Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,032,750
Entries
765
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Welcome Back to Day Three of Event $15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em!
Welcome back to the Amazon Room for our third and final day of this Pot-Limit Hold’em event, where just 10 players out of a starting field of 765 will be vying for the title of “WSOP Champion” and the $227,232 first-place prize that goes with it.
Yesterday’s action saw more pros and notables fall, including WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener and defending champion James Dempsey, who claimed the unfortunate title of bubble boy.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | BBs | Chip % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dajuan Whorley | USA | 85,000 | 7 | 2.5% |
| 2 | Daisuke Endo | Japan | 174,000 | 14.5 | 5% |
| 3 | Ted Lawson | USA | 140,000 | 11.7 | 4.1% |
| 4 | Allen Kessler | USA | 618,000 | 51.5 | 17.9 |
| 5 | Andrew Cohen | USA | 190,000 | 16 | 5.5% |
| 6 | John Gordon | USA | 380,000 | 32 | 11% |
| 7 | Ronald Lee | USA | 198,000 | 16.5 | 5.7% |
| 8 | Ali Eslami | USA | 402,000 | 33.5 | 11.6% |
| 9 | Mika Paasonen | Finland | 187,000 | 16 | 5.4% |
| 10 | Brian Rast | USA | 1,081,000 | 90 | 31.3% |
Those rejoining us today include current chip leader Brian Rast (1,081,000), who has had deep runs in both WSOP and WPT events, third-place finisher in last year's WSOPE Main Event Ronald Lee (198,000), and Allen Kessler (618,000), who has more than $2 million in lifetime tournament winnings.
Play is scheduled to resume at 2:30 PST, so stay tuned as our PokerNews team brings you detailed coverage of how the action unfolds at the final table of Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em!
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Play Underway
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
The Tournament Director has introduced all of the players and the cards are now in the air!
Gordon Takes First
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
John Gordon opened to 43,000 and picked up the 24,000 in dead money.
As he was dragging the pot, the Tournament Director started organizing a color up so that the smaller 1,000-denomination chips won't dominated the table.
Whorley's Jacks Hold
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Brian Rast opened to 38,000 from the cutoff only to have Dajuan Whorley move all in for 82,000. Once the blinds passed, Rast made the call.
Rast: 
Whorley: 
With Whorley in great shape to double, the 
flop saw Rast catch a flush draw, and when the 
came on the turn, he also picked up outs to a straight.
Fortunately for Whorley, the river landed the 
to see him make Broadway and secure the double to 188,000 as Rast slips to 995,000 in chips.
Endo Three-Bets
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Ali Eslami opened to 38,000 from middle position only to have Daisuke Endo three-bet to 138,000 from the cutoff.
With the action back on Eslami, he paused momentarily before kicking his cards to the muck.
Walk for Gordon
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
The action folded right round to see John Gordon receive a walk in the big blind.
Cohen's Turn to Three-Bet
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Dajuan Whorley opened the pot with a raise to 37,000 only to have Andrew Cohen announce a raise to pot from the button.
As he was pushing chips out into the middle, the blinds and Whorley quickly folded.
Some Quiet Preflop Action
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Ted Lawson opened to 37,000 from middle position and picked up the blinds. The following hand saw Brian Rast open to 36,000 from under the gun to produce a round of folds before finding a walk the next hand.
Ali Eslami would then enter the pot from the cutoff with a 32,000-chip raise to collect the pot before John Gordon would close out the sixth hand in a row with a raise to 42,000.