2011 World Series of Poker

Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$808,538
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,440,400
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed

Day 1 Completed

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Official Day 1 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
303,800
Randy Dorfman us
Randy Dorfman
280,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
WSOP 1X Winner
178,900
Raphael Kroll
Raphael Kroll
174,500
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
162,600 400
Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
147,500
Dan Santoro us
Dan Santoro
146,400
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
WSOP 6X Winner
143,300
Zachary Gruneberg us
Zachary Gruneberg
142,400
Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
130,000
Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
127,200
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
125,100 28,100
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
WSOP 2X Winner
124,100
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
122,600 32,600
Dobromir Nikov bg
Dobromir Nikov
121,700
Mauro Stivoli
Mauro Stivoli
119,900
Filipp Khavin us
Filipp Khavin
118,800
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
116,500 52,500
Massimiliano Martinez it
Massimiliano Martinez
116,200
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
115,700
Justin Filtz
Justin Filtz
114,000
Mclean Karr us
Mclean Karr
110,600 20,600
Stanislav Barshak us
Stanislav Barshak
WSOP 1X Winner
110,400
Jacob Schindler us
Jacob Schindler
WSOP 1X Winner
109,600
Steve Sung us
Steve Sung
WSOP 2X Winner
107,900

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Jarvis Jumps in Front

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
Daniel Negreanu among the chip leaders
Daniel Negreanu among the chip leaders

Day 1 of Event #40 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed is in the books, and after ten levels of play, our chip leader is 2010 November Niner Matthew Jarvis with 303,800 chips. Jarvis won a huge pot during the last few minutes of play, when he rivered a full house against an overpair and trip aces. The hand pushed his stack above 300,000 chips, and eliminated Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi from the tournament.

Randy Dorfman also boasts a huge stack with 280,000 chips. He won a huge pot against Neil Channing during Level 8, where he flopped two pair against Channing's aces. Dorfman held, and was one of the first players over six figures.

There are a plethora of notables with six-figure stacks. Daniel Negreanu (162,200), Eugene Todd (147,500), and Zach Gruneberg (142,400) all made late surges, and will be looking to chip up even further on Day 2.

The final number of entrants in this event was 732, generating a prizepool of $3,440,400. The winner will receive $808,538, along with bragging rights and of course the WSOP gold bracelet.

Of course every Day 1 comes with waves of casualties, and we lost dozens of notables including, Jason Mercier, Frank Kassela, Eugene Katchalov, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Allen Bari, Justin Bonomo, Phil Laak, and Erick Lindgren.

The action resumes tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. local time, where we will play ten more levels of poker. Join us as we near a final table, en route to handing out the 40th bracelet of the 2011 WSOP.

See you tomorrow!

Tags: Matthew JarvisVanessa Selbst

Jarvis Jumps Up, Mizrachi Mowed Down

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Amid the bagging of chips happening on all of the other tables, a huge hand developed right before the stoppage of play -- a three-way pot involving Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Matt Jarvis, and third player.

Mizrachi held {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and was covered by both of his opponents, one holding {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and Jarvis with {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}. The flop came {A-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and turn the {A-Spades}, giving Mizrachi and Jarvis' opponent trip aces. But the river brought the {6-Spades}, giving Jarvis a boat and a double knockout.

While Mizrachi leaves the Pavilion, not to return for tomorrow's Day 2, it looks like Jarvis will becoming back as tomorrow's start-of-day leader. He's bagging a cool 303,800.

Tags: Matt JarvisMichael Mizrachi

Chips Equal Survival

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

With 10 minutes left in the final level, the announcement was made that four more hands would be played before play would end for the night. Some tables finished more quickly than others, including the one at which both Freddy Deeb and Haralabos Voulgaris sat. As they began counting their chips, readying to bag them, they reflected on their days.

A late run pushed Voulgaris from short-stack status up to 90,000, leaving him in a good mood to end the day. But even though Deeb's situation was relatively poor to Voulgaris, Deeb nonetheless found reason to feel good about things.

"I'm only stuck 3,800!" said Deeb to Voulgaris with a grin. "It's a good day!" That's one way to look at the 11,200 chips he's bagging up. It's a tough spot for the two-time bracelet winner, though better than that of the 550-plus players who aren't around to bag up any chips at night's end.

Tags: Freddy Deeb

Kings Full, Bro

When we reached Table 12, the board read {6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. Eugene Todd put out a bet of about 15,000, and an opponent made it 42,000 more. Todd had a pained look on his face as he tanked for a few moments, but he made the call.

His opponent opened up {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for just ace-high, and Todd tabled {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} for kings full.

"You're my hero," one of the players at the table told the bluffer.

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
135,000 120,000

Tags: Eugene Todd

Ainsworth Ascends

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth has made a late push here at the end of the day. Just now we saw him adding more to his stack following a hand in which he had led following a {8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades} flop, his short-stacked opponent shoved all in for 17,300 total, and Ainsworth called. Ainsworth had {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and his opponent {A-Spades}{2-Spades}.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts}, and Ainsworth's opponent still had the lead, but the river came the {3-Diamonds}, giving Ainsworth the flush and sending another to the rail.

Ainsworth is now up to 119,000.

Tags: Jude Ainsworth

O'Brien Takes Down Huge Pot

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

We caught action between Dan O'Brien and an opponent with a board ran out {6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{j-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. O'Brien checked and his opponent bet 24,500. O'Brien reraised all in and his opponent tanked for a while before folding. O'Brien let him see one card and he turned over the {10-Spades}.

O'Brien now sits with around 115,000 in chips.

Tags: Dan O'Brien

Ho Doubles

Maria Ho was all in for her last 13,000 preflop holding {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. Her opponent opened up {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, and it was off to the races!

Board: {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Spades}.

The king on the river saved Ho, doubling her to 27,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
27,000 15,000

Tags: Maria Ho

Jaka On the Move

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

A player under the gun opened with a raise to 1,700, the cutoff called, then Faraz Jaka reraised to 6,100 from the big blind. The original raiser folded, and the cutoff called.

The flop came {6-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Jaka bet 5,800 and his opponent called. The turn was the {10-Spades}. Jaka bet again, 9,500 this time, and again his opponent called.

The river brought the {2-Clubs}, putting a second pair on the board, and both players checked quickly. Jaka tabled {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, and his opponent mucked.

The table broke at the completion of the hand, leaving Jaka alone to stack up his newly won chips. Jaka, who finished third in this same event in 2009, is carrying nearly 80,000 chips to his new table.

Tags: Faraz Jaka