2011 World Series of Poker

Event #10: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$544,388
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,592,000
Entries
1,920
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Only the Men Remain

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Our last woman standing, Melanie Weisner, has just been eliminated from the tournament. We weren't able to witness the hand, but we were told that Gregory Dyer raised under the gun with {a-}{10-} and Weisner called from the big blind with {j-}{10-}. The flop came {10-}{7-}{4-} and they got all the chips in the middle. Weisner was unable to catch up and she was sent to the rail.

After the hand Gregory Dyer had around 180,000.

Tags: Gregory DyerMelanie Weisner

Update to Payouts

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

After consulting with the WSOP Media Team here at the Rio, we've been able to confirm that there was an error in the payout list, which has now been rectified. Mark Flowers was listed earlier as having placed in both 117th and 118th place, which is of course impossible, unless Flowers has managed to master the science of human cloning in the last 24 hours.

We can confirm though that Flowers has placed 117th in this tournament, while Micah Hendrix has been confirmed as the 122nd place finisher. All the other positions have been adjusted accordingly - but to save the hassle of having to list them again, you can check out the updated payout list here.

Tags: Micah HendrixMark Flowers

Papola Punts Mandavia

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Although we missed the action, right before the break Ankush Mandavia was eliminated from the tournament by Jeffrey Papola. The board read {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} and Papola had the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} which rivered a king to beat Mandavia's {9-}{9-}.

After the hand Papola's stack was up to 425,000 and he is easily one of our chip leaders at the moment. It seems six-handed events are Papola's bread and butter as last year he took second place in the $2,500 six-handed event #26 and then went on to win a bracelet in the $5,000 six-handed event #32.

Is another bracelet in Papola's future? Stay tuned!

Tags: Ankush MandaviaJeffrey Papola

Who's Bringin' Home the Bacon?

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There was a steady steam of eliminations leading up to the dinner break, but with the players starting to settle down, we've now been able to catch up on all those who have made some bread - figuratively speaking.

PlaceNameCountryAmount
67Alexandre GauronCanada$4,898
68Dennis BeresUnited States$4,898
69Ervin TormosUnited States$4,898
70Bryan ParisUnited States$4,898
71Marc BlaisCanada$4,898
72Mark BryanUnited States$4,898
73Alex SantiagoUnited States$4,898
74Jacob TooleUnited States$4,898
75Fabio CoppolaItaly$4,898
76Timothy ClarkUnited States$4,898
77Oscar CastagnaUnited States$4,898
78Victor RamdinUnited States$4,898
79Clayton NewmanUnited States$4,510
80Paul LohUnited States$4,510
81Alexander VenovskiUnited States$4,510
82Clayton PrinsterUnited States$4,510
83Bryan HoristCanada$4,510
84Chris KlodnickiUnited States$4,510
85Jacob NaquinUnited States$4,510
86Grant HinkleUnited States$4,510
87Seth HillerenUnited States$4,510
88Alexander BarlowUnited States$4,510
89Joseph StefanUnited States$4,510
90Ian GillespieUnited States$4,510

The remaining players are now guaranteed at least $5,313 in prize money.

Stout With a Huge Double Up

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

From under the gun Matt Stout made it 4,800, Sean Grover reraised to 12,000 from early position and Mazin Khoury raised to 28,000 from the button. Stout snap shoved all in for about 88,000 and Grover then reraised all in for his massive stack. Khoury flashed two queens and sighed as he announced his fold.

Stout showed {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Grover showed {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}. Luckily for Stout (and Khoury who folded) the door card was a king on the {K-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop. Since Khoury already showed the other two queens, Grover was drawing dead and Stout took down the enormous pot.

Stout moved up to 208,000 and Grover down to 170,000

Tags: Matt StoutMazin KhourySean Grover

Must Be Nice to be Wice

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

In one of the first hands after the dinner break, the action folded to Alexandre Gauron who raised to 5,000 before the flop before Alexander Wice reraised to 13,000. Gauron quickly pushed all in and Wice snap-called, showing down {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} against Gauron's {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}.

Gauron took the lead after the dealer spread the flop of {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, but Wice picked up the outs to the Broadway straight with the {Q-Clubs} on the turn. As it turned out, he didn't need them, because he binked the {J-Diamonds} on the river for the bigger two pair.

Wice is now up to 214,000 in chips while Gauron is gone-ski.

Tags: Alexander WiceAlexandre Gauron

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400