2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Pause for Re-Draw
With the elimination of Steve Heeley in 28th place, the tournament is on a pause for the three-table re-draw. We'll have all the new seat assignments (and fresh chip counts) after the re-draw is complete.
Dzhigarkhanyan Gets There on the Turn
Stepan Dzhigarkhanyan has been active for the last orbit, moving all in several times. On his latest shove, Matthew Leecy opened pre-flop with a minimum-raise to 20,000 that button player Derrick Kuenzel called. Dzhigarkhanyan then shoved from the small blind for 135,000. Leecy asked for a count, then announced that he was all in as well. Kuenzel sighed and folded, taking the table to showdown:
Leecy:
Dzhigarkhanyan:
Leecy flopped a ten to take the lead, , but Dzhigarkhanyan spiked a king on the turn with the and held on through the river. He doubled up to about 300,000.
Powell Gives One Up to Liu
On the flop of , Clint Powell bet 30,000 into JJ Liu. Liu put in a raise to 85,000 and won the pot. She moved to 723,000 while Powell dropped back to 155,000.
Johnson Over One Million
From under the gun, Lance Oliver raised to 27,000. His only customer was Chris Johnson in the cutoff seat and the two saw a flop of . Oliver continued with a bet of 50,000 and Johnson made the call.
From there, the action shut down. Both players checked the on the turn and the on the river. Johnson tabled the and Oliver mucked his hand.
That pot put Johnson over one million in chips and he now has 1.05 million. Oliver slipped back to 322,000.
Level: 22
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Williams Three-Bets Hui
Adam Hui opened with a raise from under the gun plus one to 18,000. In the small blind was David Williams and he three-bet when action got to him, making it 44,000 to go. Everyone folded, including Hui, and Williams won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Hui |
495,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
David Williams |
330,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Four-Way Pot Goes to Liu
Four players were in action on the flop of when we arrived at the table. Those four players were, in order, David Williams, Adam Hui, JJ Liu and Alex Santiago. Action checked over to Liu and she bet 27,000. Only Williams made the call.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river completed the board with the and both checked again.
Liu tabled the and Williams mucked to give her the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
JJ Liu |
630,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Adam Hui |
515,000
-420,000
|
-420,000 |
Alex Santiago |
380,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
David Williams |
290,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Martini Gives Wu a Hangover
Down to 97,000, Ray Wu open-shoved a flop of with pocket sixes, . James Martini got in there with , top pair. Martini's pair of 9s held on the turn and river. The win boosted Martini's stack to almost 500,000 and sent Wu to the rail in 30th place.
Williams Doubles through Hui
Adam Hui has chips to burn, but that doesn't mean he's going to just give them away. He opened to 17,000 from under the gun with pocket 8s, then decided to go for the kill when button player David Williams moved all in for 136,000. Williams showed down and won the race to double up to 280,000.