2011 World Series of Poker

Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq33
Prize
$262,283
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,248,750
Entries
925
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Correction: We're in the Money!

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

After a recount, the money bubble did actually burst before the dinner break and the players are in for a nice surprise when they get back.

Only bad part, we don't know who the bubble boy is!

C'est la vie.

Chip Counts at Break

Player Chips Progress
Guillaume Rivet
Guillaume Rivet
126,200 64,200
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
WSOP 3X Winner
114,000 69,000
Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
110,000 73,000
Richard Monroe us
Richard Monroe
104,500 36,500
John Mccaffrey
John Mccaffrey
95,000 34,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
93,000 33,000
Jaime Kaplan us
Jaime Kaplan
92,000 62,000
Dale Kunkel
Dale Kunkel
91,300 41,300
Francesco Barbaro us
Francesco Barbaro
WSOP 1X Winner
89,200 4,200
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
87,000 7,000
Miguel Proulx ca
Miguel Proulx
WSOP 1X Winner
85,000 14,000
Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
83,900 15,900
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
80,000 15,000
Michael Deveronica
Michael Deveronica
75,500 37,500
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
73,000 31,000
Ryan Lenaghan us
Ryan Lenaghan
71,300 36,300
Andreas Krause de
Andreas Krause
66,500 47,100
Matt Lefkowitz
Matt Lefkowitz
66,000 58,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
65,000 -1,000
Bradley Helm us
Bradley Helm
64,000 19,000
Brian Swinford
Brian Swinford
61,000 15,000
James Bord gb
James Bord
WSOP 1X Winner
58,500 -1,500
Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
WSOP 1X Winner
57,500 34,500
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
54,000 3,000
Jacobo Fernandez us
Jacobo Fernandez
54,000 42,000

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Some Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Sindelar us
Daniel Sindelar
122,000 88,500
Joe Ford
Joe Ford
116,000 84,500
Matthew Waxman us
Matthew Waxman
86,000 1,000
Daniel Smith au
Daniel Smith
78,500 30,500
Patrick Gunn us
Patrick Gunn
75,000 40,000
Michael Simon
Michael Simon
60,500 16,500
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
55,000 -2,000
Michael Pfeiffer
Michael Pfeiffer
46,000 11,000
John Bunch us
John Bunch
42,000 24,000
Chau Giang us
Chau Giang
WSOP 3X Winner
38,000 27,000
Dallas Wottlin
Dallas Wottlin
27,000 2,000
Ralph Arpaio
Ralph Arpaio
26,100 -8,900
Bob Keegan
Bob Keegan
20,000 -16,500
Robert Morbitzer
Robert Morbitzer
14,000 -7,000
Mallory Smith us
Mallory Smith
12,000 -27,000
Marcelo Costa
Marcelo Costa
8,000 -7,500

Hollywood Dave Speaks Out

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Dave Stann and the TD try to sort things out with Men Nguyen
Dave Stann and the TD try to sort things out with Men Nguyen

Remember when we told you before about that drama between "Hollywood" Dave Stann and Men Nguyen?

Dave has spoken out on his twitter account about it.

"This just in: Men the Master is an angle shooting piece of s***. Guess I always knew that but WOW. Dude is a piece of work"

Tags: Dave StannMen Nguyen

Dinner on the Bubble

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

With 94 players remaining, players are now going on a one-hour dinner break. We'll get chip counts for all remaining players in the meantime.

Ari Engel Desperately Stalling to Make the Money

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

With 96 players left and 90 making the money, play has slowed down here in the $1500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better. Ari Engel had a particularly short stack (about 20,000 starting the hand) and took advantage of every second he could get to try and prolong his tournament life (around 10 minutes for this one hand).

Preflop, Guillaume Rivet raised to 4,000 and Engel spent three minutes in the tank deciding on whether or not to call. A clock was called and one of the tournament supervisors made it clear to him that he wasn't going to get away with stalling every round of the hand. Ari then said half sarcastically half seriously, "I'm in a big hand for my tournament life, I need time to make a decision."

The flop came {2-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and Rivet bet. Engel, again, stalled for as long as he could and the clock was called again before Engel eventually called.

The turn was a {A-Diamonds} and Rivet checked. But, you guessed it, Engel again stalled for as long as he could before the clock was called and he checked behind.

The river was a {5-Spades} and Rivet checked again. Again, Engel stalled and the tournament supervisor almost immediately gave him the clock. Engel pleaded saying, "I'm down to my last 5,300, don't I get any courtesy time?" to which the tournament supervisor responded, "Maybe if the clock wasn't called on you every single move of this hand, but now, no."

Engel ended up betting on the river and was called by Rivet. The two ended up chopping the pot and soon after left for the dinner break.

During the ten minute hand, three players were eliminated and as it stands we are two away from the money.

Tags: Ari EngelGuillaume Rivet

Greenstein Crippled

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein has been crippled by Fabrizio Gonzalez. The board was reading {A-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Gonzalez showed {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{10-Spades}{6-Spades} for the nut straight which Greenstein couldn't beat or even show a qualifying low.

"The Bear" is down to 4,000 while Gonzalez has 65,000 now.

Tags: Barry GreensteinFabrizio Gonzalez

Yu Got Game

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Ben Yu just had Michael Block all in preflop. Block held {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and had Yu Dominated against {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{J-Spades}{4-Clubs}. The {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{10-Spades} flop was a dramatic one as it gave Yu Broadway and Block the nut flush draw. However the {3-Spades} and {K-Clubs} turn and river didn’t produce the heart that Block needed and he was eliminated. Yu was up to 57,000 after the hand.

Tags: Ben YuMichael Block