2011 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$611,185
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,760,200
Entries
4,178
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Walk It Round

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

Sadan Turker received a walk directly after losing that pot, and the next hand saw Sean Getzwiller find a walk.

The third hand in a row would see another walk occur when Turker found one before he moved all in on the fourth hand to produce a fold from Getzwiller.

Tags: Sean GetzwillerSadan Turker

Set of Sixes Sees Sadan Stay Alive

Sean Getzwiller limped the button only to have Sadan Turker move all in for an additional 3,925,000.

"I call" announced Getzwiller before adding, "I feel good about this one!"

Getzwiller: {K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Turker: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

With Turker in the lead, the {5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop would leave him only needing to fade running cards or a flush or a straight, and when the {K-Clubs} landed on the turn, Turker would be assured the double.

As the meaningless {J-Hearts} fell on the river, Turker was already being pushed the 8,310,000-chip pot as Getzwiller slipped to 4,225,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Sadan Turker gb
Sadan Turker
8,310,000
4,875,000
4,875,000
Sean Getzwiller us
Sean Getzwiller
4,225,000
-4,875,000
-4,875,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Sean GetzwillerSadan Turker

Marathon Match Continues After Getzwiller Gets a Five

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante
Sean Getzweller Asks For a Five Before the Flop
Sean Getzweller Asks For a Five Before the Flop

After about ten consecutive hands in which the blinds and antes were captured by a single preflop raise, we suddenly saw both Sean Getzwiller and Sadan Turker stand and table their cards.

Getzwiller had open shoved from the button for approximately 4,000,000 chips and Turker instantly made the call with his {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. He found himself in great shape after Gitzwiller showed down the {A-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and while there were definite chop possibilities, Turker had his sights set on a WSOP bracelet if he could dodge a five.

Gitzweller turned towards his rail and said "five coming" just as the dealer revealed the flop: {9-Spades}{10-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. Apparently Gitzwiller was channeling Kreskin because his prediction was right on the money. The five on the flop vaulted him into the lead and now it was Turker who was left hoping to spike his kicker.

Turn: {J-Clubs}
River: {3-Clubs}

With that, Getzwiller had doubled his stack to just over 9,000,000 chips and this see-saw battle continues to rage as we approach five hours of heads-up play.

Tags: Sadan TurkerSean Getzwiller

Turker Finds Huge Double

Sean Getzweller can't stand to look!
Sean Getzweller can't stand to look!

Sadan Turker opened the button to 400,000 only to have Sean Getzwiller shove from the big blind. Turker made the call for his 4,905,000-chip stack.

Turker: {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Getzwiller: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {J-Spades}{5-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Spades} to see Turker snag a huge double to nearly 10 million in chips as Getzwiller slips to just over 2.6 million.

Player Chips Progress
Sadan Turker gb
Sadan Turker
9,870,000
1,560,000
1,560,000
Sean Getzwiller us
Sean Getzwiller
2,665,000
-1,560,000
-1,560,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Sadan TurkerSean Getzwiller

Getzwiller Flops His Set to Cripple Turker

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

In a heads-up contest that has quickly devolved into a preflop shove fest, Sean Getzwiller and Sadan Turker again got all the chips in the middle before the flop. Turker raised to 450,000 from the button, Getzwiller three-bet shoved and Turker instantly called. Starting with nearly equal stacks, the winner of this all-in confrontation would claim a stack of over 10,000,000 chips for a massive lead.

Showdown:
Turker: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Getzwiller: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The classic race situation was on and both players stood to watch the dealer burn and turn.

Flop: {K-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The door card was a beautiful king for Turker and he must have thought he had it locked up, but a ten was lurking just beneath it to dash his hopes. Getzwiller had flopped a set to leave Turker drawing extremely thin. Only a runner-runner combination to a straight would save Turker now.

Turn: {5-Diamonds}
River: {3-Spades}

No miracles were forthcoming and Getzwiller had scored the massive double up, giving him a stack of 11,600,000 and leaving Turker crippled with only 750,000.

Tags: Sadan TurkerSean Getzwiller

Turker Refuses To Lose

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 30,000 ante

In the very next hand after his massive double-up, Sean Getzwiller looked to finish off Sadan Turker by pushing all-in with his {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. He knew Turker was calling with his extreme short stack, but was surprised to see his opponent held a made hand with the {2-Clubs}{2-Spades}.

The flop of {Q-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} gave Getzwiller more ways to win the pot and his first WSOP bracelet, and he could now catch any ten, six, or king in the deck. The turn card was the {8-Spades} and Getzwiller picked up even more outs, as now any nine would also complete his double belly buster straight draw. His rail began cheering for tens, sixes, kings, nines, anything to give their man the victory in this hotly contested heads-up duel.

River: {Q-Spades}

Getzwiller struck out and Turker doubled up to just over 1,100,000, with the famous chip-and-a-chair mantra now in full effect.

Tags: Sadan TurkerSean Getzwiller