2011 World Series of Poker

Event #18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
$735,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,261,950
Entries
3,157
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Papola Continues to Build His Stack

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

Jeffrey Papola continues to add chips to his growing stack. He raised from the button preflop to 5,000 and was reraised by the player in the small blind to 12,600. Papola made the call and the flop ran out {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Both players checked the flop and the {4-Diamonds} fell on the turn. The player in the small blind checked and Papola bet 12,500. His opponent folded and Papola picked up the pot.

Tags: Jeffrey Papola

Kelton's Crushing

We came across a very tense situation over on table 367, where Keith Uchima and Casey Kelton were involved in a massive preflop betting war.

Uchima raised from early position but Kelton came back with a reraise from next door. The action folded around back to Uchima, who four-bet it to more than 20,000, but Kelton returned fire with a five-bet shove, sending Uchima deep into the tank.

"Sorry guys, it's a big hand," Uchima announced to the table. After about three minutes, he turned his attention back to Kelton. "Will you show me if I fold?"

Kelton agreed, and after another 30 seconds Uchima open-folded {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}. Kelton was true to his word, rolling up {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}!

Player Chips Progress
Casey Kelton
Casey Kelton
163,000
123,500
123,500
Keith Uchima
Keith Uchima
53,000
21,900
21,900

Nguyne Lays Down a Hand

Kenny Nguyen's stack has slid all afternoon.
Kenny Nguyen's stack has slid all afternoon.

After the departure of Humberto Brenes, Kenny Nguyen took up the slack as not only the loudest player in the field but the one having the most fun as well. Nguyen and Taylor Shpur built a pot north of 10,000 going to the flop of {J-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {J-Hearts}. Shpur checked, Nguyen bet out 4,500 and Shpur check-raised to 9,400.

Nguyen sat back in his chair for some thought. He folded his hand and said, "I'll lay this down," as he mucked his hand.

It might be the first hand we've seen him lay down in hours.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Nguyen us
Kenny Nguyen
85,000
30,000
30,000
Taylor Shpur
Taylor Shpur
52,000
9,600
9,600

Tags: Kenny NguyenTaylor Shpur

Lane Drops to Thomassie

We caught the action heads-up between Dylan Thomassie and Jonathan Lane on a flop of {9-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}; Lane checked to Thomassie who led out for 6,600. Lane called, then both players checked down both the turn of the {Q-Hearts} and the river {K-Spades}.

Lane tabled {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades}, but was no good against Thomassie, who had rivered a bigger two pair with his {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Dylan Thomassie us
Dylan Thomassie
138,000
96,000
96,000
Jonathan Lane
Jonathan Lane
132,000
23,600
23,600

Updated Payouts

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
PlaceNameCountryAmount
180Dennis ChaeUnited States$3,920
181Ryan MattsonUnited States$3,920
182Robert SuerUnited States$3,920
183Michael BryUnited States$3,920
184John LeathartUnited States$3,920
185Karen SarkisyanRussian Federation$3,920
186Alexis Cordova-NietoUnited States$3,920
187Bryan LeskowitzUnited States$3,920
188Peter LewisUnited States$3,920
189Patrick SpinelliCanada$3,920
190Albert WinchesterUnited States$3,494
191James HessUnited States$3,494
192David DaneshgarUnited States$3,494
193Farhan MadhaniUnited States$3,494
194Dwyte PilgrimUnited States$3,494
195Qinghai PanUnited States$3,494
196Sumanth ReddyUnited States$3,494
197William VizcarrondoUnited States$3,494
198Patrick HowardUnited States$3,494
199Wesley PantlingUnited States$3,494

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

We're Under 200 ...

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

... so we thought we'd give you some more payouts. It's what we do!

PlaceNameCountryAmount
200Arash GhaneianUnited States$3,494
201Ronit ChamaniSouth Africa$3,494
202Rogelio CamerinoUnited States$3,494
203Jason RiesenbergUnited States$3,494
204Ron WorrellUnited States$3,494
205Ken WestUnited States$3,494
206Mayu Roca UribeColombia$3,494
207Stewart NewmanUnited States$3,494
208Walton CarlisleUnited States$3,494
209Joel SilverUnited States$3,494
210Daniel [Removed:376]United States$3,494
211Roland IsraelashviliUnited States$3,494
212David LeightonUnited States$3,494
213Brandon FishUnited States$3,494
214Dan MartinUnited States$3,494
215Frederic PenelBelgium$3,494
216Jonathan ZieglerUnited States$3,494
217Zohair KarimUnited States$3,494
218Martin GreenUnited Kingdom$3,494
219Paul SiemUnited States$3,494
220Hafiz KhanUnited States$3,494
221Stanley BrattenUnited States$3,494
222Chris KlodnickiUnited States$3,494
223Thomas FollainUnited States$3,494
224Junki LeeN/A$3,494
225David QuangUnited States$3,494
226Stephen LaakeUnited States$3,494
227Anthony BustamanteUnited States$3,494
228John NieznanskiFrance$3,494
229Stewart YancikUnited States$3,494
230Ryan MoriartyUnited States$3,494
231Maxim SorokinRussian Federation$3,494
232Nick NiergarthUnited States$3,494
233Justin BradfordUnited States$3,494
234Fabrice HalleuxBelgium$3,494