Color Up That Green
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
The players are now on a 20 minute break while the green T25 chips are being colored up.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,829,600
Entries
3,144
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
All the Way From South America
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
Sarah chats with Gualter Salles.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Mercier Gone
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
Jason Mercier moved all in preflop from under the gun for his remaining 5,800 chips. The player in the big blind made the call. Mercier turned over 
and his opponent turned over 
.
The board ran out 
and Mercier was sent to the rail.
Day 1 images
De-Flowered
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We caught up with the action to see Randal Flowers get it all in preflop with 
against his opponent's 
.
The board fell 
and Flowers was sent home from his opponent's turned straight.
Batista Big Stack Bullying
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We caught up with the action on a 
flop where a player bet 3,400 and Chad Batista raised to 8,000. The player went into the tank and after quite a while, finally folded. Batista raked in the pot and is among the chip leaders.
Top Two No Good For Shulman
On a board of 
, Barry Shulman fired out a bet only to find his opponent reply with the phrase "I'm all in".
Shulman announced a call, confidently turning over 
for top two pair. Unfortunately for Shulman, his opponent tabled 
for bottom set.
"Oh, well that's good" said Shulman.
The turn and river bricked out for Shulman, falling 
. Shulman peeled 14,400 off of his stack and pushed it in the direction of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,500
-19,800
|
-19,800 |
|
||
Some Poker, Not Potato Chips
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | |
|
51,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
39,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
35,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
32,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
18,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
16,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
14,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
13,000
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
|
||
Move Over For Schoonover
We found Joshua Schoonover making it 2,400 preflop. Action folded around to the Big Blind who moved all in for 12,000. Schoonover made the call and flipped over 
. It was off to the races as his opponent held 
.
The cards came out 
for a straight and a decent amount of chips to boot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000
8,000
|
8,000 |