2011 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akjj832
Prize
$278,144
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,112,475
Entries
489
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Raymer Getting Short

Level 3

No-Limit Hold'em

We just caught the tail end of this hand, so consider it more of a chip count than an update.

Greg Raymer check-called a bet of 1,650 on the river of a {9-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {4-Hearts} board. We never got to see his hand, because his opponent's {Q-Clubs} {9-Spades} was the winner. Raymer mucked, and he's down to 1,400.

Tags: Greg Raymer

Bell's Check-Raise Foiled

Level 3

Hold'em

A player on the button opened with a raise, and Chris Bell three-bet from the small blind. The button called, and he called bets after the {8-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {10-Clubs} flop and {8-Hearts} turn as well. The river came the {5-Clubs}, and Bell checked. His opponent knocked the table behind him, and that's not exactly what Bell wanted. He turned up {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} for the big boat, easily good enough to boost his stack to 9,100.

Tags: Chris Bell

Are You Not Entertained Mr. Benyamine?

Level 3

David Benyamine is used to playing in cash games where pots can be 100 times the buy in of this tournament, so we can understand that he is a bit bored to say the least. Proving that, Benyamine currently has his headphones on, and is watching the A-Team on his iPad, taking the time to occasionally look up and concentrate on the hand in play. It will be interesting to see how Benyamine juggles the movie and tournament as the night progresses.

Tags: David Benyamine

Level: 4

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Friedman Felted

Level 3

Stud 8/b

Adam Friedman finished in 3rd place in an event just a couple days ago, but he won't be repeating that deep run here today.

Friedman got himself all in for his last 325 after fourth street, and he was in a multi-way pot with Justin Bonomo, John Cernuto, Jordan Morgan, and an unknown gentleman we'll call Player 5.

Friedman: (x-x) / {4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} / (x)
Bonomo: (x-x) / {2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts}{J-Clubs} / (x)
Cernuto: (x-x) / {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{k-Hearts}{10-Clubs} / (x)
Morgan: (x-x) / {10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs} / (x)
Player 5: (x-x) / {4-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} / (x)

Everybody put in one big bet on fifth street and another one on sixth. On seventh, Bonomo finally ducked out, but the other three live players all put in one more bet apiece.

Morgan: {A-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{10-Spades} / {10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Cernuto: {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} / {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Player 5: MUCK

Morgan was in front for the low, and Cernuto's trip eights had the lead for the high half. Friedman said he was drawing live to scoop, though, and he showed his {3-Hearts}{5-Clubs} / {4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} / (x) as he squeezed his last card. He needed it to be a deuce or a seven but the {9-Spades} flipped over, ending Friedman's day.

Cernuto is up to 11,000 now, while Morgan rebounds to 5,600.

Tags: John CernutoJordan Morgan

Lindgren Rides Wheel To Monster Pot

Level 4

Stud 8/b

We came to the table on seventh street with four players involved, including an all in player and Erick Lindgren. Lindgren bet out when the final card hit, and both players called. Lindgren announced wheel, with his final board reading {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. Everyone mucked, including the all in player, and Lindgren raked the huge pot, upping his stack to 14,500.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

A Split-Pot Game

Level 4

No-Limit Hold'em

A player in middle position opened to 400, and the button three-bet to 1,100. That brought the action to Rep Porter in the small blind, and he reraised all in for 3,150. That folded the initial raiser, but the button called to put Porter at risk.

Showdown
Porter: {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}

You know, we have enough split pots in this event, we don't need one in Hold'em. That's just what we got, though. The board ran {7-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}, and the two men get to chop up the few chips of dead money in the pot.

Tags: Rep Porter

A PLO Tidbit

Level 4

Pot-Limit Omaha

We just caught the tail end of this pot, but it's one of the biggest we'd seen so far today. There was just about 10,000 in the middle when the final card dropped on the {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {Q-Hearts} board. Lyle Berman checked, and David Singer moved all in for about 4,500. Berman would spend a long time considering the decision, each man having about the same amount of chips to start the hand. The fold finally came, though, and Singer is up to about 15,000 as he stacks up.

Tags: David SingerLyle Berman

A Swollen WSOP

Level 4

Once again, the numbers are up for this event compared to last year. Registration is still open, and we've already ticked up to 463 runners in the fray. Even better, you've still got nearly an hour to register if you've got $2,500 burning a hole in your pocket.

Chips in Bunches

Player Chips Progress
Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
22,000
11,500
11,500
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
22,000
10,000
10,000
PokerStars
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
19,500
12,000
12,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
18,300
2,800
2,800
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
17,400
6,200
6,200
WSOP 2X Winner
David Singer us
David Singer
16,000
1,000
1,000
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
16,000
8,500
8,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
14,800
5,100
5,100
Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
14,600
4,100
4,100
Nikolay Evdakov ru
Nikolay Evdakov
14,000
4,600
4,600
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
13,600
-900
-900
WSOP 2X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
13,200
5,700
5,700
WSOP 3X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
12,600
4,500
4,500
David Bach us
David Bach
12,500
5,900
5,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
12,500
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
12,100
2,800
2,800
WSOP 4X Winner
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
11,700
6,200
6,200
WSOP 6X Winner
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
11,600
1,300
1,300
Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
11,600
1,900
1,900
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
11,000
3,500
3,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
10,800
-100
-100
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve Wong nl
Steve Wong
10,500
-200
-200
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
10,100
3,000
3,000
Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
10,000
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
9,800
2,100
2,100
WSOP 3X Winner

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