Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed Day 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-22-2011 07:53 UTC

Moorman Doubles Through Ulliott

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Tom Dwan made it 8,000 under the gun, and David Ulliott made it 25,000 on the button. Chris Moorman was in the small blind, and bet pot, equal to 62,000. It folded back to Ulliott, who went into the tank for a couple of minutes. Finally, he decided to smack down the chips that would put Moorman all in. The two flipped their hands up, and it was virtually a flip.

Ulliott: {2-Clubs} {j-Clubs} {a-Spades} {j-Spades}
Moorman: {a-Clubs} {j-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {k-Hearts}

The flop came {2-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {7-Spades} , and Ulliot was still in the lead. The turn came the {7-Diamonds} , and he just needed to dodge an ace, king, or eight. He couldn't do it, as the river came the {a-Diamonds} , and Moorman scored the double up just a few minutes into this level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	240,000 110,000	110,000

David Ulliott	160,000 -102,000	-102,000

Tags: Chris Moorman David Ulliott

06-22-2011 07:57 UTC

Vannesa Selbst Eliminated In 18th Place ($23,519)

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Vanessa Selbst took a horrible beat to go out in 18th

In what is undoubtedly the biggest pot of the tournament so far, Vanessa Selbst has been eliminated in 18th place.

From late position, Selbst raised it up to 18,000 preflop and got a call from Steven Merrifield in the cutoff and Greg Brooks in the big blind. The flop came down {6-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {3-Hearts} and Brooks bet out 38,000. Selbst in middle position then raised it to 104,000 and Merrifield folded. Brooks thought about it for a little while and then re-raised to 203,000. Selbst then re-raised the pot and Brooks called putting her all in.

Selbst turned over {a-Hearts} {a-Clubs} {q-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} for a trip threes with the ace kicker, and Brooks showed {K-} {k-} {9-} {3-Spades} for trip threes with a king kicker.

It all changed on the turn though when the {9-Clubs} fell and gave Brooks a full house. Selbst cringed as she realized her fate, and the river {7-Hearts} sent her to the rail in 18th place.

After the hand Brooks has nearly double that of second place with 1,300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Brooks	1,300,000 602,000	602,000
Vanessa Selbst	Busted

Tags: Greg Brooks Steven Merrifield Vanessa Selbst

06-22-2011 08:03 UTC

Still Plenty Of Action

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We may be down to our final three tables, but there is still plenty of action going around. At Gregory Brooks's table, he has just doubled up Hans Winzeler. The two players got the last of Winzeler's money in preflop, and Winzeler was looking for his aces to hold.

Winzeler: {a-Spades} {9-Spades} {a-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}
Brooks: {10-Spades} {j-Spades} {q-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Hearts} {3-Spades} {k-Spades} {4-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} , and Winzeler scored the double up to get to 200,000.

While that hand was going on, there was another big hand going on over at the table holding Tom Dwan and David Ulliot. The board read {3-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} , and Ulliot led out for 27,000. Dwan responded with a raised to 140,000, and Ulliot went deep into the tank. He said "I don't think I can fold this hand. Especially to you. I know how much you want this bracelet so I'm going to lay this down for you," as he open folded {6-} {2-} . He asked Dwan to show him the eight-six, and sure enough, Dwan obliged, and showed him {8-} {6-} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Brooks	1,155,000 -145,000	-145,000
Tom Dwan	320,000 123,000	123,000
Hans Winzeler	200,000 98,000	98,000
David Ulliott	140,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Gregory Brooks Tom Dwan Hans Winzeler David Ulliott

06-22-2011 08:08 UTC

Bennani Doubles Through Lindgren

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Shawn Bennani and Erick Lindgren just got in a raising war preflop that saw Bennani commit the last of his 85,000.

Bennani: {a-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {q-Clubs}
Lindgren: {7-Spades} {6-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {5-Spades} {9-Hearts} {a-Spades} {10-Clubs} {9-Clubs} , and Lindgren missed all of his straight outs, giving Bennani the much needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	615,000 -56,000	-56,000

Shawn Bennani	170,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Erick Lindgren Shawn Bennani

06-22-2011 08:22 UTC

The Only Thing Dwan Folds is His Laundry (Maybe)

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The wild swings of Tom Dwan are getting beyond ridiculous, having just surrendered chips to David "Devilfish" Ulliott before doubling back up to 170,000.

All the money was in the middle on a flop of {8-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {A-Hearts} ; Dwan had called with {Q-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {3-Clubs} for a pair and the flush draw, but Ulliott had the lead with trip sixes. They improved to quads on the turn of the {6-Spades} , making the river {9-Spades} merely nothing more than decoration.

Down to just 64,000, Dwan found himself all-in after the flop of {4-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {J-Clubs} against Peter Jetten holding {10-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} for two pair, having outdrawn Jetten's {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {3-Spades} . The turn and river ran {5-Clubs} , {10-Diamonds} to give Dwan a bigger two pair and the double-up.

