2011 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
610
Prize
$557,435
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,376,800
Entries
3,752
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Whitt Makes "Professional Laydown"

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

After Brett Tannenbaum raised all-in with his short stack of about 250,000, Leo Whitt looked down to find {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}. For many players in this situation, this would be an automatic call, but Whitt evaluated his options and even got Tannenbaum talking by asking him "Will you show if I fold?"

Tannenbaum's relaxed answer gave Whitt all the tells he would need and he mucked his hand face up. Tannenbaum rewarded him by keeping his word and showing his hand: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}.

Whitt's fellow players whistled in approval, saying "That right there is a professional fold."

Tags: Leo WhittBrett Tannenbaum

Play Tightening Up As Final Table Approaches

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

With our remaining 12 players so close to their goal of making the final table, the play has slowed down considerably. Most pots are being decided with a preflop raise by the button or cutoff positions, and even when we see flop, one bet is usually all it takes to drag the chips.

With last year's Senior Champion Harld Angle on hand to rail the proceedings, and show off his shiny gold bracelet, we expect this slowdown to continue as nobody wants to be the final table bubble boy.

Tags: Harold Angle

Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

Iry Taylor Eliminated In 14th Place ($26,710)

Iry Taylor Eliminated In 14th Place ($26,710)
Iry Taylor Eliminated In 14th Place ($26,710)

Leo Whitt raised to 52,000 holding the button and was simply trying to steal the blinds with his {Q-Spades}{4-Hearts}. Unfortunately for him, Iry Taylor woke up with {A-Spades}{K-Spades} and shoved all-in over the top for 73,000 more. Whitt reluctantly made the call and said "Hey, at least I'm live."

After the turn the board read {7-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{J-Spades} and Taylor was one card away from the double-up.

River: {Q-Clubs}

Taylor gasped in astonishment upon seeing the dagger queen fall on the river, and he hit the rail in 14th place, pocketing $26,710 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Whitt us
Leo Whitt
860,000 540,000
Iry Taylor us
Iry Taylor
Busted

Tags: Iry Taylor

A Look at the Current WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

PlayerPointsCashesBraceletsWinnings
John Juanda33621$410,067
Amir Lehavot330.7521$578,454
Sean Getzwiller32521$647,854
Steve Landfish317.7020$330,044
Viacheslav Zhukov31511$465,216
Jake Cody313.1321$856,427
Daniel Idema309.5021$384,738
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier299.2531$364,565
Allen Bari292.6331$883,469
Jason Sommerville291.5021$525,274

*Standings through Event #28

Michael Johnson Eliminated in 16th Place ($21,037)

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Michael Johnson - Eliminated in 16th Place.
Michael Johnson - Eliminated in 16th Place.

Michael Johnson raised from the hi-jack position and Richard Harwood shoved all-in from the small. Action folded back around to Johnson, who called off his remaining 300,000. after some deliberation.

Hardwood: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Johnson: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{7-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, sending Johnson to the rail.

Tags: Richard HarwoodMichael Johnson

James Jewell Doubles Through Charles Cohen

James Jewell raised to 75,000 from middle position and the action folded around to Charles Cohen in the hijack. He slowly squeezed his cards and instantly announced "I'm all-in!" before standing up and pacing around the table.

Jewell shrugged his shoulders and made the call, putting his last 396,000 at risk with {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. Cohen saw the pair and said "It's a coin flip" while revealing his {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}.

The final board ran out {9-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{J-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Cohen lost the flip, shipping over 440,000 to Jewell in the process.

Player Chips Progress
James Jewell us
James Jewell
955,000 505,000
Charles Cohen
Charles Cohen
555,000 -545,000

Tags: Charles CohenJames Jewell