2011 World Series of Poker

Event #20: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$493,091
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,857,500
Entries
3,175
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

West Gets the Best of Schaaf in Subsequent Hands

In the first hand, Tim West opened for 24,000 from middle position and James Schaaf called from the big.

The flop came {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The turn came a {10-Diamonds} and Schaaf led out for 25,000. West called.

The {J-Clubs} river slowed Schaaf down and he checked. West quickly announced he was all-in, to which Schaaf said, "I think I let you get there," and he mucked.

A few hands later, Schaaf opened for 30,000 and was met with an all-in re-shove from West for approximately 213,000. Schaaf called and saw he was in good shape going to the flop.

West: {A-Spades}{8-Spades}
Schaaf: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The board, however, had it in for Schaaf, as it ran out {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts} - pairing West and shipping him the pot.

After those two confrontations, Schaaf is down to 380,000 while West has risen to 430,000.

Player Chips Progress
Tim West us
Tim West
430,000 255,000
James Schaaf us
James Schaaf
WSOP 1X Winner
380,000 -270,000

Tags: James SchaafTim West

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

One More For West

Eric Afriat shoved all in for his last 32,000 preflop and was called by Tim West.

West had {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Afriat had {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} to give Afriat a set of kings and West a four-flush. The turn was an irrelevant {8-Clubs}, but the river {4-Diamonds} gave West the hand and the bust out.

We are down to 32 players here going into the last break before the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Tim West us
Tim West
175,000 -30,000
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
Busted

Tags: Eric AfriatTim West

Alexander Amid Chip Leaders

In a blind vs. blind confrontation, Zachary Urton completed from the small and Dejuante Alexander raised to 24,000 from the big. Urton called.

Urton checked dark going into flop, which came {Q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, prompting a 27,000 bet from Alexander. Not ready to give up, Urton raised to 60,000. Alexander thought about it, and then started to push a re-raise for an undisclosed amount into the middle, which got a quick muck from Urton.

Player Chips Progress
Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
WSOP 1X Winner
400,000 140,000
Zachary Urton
Zachary Urton
190,000 161,600

Tags: Dejuante Alexander

From Penthouse to Outhouse

Doug Lang
Doug Lang

When we saw players standing up and exclaiming their surprise we knew something exciting was happening at Table 370. On a board of {4-Spades}{J-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Spades} Yashar Darian and Douglas Lang were betting into each other and after a series of bets Lang was all in and called.

Cards were tabled and Lang held {Q-Spades}{10-Spades} for a queen high flush, which normally would be a great hand to have, but his opponent Darian had {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for the nut flush. There was nothing Lang could do as the irrelevant {5-Spades} hit on the river.

Lang was one of our huge chip leaders from the begining of today and maintained a very healthy stack until this hand. Lang will be leaving with $11,401 for his play today.

Player Chips Progress
Yashar Darian
Yashar Darian
480,000 10,000
Douglas Lang
Douglas Lang
Busted

Tags: Douglas LangYashar Darian

Blocksidge Making Up Ground

Michael Blocksidge has been very consistent this tournament and this hand was no different. We found Blocksidge putting out a bet of 16,000 on a {K-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} board. After some thinking the Cut-Off joined Blocksidge for a river.

After the {K-Spades} rattled off the deck Blocksidge took his time before pushing out a bet of 26,000 into the middle. His opponent folded and Blocksidge took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Blocksidge
Michael Blocksidge
190,000 35,000

Tags: Michael Blocksidge

Whoops...

A player under-the-gun raised it up preflop to 16,000. Alex Martin in late position re-raised to 37,500. After a bit of tanking, the under-the-gun player re-raised all in and got insta-called by Martin for his last 151,000 with {K-}{K-}. The under the gun player was obviously trying to make a move as he showed {10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}.

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades} to give Martin the double up. He is now at around 315,000.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Martin
Alexander Martin
315,000 90,000

Tags: Alex Martin