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

Seiver Doubles

Catching the action with the board reading {J-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} we found Frank Kassela leading out for 1,100 only to have Scott Seiver move the action up to 6,200. The third player in the hand potted, as Kassela folded before Seiver committed his final few thousand.

Seiver: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Opponent: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades}

With Seiver in great shape to double, the river landed the {2-Clubs} to see Seiver double to 19,000 as Kassela announced he folded {5-}{4-}.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
19,000 16,000

Tags: Frank KasselaScott Seiver

Baldwin Busts Rodman

Blair Rodman
Blair Rodman

After a flop of {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{9-Spades}, Blair Rodman and Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin ended up all in.

Rodman: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}
Baldwin: {j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}

Rodman's set of aces would have to hold off the straight and flush draws that Baldwin's hand contained. The {2-Spades} on the turn changed nothing but the {7-Spades} on the river completed Baldwin's straight and sent Rodman to the rail.

Baldwin now has around 13,000.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
13,000 7,000
Blair Rodman us
Blair Rodman
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Blair RodmanEric Baldwin

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
WSOP 3X Winner
49,000 22,000
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
42,000 3,025
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 33,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
29,000 26,000
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
29,000 26,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
27,000 -7,000
Eric Froelich
Eric Froelich
24,000 21,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
22,000 -7,000
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
20,000 2,000
Allie Prescott us
Allie Prescott
19,000 -1,000
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
18,000 8,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
17,000 -3,000
Josh Tieman us
Josh Tieman
11,000 8,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
9,000 6,000
Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
9,000 500
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
7,000 -13,000
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
6,100 -2,900
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
Busted
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

Selbst's Stack Sinks

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

We missed the betting action but Vanessa Selbst and another player got all the chips in after a flop of {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}.

Selbst: {q-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

Selbst would need some help to catch up to her opponent. The turn was the {7-Hearts} giving Selbst two pair and the lead, but the {6-Clubs} on the river gave her opponent a better two pair.

Selbst now has around 3,000 left in her stack.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Break

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players are now on a 30 minute break. If they have not used their add-on chips yet, the extra chips will now be added to their stacks.

Lamb Chops Up His Opponent

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

After the flop came {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, Ben Lamb bet 5,000 and another player went all in. Lamb called and their hands were revealed.

Lamb: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}

The other players aces were leading until the {j-Hearts} came on the turn giving Lamb a straight. The {6-Diamonds} on the river changed nothing and Lamb's stack soared to around 40,000.

Tags: Ben Lamb

Binger Doubles

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Catching the action on the {8-Hearts}{A-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop we found Nick Binger all in {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} against his opponent's {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

The turn and river landed the {3-Clubs} and {4-Hearts} to see Binger double through to 12,000 in chips.

Tags: Nick Binger