2011 World Series of Poker

Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
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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
Total Entries
685
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 685
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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

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.

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

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.

Tags: Felipe RamosMatt O'Donnell