Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,944,000
Entries
1,440
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Cards Are Back in the Air!
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Players are back from their second break of the day. With many tables down to two or three players there is sure to be a lot of exciting action as the blinds continue to increase!
A Few More Heads Up Duels
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Filippo Candio has a big lead over Nick Schulman in their heads up duel. Blair Hinkle is also heads up with a big lead, while Daniel Alaei has also made it to the final two, but he has a tall mountain to climb against his opponent.
Negreanu Advances
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
We didn't catch the hand, but Daniel Negreanu was kind enough to relay what happened in the final hand. Negreanu minraised with 
and his opponent shoved with 
. The flop came out 
and the turn came another and he shipped the pot for his first cash of the series.
More Winners
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Steve Barshak, Dan Kelly, and Blair Hinkle have all won their first tables and are now in the money as well. Joe Tehan and Matthew Jarvis are also big chip leaders heads up at their tables.
Esfandiari Doubles
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
With the board reading 
, Antonio Esfandiari bet all in and was called by one player.
Esfandiari: 
Opponent: 
While the other player had a ten-high straight, Esfandiari's queen-high straight was best and he increased his stack to 18,000.
Kessler Keeps on Truckin'
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Allen Kessler and another player ended up all in preflop with Kessler's 
ahead of the other player's 
.
The other player took the lead after the flop came 
but the turn and river brought the 
and 
to give Kessler trip sixes and the win.
The other player was sent to the rail while Kessler's stack grew to 8,000.
O'Brien, Inizan Kicking Lumps Out of Each Other
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Marc Inizan and Dan O'Brien are locked in a big heads up duel, with a lot of preflop aggression.
O'Brien raised to 700 and Inizan snap-reraised to 2,300 to win the pot. The next and saw Inizan limp, O'Brien raise to 1,100 before Inizan make it 3,500 - the Frenchman then instantly folding when O'Brien slid out 10,000 more. It's a brutal looking battle
Cajelais Doubles Up to Big Chip Lead
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Erik Cajelais has regained the chip lead at his table, he was holdling 
on a 
board against and now has over half the chips in play there.
Schulman Makes Sick Call
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Nick Schulman entered heads up play against Filippo Candio down about 4-to-1 in chips, but he has just taken the chip lead after a great call on the river. We caught the action on the turn with the board reading 
. Schulman bet out around 3,000 and Candio called. The river brought the 
and Candio bet out 6,400, about 2/3 of Schulman's remaining stack. Schulman thought for about a minute before flinging the chips in for the call. Candio hit the table a few times to signify good call, and flipped up . Schulman showed 
for a rivered pair of aces. Schulman now has a 2-to-1 chip lead over Candio.
Eric Baldwin and David Pham are also heads up at their respective tables. Both players look to be about even with their opponents.