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

Two Levels To Go

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Players are back at their tables and will play two more levels until they call it a night. With 33 players remaining the action is sure to be tense over the next couple of hours.

Big Names Left In The Field

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Moorman is in the chip-lead with 1,047,000
Chris Moorman is in the chip-lead with 1,047,000

We are down to only 33 players here in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed and we still have quite a few notable names vying for the bracelet and $690,000 first prize.

Chris Moorman

If you know online tournament poker, then you know Chris "Moorman1" Moorman. According to PocketFives.com, he is the winningest online tournament poker player of all time with over $7,000,000 in earnings. Moorman is still looking to have his first big live score at the WSOP though as his best finish is a 15th place finish in last year's $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship for $38,424. He is our huge chip leader right now with 1,047,000, (more than 250,000 more than second). Moorman is known for his relentless aggression at the tables and with a big chip lead right now, he is undoubtedly the favorite to win the bracelet.

David "Bakes" Baker

Bakes has been a regular on the tournament circuit for quite a few years now and he really had a breakthrough year at the 2010 WSOP with a win in the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball World Championship and a 6th place finish in the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. He's been up and down all day, even at one point falling to around 10,000, but he's still in it now with 185,000 and is always a serious contender at any stage of a tournament.

Dan O'Brien

O'Brien is another tournament circuit regular whose poker success began with a 349th place finish at the 2006 WSOP Main Event for $34,636. Since then, he's only had three WSOP cashes, one of which was a third place finish in a $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $198,132 at the 2008 WSOP. A win in this event would no doubt be the biggest score of his career. He's been very consistent all tournament and has 225,000 right now.

Will "The Thrill" Failla

Will "The Thrill" is a tournament circuit regular who made a big splash at the 2010 WSOP with seven cashes in No-Limit Hold'em events including a fourth place finish in the $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em. A win here would easily be his biggest score to date at the WSOP.

Tightening Up

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Halfway through Level 19 play has tightened up considerably. Only one bustout has occured, Olivier Busquet, since returning from the break. We've seen a lot of three bets preflop taking down the pot. Finding a hand going to the river has proven to be challenge thus far.

The field has been reduced to 32 players across six tables.

Finne Bests Anton

From middle position Tim Finne opened for 13,000 and Ionel Anton called. The flop came {K-Spades} {J-Spades} {2-Clubs}, Anton checked and Finne bet 14,000. The turn came {7-Diamonds} and both players checked. The river brought the {8-Diamonds}, Anton checked, Finne bet 16,000 and Anton called.

Finne tabled {K-Clubs} {6-Clubs} and Anton mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Finne us
Timothy Finne
330,000
140,000
140,000
Ionel Anton ro
Ionel Anton
180,000
-80,000
-80,000

Ruberto Scores Double Knockout And Chip Lead

Anthony Ruberto
Anthony Ruberto

The action folded around to Kevin Vandersmissen on the button who went all in for his remaining 70,000 chips. Anthony Ruberto in the small blind then re-raised all in for his massive stack to put Tuan Le all in as well.

Tuan hadn't looked yet and saw the {a-Diamonds} then the {k-Clubs} and just went, "Wooow... I'm not messing around here, this is tough." Le took his time but eventually made the call and two players were all in against Ruberto.

Vandersmissen: {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Le: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Ruberto: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

The flop came down {8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{10-Spades} giving Ruberto a set and a big lead in the hand. He exclaimed, "Well... that works!" The turn and river were {4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and both Vandersmissen and Le hit the rail. Ruberto is our second player over 1,000,000 chips with just around 1,200,000

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Ruberto us
Anthony Ruberto
1,200,000
460,000
460,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
Busted
Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
Busted

Tags: Anthony RubertoKevin VandersmissenTuan Le

Big Bluff For Anton

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ionel Anton raised it up to 14,000 from middle position and Sebastian Marquardt re-raised to 35,000 from the small blind and Anton called to see a flop.

The flop came down {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Marquardt bet 28,000. Anton made the call and both saw the turn {2-Clubs}. Both players checked to see the river {j-Hearts}. Marquardt checked again and this time Anton bet out 32,000. Marquardt folded and Anton flashed {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for nothing but a busted straight draw.

Marquardt fell to 110,000 after the hand.

Tags: Ionel AntonSebastian Marquardt

Level: 20

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Miracle Ace On The River

We were drawn to table 375 after hearing some shouts when the river card hit the felt.

Davidi Kitai was all in preflop with {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} against the {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} of Daniel Morgan.

We didn't see the rest of the board, but we were told that an {a-} hit the river to give Kitai the win and cripple Morgan. Neither had huge stacks, but Kitai moves up to 350,000 after the hand and Morgan moves down to just 80,000.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
350,000
190,000
190,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Daniel Morgan us
Daniel Morgan
80,000
-150,000
-150,000

Tags: Daniel MorganDavidi Kitai

More Miracles On The River

Vladimir Mefodichev and Anthony Lellouche got it all in preflop (Vladimir was the shorter stack with 296,000).

Mefodichev showed {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} and Lellouche had {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}

The flop of {4-Hearts}{a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} was a good one for Mefodichev giving him top pair. But the turn {5-Hearts} and river {2-Clubs} gave Lellouche a wheel and the knockout of Mefodichev.

Any more big river miracles this deep in the tournament and one of our players may have a heart attack. We'll keep you posted

Player Chips Progress
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
800,000
432,000
432,000
Vladimir Mefodichev
Vladimir Mefodichev
Busted

Tags: Anthony LelloucheVladimir Mefodichev