Event #19: $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day 3 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$805,350
Entries
354
Level
26
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
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Two days ago, 354 players registered for Event #19: $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed, hoping to make a deep run and contend for a World Series of Poker bracelet. Today, on Day 3, only twelve players remain, and our chip leader is Alexander Kuzmin with 412,500. Kuzmin is looking to add a second win to his 2011 resumé; he shipped WPT Biloxi in January for $575,969.
Matt Matros is the only bracelet winner left in the field. Last year he took down a $1,500 Limit Hold'em event, defeating Ahmad Abghari heads up to take home $189,870 and the hardware. This is Matros' 22nd WSOP cash - third of 2011 - and if he reaches the final table it would be his fifth.
Another player to keep an eye on is Kim Nguyen. She has an opportunity to be the third woman to make a final table at the 2011 WSOP, and the first - and perhaps only one - to win a bracelet in an open event.
The cards will be in the air in just under 30 minutes. The plan is to play to a champion, unless we reach ten levels first. Let's hope it's the former, not the latter.
Here's how the two tables will look to start the day:
Table 278
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Golbuff | 229,000 |
| 2 | Jay Pinkussohn | 172,000 |
| 3 | Andrey Zaichenko | 315,500 |
| 4 | Matt Matros | 69,000 |
| 5 | Gabriel Nassif | 217,500 |
| 6 | Matt Schreiber | 159,000 |
Table 284
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Woods | 178,500 |
| 2 | Kim Nguyen | 221,000 |
| 3 | Scott Stanko | 290,500 |
| 4 | Richard Lyndaker | 248,000 |
| 5 | Alex Kuzmin | 412,500 |
| 6 | Joe Gualtieri | 135,500 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
The remaining twelve players have taken their seats, the tournament staff has given the all clear, and the cards are in the air! We're currently located in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room, but as soon as we reach the final table of six, we'll relocate to one of the two featured tables over at the ESPN Main Stage.
Gabriel Nassif raised in the cutoff seat, Matt Schreiber made in three bets on the button, and Nassif called. The flop fell 
, Nassif check-raised Schreiber, and Schreiber called.
The turn was the 
, Nassif led, and Schreiber called. Both players checked the 
on the river, and Schreiber opened 
for a pair of aces. Nassif mucked, and Schreiber raked in the pot.
"Can't win them all if you don't win the first one," Jay Pinkussohn added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
180,000
37,500
|
37,500 |
Matt Schreiber raised from early position and cleared the field all the way to short-stacked Matt Matros in the big blind. He made the call and then checked the 
flop. Schreiber bet, Matros check-raised, and Schreiber made a hesitant call.
It proceeded to go bet-call on both the 
turn and 
river. "Set," Matros said as he flipped 
. Schreiber just shook his head as he tossed his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
115,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
||
Alexander Kuzmin raised from the cutoff seat, Kim Nguyen defended her big blind, and the flop came down 
. Nguyen check-called a bet, and then both players checked after the 
turned.
The river was the 
, Nguyen led out, and Kuzmin called. Nguyen opened 
for a pair of kings, Kuzmin mucked, and Nguyen was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
240,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
Samuel Golbuff raised from the button, Andrey Zaichenko made it three bets from the big blind, and Golbuff made the call. Golbuff called bets on every street as the board ran 
, and Zaichenko tabled 
for ace-high.
Golbuff opened 
for a better ace-high however, and was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
268,000
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
||
|
260,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Kim Nguyen is the last woman standing in our event, and she is making a strong push to become the third woman to make a final table at the 2011 WSOP. In a recent hand, Nguyen raised from the small blind and received a call from Scott Stanko in the big blind.
Nguyen, who is quick and deliberate with her bets, fired out on every street as the board ran out 
. Stanko called bets on the flop and turn, but he laid his hand down to the final bet on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
170,000
120,500
|
120,500 |
Gabriel Nassif raised out of the small blind, Matt Schreiber made it three bets out of the big, and Nassif called. Nassif check-called a bet on the flop (
), and on the turn (), and both players checked on the river (
).
Nassif showed 
for ace-high, it was good, and he shipped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
285,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
131,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
