2011 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$436,568
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,818,900
Entries
387
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000

Crazy Side Bets at Esfandiari's Table

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Antonio Esfandiari's table seems to be the life of the tournament so far, placing wild bets on people's honest answers to crazy questions. For what sounds like a couple of hundred a pop, we've picked up on them asking questions to people such as "What's the lowest amount of money it would take for you to go home without your wedding ring?" and "What's the lowest amount of money it would take for you to shave your head today (to a female dealer, of course).

When the deck is lacking, is seems that the players can't help but find other things to gamble on to keep them entertained.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

Some Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
32,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
24,700
9,700
9,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
24,500
-7,500
-7,500
David Pham us
David Pham
20,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
18,600
3,600
3,600
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
18,500
2,000
2,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
18,000
3,000
3,000
David Singer us
David Singer
17,500
2,500
2,500
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
17,000
Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
16,500
1,500
1,500
PokerStars
Steve Brecher us
Steve Brecher
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
12,200
-2,800
-2,800
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
12,000
-3,000
-3,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
11,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
9,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Young Slips

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Jordan Young opened to 250 from under the gun and found a caller from a few seats over as the flop landed {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}.

Both players checked before Young check-called a 600-chip bet when the turn landed the {2-Spades}. With the river falling the {5-Diamonds}, Young tossed in 550 and his opponent made the call.

Young tabled his {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}, but it would be his opponent's {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} that would see him take the pot as Young slips to 13,700 in chips.

Tags: Jordan Young

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Easy Game

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

A player in early position opened for 450 and Daniel Negreanu called from the button, as did both blinds.

The flop came {K-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and the first three players checked to Negreanu, who fired a 1,600 bet. All three players folded.

Negreanu is up to 10,500.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Putting Pressure on Seidel

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

On a board of {9-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, Erik Seidel's opponent fired out a bet of 2,100 into a pot of 4,100. Seidel made a raise, making it 5,000 total and after about a minute-long deliberation, Seidel's opponent moved his stack all in. Not showing any emotion and still eating his granola bar, Seidel sat for roughly two minutes before letting his cards go into the muck.

Erik Seidel is now sitting around 13,500 in chips.

Tags: Erik Seidel