2011 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed
Day: 2
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

Brooks Busts Krause, Breaks 900k Mark

Gregory Brooks and Andreas Krause were heads up on a board of {6-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Brooks put out a bet of 18,000, and Krause responded with a pot size raise to 83,000. Brooks thought about it for 30 seconds before collecting the call and sliding it in. The river cam,e the {4-Spades}, and Krause went all in. Brooks called fairly quickly, and when the cards were flipped, it was easy to see why.

Brooks: {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{9-Spades}{a-Spades}
Krause: {5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Krause had turned a straight, but Brooks rivered the nut straight, and he scooped the pot, eliminating Krause.

Player Chips Progress
Gregory Brooks us
Gregory Brooks
923,000 198,000
Andreas Krause de
Andreas Krause
Busted

Tags: Gregory BrooksAndreas Krause

Patel Takes Some Off Ressler

Joseph Ressler raised to 13,000 on the button only to face a three-bet to 41,000 from Emil Patel in the big blind. Ressler made the call, and then called a bet of 35,000 on the {A-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop. The dealer proceeded to burn and turn the {6-Clubs}, which inspired Patel to bet his remaining 72,000. Ressler insta-folded and the hand came to an end.

Player Chips Progress
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
295,000 120,000
Joseph Ressler
Joseph Ressler
270,000 -165,000

Tags: Emil PatelJoseph Ressler

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

Hit by a Chiu-Chiu Train

Chris Demaci has been eliminated.
Chris Demaci has been eliminated.

On a flop of {5-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, the player in the small blind checked and David Chiu bet 30,500. Chris Demaci then bet pot (100,500) from the button. The small blind quickly folded and action was back on Chiu. Demaci only had around 40,000 behind, so Chiu counted out enough chips that if he did play, he'd be raising enough to put his opponent all in.

Chiu thought for a good two minutes before pushing the stack of chips in the middle. "Good luck," he said after Demaci made the call.

Demaci: {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Chiu: {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Chiu was ahead with top two pair and had a better flush draw than Demaci. "I'm in trouble," Demaci said. He surely was, and the {J-Hearts} turn didn't help his cause. When the {A-Clubs} blanked on the river, Demaci circled the table and shook hand's with the man who sent him home.

Player Chips Progress
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
450,000 208,000
Chris DeMaci us
Chris DeMaci
Busted

Tags: David ChiuChris Demaci

Mercier Does It Again

Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

On a flop of {6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} Jeff Lisandro checked to Jason Mercier on the button who bet 11,500. Lisandro raised the pot (56,500). Mercier asked how much he had behind and then re-raised pot again to 136,000 or so. Lisandro then pushed the rest of his chips in and Mercier called.

Mercier: {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Lisandro: {4-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

Lisandro was ahead when the chips went in with a pair of tens, but that hasn't been a problem for Mercier this tournament, and he did it again with a {8-Clubs}{6-Spades} turn and river for the full house.

After losing the hand Lisandro said, "Geniuses of poker here.... why don't you go tweet the world about this one, you're going to put it on twitter aren't you?" Lisandro stormed off and Mercier yelled after him, "Don't be bitter Jeff." Lots of people seemed shocked but Mercier just shrugged and said, "It was pair versus pair... I had alot of outs."

He is now second in chips only to Greg Brooks (who happens to be sitting directly to his right at the moment.)

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
575,000 260,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
Busted

Tags: Greg BrooksJason MercierJeff Lisandro

"Just to Show You I'm Defending"

Emil Patel raised to 10,000 on the button and received a call from David "Devilfish" Ulliott in the big blind. Devilfish checked the {K-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop, allowing Patel to fire out a bet. Ulliott quickly folded, but not before saying, "Just to show you I'm defending." He then flipped {4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}(X).

Player Chips Progress
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
195,000 81,000
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
175,000 -50,000

Tags: David UlliottEmil Patel

That's a Rapp

A huge commotion went up from over table 372, where Stefan Rapp and Jared Bleznick were all in for the last of their chips.

Jeff Lisandro had called, but after our PokerNews team had managed to push through the crowd, we caught the board of {10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{6-Spades}, but as it turns out, it was Bleznick that had hit the flush with his {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{8-Hearts} to double through Lisandro and take Rapp out.

As a result, we're now down to 26 players.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
340,000 180,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
250,000 -185,000
Stefan Rapp
Stefan Rapp
Busted

Tags: Jared BleznickJeff LisandroStefan Rapp

Ulliott Gets Runner Runner, Doubles Through DeMaci

David "The Devilfish" Ulliott raised to 15,000 in the cutoff, and Chris Demaci put a stack of orange T5000 chips into the pot, putting Ulliott all in. Ulliott opted to call, and the two players flipped their cards up.

Ulliott: {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{q-Spades}{10-Clubs}
DeMaci: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}

The flop was a great one for Demaci, coming {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, leaving Ulliott drawing thin. The turn came the {7-Spades}, and Ulliot had picked up a striaght draw, and sure enough, the {9-Hearts} hit the river. Demaci simply joked "that was real," and shipped the 55,500 over to the Devilfish.

Player Chips Progress
Chris DeMaci us
Chris DeMaci
138,000 -112,000
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
114,000 7,000

Tags: David UlliottChris Demaci