Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-17-2011 06:16 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Wice	25,500
Jason Potter	24,800 17,300	17,300
	24,500 17,000	17,000
Allen Bari	15,800 8,300	8,300

Huck Seed	14,400

Terrence Chan	12,000 4,500	4,500

Jen Harman	10,400 -1,100	-1,100
Stephen Chidwick	9,600 2,100	2,100

Rep Porter	6,000 -1,500	-1,500
Joe Tehan	5,000 -2,500	-2,500
Shannon Shorr	3,900 -4,100	-4,100

Chris Amaral	3,100 -4,400	-4,400
Bruno Fitoussi	2,300
David Baker	2,200

Todd Brunson	Busted

Gavin Smith	Busted
Sorel Mizzi	Busted
Joseph Cheong	Busted

Pat Pezzin	Busted

Steve Wong	Busted
Bryn Kenney	Busted

Dutch Boyd	Busted

Greg Mueller	Busted

Brandon Cantu	Busted

Galen Hall	Busted

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	25,000 18,100	18,100

Tags: Rob Hollink

06-17-2011 06:32 UTC

Hellmuth Down, Out

[user66118]

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

06-17-2011 06:41 UTC

No Money in Poker

[user66118]

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."

06-17-2011 06:45 UTC

What's in a Number?

[user66118]

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.

06-17-2011 06:52 UTC

Breakness

[user66118]

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:

06-17-2011 07:17 UTC

Adams Moves Up

[user66118]

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

06-17-2011 07:22 UTC

No Sugar Tonight

[user66118]

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

06-17-2011 07:24 UTC

It's Good For the Game

[user66118]

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.