2011 World Series of Poker

Event #18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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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
Players Left 1 / 3157
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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
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Allan Le
450,000
70,000
70,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
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Matthew Wood
410,000
129,000
129,000

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.

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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
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William Douglas-Smith
330,000
141,000
141,000
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Kenny Nguyen
Busted

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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
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Foster Hays
2,440,000
1,190,000
1,190,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Bryan Barrile
Busted

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
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William Douglas-Smith
635,000
305,000
305,000
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Kyle White
75,000
245,000
245,000

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
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Dylan Thomassie
770,000
338,000
338,000
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Zachary Ray
165,000
293,000
293,000

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Dennis Marcum Eliminated in 22nd Place ($21,054)

Dennis Marcum - 21st place
Dennis Marcum - 21st place

The action folded to Allan Le who raised 34,000 before the flop, only to see Dennis Marcum reraise all-in for 144,000. Le called, tabling {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} but once again it was off to the races against Marcum, who showed {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}.

The flop was a demoralizing {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, giving Le the nut flush. Marcum was drawing thin to runners, but the repeat turn and river of {7-Clubs}, {7-Spades} wasn't what he was looking for and Marcum was marched out in 21st place ($21,054).

Player Chips Progress
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Allan Le
710,000
260,000
260,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
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Dennis Marcum
Busted

Three Way All In & No One Eliminated

Isaac Kirchner tripled up.
Isaac Kirchner tripled up.

A three-way preflop all in developed between Tom Carman, Isaac Kirchner and William Douglas-Smith. All the hands were tabled and they were off to the flop.

Carman: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}
Kirchner: {A-Spades} {10-Clubs}
Douglas-Smith: {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}

The board ran {A-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {5-Spades} {6-Diamonds}

Kirchner was the shortest stack and won the main pot. Carman won the side pot and Douglas-Smith lost the most.

Player Chips Progress
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Isaac Kirchner
350,000
168,000
168,000
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Tom Carman
316,000
94,000
94,000
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William Douglas-Smith
280,000
355,000
355,000

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