2011 World Series of Poker

Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aqj6
Prize
$420,802
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,870,050
Entries
685
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Sebag Bags an Overwhelming Chip Lead

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante
Frank Kassela - Eliminated
Frank Kassela - Eliminated

We just watched a massive amount of chips get shipped over to Emmanuel Sebag who is now most definitely our chip leader.

After the flop came {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} the first player to act checked, Frank Kassela bet 2,000, another player called and the button, Emmanuel Sebag, raised to 7,000. The first player folded, Kassela called the 7,000, and the next player potted it up to 30,800. Sebag then went all in and both Kassela and the other player called.

Sebag: {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}
Kassela: {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades}
Other Player: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Sebag had flopped the nut straight and the turn and river of the {q-Spades} and {a-Hearts} didn't help Kassela or the other player who were both eliminated.

Sebag's stack is now a towering 170,000.

Tags: Emmanuel SebagFrank Kassela

Chiu Chipping Up

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

With a button raise to 1,400, David Chiu made the call from the small blind, as did Joe Hachem from the big blind.

On the {3-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop, the preflop aggressor moved all in for 3,525 and Chiu made the call as Hachem folded.

Chiu: {A-Spades}{3-Spades}{10-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

The {10-Diamonds} on the turn, followed by the {7-Spades} on the river saw Chiu awarded the pot to move to 27,000 in chips.

Tags: David ChiuJoe Hachem

LuckyChewy Not so Lucky

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

After a flop of {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{6-Spades}, Leif Force and the player in the cutoff checked the action to Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger who bet 2,200. Force folded and the cutoff called. The {10-Spades} came on the turn and the cutoff went all in for his last 4,350. Lichtenberger called and the hands were revealed.

Lichtenberger: {K-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}
Cutoff: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}

Lichtenberger's set of kings was in the lead but then the river brought the {4-Spades} giving the cutoff a flush and the win. After the hand Lichtenberger was left with around 9,000.

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger

Felipe Falls as O'Donnell Elevates

Matt O'Donnell opened with a raise before Felipe Ramos three-bet for the majority of his stack. With the action on a player in the blinds, he potted the action once again before O'Donnell shipped his stack in.

Both Ramos and the player in the blinds called off their last few thousand as twelve cards were placed on their backs.

Ramos: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
O'Donnell: {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Opponent: {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{10-Spades}

The final board of {7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} saw O'Donnell flop a joint to send both Ramos and the player in the blinds to the rail while simultaneously moving up to 105,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Matt O'Donnell us
Matt O'Donnell
105,000
102,000
102,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
Busted

Tags: Felipe RamosMatt O'Donnell

Aces and Kings, and Queens... Oh My!

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

After a series of raises and re-raises, Josh Arieh and two other players ended up all in preflop with Arieh having the other two covered.

Opponent 1: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
Arieh: {K-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}
Opponent 2: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}

Sets appeared for everyone but Arieh when the board ran out {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and the player with aces took the pot while Arieh's stack slipped to 10,000.

Tags: Josh Arieh

Prizepool Announced

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The prizepool has finally been announced with the 685-player field forming a $1,870,050 prizepool with the top 63 players guaranteed a $6,077 payday.

Final Table Payouts

PlacePrize
1st$420,802
2nd$259,918
3rd$184,368
4th$132,623
5th$96,737
6th$71,548
7th$53,633
8th$40,748
9th$31,360

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Matt O'Donnell us
Matt O'Donnell
110,000
5,000
5,000
Tex Barch us
Tex Barch
62,000
59,000
59,000
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
38,000
8,000
8,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
36,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
35,000
8,000
8,000
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
32,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
23,000
4,000
4,000
David Baker us
David Baker
23,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
22,000
-2,000
-2,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
22,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Williamson us
Robert Williamson
17,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
17,000
-12,000
-12,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
John Juanda id
John Juanda
17,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jim Sachinidis
Jim Sachinidis
15,000
10,500
10,500
Joseph Serock us
Joseph Serock
13,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Julian Powell au
Julian Powell
11,000
-13,000
-13,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
Busted
Heather Sue Mercer
Heather Sue Mercer
Busted