2011 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$488,283
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,829,600
Entries
3,144
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Kiletto Kicks Her Stilettos

The player under the gun shoved for around 6,000 and it was folded all the way around to Lily Kiletto in the small blind who called.

Kiletto: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
UTG: {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

The {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop was a kind one to Kiletto as it gave her top-top although her opponent could still hit a three for trips or a five for the wheel. The {Q-Spades} turn put UTG one card away from elimination but the {5-Spades} on the river completed his straight as he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
32,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Lily Kiletto

Winner for Wang

We missed the betting action preflop but somehow the player on the button ended up all in for his last 38,900 against Yueqi Wang.

Wang: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Button: {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{a-Spades}{6-Spades} and the button was sent to the rail while Yang's stack grew to 185,000.

Player Chips Progress
Yueqi Wang us
Yueqi Wang
185,000
34,000
34,000

Tags: Yueqi Wang

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Back in Action!

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The dinner break has ended and the remaining 114 players are now back to their tables. Everyone left in the field is guaranteed to take home at least $2,942.

Back to Back for Paris

Bryan Paris
Bryan Paris

We saw Bryan Paris with a pretty hefty stack right before the dinner break was up and asked him how he had accumulated it. He told us that first, the player under the gun raised to 5,600 and Paris flatted in the big blind. On the {9-}{5-}{2-} flop, Paris checked and UTG bet 10,000. Paris shoved and his opponent called all in for around 35,000.

Paris: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
UTG: {Q-}{Q-}

The turn and river bricked out and UTG was eliminated.

Then the very next hand, the button raised to 4,500 and Paris three-bet to 11,000 from the small blind. The button shoved for around 45,000 total and Paris made the call.

Paris: {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Button: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The flop was {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{X-Diamonds} which kept the button in the lead but gave Paris a slew of outs. The {J-Hearts} turn put Paris in commanding lead though and the {X-Diamonds} on the river sealed the win for him. This gave Paris two knockouts in a row and we will definitely keep an eye on him and his beard.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
160,000
Natural8

Tags: Bryan Paris

Snickles Sucks Out

Ryan Snickles raised an unknown amount from the button and the player in the small blind went all in. Snickles pondered for a minute and then said "I'm feeling lucky, I call."

Snickels: {K-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Small Blind: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Through the turn the board of {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} had the all-in player poised to double up, but the table let out a dramatic gasp as the {j-Diamonds} hit on the river giving Snickles a pair of jacks and the win. The other player frowned and exited the table and Snickled piled up his new-found chips building his stack to 185,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Snickles us
Ryan Snickles
185,000
137,500
137,500

Tags: Ryan Snickles

Carroll Can't Catch an Ace

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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: {a-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Big Blind: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and the other player doubled up while Carroll's stack dipped to 35,500.

Tags: James Carroll

A Look Back at $1,000 NLHE

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

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!

Former $1,000 NLHE Champions

YearEventWinnerEntrantsPrize
2009Event #4Steve Sung6,012$771,106
2010Event #3Aadam Daya4,345$625,872
2010Event #13Steven Gee3,024$472,479
2010Event #24Jeffrey Tebben3,289$503,389
2010Event #36Scott Montgomery3,102$481,760
2010Event #47Shawn Busse3,128$485,791
2010Event #54Marcel Vonk3,844$570,960
2011Event #8Sean Getzwiller4,178$611,185
2011Event #20Jason Somerville3,175$493,091

Chip Count(s) Dracula

Player Chips Progress
Mark Schmid us
Mark Schmid
360,000
315,900
315,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Findlay
Alex Findlay
300,000
230,100
230,100
Michael Souza us
Michael Souza
212,000
170,000
170,000
Yueqi Wang us
Yueqi Wang
183,000
-2,000
-2,000
Scott Shelley gb
Scott Shelley
178,000
114,000
114,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
163,000
-12,000
-12,000
Amanda Baker us
Amanda Baker
159,000
94,000
94,000
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
154,000
-91,000
-91,000
Adam Cader ca
Adam Cader
151,000
127,000
127,000
Luke Davies gb
Luke Davies
122,000
-13,000
-13,000
Christopher McClung
Christopher McClung
121,000
7,000
7,000
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
105,000
-55,000
-55,000
Natural8
Paulus Valkenburg
Paulus Valkenburg
100,000
55,800
55,800
Joshua Schoonover
Joshua Schoonover
97,000
45,000
45,000
Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif
85,000
50,000
50,000
Veronica Dabul ar
Veronica Dabul
72,000
32,000
32,000
Erik Lemarquand ca
Erik Lemarquand
68,000
-182,000
-182,000
Christian Kohl
Christian Kohl
65,000
20,000
20,000
Mike Beasley us
Mike Beasley
52,000
17,000
17,000
James Carroll us
James Carroll
46,000
10,500
10,500
Karoon Monfared
Karoon Monfared
46,000
2,000
2,000
Gualter Salles
Gualter Salles
43,000
14,000
14,000
PokerStars
Jean-Paul Pasqualini fr
Jean-Paul Pasqualini
15,000
-88,500
-88,500