2011 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q653
Prize
$619,575
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,382,900
Entries
507
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Dwan Chip Leader...Again

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante
Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan

It seems that in literally every single tournament he enters, Tom Dwan holds the chip lead at some point. True to form, we went over to his table, and Dwan is sitting at about 75,000. We will be sure to keep an eye on Dwan, as short handed Omaha is one of his many specialties.

Tags: Ton Dwan

Turner-Round, Bright Eyes

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

With only two tables left to be broken down over in the White section of the Pavillion Room, we're beginning to pick up on even more notables that we may (or may not have) missed earlier. One of them is Jon "PearlJammer" Turner.

The action folded around to Turner who raised to 1,275 from the hijack before the flop; he only got one caller in the form of the player in the blind, but then they both checked all the way down the board of {4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. The big blind showed {A-}{Q-}{10-}{9-} but that was good enough to take the pot down.

Turner is now down to less than 30,000.

"I Like the Sound of That"

David 'Devilfish' Ulliott
David 'Devilfish' Ulliott

David "Devilfish" Ulliott raised to 1,500 on the button and received a call from the big blind. When the flop came down {10-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, the big blind opted to lead out for 1,800. Devilfish made the call and then both players checked the {10-Diamonds} turn.

When the {2-Diamonds} peeled off on the river, the big blind immediately bet pot, or 7,200, and the Devilfish thought for a moment before saying in his thick Hull accent, "Well, might as well go all in."

"How much is it?" the big blind asked. "I still might be able to fold."

"I like the sound of that," the Devilfish responded considering he only had 2,175 more. Sure enough, the big blind folded and Devilfish took down the pot without a showdown.

Meanwhile, Erica Schoenberg made her exit from the tournament, but not before saying goodbye to her husband, Erick Lindgren.

Player Chips Progress
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
20,000 9,000
Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
Busted

Tags: David UlliottErica Schoenberg

Selbst Out Rivered

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

A middle position player raised it up to 1,200 and got a call from the cutoff and Vanessa Selbst in the small blind.

The flop came down {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades} and all three players checked. The turn came {Q-Spades} and Selbst bet out 1,500. The player in middle position re-raised it up to 6,000, the cutoff folded and Selbst went into the tank. Eventually she made the call and saw the river {8-Hearts}

Both players checked and the middle position player showed {8-}{8-}{q-}{4-} for a rivered set and Selbst showed {a-Spades}{2-Spades} for top pair and the missed nut flush draw.

Selbst lost that small one but is still very healthy with 40,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
40,000 15,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Benefield is Best

Our PokerNews reporter picked up the action on a flop that read {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} heads-up between David Benefield and Jeff Williams with the pot worth about 7,000. Williams checked to Benefield who led out for 5,600 from the button.

Williams called and then both players checked the turn of the {6-Hearts} before Williams checked his option again on the river of the {6-Clubs}, only to fold after Benefield opened for 16,600.

Player Chips Progress
David Benefield us
David Benefield
40,900 25,600
Jeff Williams us
Jeff Williams
23,300 3,200

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Don't You Know About the Bord? Well, Everyone Knows That the Bord is ... Out.

2010 WSOP Europe Main Event champion James Bord has just been sent to the rail after getting the last of his very short stack into the middle on a flop of {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}.

The only problem was that he ran into the {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts} of his opponent on the button, which improved to the wheel after the turn and river ran out {7-Hearts}, {3-}.

We can now also confirm that Nam Le has joined Bord on the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Nam Le us
Nam Le
Busted
James Bord gb
James Bord
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi
Michael Mizrachi
70,000 27,400
T.J. Cloutier us
T.J. Cloutier
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
50,000 40,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
48,000 36,300
Jake Cody
Jake Cody
45,000 30,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
40,000 15,000
Scott Mandel
Scott Mandel
35,000 15,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
34,000 19,000
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
28,500
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
27,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
25,000 -23,000
Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
WSOP 3X Winner
23,000 8,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
22,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
20,500 5,500
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
18,500 9,500
Rino Mathis ch
Rino Mathis
18,000 3,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
17,500 11,300
Dan Shak
Dan Shak
16,500 1,500
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
13,500 -1,500
Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
11,600 -3,400
Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
11,000 2,300
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
11,000 -4,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
10,000 -20,000
Bill Chen
Bill Chen
9,000 -1,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
5,600 -8,900
Greg Brooks
Greg Brooks
5,500 -9,500