Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,700 | |
|
95,500 | |
|
92,300
63,800
|
63,800 |
|
89,700 | |
|
83,700 | |
|
82,000 | |
|
77,600 | |
|
69,800 | |
|
69,800
24,800
|
24,800 |
|
||
|
69,700 | |
|
66,400 | |
|
65,700 | |
|
62,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
||
|
62,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
61,900 | |
|
61,100 | |
|
|
58,900 | |
|
|
58,800 | |
|
55,800 | |
|
|
55,200 | |
|
53,800
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
|
||
|
52,200
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
||
|
|
50,100 | |
|
46,500
-8,600
|
-8,600 |
|
46,000 | |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
We've officially wrapped up the first ten levels of play in today's $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event. When the day began we had 765 entrants. Now, after ten strenuous hours of play, we're down to the final 88 . Ronald Lee, 3rd place finisher in the 2010 WSOPE Main Event, finished today as our chip leader with 122,700 in chips. Trying to stay on the heels of Lee is James Carroll with 92,300.
We saw several big names enter the tournament, only to hit the rail before play ended for the day. Notable eliminations from today's field include Layne Flack, David Sklansky, Paul Magriel, Antonio Esfandiari, Humberto Brenes, and Liv Boeree. That being said, there are still some big names still alive in the field including this event's defending champion James Dempsey with over 50,000. While his stack is not the biggest in the room, he has navigated the waters of this tournament before and it will be interesting to see how he fairs against the field in day two. Other notables still alive include Joe Sebok, Ali Eslami, John Racener, John Dolan, and Alessio Isaia.
Play will resume tomorrow at 2:30 PST in the Amazon Room here at the Rio. Join us for full coverage tomorrow as we play ten more exciting levels of pot-limit hold'em!
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
When we caught up with the action, James Dempsey got his entire stack in preflop holding 
against his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
and Dempsey's winning trip tens boosted his stack up to 40,000.
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Jason Newburger opened with a raise from the button and was reraised when the player in the big blind shoved in the rest of his stack. Newburger made the call and we were off to the flop.
Newburger: 
Opponent: 
The board fell 
and Newburger doubled up his opponent and was knocked down to 44,500.
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
From late position, Justin Flitz raised the action to 1,600. He was called from the player on the button as well as Paul Magriel from the big blind. The flop came 
and Magriel checked. Flitz fired out 3,000 which was called by the button, while Magriel mucked his cards. The turn came the 
and the action went check-check. When the 
rivered, Flitz moved out two large stacks of chips. His opponent folded his 
face up quite quickly, causing Flitz to win a pot and climb to 40,000.
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Back in Event #8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, PokerNews reported an issue with the decks in use. Jon Turner had spotted a marked card in that event while at the final table and upon review, all of the decks that were checked had a mark on the 
. You can read about the incident here and here.
The tournament staff moved the players to a standard table in the Amazon Room rather than on the feature table. The lighting was a bit less and the "marked" cards were unable to be found once the players relocated to the new table. Now there seems to be another incident in this event.
On the table with Steve O'Dwyer, Ali Eslami, Matt Hawrilenko and Noah Schwartz, the players brought some markings on cards to the attention to the floor staff. The players complained in order to get a new setup for the table, but is this issue really squashed? Here are some tweets from some of the players at that table.
Ali "@Indigoae" Eslami: #WSOP cards are marked! There's a minor printing error on the BACK of small spades. Do those cards matter in the NL 2-7 main on now?
Steve "@steveodwyer" O'Dwyer: .@WSOPTD it is insane that the @wsop has not replaced the decks. when I sit in the 1 or 9 at almost any table I can see the marked spades.
@WSOPTD I first noticed it in the 5k nl and called the floor but they dismissed my concerns and I forgot about it until the 1k nl ft
@WSOPtd I'm now in the 9 seat in the plhe and am clearly able to identify the 2-5s when they are at the center of the tbl under the light...
@WSOPtd ...and I've been able to point them out when they are face down in front of me. if this isn't fixed by the morning @wsop is pathetic
Todd Terry and Jon Aguiar played in this event earlier, but have since busted. Still, they voiced their opinions on Twitter as well.
Todd "@toddbterry" Terry: After reading @steveodwyer re being able to identify marked cards, I join him in calling for @WSOP to bring in new decks immediately @WSOPTD
Jon "@JonAguiar" Aguiar: follow @steveodwyer for some scary info about how many of the WSOP decks are marked due to a printing error, 2s-5s easily visible face down
WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel repsonded on Twitter shortly after.
Jack "@WSOPTD" Effel: Dennis just gave you guys three pulls to draw one of the defective cards, & nobody could find them.
Will this be a reoccurring issue here at the 2011 World Series of Poker? Or will the WSOP swap out the entire thousands of decks of cards for new ones? Only time will tell. One thing is for certain, there's plenty of money on the line that could warrant all precautionary measures to be taken.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,100
42,100
|
42,100 |
|
|
46,000
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
|
|
45,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
44,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
43,900
-12,100
|
-12,100 |
|
|
42,400 | |
|
|
40,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
38,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
35,600
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
34,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
34,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
31,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
28,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
27,100
8,100
|
8,100 |
|
23,500
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
21,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
20,600
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
20,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
20,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
19,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
13,800
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,000 | |
|
10,400
-5,600
|
-5,600 |
|
|
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