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

Bakes Building Speed

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

David Bakes Baker opened from under the gun to 5,400 and action folded all the way around to Christian Jeppsson in the big blind. Jeppsson called and the flop came {K-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {5-Diamonds}. The both checked to the {K-Spades} turn and Jeppsson bet 6,500. Baker called and the river came {K-Hearts}. Jeppsson bet 6,500 and Baker called again.

Baker tabled {8-Spades} {8-Clubs} and Jeppsson flashed {A-Spades} {6-Spades} before mucking them. Baker is up to 192,000.

Tags: Christian JeppssonDavid Baker

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Biggest Pot Of The Tournament

We came in to a flop of {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Spades} when Christian Stricker Kohl checked in the big blind and a player in middle position bet out for 13,000. Kohl re-raised to 34,000, the player in middle position then re-raised again to 74,000. Kohl thought about it for 20 sec then re-raised all in for 287,000 total and got a snap call from his opponent.

Kohl had {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for two pair and his opponent flipped over {q-Clubs}{j-Spades} for the flopped nuts.

The turn however, was a big card. The {8-Diamonds} gave Kohl a full house and left his opponent drawing dead.

Kohl had a whopping 600,000 after the hand and is definitely our chip leader for the moment.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Stricker Kohl
Christian Stricker Kohl
600,000

Tags: Christian Stricker Kohl

Chippies!

Player Chips Progress
Christian Stricker Kohl
Christian Stricker Kohl
585,000
-15,000
-15,000
Anthony Ruberto us
Anthony Ruberto
445,000
-5,000
-5,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
380,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
380,000
110,000
110,000
Jesse James
Jesse James
260,000
-46,000
-46,000
Alex Fitzgerald us
Alex Fitzgerald
258,000
43,000
43,000
Daniel Morgan us
Daniel Morgan
257,000
-73,000
-73,000
Tyler Cornell us
Tyler Cornell
225,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eric Hettinga
Eric Hettinga
188,000
-2,000
-2,000
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
173,000
69,000
69,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jared Vengrin
Jared Vengrin
157,000
42,000
42,000
Gregory Merson
Gregory Merson
135,000
-107,000
-107,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
75,000
-25,000
-25,000

Ask and You Shall Recieve

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

Will Failla just eliminated an opponent in a preflop all in. Failla held {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} and was up against {K-Clubs} {10-Hearts}.

"How about the {A-Clubs}?" Failla asked at the moment the dealer was putting the flop on the table. Right in the window was the {A-Clubs}. The board read {8-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {5-Spades} {10-Clubs} and Failla is up to 190,000.

Tags: Will Failla

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

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

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