2011 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q987
Prize
$292,825
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,445,850
Entries
1,071
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Toth Taking Control

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

We caught up with the action to see Richard Toth scooping a massive pot, eliminating a player in the process. The dealer stripped the board too quickly for us to capture all of the details, but we do know that Toth's {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{A-Hearts}{8-Clubs} defeated his opponent's {A-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} when a third king hit the flop for Toth.

Toth's stack is now sitting pretty around 16,000.

Tags: Richard Toth

Shorr's Aces Hold

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

After getting all of the chips in preflop, Shannon Shorr's opponent was all in and behind for his second add-on. The cards were turned up on the table:

Shorr: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Opponent: {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}

The board fell {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Shorr's pair of aces held up as the best hand. Shorr is sitting around 5,200.

Tags: Shannon Shorr

Team PokerStars Update

Here's the counts of a few of the Team PokerStars Pros in the field today.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Toth
Richard Toth
23,000
7,000
7,000
Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree
9,500
-2,500
-2,500
9,000
8,500
2,100

One for Ramdin

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

Victor Ramdin check-called a bet of 800 on the {J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop before seeing the {Q-Clubs} land on the turn. Ramdin checked the turn and his opponent checked behind. The river was the {8-Clubs} and both players checked again.

Ramdin turned over the {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Spades} and won the pot. His opponent mucked.

Tags: Victor Ramdin

Brikis Check-Raised Off Turn

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

Action folded to Josh Brikis in the cutoff seat and he raised to 350. An opponent in the big blind called and the flop came down {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}. The big blind checked and Brikis checked to see the {A-Spades} fall on the turn. After the big blind checked, Brikis fired 450. His opponent check-raised the pot and Brikis quickly folded, dropping back to 5,000 in chips.

Tags: Josh Brikis

Some Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad
19,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
8,500
Bill Chen
Bill Chen
7,300
300
300
Berry Johnston
Berry Johnston
7,000
3,000
3,000
Gavin Griffin
Gavin Griffin
6,100
-400
-400
4,100
James Akenhead
James Akenhead
3,800
-700
-700
Matt Affleck
Matt Affleck
2,000
-200
-200

Griffin's Flush Wins

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

Gavin Griffin and Liv Boeree checked the monotone {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop before the third player in the hand bet 600. Only Griffin came along to see the turn, which was the {K-Spades}. Both Griffin and his opponent checked.

The {K-Clubs} paired the board on the end and Griffin check-called a bet of 1,600 from his opponent. The player tabled the {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts}, but Griffin's {8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{7-Spades} for the diamond flush was the winner and he moved to 6,500 in chips.

Tags: Gavin GriffinLiv Boeree

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
19,000
Tommy Vedes
Tommy Vedes
18,000
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
14,000
4,000
4,000
14,000
14,000
14,000
Ted Lawson
Ted Lawson
8,500
2,000
2,000
8,000
8,000
7,000
John Juanda
John Juanda
7,000
-1,500
-1,500
5,000
5,000
4,800
Eric Froehlich
Eric Froehlich
4,500
2,500
2,500
4,000
4,000
Joe Serock
Joe Serock
3,700
-1,300
-1,300
Jason Senti
Jason Senti
3,600
2,200
2,200
Nicki Pickering
Nicki Pickering
2,000
-3,475
-3,475
2,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0