2011 World Series of Poker

Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$1,158,481
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$4,455,600
Entries
474
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship

Day 1 Completed

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Alan Sternberg us
Alan Sternberg
WSOP 1X Winner
260,600
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
242,600
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
223,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
208,800
Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
203,900
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
WSOP 1X Winner
198,900
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
196,800
Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
WSOP 4X Winner
190,800 101,800
Jamie Armstrong us
Jamie Armstrong
190,000
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
WSOP 2X Winner
185,600
Nick Grippo us
Nick Grippo
185,600
David Benefield us
David Benefield
174,700 4,700
Thorsten Schafer de
Thorsten Schafer
170,300
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
168,700
Robbie Verspui nl
Robbie Verspui
164,800
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
WSOP 1X Winner
164,100
Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
161,900 1,900
Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
WSOP 1X Winner
161,700
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
160,500 72,500
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
159,600
Markus Gonsalves us
Markus Gonsalves
157,800
Gabe Patgorski us
Gabe Patgorski
149,000
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
WSOP 3X Winner
145,900 78,900
Ivan Freitez ve
Ivan Freitez
144,300
Russell Carson ca
Russell Carson
144,000 39,000

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Day 1 Concludes

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

When we arrived for today's Day 1 of Event No. 46, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event, we expected to see a stacked field of top pros, including many of the online phenoms for whom the short-handed game is their bread and butter. On that count our expectations were fulfilled.

Looking back at Event No. 40 (the $5K version of this event) and its turnout of 732, we thought perhaps we'd see a field of half that or even a little less, given the double-sized buy-in. There we found our expectations to be off, as a surprising 474 runners bought in for this one, together creating a huge prize pool of $4,455,600 to be distributed among the top 48 finishers. That also means a $1.15 million-plus payday for the winner, the largest first prize thus far at this year's WSOP.

Just 162 of those 474 made it through to tomorrow's Day 2, which meant we saw many of those notables hitting the rail along the way. Meanwhile, Joe Cada catapulted to the top of the counts by mid-afternoon, soon to be challenged by David "Bakes" Baker, James Akenhead, McLean Karr, and Dmitry Gromov.

By night's end a few players had pushed up past the 200,000-chip mark to land at the top of the leaderboard by the time the end-of-night bagging of chips commenced, among them Mike Sowers, Ben Lamb, and Kevin Saul. But ahead of them all is Alan Sternberg with 260,600 to end the night.

Play resumes at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow local time for Day 2. What do we expect? More three- and four-bets. More action. And more drama as they reach the money and push toward that final table full of six-figure scores. See you then.

Four to Go

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The tournament clock has been stopped and it has been determined that four more hands will be played before play concludes tonight.

Paur Lester

Action folded to Taylor Paur in the small blind and he raised to 3,000. Jason Lester was in the big blind and opted to make the call. Paur immediately bet 4,000 on the {5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop only to have Lester raise to 16,000. Paur responded by moving all in and Lester called off for around 37,000.

Paur: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Lester: {10-Spades}{9-Hearts}

Lester had flopped top pair but it was well behind the over pair of Paur. The {J-Spades} turn left Lester drawing to either a nine or ten on the river, but it was not meant to be as the {Q-Spades} peeled off. Lester was eliminated from the tournament while Paur climbed back to around 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
WSOP 2X Winner
200,000 55,000
Jason Lester us
Jason Lester
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

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Sternberg vs. Paur

Taylor Paur raised to 2,300 under the gun and was called by both Noah Schwartz and Alan Sternberg. When the flop fell {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, Paur led out for 5,000 and again both his opponents just called. The {9-Spades} turn didn't slow Paur down as he bet 12,700. That bet was enough to get Schwartz off the hand, but not Sternberg as he made the call.

Paur continued his aggression on the {Q-Clubs} river by betting 30,000. Sternberg refused to back down and made the call. Paur rolled over {8-Spades}{4-Hearts} for a bluff, while Sternberg showed the winning {8-Clubs}{5-Hearts} straight.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Sternberg us
Alan Sternberg
WSOP 1X Winner
220,000 60,000
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
WSOP 2X Winner
145,000 -45,000

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Party Over for Oliver

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Well, we described Chris Oliver as "nursing" his above average stack. But it appears his nursing wasn't so effective, as the stack has suffered some trauma. What we're trying to say is, the chips are all gone and Oliver's seat is empty.

Ben "Benba" Lamb, Oliver's vanquisher, filled us in on the details of his rapid demise. After Lamb opened for 2,300, Oliver reraised to 5,300, and Lamb called. The flop came {k-}{10-}{6-} and Lamb checked. Oliver bet 6,400, and Lamb called. The turn was an {A-} and Lamb checked again. Oliver bet 13,000 this time, and Lamb called once more.

The river was another {A-} and Lamb checked one last time. Oliver shoved all in for about 50,000, and Lamb called, showing {K-}{9-} for aces and kings. Oliver mucked, and tossed his headphones before exiting. Seemed less enjoyable than the money tossing he was describing just before.

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World Champ Representing

Jonathan Duhamel
Jonathan Duhamel

On a flop of {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{2-Spades}, Jonathan Duhamel checked from the small blind and his opponent in the big blind bet 7,000. Duhamel responded with a check-raise to 15,000 and the big blind called.

Both players checked the {9-Clubs}, and then Duhamel bet 18,000 on the {8-Spades} river. The big blind called but mucked when Duhamel rolled over {A-Spades}{K-Spades} for the nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
110,000 14,000

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