2011 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a533
Prize
$397,073
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,654,400
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Swingy Table #278

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Ali Eslami and Eoghan Odea got all their chips in with Sorel Mizzi making the call to put both of them at risk.

Eslami: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades}
Odea: {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Mizzi: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. In the end Mizzi lost a lot of chips and was down to just 20,500. Eslami, on the other hand reached 85,000 while Odea has just 20,000.

However, a couple of hands later Mizzi doubled back up to 43,000. A few hands after that Ali Eslami got his {a-}{10-}{7-}{2-} all in against the {a-}{q-}{j-}{4-} of his opponent on a {a-}{10-}{4-} board. The turn was a {9-} and the river was a {4-} which eliminated Eslami.

Tags: Ali EslamiEoghan OdeaSorel Mizzi

Kimberrrr! Sands Drops Down

It was folded around to David Sands on the button who potted to 10,500. Jeff Kimber then re-potted to 33,000 from the big blind and Sands quickly raised all in. Kimber called for his 37,000 total and his tournament life would be at risk as the two flipped their hands.

Kimber: {A-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Sands: {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} to give Kimber the scoop and the double.

Player Chips Progress
David Sands us
David Sands
101,000
26,000
26,000
Jeff Kimber gb
Jeff Kimber
75,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: David SandsJeff Kimber

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ram Vaswani gb
Ram Vaswani
212,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
200,000
125,000
125,000
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
188,000
-77,000
-77,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
145,000
-5,000
-5,000
Brett Shaffer us
Brett Shaffer
130,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Brent Wheeler us
Brent Wheeler
108,000
61,000
61,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Sands us
David Sands
101,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
84,000
21,000
21,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
77,000
-12,500
-12,500
$25K Fantasy
Bill Gazes
Bill Gazes
57,000
4,000
4,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
56,000
-24,000
-24,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Max Stern us
Max Stern
47,000
-17,000
-17,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Alan Sternberg us
Alan Sternberg
33,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Trai Dang us
Trai Dang
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
15,000
15,000
15,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

Royalty for Bolden

Gary Bolden limped in middle position and Brandon Paster raised to 11,000 in the hijack as the next to act. It was folded back around to Bolden who made the call as the two checked the {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop. They both checked the {A-Diamonds} on the turn as well but it would be like the 4th of July when the {8-Spades} hit the river as there were fireworks.

It started out with Bolden betting 20,000 and Paster announcing raise. Paster then slid out two giant piles of yellow T1000 chips totalling 80,000. Bolden then counted out the chips for a call and went into the tank. He got up from his chair and asked Paster how much he had left. Paster counted out his stack and it looked like he had an additional 80,000 behind. Bolden finally announced all in and Paster folded as fast as humanly possible. As Bolden raked in the pot, he showed {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for a turned royal flush and said that he wished his opponent had held at least aces full. Nevertheless, Bolden, who started the day atop the chip counts, is once again sitting near the top of them as Paster blew quite a few of the newfound chips that he had won a few pots ago.

Player Chips Progress
Gary Bolden us
Gary Bolden
270,000
125,000
125,000
Brandon Paster us
Brandon Paster
80,000
-130,000
-130,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Brandon PasterGary Bolden

Some Updated Counts

Here are the updated counts for the players on Tables 292 and 298.

Player Chips Progress
David Bach us
David Bach
155,000
87,000
87,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
155,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Austin Marks us
Austin Marks
130,000
-63,000
-63,000
Joseph Silverman
Joseph Silverman
115,000
4,000
4,000
Raymond Dehkarghani
Raymond Dehkarghani
105,000
40,000
40,000
Kirill Rabtsov
Kirill Rabtsov
100,000
100,000
100,000
Padraig Parkinson ie
Padraig Parkinson
94,000
19,000
19,000
Evan Sofer
Evan Sofer
85,000
-16,000
-16,000
Marcelo Costa
Marcelo Costa
66,000
40,000
40,000
Tobias Hausen de
Tobias Hausen
65,000
15,000
15,000
Jacobo Fernandez us
Jacobo Fernandez
51,500
-10,500
-10,500
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
50,000
-37,000
-37,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Peter Levine us
Peter Levine
47,500
-8,300
-8,300
Joseph Marchal us
Joseph Marchal
32,000
15,000
15,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
30,000
10,000
10,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Nathaniel Wiesner us
Nathaniel Wiesner
19,000
-17,000
-17,000
Michael Noori us
Michael Noori
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
Busted