2011 World Series of Poker

Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10x9x8x4x2x
Prize
$254,955
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$980,525
Entries
431
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Busto or Robusto

It's getting to be that time where we start scouring the field to see who's survived to this stage. The news is not good for many of the notables we haven't seen in a while:

Player Chips Progress
Alex Wice
Alex Wice
25,500
Jason Potter
Jason Potter
24,800
17,300
17,300
24,500
17,000
17,000
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
15,800
8,300
8,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
14,400
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
12,000
4,500
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jen Harman
Jen Harman
10,400
-1,100
-1,100
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
9,600
2,100
2,100
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Rep Porter
Rep Porter
6,000
-1,500
-1,500
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
5,000
-2,500
-2,500
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
3,900
-4,100
-4,100
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Amaral us
Chris Amaral
3,100
-4,400
-4,400
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
2,300
David Baker us
David Baker
2,200
WSOP 3X Winner
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
Busted
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
Busted
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Pat Pezzin ca
Pat Pezzin
Busted
Steve Wong nl
Steve Wong
Busted
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Hollink Works it Up

No-Limit Hold'em

On an {A-Clubs} {9-Spades} {8-Hearts} flop, we watched a player check-call a bet of 650 from Rob Hollink (who appears to have been the preflop raiser). On the turn, the {7-Clubs} drew checks from both players, and Hollink was faced with a bet of 800 after the {5-Hearts} river. He called, and his opponent showed {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs} for the bluff. Hollink's {A-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} was easily good, and it pushes his stack up toward the top of the pack.

Player Chips Progress
Rob Hollink nl
Rob Hollink
25,000
18,100
18,100
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Rob Hollink

Hellmuth Down, Out

Level 6

No-Limit Hold'em

Three players each paid 400 to see the flop, and they all checked as it came {2-Spades} {3-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}. On the {8-Hearts} turn, Phil Hellmuth took the lead with a small bet of 300, and the player behind him quickly raised to 600. We double-checked the plaque on the table, and indeed we were playing no-limit. The third player folded, and Hellmuth open-mucked his {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}, too. He's had just 1,050 chips left.

Razz

As we were writing that, Hellmuth got the rest of his chips in during razz. With a seven up, Hellmuth completed, and he got the rest of his chips in right there against Owais Ahmed.

Hellmuth had started with an unimpressive ({6-} {7-}) {7-}, and he sounded surprised as he announced, "Ooh, I paired!" Perhaps he hadn't looked yet. In any event, his board ran out ({6-} {7-}) {7-}{q-}{4-}{9-} / ({3-}), and he made a nine somehow. He was live on sixth street, but Ahmed ended up with {2-}{3-}{4-}{5-}{8-}{j-}{k-} to take care of Hellmuth.

Ahmed is right around 10,000 with that knockout.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

No Money in Poker

Level 6

A player from Table 135 (who we'll let remain anonymous) was just eliminated, and he came over near us to collect his phone from the wall outlet. "They finally donked me out," he lamented in a southern drawl. We did the polite thing and apologized, and he continued with the story. "They got four bets in preflop with ace-queen. Made the nuts against my ace-king. I hate limit poker. There's no edge. Nobody folds."

What's in a Number?

Level 6

Boom, we finally have some factual information to give you. The number 431 is indeed a good number for today's field as that many players turned up with $2,500 to wang on a tournament, as our British friends would say. Their entries have generated a prize pool worth $980,525. So close.

That money will be paid out across the final 42 spots with the bottom level being worth $4,853. The last three tables all make five figures, and the top three all earn six. First place? Just a cool $254,955 to go along with that bracelet.

You can find the rest of the prize pool right here in the Payouts tab.

Breakness

Level 6

We're two levels from the end of Day 1, and the survivors have been rewarded with one more 15-minute break.

Level: 7

Blinds: /

Ante:

Adams Moves Up

Level 7

2-7 Triple Draw

The player under the gun opened with a raise, and Brandon Adams called from the button. He took two-two-one on the three drawing rounds while the raiser drew one card each time. After the first, Adams called another bet, and both men checked the next round. After the final draw, Adams decided to make a bet of his own, and his opponent check-folded.

Adams climbed to 12,000 with that little pot.

Tags: Brandon Adams

No Sugar Tonight

Level 7

Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri spent the break near our table lamenting his awful last couple levels. He was down under 5,000 at the break, and he got even lower than that before he found a double. It was in 2-7 triple draw, and Barbieri chased down an {8-}{7-}{5-}{4-}{3-} to double through an opponent with {8-}{7-}{6-}{3-}{2-}.

That pot only pulled Sugar Bear back to 3,500 though, and it wasn't long before those were gone. According to Barbieri, he patted after the second draw, and the player who busted him drew two to make a seventy-six. We'll take his word for it; Barbieri vanished through the doors before we had a chance to ask a follow-up.

Tags: Al Barbieri

It's Good For the Game

Level 7

Limit Hold'em

Michael Mizrachi raised from the button, and the big blind came along with him to the flop. The board ended up coming {J-Spades} {7-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}, and the big blind check-called bets after the flop and turn. On the river, he checked one last time, and he could not call Mizrachi's final bet. When he folded, though, Mizrachi flipped up the {4-Clubs} {5-Spades} airball.

It was good enough to drag the pot, and it moves the Grinder up to 21,000.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi