Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,261,950
Entries
3,157
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Waseem Tarawaneh Eliminated in 27th Place ($21,054)
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Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Waseem Tarawneh has been the first player to hit the next pay-jump after moving the last of his money into the middle preflop with 
, but ran into the 
of Andrea Vezzani.
Neither hand was able to improve on the board of 
and Tarawneh was sent to the rail in 27th place, good for a $21,054 payday.
Brenner Chips Up Young
We picked up the action on a flop that read 
; Jordan Young opened for 33,000 from the cutoff and Anton Brenner called before Young check-called Brenner's bet of 80,000 on the turn of the 
.
Both players then checked the river of the and young tabled 
for two pair. Brenner kicked his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,010,000 | -72,000 |
|
310,000 | -157,000 |
Wade Sneaking Up to One Million
Ismail Abousharkh and Tristan Wade got in a preflop all in. Wade tabled 
and Abousharkh turned over 
.
The board ran 
and Abousharkh never caught up and his tournament ended. With that pot Wade is sneaking up on 1,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000 | 434,000 |
|
Busted |
Aljanedi Eliminated, Ray Doubles
From late position Zachary Ray limped, as did Shoaib Makani, Sameer Aljanedi and Anton Brenner. The four players all checked the 
flop. The turn fell 
and Aljanedi moved all in for 124,000. Ray called and the others folded.
Ray: 
Aljanedi: 
The board finished 
and Aljanedi was eliminated as Ray moved up to 458,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
458,000 | 41,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Payouts
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Place | Name | Country | Amount |
| 31 | Robert Lipkin | United States | $17,005 |
| 32 | Tony Cousineau | United States | $17,005 |
| 33 | Simon Lam | United States | $17,005 |
| 34 | Peter Ketterling | United States | $17,005 |
| 35 | John Hewitt | United States | $17,005** |
| 36 | Efrain Lopez | United States | $17,005** |
| 37 | Grantland Hillman | United States | $13,893** |
| 38 | Casey Stewart | United States | $13,893** |
**Denotes payout results from Day 2.
Marcum Doubles Through Young
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Dennis Marcum opened for 40,000 from the cutoff and Jordan Young, in the big blind, asked how much Marcum had behind. Marcum replied that he had 80ish and Young put out a big stack of green 25,000 chips to put Marcum all in. Marcum called and the hands were talbed.
Showdown:
Marcum:
Young:
Board: 
Marcum's two-pair doubled up his short stack to 260,000 and Young is still safe with around one million.
Di-Matteo Busto
Our field reporter caught another all-in-preflop situation, this time between John Di-Matteo, who was at risk with but was trailing the 
of Tom Carman.
The board of 
changed nothing except for the player count and we say goodbye to Di-Matteo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
410,000 | -26,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Lavelle Busts Cousineau
Despite having doubled up in a previous hand, Tony Cousineau has just been eliminated from this event after moving the last of his chips into the middle preflop with , only to run into the of Jeffrey Lavelle.
The dealer spread the board of 
and Lavelle's two pair was more than enough to send Cousineau packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000 | 127,000 |
|
Busted |
Janedi Doubles Through Makani
The action folded to Shoaib Makani who raised to 28,000 from the button preflop before Sameer Aljanedi reraised all-in for 98,000 from the small blind. Makani called, but his trailed all the way down the board of 
against Aljanedi's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | -235,000 |
|
|
196,000 | 96,000 |