2011 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,720,328
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,144,000
Entries
128
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
30,000

Boukai Beats Benba

Level 15
Rami Boukai
Rami Boukai

Omaha-8

Rami Boukai raised from the hijack seat and got one caller in Ben "Benba" Lamb from the big blind. The flop came {8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, Lamb checked, Boukai bet, Lamb check-raised, and Boukai called. The turn was the {K-Spades}. This time Lamb bet and Boukai called.

The river brought the {6-Spades} and checks from both. Lamb showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Boukai {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}, and Boukai took the pot with his queens and eights.

Boukai is at 700,000 now while Lamb has 550,000.

Tags: Ben LambRami Boukai

Lamb Up, Greenstein Down

Level 15

Omaha-8

Ben "Benba" Lamb raised with the button, Barry Greenstein three-bet from the big blind, and Lamb called. The flop fell {9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, and Greenstein led out. Lamb called.

The turn was the {j-Clubs}, and Greenstein led again. Lamb raised, and Greenstein called.

The {j-Hearts} on the river paired the board, Greenstein check-folded, and Lamb raked in the pot.

Tags: Barry GreensteinBen Lamb

Level: 15

Blinds: /

Ante:

Approximate Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,370,000 125,000
George Lind us
George Lind
1,210,000 230,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
1,090,000 310,000
Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
WSOP 1X Winner
986,000 146,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
980,000 -140,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
900,000 50,000
Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
900,000 135,000
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
890,000 -150,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
810,000 -30,000
Minh Ly us
Minh Ly
740,000 140,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
695,000 309,500
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
690,000 -70,000
Yan Chen us
Yan Chen
WSOP 1X Winner
635,000 -45,000
Roman Yitzhaki us
Roman Yitzhaki
600,000 40,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
545,000 -55,000
Rami Boukai us
Rami Boukai
WSOP 2X Winner
545,000 -315,000
Jason Lester us
Jason Lester
WSOP 1X Winner
490,000
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
480,000 10,000
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
450,000
Sebastien Sabic
Sebastien Sabic
440,000 140,000
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
418,000 -12,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WSOP 4X Winner
400,000 165,000
Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
WSOP 2X Winner
350,000 -195,000
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
307,000 147,000
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
WSOP 2X Winner
290,000 -115,500

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Break Time

Level 14

We've come to the end of another 100-minute level, and players are now taking the last 15-minute break of the night.

Quintuple-Up for Lisandro

Level 14
Jeffrey Lisandro
Jeffrey Lisandro

Razz

Okay, razz fans. Five-way action here, details below. Cliffs? Jeffrey Lisandro quintuples up! (No shinola.)

The hand involved Lisandro, Shaun Deeb, Jason Lester, Steve Billirakis, and David "ODB" Baker. The action particularly heated up on fourth street, when Deeb bet, Lisandro raised, Lester and Billirakis called the two bets, Baker made it three, Deeb made it four, Lisandro called with his remaining chips, and the other three all called.

Got that?

On fifth Deeb bet again, and Lester, Billirakis, and Baker all called. On sixth Deeb kept at it, and only Baker decided to stick around. Deeb and Baker then both checked seventh. The hands…

Deeb (X)(X) / {2-}{9-}{3-}{10-} / (X)
Lisandro (X)(X) / {4-}{Q-}{3-}{10-} / (X)
Lester (X)(X) / {7-}{Q-}{5-}{10-} - FOLDED
Billirakis (X)(X) / {A-}{J-}{J-}{J-} - FOLDED
Baker (X)(X) / {5-}{9-}{9-}{K-} / (X)

Deeb showed {8-}{7-}{3-} for a 9-8, Lisandro {A-}{7-}{5-} for a 7-5, and Baker mucked. "Yes! Yes!" said the normally reserved Lisandro, noting that nifty return on his investment for the hand. He took the big main pot, and suddenly sits with about 305,000. Deeb, meanwhile, took the side pot, and has about 900,000 as we approach the last break of the night.

Tags: David BakerJeffrey LisandroShaun Deeb

Dehkharghani Downed by Rast

No-Limit Hold'em

Raymond Dehkharghani opened to 18,000 from under the gun, Brian Rast called in the big blind, and the flop fell {8-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. Rast checked, Dehkharghani fired 36,000, Rast raised to 113,000, and Dehkharghani moved all in. Rast snapped it off.

Dehkharghani: {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Rast: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The {9-Diamonds} on the turn left the door open for Dehkharghani. Any jack would give him a winning straight, but the {6-Hearts} bricked on the river, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,245,000 279,000
Raymond Dehkharghani
Raymond Dehkharghani
Busted

Tags: Brian RastRaymond Dehkharghani

Chew On This

Level 14

"Who wants to make a quick forty bucks!" David Oppenheim shouted at the rail.

Only Scott Seiver responded.

"You want to go to the gas station?" Oppenheim chuckled.

"Oh," Seiver responded, realizing he can't just leave his stack. "No."

"Come on," Oppenheim sighed. "Anybody?"

Eventually a gentleman offered his services. Oppenheim instructed him to go to the nearest gas station and pick up a tin of Skoal Straight Long Cut.

"I don't have a car though," the man told Oppenheim.

"I'll do it for twenty!" another railbird interjected.

Oppenheim ignored him. "Take a cab!" he told his helper. "I'll pay for it."

The man nodded, took the money, and then exited the Amazon Room. We'll update you on whether or not his quest was a success upon his return.

Tags: Chewing Tobacco AdventuresDavid Oppenheim