2011 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Oleksii Kovalchuk
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$689,739
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,134,950
Entries
1,378
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Some Chips For You to Snack On

Player Chips Progress
Christian Stricker Kohl
Christian Stricker Kohl
540,000 -45,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
497,000 117,000
Christian Jeppsson se
Christian Jeppsson
460,000 387,500
Daniel Morgan us
Daniel Morgan
355,000 98,000
Anthony Ruberto us
Anthony Ruberto
352,000 -93,000
Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
330,000 -50,000
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
286,000 28,000
Tyler Cornell us
Tyler Cornell
WSOP 1X Winner
230,000 5,000
Jesse James
Jesse James
230,000 -30,000
Eric Hettinga
Eric Hettinga
170,000 -18,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
170,000 -36,000
Jared Vengrin
Jared Vengrin
160,000 3,000
Bradley Howard us
Bradley Howard
115,000 104,100

Medic Needs A Medic

Nenad Medic
Nenad Medic

Nenad Medic and his super short stack are out of the tournament.

A player in middle position raised it up to 9,000 and Medic went all in for his last 12,500. The small blind however, re-raised to 25,000 and the initial raiser moved all in and got an insta-call from the small blind.

Small Blind: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Medic: {j-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Middle Position: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Spades} Medic hit the rail, and the small blind player won the hand and scored a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Nenad Medic

Action is Sloooooooowwwwwwing

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Action has slowed down quite bit in the last half hour of play. With blinds at 2,000/4,000 most of the field is very deep stacked. Most of micro stacks busted before dinner or just after. The over/under number for players remaining at the end of Day 2 was at 12 at the start of the day. It seems as if the over will be the smart bet.

Cohen Doubles

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

After raising back and forth with another player, Jesse Cohen announced he was all in and the other player didn't take much time in calling.

Cohen: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Opponent: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Cohen's aces helped him double his stack to around 240,000.

Tags: Jesse Cohen

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Break

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Players are now on a 20 minute break. The black T100 chips will be colored up during this break.

Kitai Takes Big Hit

Davidi Kitai and Peter Gilmore got heads up in a pot where there was an open raise and a call preflop. The board came {9-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {10-Spades} and they got it all in. Kitai held {A-} {10-} and Gilmore held {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}. Gilmore was at risk for his tournament life and the turn and river came {K-Spades} {10-Diamonds}. Gilmore hit his straight and Kitai sent a few stacks of chips over -- 86,700 to be exact.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Gilmore
Peter Gilmore
197,000 124,500
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
124,000 -37,000

Tags: Davidi KitaiPeter Gilmore

Medic Makes a Move

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Nenad Medic raised from under the gun (we missed the exact amount) and the player in the cutoff re-raised to 11,500. Medic then upped the bet to 31,500 and the player in the cutoff went into the tank. After quite a bit of deliberating the cutoff reluctantly showed an ace and folded his hand.

The table practically begged Medic to show his hand and he decided to oblige, showing the {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}.

Medic now has around 150,000.

Tags: Nenad Medic

Le Calls on the River and Mucks

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Tuan Le and Gylbert Drolet built a sizable pot by the time we got to the table. They were at the river with the board reading {4-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {8-Diamonds}. Drolet had put out 30,000 and Le was shuffling and reshuffling a handful of chips while considering his options. Le elected to call after a few moments and Drolet tabled {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} for a flush. Le looked as if his hand was the winner before the river and kicked his cards into the muck.

Tags: Gylbert DroletTuan Le

Busted by Busquet

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Olivier Busquet
Olivier Busquet

After getting all the chips in preflop, Olivier Busquet's {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} was leading another player's {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. The board ran out {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Busquet sent the other player to the rail.

Busquet's stack is now a little above the average at 206,000.

Tags: Olivier Busquet