2011 World Series of Poker

Event #18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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

Thomassie Fires on River, Gets Paid Off

Dylan Thomassie made it 42,000 to go from the small blind and Zachary Ray called from the big blind. The flop fell {10-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} and Thomassie bet out 62,000 and Ray called. Both players checked the {9-Spades} turn and the {10-Spades} came on the river. Thomassie bet out 143,000 and Ray called.

Thomassie tabled {A-Hearts} {9-Clubs} and Ray mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Dylan Thomassie us
Dylan Thomassie
770,000 338,000
Zachary Ray
Zachary Ray
165,000 -293,000

Tags: Dylan ThomassieZachary Ray

White in Strife

The action folded to William Douglas-Smith who open-shoved from middle position; the action folded around to Kyle White who snap-called from the big blind, tabling {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} against Douglas-Smith's {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

However, Douglas-Smith managed to turn a full house on the board {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Spades}, leaving White with just a handful of chips.

Player Chips Progress
William Douglas-Smith
William Douglas-Smith
635,000 305,000
Kyle White ca
Kyle White
75,000 -245,000

Bryan Barrile Eliminated in 23rd Place ($21,054)

Bryan Barrile - 23rd Place
Bryan Barrile - 23rd Place

All the money was in the middle before the flop; Bryan Barrile was the short stack at risk with {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}, but was in great shape against Foster Hays, who tabled {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}.

Unfortunately for Barrile, the dealer spread the board of {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{J-Hearts} to give Hays the runner-runner nut flush. Hays is now dominating his table and has become the first player to move past the two million-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Foster Hays us
Foster Hays
WSOP 1X Winner
2,440,000 1,190,000
Bryan Barrile
Bryan Barrile
Busted

Kenny Nguyen Eliminated in 24th Place ($21,054)

Kenny Nguyen 24th Place.
Kenny Nguyen 24th Place.

On the very next hand of Nguyen asking what he should blind, Nguyen announced he was all in blind from the small blind. William Douglas-Smith announced he'd call Nguyen's bet. Action folded around the table and the hands were tabled.

Nguyen: {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs}
Douglas-Smith: {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds}

Some of the table laughed that Nguyen just happened to have pocket kings while betting blind, the smart money says he took a peek.

Board: {9-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {J-Spades}

Douglas-Smith's trip jacks cracked Nguyen's kings and Nguyen's performance ended.

Player Chips Progress
William Douglas-Smith
William Douglas-Smith
330,000 -141,000
Kenny Nguyen us
Kenny Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Kenny NguyenWilliam Douglas-Smith

Anton Brenner Eliminated in 25th Place ($21,054)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

As Kenny Nguyen found himself all-in over on table 286, we saw Anton Brenner walk out the door in 25th place. Unfortunately we were unable to catch the details of the hand, but we can tell you that he's walking out the door $21,054 richer today.

Nguyen Was On Center Stage

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Kenny Nguyen in rare form.
Kenny Nguyen in rare form.

Kenny Nguyen is in rare form again. He's still sporting his lucky shirt from yesterday, a custom Dolphins jersey with his name on the back. Number 01 of course. He's keeping the table light by cracking jokes and having more fun than anyone else.

Kyle White opened for 44,000 and action folded all the way around to Nguyen in the big blind. "Do you want me to fold blind or go all in blind?" Nguyen asked White.

"I want you spill your red bull on your cards so your hand is dead," White replied.

"I'm gonna fold blind because I'm scared of this guy," Nguyen said as he folded his cards.

The rest of the table is split on whether he looked or not. "When's your next show?" someone asked.

Tags: Kenny NguyenKyle White

Wood's Still Standing Tall

Matthew Wood open-shoved his last 197,000 into the middle before the flop with {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and found one caller in the form of Allen Le, who tabled {A-Spades}{6-Hearts}. Both players got a pair on the board of {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, but Wood's jack had Le outkicked and he doubled up to more than 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Allan Le us
Allan Le
WSOP 1X Winner
450,000 -70,000
Matthew Wood gb
Matthew Wood
410,000 129,000

It's Not Quite a "White-Out" Yet ...

The other White in today's field, Kyle White, has just managed to double up against Casey Kelton as the action continues in Event #18 of the 2011 WSOP.

White moved his last 151,000 into the middle before the flop with {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}, but he was off to the races against the {K-Clubs}{J-Spades} of Kelton. Fortunately for White, the {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Spades} board didn't change the outcome of either hand, and his two pair was good to see him double up to more than 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Casey Kelton
Casey Kelton
800,000 230,000
Kyle White ca
Kyle White
320,000 53,000

Thomas White Eliminated in 26th Place ($21,054)

Thomas White - 26th place
Thomas White - 26th place

The action folded to Thomas White who raised to 60,000 preflop before Andrea Vezzani reraised all-in for 973,000. White snap-called, tabling {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} but found himself flipping for his tournament life against Vezzani's {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}.

The {K-Clubs} appeared in the window, but the {9-Spades} and {4-Spades} trailed to complete the flop giving Vezzani the set. The turn of the {Q-Clubs} changed nothing and the {4-Hearts} came down on the river, filling Vezzani up and sending White on his way.

Player Chips Progress
Andrea Vezzani
Andrea Vezzani
1,000,000 680,000
Thomas White
Thomas White
Busted