2011 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$825,604
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,839,000
Entries
817
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Racking Up the Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
John Racener us
John Racener
55,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
36,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
26,500
11,500
11,500
Vanessa Russo
Vanessa Russo
23,100
-2,500
-2,500
David Sands us
David Sands
22,400
7,400
7,400
Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert
21,350
6,350
6,350
Barry Shulman
Barry Shulman
16,700
1,700
1,700
Dave Ulliott
Dave Ulliott
14,575
-425
-425
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
13,600
800
800
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
12,050
2,650
2,650
David Baker us
David Baker
11,800
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Rene Angelil
Rene Angelil
9,300
-5,700
-5,700
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted

A Few Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
46,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
31,000
Martin Hruby cz
Martin Hruby
25,000
10,000
10,000
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Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
24,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov
24,500
9,500
9,500
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh us
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh
24,000
9,000
9,000
Jeff Williams us
Jeff Williams
24,000
Justin Young us
Justin Young
23,000
-1,000
-1,000
Michael Leah ca
Michael Leah
23,000
3,000
3,000
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
21,000
9,600
9,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Vanessa Peng
Vanessa Peng
15,300
300
300
14,500
Mike Beasley us
Mike Beasley
14,400
-600
-600
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
13,000
3,200
3,200
12,000
-3,000
-3,000
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
11,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
9,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
9,500
-2,800
-2,800
David Williams us
David Williams
9,200
-5,800
-5,800
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
8,000
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
5,300
1,600
1,600

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Negreanu Bests Brikis

Josh Brikis raised to 525 from early position and was called by Daniel Negreanu in the cutoff. The flop came {a-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Brikis bet 650 which Negreanu called. The turn was the {2-Hearts} and when Brikis checked, Negreanu tossed out a bet of 1,325. Brikis then raised to 3,100 and Negreanu thought for a bit before declaring he was all in. Brikis decided to fold and Negreanu flipped over the {j-Hearts} but not his other card.

The table all agreed that Negreanu must have had the ace of hearts to go with his jack and although it was never shown, Negreanu did verbally admit to also having the ace of hearts.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
22,800
7,800
7,800
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
7,600
-7,400
-7,400

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJosh Brikis

Steve Watts Forces a Big Lay Down

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

On an {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades} board, Steve Watts led into his opponent for 3,625. His opponent, who had over 25,000 in chips, thought for a long while before laying down his hand. Watts immediately showed {6-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and his opponent claimed to have pocket queens for a set.

"With that stack? Yeah, right," Watts responded in his British accent. As they walked off for break, his opponent explained he didn't bet the flop because he read the board as having two kings. Watts doesn't seem to be buying it.

Tags: Steve Watts

Hinkle Chips Up

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

On a {7-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{q-Diamonds} board, Blair Hinkle bet 1,450 into his lone opponent. The player in position made the call and the two players saw the {j-Hearts} hit the turn.

Hinkle checked this time and his opponent decided to fire 3,850. Hinkle didn't take too much time making the call and his opponent could only show {j-Spades}{8-Spades}. Hinkle tabled {q-Spades}{8-Clubs} and used that pot to chip up to 31,000.

Tags: Blair Hinkle

A Look at the Current WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

PlayerPointsCashesFinal TablesBraceletsWinnings
Ben Lamb486.25221$1,074,354
Phil Hellmuth458.25420$527,970
Sam Stein402.63421$716,342
Mikhail Lakhitov401.80521$851,058
Mitch Schock364.81531$406,018
John Juanda336211$410,067
Amir Lehavot330.75211$578,454
Sean Getzwiller325221$647,854
Jason Mercier323.45421$670,471
Daniel Idema318.88311$390,072
Mark Schmid317.75311$499,861
Steve Landfish317.70220$330,044

*Through Event #45