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

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
130,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Marchese
Tom Marchese
76,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
74,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
64,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
56,000
26,000
26,000
Profile photo of Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
55,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
53,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
50,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
48,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chau Giang us
Chau Giang
47,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
40,000
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Justin Young us
Justin Young
39,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
36,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
30,000
17,500
17,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
30,000
-11,400
-11,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
30,000
-5,400
-5,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
30,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
29,000
4,300
4,300
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
17,000
-8,850
-8,850
Profile photo of Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
10,000
-6,175
-6,175
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
9,500
-18,800
-18,800
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Busted
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Busted
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
Busted
Team Lucky

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Terrence Chan vs. an Old Man

Terrence Chan three bet 6,000 preflop against an older gentleman who ended up four-betting all in for 62,100. Chan was clearly perplexed about the large bet, stood, and took off his jacket. As he was doing so, the old man began texting on his cellular telephone; however, the dealer quickly informed him that he was not allowed to do such a thing.

"I'm sorry," said the old man. "Thanks for telling me." About this time, Chan decided to fold and showed {Q-}{Q-}. Not one to resist, the old man showed his hand as well . . . {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Terrence Chan
62,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Terrence Chan

Queens Fail Katchalov

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov

Preflop action resulted in two players -- Lee Markholt (small blind) and Eugene Katchalov (button) -- seeing a flop come {8-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Markholt checked, Katchalov bet 4,200, and Markholt called. The turn was the {10-Spades}, and Markholt checked once more. This time Katchalov shoved all in for about 17,000, and Markholt quickly called.

Katchalov showed {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades} for a set of queens, but that turned card had burned him as Markholt tabled {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds} for a straight. The river was the {4-Diamonds}, and Katchalov is out. Meanwhile, Markholt has about 90,000 now.

Tags: Eugene KatchalovLee Markholt

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Big Slick for Seed

With 3,000 in the pot and a board reading {9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, the player in the big blind bet 1,550 only to have Huck Seed raise to 6,400. The big blind called and both players proceeded to check the {A-Hearts} river.

The big blind showed {6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for missed straight and flush draws, which was no good against the {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Huck Seed
50,700
12,600
12,600
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Huck Seed

Greenstein Eliminated

Barry Greenstein raised under the gun and received a call from the player in the big blind, who proceeded to check-call bets of 2,300 and 5,000 on the {Q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop and {A-Spades} turn. When the {5-Diamonds} hit the river, the big blind led out for 15,000 and Greenstein called off for around 9,000.

The big blind showed {J-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for rivered chips, which was enough to send Greenstein to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Barry Greenstein
Busted

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Kabrhel Takes a Few from Shorr

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

We picked up this one on the turn with the board showing {4-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{A-Hearts}. Shannon Shorr pushed out a bet of 3,800, and Martin Kabrhel called behind. The river brought the {9-Diamonds}. This time Shorr checked, and Kabrhel bet 7,575. Shorr called the bet, and when Kabrhel turned over {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} for aces and nines, Shorr mucked.

Shorr is down to 13,000 now, while Kabrhel is up to 50,000.

Tags: Martin KabrhelShannon Shorr

Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Bakes Baker us
David Bakes Baker
148,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
120,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
112,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
108,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alan Sternberg us
Alan Sternberg
95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
75,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
61,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
45,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
44,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
43,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
43,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
42,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Chau Giang us
Chau Giang
39,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
38,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
36,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Will Molson ca
Will Molson
35,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of
34,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Matt Hawrilenko us
Matt Hawrilenko
28,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
19,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
18,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
11,000
-3,275
-3,275
Profile photo of Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Team PokerStars Pro (France) Grospellier in the Field

Team PokerStars Pro (France) Bertrand Grospellier
Team PokerStars Pro (France) Bertrand Grospellier

An under-the-gun player, who we'll call "UTG," raised to 1,525 and Team PokerStars Pro (France) Bertrand Grospellier, who we'll call "ElkY," made the call from the small blind. It was heads up to the {10-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop, which ElkY checked. UTG bet 1,800, ElkY called, and both players checked the {5-Spades} turn.

When the {A-Clubs} hit the river, ElkY lead out for 3,200, UTG raised to 30,000, and the Frenchman folded. Many may recall Grospellier as rising to fame in Europe, largely on the European Poker Tour (EPT). To learn more about the EPT, check out www.europeanpokertour.com or go ahead and visit PokerStars.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
9,500
-29,500
-29,500

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierPokerStars