That is Why They Call Him 'DevilFish'
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Sarah talks to David 'DevilFish' Ulliott on a break.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,382,900
Entries
507
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Swingin' it, Durrrr Style
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We picked up the action on table 12 just as the player in the big blind, along with Jesper Hogaard, Tom Dwan and another player in middle position went four ways into a raise pot on a flop of 
. The big blind checked to Hogaard who led out for 4,200; Dwan then raised to 17,000 and both the middle position player and the big blind got out of the way.
After about 90 seconds, Hogaard called, then both players checked the turn of the 
before Hogaard checked his option again after the river of the 
. Dwan stared Hogaard down intensely for what seemed like almost three minutes before he fired out a bet of 24,200.
Hogaard didn't budge. "I'm all in."
Dwan's jaw nearly hit the floor.
"You said all-in?" Dwan exclaimed before mucking his hand with a sigh. It hasn't gotten easier for Dwan since then, as Hogaard's just taken another pot from him to put the American online phenom on less than 60,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
126,000 | |
|
55,000 |
"The Best I've Ever Run in a Tournament"
Amnon Filippi got his short stack all in preflop against Mike McDonald, who happens to be our chip leader.
Filippi: 
McDonald: 
Filippi was ahead with his aces, but the 
flop quickly changed that by giving McDonald a straight. The 
turn and 
river improved him to a flush, but the result was the same . . . Filippi was eliminated.
"This is the best I've ever run in a tournament," McDonald said after the hand. "And I run good all the time."
Meanwhile, a short-stacked Scott Seiver was also sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mercier Falls, Arieh Climbs
On a board of 
Josh Arieh and George Lind checked to Jason Mercier who bet 8,300 from the cutoff. Arieh reluctantly made the call and Lind folded. Mercier showed 
for a pair of sixes and Arieh showed 
for a flush.
After the hand Lind said, "Wait, you just had sixes?" Mercier gave a bit of a smile and laughed then said, "I've been playing too much Hold'em."
Mercier is down to 30,000 while Arieh has gone back up to 40,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 13,000 |
|
30,000 | -11,000 |
Seiver Sliding
Scott Seiver raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and received calls from Chance Kornuth on the button, Jeff Lisandro in the small blind, and Kevin Boudreau in the big. Action checked to Seiver on the 
flop and he continuation bet 2,800. Kornuth called on the button while both blinds got out of the way.
Seiver kept the pressure on with a 5,000 bet on the turn, but this time Kornuth moved all in for about 13,000. Seiver snap-folded, leaving himself less than 10,000 behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
9,500 | -10,500 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Timex Takes The Lead
We just came into a hand where a player on the button moved all in for his very short stack, Davidi Kitai re-raised the pot to about 26,000 (with practically nothing behind) and Mike "Timex" McDonald made the raise to officially put Kitai all in.
Button: 
Kitai: 
McDonald: 
The board ran out 
and trip kings was enough to give McDonald the win and two more knockouts. After the hand McDonald is just under 200,000 and is our chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 | 58,000 |
|
Busted |
Deeb's in Easy Street
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
Quite a few of the short stacks are beginning to bust out of this event Shaun Deeb has just picked off another one over his table.
We got there just in time before the dealer picked up the board of 
, but it was clear that Deeb's hand of 
had his opponent covered every which way but loose. Deeb's now up to 76,500 in chips.
More Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 90,000 |
|
115,000 | 29,000 |
|
110,000 | 8,000 |
|
95,000 | 65,300 |
|
56,000 | 41,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 35,000 |
|
40,000 | 8,000 |
|
35,000 | -2,000 |
|
34,000 | -56,000 |
|
|
33,000 | -32,000 |
|
|
27,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
20,000 | -14,000 |
|
14,000 | -18,000 |
Littlefield Bites Off More Than He Can (From) Chiu
The action folded around to David Chiu who raised to 2,100 from the cutoff pre-flop; he found one caller in the form of Jeff Littlefield from the big blind to make it heads-up to the flop of 
.
Littlefield checked to Chiu who fired out a c-bet worth 3,000, but Littlefield called before both players checked the turn of the and the river .
Littlefield showed down 
for the overpair, but that was enough for Chiu to kick his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,500 | -4,000 |
|
35,000 | -13,500 |