2011 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$573,456
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,340,600
Entries
249
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Nice Call Reults in Baldwin Double

Eric Baldwin
Eric Baldwin

With around 28,000 in the pot and a board reading {5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{6-Hearts}, McLean Karr bet 16,700 and was called by Eric Baldwin, who left himself just 22,900 behind. When the {6-Clubs} peeled off on the river, Karr thought for a moment before making a bet large enough to put his opponent all in.

Baldwin snap-called and showed {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}, which was good against the {A-}{K-} of Karr. Interestingly, the black pocket nines is the same hand Phil Hellmuth used to win the 1989 WSOP Main Event; coincidentally, both Baldwin and Hellmuth are from Wisconsin. If you're looking for useless, yet fun, trivia, there you have it!

Player Chips Progress
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
115,000
-31,000
-31,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
112,000
47,000
47,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Eric BaldwinMcLean Karr

Chips From the Other Half of the Room

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Stern us
Daniel Stern
241,000
147,300
147,300
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
138,000
67,600
67,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Mark Dickstein us
Mark Dickstein
123,000
30,300
30,300
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
83,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
71,000
25,200
25,200
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
68,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
59,000
12,000
12,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
52,000
-3,100
-3,100
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
37,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Inesa Paberzs
Inesa Paberzs
36,000
-37,000
-37,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
33,000
-16,700
-16,700
Gabriel Thaler
Gabriel Thaler
24,000
-25,600
-25,600

Martin Shows an Ace

Jonathan Jaffe raised to 3,500 from the hijack and received a single caller in the form of Dan Martin on the button. Jaffe proceeded to bet 3,000 on the {3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop only to be raised to 8,800 by Martin. Jaffe refused to back down and bumped it to 15,800, which Martin called.

When the dealer burned and turned the {10-Spades}, Jaffe checked, Martin bet 35,000, and Jaffe tank-folded. Ever the gentleman, Martin allowed his opponent to see one card, which ended up being the {A-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Martin us
Dan Martin
112,000
24,000
24,000
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
109,000
41,200
41,200

Tags: Jonathan JaffeDan Martin

Seidel Chipping Up

Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel, who has had quite the 2011 so far this year, raised to 4,000 after action folded to him in the cutoff. Tony Cousineau, a name you might recognize as the man with the most WSOP cashes without ever having won a bracelet, defended from the small blind and it was heads up to a {10-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop.

Cousineau the check-called a bet of 5,000 as the dealer put out the {5-Clubs} on the turn. Again Cousineau checked and Seidel continued to bet, this time 10,000. It was enough to get the job done as Cousineau released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
121,000
57,000
57,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
48,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Erik SeidelTony Cousineau

Billirakis Doubles Through Levi

A series of preflop raises and reraises resulted in Steve Billirakis being all in with {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} against the {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} of Nicolas Levi. We've seen a couple of these race situations throughout the day, but it seems the small pair is always holding up.

In this case, the flop came down {6-Spades}{9-Spades}{10-Spades} and helped solidify Billirakis' lead. The {4-Hearts} turn changed nothing, and the {8-Diamonds} river ensured a Billirakis double.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
63,400
32,400
32,400
WSOP 2X Winner
56,000
-29,000
-29,000

Tags: Nicolas LeviSteve Billirakis

What are They Playing For?

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

The tournament clock says we have 98 players remaining in the field, which means 71 of them are going to walk away empty handed. The reason being that the $2,340,600 prizepool will only be distributed among the top 27 players with first place receiving $573,456.

1st- $573,456
2nd- $354,460
3rd- $264,651
4th- $198,927
5th- $150,453
6th- $114,525
7th- $87,702
8th- $67,596
9th- $52,406
10th thru 12th- $40,890
13th thru 15th- $31,183
16th thru 18th- $25,348
19th thru 27th- $20,129

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
204,000
89,400
89,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
185,000
-18,000
-18,000
Owen Crowe ca
Owen Crowe
83,000
-40,500
-40,500
Jacobo Fernandez us
Jacobo Fernandez
75,000
35,600
35,600
Grayson Nichols us
Grayson Nichols
68,000
-12,000
-12,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
68,000
23,200
23,200
Martin de Knijff se
Martin de Knijff
67,000
-4,000
-4,000
Gary Rabin
Gary Rabin
47,000
-43,200
-43,200
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
43,000
22,200
22,200
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
20,000
-25,000
-25,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
7,000
-125,300
-125,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Inesa Paberz
Inesa Paberz
Busted

Arieh Out with a Mucked Hand

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

We found this hand with a large pot at the river. Chris Moorman was first to act with the board reading {6-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}. He slid out 125,000, more than enough to cover what Josh Arieh had left behind. He took a good long tank while Moorman kept his stare down at the table. Arieh moved his stack in the middle to see Moorman table {A-Spades} {10-Spades}. Arieh mucked his hand and left the tournament area.

Tags: Chris MoormanJosh Arieh