2011 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$488,283
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,829,600
Entries
3,144
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Another Lost Soul

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

In a trend that has occurred after every break so far, yet another announcement was made for a player who couldn't find his table. Must be something in the air today.

Affleck's Kings Reign Supreme

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

A late position raiser made it 750 and the action folded around to Matt Affleck in the big blind. Affleck pulled his blind back and shoved out a tower of black chips for a raise making it 2,100. The late position raiser announced an all in and Affleck instantly called.

Affleck: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}
Opponent: {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

The board fell {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Affleck was able to double up to about 19,000 in chips.

Tags: Matt Affleck

More Chips

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike Beasley us
Mike Beasley
30,000
27,000
27,000
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Matt Affleck
18,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
17,300
14,300
14,300
WSOP 2X Winner
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Lisa Adams_Levy
13,200
6,200
6,200
Profile photo of Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
13,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Chad Batista
Chad Batista
12,000
Profile photo of Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
12,000
9,600
9,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
10,500
6,475
6,475
Profile photo of Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
8,300
-5,700
-5,700
Profile photo of Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
8,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
8,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
5,800
2,800
2,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Leo Fernandez
4,100
-1,200
-1,200
Profile photo of William Wellman
William Wellman
650
-25,350
-25,350

Smith Doubles

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

We caught action with Jordan Smith all in against one other player. Smith won Event #36: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em in 2009 and bubbled the November Nine final table in 2009.

He held {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} and his opponent held {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. The board ran out {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. Smith now sits with around 17,000 in chips.

Tags: Jordan Smith

Dempsey Flushed Out

We found James ‘Flushy’ Dempsey all in preflop with {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}. He was up against an opponent’s {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} and it also appeared as though there was another player all in with but we’re unsure of what he had. Although Dempsey flopped a queen, it came {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} to give his opponent the flopped nut flush. There would be no runner-runner miracle for Dempsey as the turn and river were the {J-Clubs} and {4-Clubs} and he was literally flushed out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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James Dempsey
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Mercier Sends One Home

From under the gun, Jason Mercier raised to 600 and got a call from a player in late position. The flop came {8-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Mercier led out for 650. His opponent min-raised, making it 1,300 total. Mercier made the call and the {K-Clubs} turned. The two players checked and we were off to a river.

The river paired the board, bringing the {8-Hearts}. Mercier pushed out a bet of 2,950 and his opponent instantly moved all in.

"What is that?" asked Mercier, "Like a thousand more? Yeah I call".

Mercier's opponent triumphantly flipped over {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} only to be trumped by Mercier's {J-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} for trip eights. His opponent was sent home while Mercier was able to add a nice amount to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Mercier
16,000
8,000
8,000

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Cash Money Young Money

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

We caught up with the action on a {6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} board where Jordan Young was facing a bet of 2,150. He made the call and we couldn’t quite make out what his opponent had but Young showed {A-Spades}{3-Hearts} for a pair of aces which were good to boost his stack.

Tags: Jordan Young