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

LuckyChewy Not so Lucky

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

After a flop of {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{6-Spades}, Leif Force and the player in the cutoff checked the action to Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger who bet 2,200. Force folded and the cutoff called. The {10-Spades} came on the turn and the cutoff went all in for his last 4,350. Lichtenberger called and the hands were revealed.

Lichtenberger: {K-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}
Cutoff: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}

Lichtenberger's set of kings was in the lead but then the river brought the {4-Spades} giving the cutoff a flush and the win. After the hand Lichtenberger was left with around 9,000.

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger

Chiu Chipping Up

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

With a button raise to 1,400, David Chiu made the call from the small blind, as did Joe Hachem from the big blind.

On the {3-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop, the preflop aggressor moved all in for 3,525 and Chiu made the call as Hachem folded.

Chiu: {A-Spades}{3-Spades}{10-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

The {10-Diamonds} on the turn, followed by the {7-Spades} on the river saw Chiu awarded the pot to move to 27,000 in chips.

Tags: David ChiuJoe Hachem

Sebag Bags an Overwhelming Chip Lead

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante
Frank Kassela - Eliminated
Frank Kassela - Eliminated

We just watched a massive amount of chips get shipped over to Emmanuel Sebag who is now most definitely our chip leader.

After the flop came {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} the first player to act checked, Frank Kassela bet 2,000, another player called and the button, Emmanuel Sebag, raised to 7,000. The first player folded, Kassela called the 7,000, and the next player potted it up to 30,800. Sebag then went all in and both Kassela and the other player called.

Sebag: {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}
Kassela: {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades}
Other Player: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Sebag had flopped the nut straight and the turn and river of the {q-Spades} and {a-Hearts} didn't help Kassela or the other player who were both eliminated.

Sebag's stack is now a towering 170,000.

Tags: Emmanuel SebagFrank Kassela

Chopped Aces, Barch Bests Baldwin

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

Catching the action with Julian Powell making it 1,400 from the small blind, Eric Baldwin bumped it up to 6,000 from under the gun before Tex Barch potted to 20,000 from the button. Powell folded, but Baldwin committed his final few thousand.

Barch: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Baldwin: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

The board rolled out {6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{10-Spades} to see Barch collect the pot with his ace-high flush as Baldwin was sent to the rail.

Tags: Eric BaldwinTex BarchJulian Powell

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
56,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
WSOP 1X Winner
44,000 41,000
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000 -6,000
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000
Leif Force us
Leif Force
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000
Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
26,000 23,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000 -11,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
24,000 21,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
22,000 19,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
19,000 -3,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
19,000 16,000
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
18,000 6,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
16,000 7,000
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
15,000 12,000
Robert Williamson us
Robert Williamson
WSOP 1X Winner
14,000 11,000
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
WSOP 1X Winner
14,000 11,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
14,000 11,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
13,000 10,000
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
12,000 5,900
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
10,000 1,500
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
9,000 -10,000
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
9,000 6,000
Joseph Serock us
Joseph Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
9,000 4,000
Jeffrey Sarwer
Jeffrey Sarwer
7,000 3,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
6,000

Seiver Eliminated

After a flop of {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} the small blind checked and another player bet 2,100. Scott Seiver then raised to 10,500. The small blind called while the other player folded. The turn was the {a-Hearts} and the small blind bet 7,000. Seiver then went all in for his last 7,700 and the small blind called.

Seiver: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Small Blind: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}

Seiver was ahead with a seven-high straight but the river brought the {4-Hearts} which gave Seiver a flush, but gave his opponent a full house and sent Seiver to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted

Tags: Scott Seiver

The Brat is Busto

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

With the board reading {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and five players still in the hand, action checked to a player who bet 500. All the other players folded except for Phil Hellmuth who raised to 3,000. The other player then went all in and Hellmuth called.

Hellmuth: {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

Hellmuth held the under-full house against the other player's trip queens. Unfortunately for Hellmuth the {j-Spades} fell on the turn giving his opponent a better full house. The {k-Spades} on the river couldn't save Hellmuth who was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth