Benjamin Reinhart opened to 41,000 and received a call from Ashkan Razavi on the button. Dmitrii Valoyev three-bet all in from the small blind and both the big blind and Reinhart folded. Razavi snap called and we were off to the races.
Razavi:
Valoyev:
The board came 9c} and Razavi was able to fade an ace or a king, leaving Valoyev with nothing but felt in front of him. Valoyev will, however, take home $28,675 for his efforts.
Outside of the 2011 World Series of Poker, Brian Rast was the top money winner last year. Not only did he win the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship, he also shipped a bracelet in a $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event.
Most Money Won By an Individual at the 2011 WSOP (Excluding Main Event)
Place
Player
Money Won
1
Brian Rast
$1,952,443
2
Phil Hellmuth
$1,591,004
3
Ben Lamb
$1,331,832
4
Joe Ebanks
$1,179,031
5
Chris Moorman
$1,051,466
6
Allen Bari
$894,259
7
Jake Cody
$856,427
8
Mikhail Lakhitov
$851,058
9
Antonin Teisseire
$825,604
10
Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier
$811,639
Points of Interest:
Tom Dwan played in 54 of 58 bracelets events he was eligible for (no Seniors, Casino Employees or Ladies event).
Not only did Kirill Rabtsov earn the most cashes at the 2011 WSOP, he had one of the highest cash percentage rates among players in 2011 at 30.43%.
Even before the 2011 WSOP Main Event, Ben Lamb had already amassed $1.3 million in tournament earnings. His third place finish in the Main earned him an additional $4,021,138 for a total of $5,352,970.
Pius Heinz, by virtue of his Main Event win plus his one other WSOP cash, won $8,798,924 at the 2011 WSOP, the most of any individual.
Only Phil Hellmuth and Chris Moorman on the Top 10 money earners list did not win a WSOP gold bracelet—but both had runner-up finishes.
"What have you got Dan?" asked Greg Mueller who got out of his chair when he noticed Daniel Idema was all-in.
"Aces and i'm up against two nines," replied Idema who had also got out of his chair.
It was Idema's versus the of Ryan Olisar.
The flop was good for Idema, with the dealer spreading along the felt. More paint on the turn was good again and the on the river was also safe for Idema. He now has around 700,000 and is looking set to make a run at the final table.
Derrick Huang open shoved for 287,000 and it folded around to Dien Le who moved all in over the top. The rest of the table folded and the hands were shown:
Huang:
Le:
Le looked relieved when the was the door card, but an expression of horror quickly took over his face when the flop was completed with the and the , giving Huang a set of fives. The turn and river were no help to Le and Huang was able to score a key double up.
Benjamin Reinhart opened to 41,000 from middle position, Stephen Reynolds called behind him, and the flop fell . Both players checked.
The turn brought the , and Reinhart tossed out 65,000. Reynolds quickly called. The river was the , and Reinhart fired again - this time the amount was 134,000. Reynolds reluctantly called.
When we came to Table 451, there was a flop showing and Scott Seiver, Greg Mueller and Benjamin Reinhart were all involved in the hand. It was on Reinhart first and he opted to check. Mueller then did the same and the action was sent to Seiver.
A bet of 100,000 from Seiver would see Reinhart quickly move all in. Mueller didn't seem to have much to think about as he sent his cards in the muck. Seiver's cards however would not join Mueller's, they would instead be turned over face up as Seiver made a quick call.
Seiver:
Reinhart:
At this point the chip stacks were very close, so it was hard to tell who had the most chips, but either way someone was going to be going home or be left very crippled.
The on the turn was safe for Seiver as he would need to dodge an six or jack on the river. Unfortunately the was the last card dealt and Seiver would lose the hand.
After counting the stacks out, it was discovered that Reinhart had slightly more than Seiver and therefore Seiver would be exiting the tournament in 17th place.
Giorgio Medici opened to 75,000 from early position, Domenico Scalamogna three-bet jammed from middle position, and the action returned to Medici, who tank-called.
Medici
Scalamogna
The board ran out , and Scalamogna was eliminated.
We caught up to see Ashkan Razavi and Scott Seiver staring down at a board of . Seiver, after a moment of contemplation, pushed out a bet of 153,000. Razavi called and flipped over .
"You're going to win this hand," said Seiver as he tossed his cards away. "I didn't think that was a bad river for me".
9c} and Razavi was able to fade an ace or a king, leaving Valoyev with nothing but felt in front of him. Valoyev will, however, take home $28,675 for his efforts.
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of Ryan Olisar.
along the felt. More paint on the turn was good again and the 
on the river was also safe for Idema. He now has around 700,000 and is looking set to make a run at the final table.
. Both players checked.
, and Rennhack led for 35,000. Rast moved all in for a little under 300,000, and Rennhack snapped him off.
completed the board, and Rennhack successfully doubled.
and the 
, giving Huang a set of fives. The 
turn and 
. Both players checked.
, and Reinhart tossed out 65,000. Reynolds quickly called. The river was the 
and Scott Seiver, Greg Mueller and Benjamin Reinhart were all involved in the hand. It was on Reinhart first and he opted to check. Mueller then did the same and the action was sent to Seiver.
on the turn was safe for Seiver as he would need to dodge an six or jack on the river. Unfortunately the 
