2011 World Series of Poker

Event #39: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa63
Prize
$310,225
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,378,650
Entries
606
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Claudio Rinaldi Eliminated in 21st Place ($9,223)

Claudio Rinaldi
Claudio Rinaldi

PLH

Claudio Rinaldi, one of the short stacks coming into Day 3, got his chips in the middle preflop and was squaring off against Cameron New.

Rinaldi: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
New: {A-Spades}{J-Spades}

It was a bad spot for Rinaldi as he shared an ace with his opponent, but with an inferior kicker. The {5-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop hit New and essentially sealed Rinaldi's fate. The {K-Diamonds} turn gave Rinaldi a gut-shot straight draw to a queen, but the {K-Spades} river was not it. Rinaldi was eliminated from the tournament in 21st place, worth a $9,223 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Claudio Rinaldi it
Claudio Rinaldi
Busted

Tags: Cameron NewClaudio Rinaldi

Jens Hansen Eliminated in 22nd Place ($9,223)

Jens Hansen (22nd- $9,223)
Jens Hansen (22nd- $9,223)

PLH

Well, the first elimination of the day came just minutes into Level 19. It happened when Jens Hansen got his short-stack all in preflop holding {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and was up against the {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} of [Removed:326]. Hansen was already standing when we made our way to the table, no doubt in reaction to the {4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} flop.

[Removed:327] had flopped a set to put Hansen in a bad way. The {5-Spades} turn left Hansen drawing dead, but just as well the {9-Diamonds} was put out on the river for good measure. Hansen was eliminated in 22nd place and will take home $9,223 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:326]
[Removed:326]
230,000 58,000
Jens Hansen
Jens Hansen
Busted

Tags: Jens Hansen

Level: 19

Blinds: /

Ante:

Welcome to Day 3 of Event #39 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha!

Joseph Hachem is looking to capture his second gold bracelet here today.
Joseph Hachem is looking to capture his second gold bracelet here today.

Do you like pot-limit Omaha? How about pot-limit Texas hold’em? If you answered yes to both, then ,boy, do we have the event for you. Day 3 of Event #39 $2,500 PLH/PLO will begin with the final 22 players of a 606-player field, each looking to make the final table and play their way to a WSOP gold bracelet.

Leading the way is David Lestock, who bagged up 452,000 last night. Hot on his heels are Kyle Zartman and Cameron New, who bagged 450,000 and 448,000 respectively. They will be joined by a number of notables who’ve more than proved their talents at this year’s WSOP, including Omaha beast Scott Clements, former bracelet winner Rami Boukai; consummate grinder David “ODB” Baker; the always-entertaining Carter Gill; and the 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion, Joe Hachem.

Action is set to kickoff at 3:00 PM PST, which is just over a half an hour from now. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be at the Rio all day long to bring you all the action and eliminations as we look to crown the latest WSOP Champion.

Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

Table 275

SeatPlayerChip Count
1Roger Hairabedian66,000
2Wilfried Harig166,000
3David Baker247,000
4Mitch Schock158,000
5-empty- 
6Rami Boukai104,000
7Jens Hansen50,000
8Jonas Mackoff290,000
9[Removed:326]172,000

Table 276

SeatPlayerChip Counts
1Nathan Wade42,000
2David Lestock452,000
3Cameron New448,000
4Claudio Rinaldi86,000
5-empty- 
6-empty- 
7Rodney Brown249,000
8Jan Fernandez165,000
9Joe Hachem153,000

Table 277

SeatPlayerChip Counts
1Kyle Zartman93,000
2Carsten Joh145,000
3Tyler Patterson268,000
4James Vanneman377,000
5-empty- 
6Eugene Du Plessis213,000
7-empty- 
8Carter Gill248,000
9Scott Clements359,000

Event #39: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha

Day 3 Started

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