,030,000

Hand #131: Angela Prada-Moed received a walk.

Hand #132: Will Givens raised to 80,000 and Paul Sokoloff made the call from the big blind. The flop was     and Sokoloff checked. Givens bet 85,000 and Sokoloff folded.

Hand #133: Angela Prada-Moed raised to 80,000 and both opponents folded.

Hand #134: Paul Sokoloff called from the button, Will Givens called from the small blind and Angela Prada-Moed raised to 150,000. Both Sokoloff and Givens folded.

Hand #135: Will Givens raised to 80,000 and both opponents folded.

Hand #136: Angela Prada-Moed raised to 80,000 and both opponents folded.

Hand #137: Paul Sokoloff raised to 80,000 and Angela Prada-Moed called from the big blind. The flop was     and Prada-Moed check-raised to 340,000 after a bet of 150,000 from Sokoloff. Sokoloff thought for a moment and then folded.

Hand #123: Will Givens raised to 80,000 and Paul Sokoloff called from the big blind. The flop was     and both players checked. The turn was the   and both players checked. The river   brought another pair of checks and they both tabled baby cards and were playing the board. The pot was chopped.

Hand #124: Angela Prada-Moed raised to 80,000 from the button and Givens three-bet to 210,000 from the big blind; Prada-Moed folded.

Hand #125: Sokoloff called from the button and Givens raised to 160,000 from the small blind. Sokoloff moved all in and Givens folded.

Hand #126: Givens raised to 80,000 from the button and both opponents folded.

Hand #127: Sokoloff called from the small blind and Givens checked his option. The flop was the     and both players checked. The turn was the   and Sokoloff checked. Givens bet 70,000 and Sokoloff called. The river   brought another check from Sokoloff and Givens bet 180,000. Sokoloff thought for a moment and eventually called, but folded after Givens showed   .

Will Givens	2,750,000	-450,000
Angela Prada-Moed	2,000,000	415,000
Paul Sokoloff	750,000	0

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Hand #109: Will Givens got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #110: Givens limped the small blind and Angela Prada-Moed checked one seat over. Givens fired 40,000 on the     flop and took down the pot.

Hand #111: Prada-Moed raised to 80,000 and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #112: Paul Sokoloff limped and Givens raised to 115,000. Sokoloff reraised to 350,000 and Givens moved all in for 1,580,000. He was snap called.

Givens:   
Sokoloff:   

The     flop gave Sokoloff top set but Givens instantly completed his flush with the   turn. The   river completed the board.

Will Givens	3,200,000	1,690,000
Paul Sokoloff	750,000	-1,680,000