Break Time!
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Level 12
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
The remaining players have fled the Amazon room in search of sustenance as we have reached our first twenty minute break of the day.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,445,850
Entries
1,071
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
Prince Patel Makes A Royal Entrance
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
We missed the action ourselves but a player rushed over to the PokerNews reporting desk to inform us of an extraordinary hand involving former chip leader Steve Wolfe and Emil Patel. Apparently, Wolfe and Patel got into a confrontation in which all of Patel's chips were at risk, with Wolfe seeking to pad his already dominant chip stack. The flop read 
when the action escalated and what happened next is straight out of a poker movie.
Showdown:
Wolfe: 
Patel: 
(X)
Wolfe had hit the flop hard and made top set with his pocket kings. Patel was still alive with his royal flush draw and was looking for a suckout on the turn or river, needing a jack or diamond to take the lead.
Turn:
Wolfe filled up on the turn, making kings full of tens and his already massive stack appeared poised to grow even larger. Patel was left with a single card in the deck that could save him and had to hit the mother of all poker hands, the royal flush, to score the victory.
River: 
The dealer delivered the miraculous one-outer, completing Patel's royal flush and launching him towards the top of our Day 2 leaderboard. Wolfe's stack was brought back down to earth with the bad beat and he will have to start from scratch if he hopes to regain his previous momentum.
Rollercoaster Day for Wolfe
We don't know what the action was, but when we saw half of Table 287 standing up we ran over to see what was going on. Steve Wolfe was getting involved in another huge pot as he had called the all in of Jonathan Lane.
Wolfe: 
Lane: 
The cards on the table read 
giving Wolfe a winning straight and a lot of chips to make up for his recent decline.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
98,900
|
98,900 |
|
Busted |
Nick Binger Bringing The Heat
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
A player in late position raised Nick Binger's big blind, making it 4,500 to go and Binger came along for the ride. The flop fell 
and Binger checked to his opponent. The late position player fired 12,000 into the pot and Binger immediately reraised to 41,000.
This was enough to move the other player off of his hand and Binger showed his 
for top pair and a powerful wrap draw.
Wolfe's Aces Snowed In By Set of Fours
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
On a flop of 
, Steve Wolfe made a small bet and Evan Snow went all-in. Wolfe called and tabled the 
for a pair of aces and the nut flush draw. Snow had him beat with his 
for bottom set and would need to fade aces and spades to score the double-up.
Turn: 
River: 
With that, Snow's set of fours held up and he doubled his short stack to a little over 35,000.
Sarwer Soaring After Massive Score
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
We passed by Table 288 and saw towers of chips being moved into the pot. The player in the small blind was all-in for his short stack and Jeffrey Sarwer, who had called the all-in, was facing a raise of 60,000 from another player sitting in middle position. Sarwer, perhaps feeling pot committed after calling the all-in, decided to make the call.
The turn card came and the man in middle position pushed all-in for his last 12,000 chips. Sarwer called and heard his opponent ask "You filled up?" Sarwer shook his head to indicate he had not made a full house and the second all-in player stood up to reveal his 
for an open ended straight draw and the nut flush draw.
The first all-in player tabled the 
for two pair, tens and fives, and it was Sarwer's turn to expose his hand: 
for just a wheel straight draw. In typical Omaha fashion, any number of river cards would tilt the outcome in each player's favor. As it stood, the short-stacked player who initially went all-in was in the lead with his two pair.
River: 
Sarwer had missed his wheel draw but caught a jack on the river to give him two pair, jacks and fours, counterfeiting the all-in player's hand. The second all-in player missed his plethora of outs and Sarwer was the last man standing, eliminating two players and building his stack to just under 200,000 chips.
Nick Binger Giving to the Poor
After a series of bets Nick Binger had his opponent all in on a 
flop. Binger declared "i'm not in great shape" and flipped over his cards.
Binger: 
Opponent: 
Binger was in bad shape as his opponent not only had a pair of aces but was also drawing to a nut flush. The next two cards were fairly irrelevant as they came out . Binger lost around 50,000 chips that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
Evan Snow-Balling the Competition
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
We caught the action on the turn with Evan Snow all-in for his tournament life. The board read 
and Snow was called by one opponent.
Showdown:
Snow: 
Opponent: 
Snow had turned the nut straight and had a redraw to a flush, while his opponent had made two pair, nines and sixes. The opponent had outs to a chop as well, but was looking for sixes or nines on the river to fill up and eliminate Snow. Snow casually said "Ace..." while the dealer burned and turned, hoping to see a safe card show up on the river.
River:
Snow's wish had come true and he said "See, it's that easy, just call for it and it comes" while he began stacking his newly earned chips. He now sits with a stack of around 55,000 chips.
Some Chip Counts From Around the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
238,900
|
238,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
204,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
180,000
89,100
|
89,100 |
|
95,000
30,800
|
30,800 |
|
90,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
86,000
48,600
|
48,600 |
|
84,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
58,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
55,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
53,000
23,700
|
23,700 |