2011 World Series of Poker

Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Mikhail Lakhitov
Winning Hand
k2
Prize
$749,610
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,944,850
Entries
1,734
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em

Day 1 Completed

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
174,100
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
168,300
Sudhakara Kattamuri
Sudhakara Kattamuri
163,200
Michael Michnik us
Michael Michnik
136,800
Keith Ferrera us
Keith Ferrera
132,500
Dmitry Stelmak ru
Dmitry Stelmak
128,700
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
124,700
Nicholas Petrangelo us
Nicholas Petrangelo
120,000
Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
WSOP 1X Winner
112,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
110,000
Brian Phelps
Brian Phelps
107,800
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
103,900
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
101,900
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
101,600
Randy Dorfman us
Randy Dorfman
100,000
98,600
Rob Akery gb
Rob Akery
96,400
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
93,400
Barry Woods us
Barry Woods
90,800
Zach Clark us
Zach Clark
88,700
Peter Murphy ie
Peter Murphy
87,700
Justin Filtz
Justin Filtz
86,500
Edgar De La Torre
Edgar De La Torre
84,900
Thomas Middleton gb
Thomas Middleton
83,700
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
83,000

Day 1 Ends with Martin Rettenmaier Atop the Leaderboard

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
Marvin Rettenmaier ended with the chiplead and a massage.
Marvin Rettenmaier ended with the chiplead and a massage.

Day 1 of the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em is in the books and Marvin Rettenmaier is your chipleader with 174,100. The day began with 1,734 players and the field has been whittled down to 296 runners. Joining Rettenmaier at the top of the leaderboard are Dan O’Brien, Jack Ellwood and Brian Phelps.

Also moving on to Day 2 are notables Dwyte Pilgrim, Martins Adeniya, Gavin Smith, Randy Dorfman, Eric Baldwin, Matt Marafioti, Lars Bonding, Leo Wolpert, J.C. Tran, Tim Phan, Nam Le, Randal Flowers and Terrence Chan.

One of the most interesting hands of the day occurred when Tommy Vedes shoved on the button, not expecting a call, with only one card. After the call was made Vedes asked the dealer for another card. The floorman was summoned and the ruling was that since Vedes was on the button the top card obviously belonged to him.
Vedes only held the {Q-Clubs} and the dealer peeled off the top card and it was the {A-Clubs}. He was up against {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} and won the hand after pairing his queen.

Plenty of notables were sent to the rail including: Andy Frankenberger, Dan Fleyshman, Nenad Medic, Jordan Young, Liv Boeree, Jason DeWitt, Nick Binger, Jonathan Duhamel, Isaac Haxton, Sorel Mizzi and Matt Stout.

Tom Dwan was in the tournament today, albeit for just one hand. Dwan played the first hand after the dinner break after his stack had been blinded off down to just over 4,000. He shoved on the button with {7-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}, got called by a player with {K-Clubs} {9-Clubs} and the board gave his opponent two pair. Dwan literally never took his seat, he played his one hand in what Eric Baldwin called a “runner’s stance.”

Before the dealer could award the pot to his opponent Dwan bolted over the Amazon Room for his PLO event. Today was a triple dip for Dwan; he was one of the top chip counts in the $5,000 PLO event and had a stack in the $10,000 HORSE Championship as well.

Sarah Grant scooped Tom Marchese for a quick chat.

Day 2 will begin at 2:30 p.m. PST in the Amazon Room in the Purple section. Be sure to follow all the WSOP live at Pokernews.com.

Smith Closing In On a Century

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

We picked up the action on the flop as the dealer rolled out {9-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {3-Spades}. A player in middle position checked, and Gavin Smith bet 1,800 into a pot of slightly more than that. His opponent called, and the {2-Clubs} drew another check-call from him. It was 3,800 on the turn, and he checked again on the {A-Spades} river. Smith figured all was safe, and he slid out one final bet of 8,600. Oops. His opponent check-raised all in over the top, and Smith was put to the decision for his full stack of 39,600. Smith spent some time in the tank, and he eventually made the call for his tournament life with {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}.

It was good. The other player's cards hit the muck, and Smith collected the double to move up to about 95,000.

Tags: Gavin Smith

Three More Hands

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

The tournament clock has reached the ten minute mark and the field will play three more hands. Then they will bag and tag for the night.

Rettenmaier to the Front

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 1,700, and he found calls from both the small and big blinds to go three ways to the flop.

It came {4-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {7-Spades}, and Rettenmaier continued out with 2,600 more chips. The small blind called, but the big blind check-raised to 10,400 total. Rettenmaier called that raise only to see the small blind shove all in for a few thousand extra. Not to be outdone, the big blind reshoved for a bit more than that, and Rettenmaier called down both opponents with a chance at the double knockout.

Showdown
Rettenmaier: {4-} {4-}
Small Blind: {A-Spades} {J-Spades}
Big Blind: {2-} {2-}

Rettenmaier's set was the best hand as the cards lay, but he needed to fade a deuce and nine spades to earn the knockout. The turn {Q-Diamonds} was a blank, and the {K-Hearts} river was, too. Red cards are just what Rettenmaier wanted to see, and the double knockout has pushed him up to chip-daddy territory with 165,000 now.

Tags: Marvin Rettenmaier

Diaz Calls with Weak Ace

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

We found this hand as David Diaz was making a tough decision. Diaz was in late position and had opened with a raise and the big blind moved all in on him for 13,700. Diaz took a few moments to think but then called. His opponent tabled {A-Spades} {9-Spades} and Diaz was all smiles as he turned over {A-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}.

The board ran {Q-Spades} {2-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {K-Spades} and Diaz didn't seem to mind shipping over the 13,700. He slipped down to 25,500.

Tags: David Diaz

A Little Mistake

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

A player under the gun opened to 1,600, and he was called by both Jonathan Little (late position) and Mike Bennington (small blind). They three saw a {Q-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {3-Spades} flop, and the raiser continued out with another 2,700 chips. Little called, and Bennington check-raised to 10,000 straight. The raiser flatted now, and Little responded with an all-in shove, shipping his last 28,000 across the line. Bennington called, and that finally shook the under-the-gun player loose as he double-checked his cards and threw them into the muck.

Little was at risk with the mighty {K-Spades} {J-Spades}, and he was in a big hole as Bennington tabled {Q-Clubs} {3-Clubs} for top and bottom pairs. The turn {J-Clubs} gave Little some outs, but the river {4-Diamonds} was a blank, cueing his exit just before the end of the night.

Tags: Jonathan LittleMike Bennington

Big Stack Watch

We're scanning, and these are the big stacks we see right now:

Player Chips Progress
152,000 118,500
140,000
118,000
116,000
110,000 10,000
105,000

Schwartzout

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

A player in middle position opened with a raise, and Noah Schwartz had an easy three-bet shove for his last 8,000. He had {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds}, and the news would not be good as the caller turned up {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}.

That news was bad for Schwartz, and the {10-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} flop did him no good at all. The {6-Clubs} on the turn provided some chop outs, but the river {6-Spades} means Schwartz's day is done early enough to beat the rush to the parking lot.

Tags: Noah Schwartz