To our knowledge, Dwan has not laid down a hand pre-flop throughout the entire tournament. We're not kidding. Such is the nature of the beast that is "Durrrr."

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jetten	240,000 106,000	106,000
David Ulliott	230,000 105,000	105,000
Tom Dwan	170,000 88,700	88,700

Tags: David Ulliott Peter Jetten Tom Dwan

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

06-22-2011 08:38 UTC

Lindgren Crippled By Chiu, Eliminated in 17th Place ($23,519)

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Sometimes in poker, you hear the express, "the hands played themselves." Well there is no greater example of that then what we just saw in a huge hand between David Chiu and Erick Lindgren. Lindgren limped under the gun, and Michael McDonald made it 36,000. David Chiu called, as did Lindgren. The flop came {2-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {q-Spades} , and Chiu immediately fired out four green chips, a 100,000 bet. Lindgren thought for about 15 seconds before announcing "raise the pot." McDonald quickly got out of the way, and it went back to Chiu. Chiu went in the tank for about a minute, and found out that Lindgren barely had him covered. Finally, Chiu started to slide his stack in the middle, saying "well I know you have the straight flush outs Erick cause I have top set." Erick called, and sure enough, Chiu was right.

Lindgren: {k-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {j-Clubs} {a-Spades}
Chiu: {q-Diamonds} {q-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {4-Diamonds}

The turn brought the {3-Spades} , giving Lindgren the flush, but he still had to avoid the board pairing. Well he couldn't, as it came the {10-Clubs} . Chiu collected the pot, upping his stack to over 1 million, while Lindgren was knocked down to just 15,000.

On the next hand, Lindgren shoved all in and got a call from David Callaghan, Joseph Ressler, and Michael McDonald. The board ran out {4-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {j-Hearts} {10-Hearts} , and while Ressler was the only player left to get to showdown with Lindgren. Lindgren showed {k-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {q-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} , but Ressler showed {a-Hearts} {q-Hearts} {j-} {x-} for the nut flush, eliminated Lindgren.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Chiu	1,002,000 564,000	564,000

Joseph Ressler	525,000 55,000	55,000
Erick Lindgren	Busted

Tags: David Chiu Erick Lindgren Joseph Ressler

06-22-2011 08:43 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Brooks	1,060,000 -95,000	-95,000
David Chiu	1,020,000 18,000	18,000

Jared Bleznick	610,000 38,000	38,000
Michael McDonald	540,000 -56,000	-56,000
Joseph Ressler	525,000
Jason Mercier	455,000 -176,000	-176,000

Hans Winzeler	430,000 230,000	230,000
Robert Fellner	390,000 115,000	115,000
Steven Merrifield	360,000 -315,000	-315,000
Daniel Fuhs	350,000 -15,000	-15,000

Peter Jetten	305,000 65,000	65,000
Chris Moorman	300,000 60,000	60,000

Shawn Bennani	280,000 110,000	110,000
David Callaghan	255,000 -108,000	-108,000
David Ulliott	240,000 10,000	10,000
Tom Dwan	105,000 -65,000	-65,000

06-22-2011 08:58 UTC

Brooks On Broadway

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We caught a heads up flop between Gregory Brooks and Steven Merrifield that read {a-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} . Merrifield checked, and Brooks bet out 28,000. Merrifield called, then checked again when the {j-Clubs} hit the turn. This time, Brooks bet out 66,000, and Merrifield tanked for a minute before calling again. Merrifield checked for a third time when the {4-Spades} hit the river, and Brooks methodically put together a bet of 141,000, which was about half of Merrifield's stack. He tanked for a couple minute, before sliding in the call. Brooks showed {k-Hearts} {k-Spades} {q-Diamonds} {5-Spades} for a broadway straight, and Merrifield flashed the {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Brooks	1,310,000 250,000	250,000
Steven Merrifield	150,000 -210,000	-210,000

Tags: Gregory Brooks Steven Merrifield

06-22-2011 09:15 UTC

Tom Dwan Eliminated in 16th Place ($23,519)

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Everyone who had bracelet bets with Tom Dwan can all take a deep breath, as Dwan has just been eliminated. Dwan was down to his last 100,000 when he raised to 35,000 in the cutoff. Jason Mercier was next to act, and he made it 67,000 on the button. The blinds folded, and Dwan called. Dwan then bet his last 44,000 before the flop came, and Mercier called in the dark. The flop came {4-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {a-Clubs} , and as Dwan would soon find out, that would nearly seal his fate.

Dwan: {3-Spades} {7-Clubs} {10-Spades} {10-Clubs}
Mercier: {a-Diamonds} {a-Spades} {4-Spades} {9-Diamonds}

Mercier had flopped a set of aces, and Dwan was drawing very thing. The turn brought the {8-Diamonds} , and Dwan was drawing dead to Mercier's flush. The river came the {k-Hearts} , and Mercier collected the bounty, while Dwan headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	600,000 543,200	543,200

Tom Dwan	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier Tom Dwan