2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
$117,797
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$512,160
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

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Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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Lemons For Maier

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Lana Maier
Lana Maier

We missed the hand that sealed her demise, but we did see Lana Maier standing from the table with a sour look across her face. She gathered her things and wished a few of her pals luck as she headed to the exit.

Update: The lovely Ms. Maier was kind enough to return to the room and fill us in on the details of her exit. "I shoved 14 big blinds with {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}," she said with a shrug. "The opener had {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}." Another shrug and she was gone. Good game, Lana.

Tags: Lana Maier

Easy Game For Bell

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Chris Bell always looks just a touch bored at the table, and we think we may have sorted out why after watching him play three hands in a row.

On the first, Bell opened to 3,000 and the table folded to give him the blinds and antes.

On the second hand, Bell made the same raise, and the lady two seats down from him gave him action. The flop came {3-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}, and Bell's 4,000-chip continuation bet was enough to garner a quick fold.

On the third hand, Bell made it 3,000 to go once again, and the gentleman to his direct left came along with the call. A {7-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} flop drew another continuation bet from Bell -- you guessed it, 4,000 chips. And sure enough, the fold came instantly to add another few thousand chips to Bell's stack.

Yawn.

Tags: Chris Bell

Brady Can't Get a Word In

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Matt Brady is starting to look a bit frustrated over there. Mr. Hug is not treating him well, and we've just picked up the two of them involved in another pot.

Mr. Hug limped in under the gun, and Brady followed suit next door. The two blinds came along as well, and it was four ways to a cheap flop. The dealer spread out {5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {3-Spades}, and the table checked to Brady. He put out a small bet of 1,400, folding the blinds but enticing Mr. Hug to come along with the call. On the {J-Spades} turn, Mr. Hug led out into the pot with a bet of 5,000, and a look of sheer frustration immediately came across Brady's face. He spent another couple minutes in the tank before once again yielding to Mr. Hug and electing to save his ~13,000 chips for a more favorable spot. Like, one that doesn't involve the nemesis on his right.

Tags: Matt BradyMr. Hug

Wein Takes One Out

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Jonathan Wein raised to 2,400 from under the gun and the player in the cutoff popped it to 9,000. Action folded back to Wein and he took a look to see what his opponent had behind. Upon seeing it was only 5,800, he re-raised. His opponent called all in and turned over {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}, facing Wein's {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {J-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} to give Wein a boost and up his stack to about 60,000.

Tags: Jonathan Wein

Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

The Squeaky Wheel; Brady Gets Greased

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Matt Brady and the aforementioned Mr. Hug have tangled up in scores of pots, the majority of them being pushed to The Hugginator from what we could see. Brady was beginning to look a bit frustrated, but things have improved in the last minute or so.

Mr. Hug opened the pot with a raise, and Matt Brady got it all in for around 12,000 with pocket kings. Hug had two queens in the hole, and he made the call to put Brady five cards from a double up. The board ran clean, too, coming out ten-high with no silly suitedness to factor in. Kings hold for Brady, and he finds himself back over his starting stack with just about 25,000 chips now.

Tags: Matt BradyMr. Hug

Matt Glantz

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

We just wandered past Matt Glantz's table to see him sitting with heaps of chips, about 195,000 of them. The last time we eyed up his stack, it was about half of that, so we gave him a shoulder tap to find out what was what.

"Matt, did you just win a huge pot? Or have you just been chipping up?"

"No. You guys have just been doing a bad job," he said with a smirk. "I mean, not really. I did just beat a guy in a pot for like 50K. But I'm just running hot right now, hitting a lot of hands. Let me put it this way. I just open-folded king-jack because all I've been getting is aces and kings."

Aces and kings are good from what we little understand of the game of poker, and they've served Glantz's stack well enough to put him into the chip lead with about half of the field left.

Tags: Matt Glantz

Young Slips

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We caught up with the action on a {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Spades} flop.

Jason Young's bet of 3,800 was called by an opponent. The {2-Diamonds} hit the turn and Young fired 7,300, quickly getting a call from his opponent. The river brought the {2-Clubs} and Young bet once again, this time 9,700. His opponent was none too happy about it. "Oh this is so sick, you've got to be kidding me."

It took Young's opponent all but five seconds to call and flip over {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. Young tapped the table and mucked his cards, dropping to about 58,000.

Tags: Jason Young