2011 World Series of Poker

Event #27: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j3
Prize
$378,642
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,428,800
Entries
152
Level Info
Level
26
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
62,000 26,000
Greg Debora ca
Greg Debora
60,000 -3,000
Mike Thorpe us
Mike Thorpe
60,000 12,000
Chau Giang us
Chau Giang
WSOP 3X Winner
60,000 15,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
58,000 12,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
57,000 9,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
55,000 20,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
55,000 -14,000
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
55,000 10,000
53,000 13,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
52,000 17,000
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
52,000 -7,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
52,000 20,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
49,000 23,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
47,000 6,000
Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
47,000 27,000
Todd Witteles us
Todd Witteles
WSOP 1X Winner
46,500 -8,500
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
44,000 14,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
44,000 19,000
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
44,000 1,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
43,000 6,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
40,000 3,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
40,000 -11,000
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
WSOP 2X Winner
34,000 4,000
Richard Brodie us
Richard Brodie
34,000 -18,000

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Level: 8

Limits: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Choppa Choppa Choppa

Level 7 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Barry Greenstein raised from middle position and Todd Witteles three-bet as the next to act. The big blind called but Greenstein four-bet it. Witteles and the big blind called as the {K-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop rolled out. It was checked to Greenstein who bet and Witteles folded. The big blind came in with a check-raise which Greenstein called. On the {J-Spades} turn, the big blind led out and Greenstein raised him. The big blind made the call and check-called on the {2-Spades} river as Greenstein showed {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} for top-top. The big blind also showed {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} as the players chopped it up.

Tags: Barry GreensteinTodd Witteles

Still Geller Time

Maya Geller raised in early position and John Hennigan three-bet from the small blind. Geller called and raised Hennigan’s bet on the {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop. Hennigan three-bet again and Geller just called. Hennigan slowed down and checked the {10-Hearts} turn and Geller bet. Hennigan called and the action was the same on the {2-Clubs} river. Geller turned over {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} for top two and her stack continued to grow as Hennigan mucked. These are their stacks and the others at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
59,000 25,000
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
53,000 13,000
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
45,000 19,000
32,000 -6,300
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
16,000 -9,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
10,000 -29,000

Tags: John HenniganMaya Geller

Some Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
69,000 9,000
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
57,000 -18,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
47,000 4,000
45,500 14,500
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
44,000 24,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
43,000 11,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
41,000 -13,000
40,000 16,000
Tyler Bonkowski ca
Tyler Bonkowski
WSOP 1X Winner
37,500 1,700
30,000 3,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
27,500 5,500
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
20,500 -2,500
17,000 -10,000
12,500 -19,500
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
11,500 -18,500
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
WSOP 1X Winner
10,700 -29,300
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
5,700 -24,300

Run to the Cellar, It's Maya Geller

JC Tran raised from early position and was called by Maya Geller in middle position. Alessio Isaia came along for the ride in the big blind and it was three players to the {5-Spades}{3-Spades}{10-Clubs} flop. It went check-bet-raise-fold-call, leading to the {10-Hearts} turn.

Tran checked, Geller bet, and Tran simply folded. Geller showed {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} as she took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
42,000 -500
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
40,000 -2,300

Tags: JC TranMaya Geller

Straightening Out the Competition

Level 7 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

A player in early position raised and Jennifer Harman made it three bets to go. All the other players cleared out of the way and the initial raiser called.

The flop came {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and the preflop raiser checked to Harman who tossed out a bet. The other player then put in a raise and Harman decided to call.

The turn brought the {10-Diamonds} and the first player bet but now it was Harman's turn to put in a raise. He opted to call and they saw the {j-Spades} fall on the river. The other player check-called a bet from Harman but mucked his hand when she revealed her {a-Spades}{9-Spades} for a jack high straight.

After the hand Harman's stack grew to around 43,000.

Tags: Jennifer Harman

Back-to-Back for Buchanan

We caught up with the action three-handed on a {6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} board between the big blind, Eli Elezra and Shawn Buchanan. The big blind checked, Elezra bet and Buchanan went into the tank. After quite some time, he made the call as did the big blind. Elezra showed {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for top-top on the river but Buchanan turned over {Q-Spades}{J-Spades} for a straight. The big blind mucked and Buchanan won the pot.

As he was still piling the chips from his win however, Buchanan got into another hand. On a {J-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop, Darren Woods bet after Elezra and Buchanan had checked to him. Both players made the call and everyone checked the {7-Hearts} on the turn. On the {5-Clubs} river, Elezra bet and Buchanan called. Woods folded and Elezra announced “seven” which was no good as Buchanan turned over {J-Hearts}{10-Spades} for a higher pair.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 27,500
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
10,400 -19,600
Darren Woods us
Darren Woods
WSOP 1X Winner
3,400 -20,600

Tags: Darren WoodsEli ElezraShawn Buchanan