2011 World Series of Poker

Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aqj6
Prize
$420,802
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,870,050
Entries
685
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Chinese Anyone?

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Apparently the exciting action of Omaha isn't enough for some of the players in the tournament.

We just spotted Eli Elezra, Josh Arieh and Ben Lamb passing an iPad back and forth between their tables to play a game of virtual Chinese Poker.

We're not sure who's winning, but Elezra's masseuse seems to be more interested in watching him play than rubbing his shoulders.

Tags: Ben LambEli ElezraJosh Arieh

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
82,000 56,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
70,000 14,000
Leif Force us
Leif Force
WSOP 1X Winner
51,000 21,000
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
41,000 -5,000
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
24,000 15,000
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
23,000 5,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
22,000 -2,000
Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
19,000 3,000
Eric Froelich
Eric Froelich
16,000 -8,000
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
16,000 4,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
14,500 -7,500
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
13,000 4,000
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
12,000 3,000

Bansi Busts

After a flop of {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}{2-Spades}, Praz Bansi ended up all in against another player but Bansi was going to need a lot of help to stay alive.

Bansi: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Opponent: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

The turn and river of the {4-Clubs} and {5-Spades} couldn't save Bansi and he was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Praz Bansi

Lindgren Looking Up

Level 7 : 250/500, 0 ante

Erick Lindgren raised to 1,200 and was called by the players in the hijack and big blind. The flop came {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades} and all three players checked. The turn was the {6-Hearts} and the big blind bet 2,500. Lindgren called and the other player folded. After the {4-Diamonds} fell on the river the big blind put out a small bet of 1,500 and Lindgren raised to a more respectable 8,000. The big blind folded his hand and Lindgren's stack grew to 25,000.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Matt O'Donnell us
Matt O'Donnell
110,000 5,000
Tex Barch us
Tex Barch
62,000 59,000
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
38,000 8,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 -8,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
35,000 8,000
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
32,000 3,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
23,000 4,000
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
23,000 8,000
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
22,000 -2,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 6,000
Robert Williamson us
Robert Williamson
WSOP 1X Winner
17,000 3,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
17,000 -12,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
17,000 -5,000
Jim Sachinidis
Jim Sachinidis
15,000 10,500
Joseph Serock us
Joseph Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
13,000 4,000
Julian Powell au
Julian Powell
11,000 -13,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
Busted
Heather Sue Mercer
Heather Sue Mercer
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

Prizepool Announced

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The prizepool has finally been announced with the 685-player field forming a $1,870,050 prizepool with the top 63 players guaranteed a $6,077 payday.

Final Table Payouts

PlacePrize
1st$420,802
2nd$259,918
3rd$184,368
4th$132,623
5th$96,737
6th$71,548
7th$53,633
8th$40,748
9th$31,360

Aces and Kings, and Queens... Oh My!

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

After a series of raises and re-raises, Josh Arieh and two other players ended up all in preflop with Arieh having the other two covered.

Opponent 1: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
Arieh: {K-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}
Opponent 2: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades}

Sets appeared for everyone but Arieh when the board ran out {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and the player with aces took the pot while Arieh's stack slipped to 10,000.

Tags: Josh Arieh

Felipe Falls as O'Donnell Elevates

Matt O'Donnell opened with a raise before Felipe Ramos three-bet for the majority of his stack. With the action on a player in the blinds, he potted the action once again before O'Donnell shipped his stack in.

Both Ramos and the player in the blinds called off their last few thousand as twelve cards were placed on their backs.

Ramos: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
O'Donnell: {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Opponent: {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{10-Spades}

The final board of {7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} saw O'Donnell flop a joint to send both Ramos and the player in the blinds to the rail while simultaneously moving up to 105,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Matt O'Donnell us
Matt O'Donnell
105,000 102,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
Busted

Tags: Felipe RamosMatt O'Donnell