2011 World Series of Poker

Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10x9x8x4x2x
Prize
$254,955
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$980,525
Entries
431
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Vengrin is Stacked

Level 15

Matt Vengrin would like the world to know he has the chip lead... in black chips. They're actually the gray T100 chips, the lowest denomination in play. Vengrin has cornered the market on that color, sitting with more than 45,000 worth of them.

Tags: Matt Vengrin

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
190,000
33,000
33,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
Brandon Adams us
Brandon Adams
140,000
10,000
10,000
StakeKings
Brian Haveson
Brian Haveson
122,000
18,500
18,500
Chris Wallace us
Chris Wallace
117,000
63,000
63,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John D'Agostino us
John D'Agostino
108,000
-7,500
-7,500
Brian Powell us
Brian Powell
99,000
22,000
22,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
87,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
86,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
80,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
78,000
-10,000
-10,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
77,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
74,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Steve Sung us
Steve Sung
74,000
2,500
2,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Sam Silverman
Sam Silverman
73,000
-1,000
-1,000
David Benefield us
David Benefield
72,000
-5,000
-5,000
61,000
-7,000
-7,000
Daniel Makowsky
Daniel Makowsky
58,000
-1,000
-1,000
Ali Sarkeshik gb
Ali Sarkeshik
55,000
4,000
4,000
Tad Jurgens
Tad Jurgens
46,000
-19,000
-19,000
Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
44,000
-46,500
-46,500
Travis Erdman
Travis Erdman
35,000
-43,000
-43,000
John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
26,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
22,000
-26,000
-26,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
21,000
-32,000
-32,000
Stefan Rapp
Stefan Rapp
12,000
-27,000
-27,000

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Well, That Was Quick!

Level 15

No sooner had we had written up our last post, we got up only just in time to see Stefan Rapp walk out the door. We weren't able to catch any details of the hand, but we're sure that the 42 players that remain aren't that fussed about it - all they care about is the fact that they're guaranteed to make some bank!

Deeb Runs Good in Races

Level 15
Shaun Deeb - chip daddy
Shaun Deeb - chip daddy

No-Limit Hold'em

Travis Erdman is standing up behind his chair with his head on a swivel, and it appeared he was waiting around for his payout slip. We hustled over to the table to see Erdman's square vacant of chips and Shaun Deeb re-arranging a massive tower in front of him. Deeb saw us peeking and filled us in.

"Ace-king versus pocket sixes. All in preflop. Ace on the river."

We couldn't have said it any better ourselves. With that knockout, Deeb is all the way up to 225,000 and out in front of the pack.

Tags: Shaun DeebTravis Erdman

Level: 16

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

It's Mac Time!

Level 15

Razz

Don McNamara: {8-}{4-} / {A-}{5-}{2-}{9-} / {9-}
Lyle Berman: {x-}{x-} / {6-}{10-}{5-}{J-} / {x-} MUCKED

Cyndy Violette brought-in with a king showing before McNamara completed from the four-seat; Berman called and Violette got out of the way. McNamara bet out on fourth, fifth and sixth streets and Berman called before both players checked their option on seventh street. McNamara's hand was best and he took down the pot, but both players are now hovering around the 110,000-chip mark as a result.

Tags: Don McNamaraLyle Berman

Pocket Kings: The Second-Best Hand

Level 16

Limit Hold'em

Jared Davis started the day with just 9,800 chips, and he's worked that up over 100,000 here as the night goes on. The last pot was just sick. Davis opened with a raise from the button, and the player in the small blind had 3/4 of his chips committed already. He went ahead and called all in for 4,000 dark, and he was heads-up with Davis.

Davis announced that he had jacks ({J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}), and the all-in player didn't like it. Until, that is, he turned over his cards for the first time, revealing {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}! How quickly things change. And then change back. The flop ripped off {3-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {J-Spades}, and the whole table reacted with stunned a unison, stunned, "Ohhhhhh!" The turn and river came {4-Clubs} and {10-Hearts}, and the short stack has been eliminated.

With that pot, Jared Davis climbs to 112,000 and into the realm of the big stacks.

Tags: Jared Davis

Partin With Jurgens' Chips

Level 16

Stud

We picked up the action on fifth street as Meikle Partin was getting awfully short on chips. His board showed (x-x) / {a-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, and Tad Jurgens was working with (x-x) / {3-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. On fifth, Partin bet, and Jurgens tanked and called. On sixth, Partin bet his {8-Clubs}, and it left him with just 300 lonely chips. Jurgens pulled the {Q-Diamonds}, and he announced the call before he realized the remainder, so the two men just went ahead and put the rest of the money in. Partin didn't like it, but he was well ahead. He showed {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades} in the hole, and Jurgens could only muster {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}. On seventh street, Partin drew the {8-Spades} to make two pair and take some of the sweat off, needing only to dodge a jack now. Jurgens flipped over the {8-Hearts}, though, and Partin has doubled up to around 40,000 with that life saver.

Tags: Meikle PartinTad Jurgens

Cernuto Leaves it All to Chance

No-Limit Hold'em

Kevin Chance raised to 4,200 from UTG +1 before Brian Powell called from the cutoff. "Miami" John Cernuto, who only had 2,500 left, committed the rest of his chips from the big blind, so Chance and Powell went heads-up to the sidepot after the dealer spread the flop of {5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{Q-Spades}.

Chance led out for 6,400 and Powell called, but he quickly folded after Chance fired out 14,800 on the turn of the {10-Spades}.

Showdown
Chance: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Cernuto: {K-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}

Needing any king or jack, Cernuto was sent to the rail after the {A-Clubs} blanked out on the river. At least Miami will be able to take pride in his efforts, unlike a certain highly-paid athlete that choked in the NBA Finals.

Yeah, we totally went there.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Chance us
Kevin Chance
85,000
John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner