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Michael Souza raised preflop and Elizabeth Lack shoved all in. Souza wasted no time in calling and it was easy to see why after the hands were revealed.
Souza: 
Lack: 
The board of 
gave no help to Lack and she was sent to the rail.
Souza now has an impressive stack of 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
88,000
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88,000 |
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Busted |
PokerStars Team Pro Gualter Salles and the player in the cutoff got all the chips in the middle preflop with Salles 
dominating the other player's 
.
The board ran out 
and the other player was eliminated while Salles stack grew to 99,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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99,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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The players below have all been eliminated and will take home $2,942 for their efforts.
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We caught up with the action on a 
board where all four players in the hand checked. On the 
river, Bryan Paris led out from the small blind for 13,500. The big blind and button folded but the player under the gun in between them made the call. Paris turned up 
for Broadway and the nuts to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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132,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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Cody Slaubaugh was down to his last 33,000 in chips and got them all in the pot preflop against one other player.
Slaubaugh: 
Opponent: 
Things were looking grim for Slaubaugh through the turn as the board came out 
but then a miracle hit on the river giving Slaubaugh a pair and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
Jesse Rockowitz ended up all in for his last 22,000 chips holding the 
versus the button's . The board ran out 
and Rockowitz was sent to the rail.
Alex Findlay raised to 5,600 from the cutoff and was called by Amanda Baker from the big blind. The flop came and Baker check-called a bet of 10,000 from Findlay. Both players checked when the 
hit on the turn and again when the 
fell on the river.
Baker flipped over her which was good enough to win the pot and boost her stack to 190,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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290,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
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190,000
31,000
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31,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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360,000
315,900
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315,900 |
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300,000
230,100
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230,100 |
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212,000
170,000
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170,000 |
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183,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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178,000
114,000
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114,000 |
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163,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
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159,000
94,000
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94,000 |
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154,000
-91,000
|
-91,000 |
|
151,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
122,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
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121,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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105,000
-55,000
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-55,000 |
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100,000
55,800
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55,800 |
|
97,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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85,000
50,000
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50,000 |
|
72,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
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68,000
-182,000
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-182,000 |
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65,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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52,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
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46,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
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46,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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43,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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15,000
-88,500
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-88,500 |
After the United States fell into recession, many poker players were looking for cheaper buy-in tournaments to splash around in. In the 2009 WSOP, only one open $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em buy-in event was held, aptly nicknamed the "Stimulus Special."
In 2010 the WSOP upped the number of open $1,000 NLHE events to six total.
This year there are a total of five open $1,000 NLHE events on the schedule and this tournament is the third of this year.
Below is a chart showing the winners of all the $1,000 events from 2009 through today. (Note, this table does not include Ladies Events, Seniors Events, or Rebuy Events.)
Who will be the next player to join this prestigious list of winners? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out!
| Year | Event | Winner | Entrants | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Event #4 | Steve Sung | 6,012 | $771,106 |
| 2010 | Event #3 | Aadam Daya | 4,345 | $625,872 |
| 2010 | Event #13 | Steven Gee | 3,024 | $472,479 |
| 2010 | Event #24 | Jeffrey Tebben | 3,289 | $503,389 |
| 2010 | Event #36 | Scott Montgomery | 3,102 | $481,760 |
| 2010 | Event #47 | Shawn Busse | 3,128 | $485,791 |
| 2010 | Event #54 | Marcel Vonk | 3,844 | $570,960 |
| 2011 | Event #8 | Sean Getzwiller | 4,178 | $611,185 |
| 2011 | Event #20 | Jason Somerville | 3,175 | $493,091 |
Action folded to James Carroll in the small blind who raised to 21,200. The player in the big blind then moved all in for a total of 53,200. Carroll decided to call and the hands were revealed.
Carroll: 
Big Blind: 
The board ran out 
and the other player doubled up while Carroll's stack dipped to 35,500.
