Break it Down
Level 8
: 200/400, 50 ante
The players are on their last 20 minute break of the day.
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
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Nanonoooooko
In the big blind, Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew was faced with a middle position player’s all in for 4,900. Lew tanked for quite a while and rechecked his cards several times. He finally made the call and the players turned over their hands.
Lew: 
Opponent:
The players were racing but that quickly changed when the flop came down 
to give Lew’s opponent a full house. Lew would need some sort of running miracle to win the hand but the 
on the turn had him drawing dead and the 
on the river was just procedure. The hand crippled Lew and doubled his opponent up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000
-4,900
|
-4,900 |
|
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Winning Lew Part One
We started the action off with Randy Lew moving all in for about 975 chips. Another player in early position then reraised and made it 2,000 chips to see a flop. When action got to Matt Affleck he raised and went all in for about 10,000 more. The player in early position folded and it was a heads up showdown between Lew and Affleck.
Affleck: 
Lew: 
A board of 
came out and Lew was able to stay in the tournament with a turned pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
3,200
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
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Pilgrim Grabs One
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We caught up with the action on a board of 
to see Dwyte Pilgrim pondering what to do while facing a bet of 3,775 from his opponent. After about two minutes of thinking, Pilgrim announced that he was all in for 2,725 more.
His opponent let out a heavy sigh and pushed his cards into the muck. As he scooped the pot, Pilgrim decided to show one card, flashing the 
. Pilgrim is now sitting around 13,000.
Late Night Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
20,800
|
20,800 |
|
28,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
|
|
23,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
18,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
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|
|
8,500
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
7,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
|
6,000
-1,100
|
-1,100 |
|
5,900
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
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The Name's Bonding, Lars Bonding
We found Lars Bonding calling the preflop all in of a player at his table with 
. His opponent had 
, Bonding was ahead but there was still a flop, turn, and a river to be seen.
The cards came out 
and Bonding had three of a kind aces and the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Levy Eliminated
Dwyte Pilgrim raised to 1,000 under the gun and Adam Levy shoved all in for his remaining 7,300 chips. Pilgrim made the call.
Pilgrim: 
Levy:
The board ran out 
and Levy was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Puff The Magic Dragon
We found David ‘The Dragon’ Pham all in preflop against Joshua Schoonover. Pham held 
but was dominated by the of his opponent. We missed the board but can confirm that it eliminated Pham. Schoonover, who came 33rd in Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $13,905 last week is looking for another deep run in and this hand will certainly help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500 | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Schulman Scares Off Opponent
After a series of betting between Shulman and an unknown opponent, Shulman moved all in for 25,350. His opponent went into tank mode for a few moments before flipping over 
and throwing it in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,300
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
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