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

Devilfish Stalled

David "Devilfish" Ulliott
David "Devilfish" Ulliott

After David "Devilfish" Ulliott limped on the button and the blinds checked their options, the small blind bet 5,000 on the {10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop. David Chiu called in the big blind and the Devilfish called behind. All three players checked the {K-Diamonds} turn, leading to the {J-Spades} river. It went check-check to the Devilfish and he fired out 20,000. Both his opponents folded and he picked up the small pot.

On the very next hand, Devilfish raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and Jesper Hougaard looked him up from the big blind. Both players checked the {9-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} flop, which was followed by the {10-Diamonds} turn. Hougaard led out for 8,000, Devilfish called, and the {3-Spades} was revealed on the river. This time Hougaard bet a more intimidating 22,000, which got Devilfish to fold.

Player Chips Progress
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
76,000
-82,000
-82,000

Tags: David UlliottJesper Hougaard. David Chiu

Wild Way To Go Into Dinner

Jeffrey Lisandro
Jeffrey Lisandro

We just caught a crazy hand being dealt between Shaun Deeb, Jeff Lisandro, and Jason Mercier. The three players got all the money in preflop, with Mercier easily having both covered.

Lisandro: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}
Mercier: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}{4-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Deeb: {k-}{10-}{9-}{8-}

The flop came out {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{7-Spades}, giving Deeb very little in the way of outs. Lisandro paired his seven, and he stormed into the lead on the turn when it came {7-Clubs}. The river brought the {9-Clubs}, and Lisandro doubled through Mercier and knocked out Deeb in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
240,000
-110,000
-110,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
215,000
126,000
126,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
Busted
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Jason MercierJeff LisandroShaun Deeb

Abecassis Out

Steven Merrifield raised to 4,500 from early position and Winamax Pro Michel Abecassis re-raised the pot essentially going all in. Merrifield made the small raise to put him all in flipped over his cards asking, "Do you have aces?" Abecassis said, "No, but I like my chances" and the two flipped over their cards.

Merrifield: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{6-Spades}
Abecassis: {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Abecassis hit the rail just short of the money. Merrifield now moves up to around 170,000, more than four times what he started the day with.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Merrifield us
Steven Merrifield
170,000
50,000
50,000
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
Busted

Tags: Michel AbecassisSteven Merrifield

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

Don't Look Now . . . Hellmuth Leads WSOP Player-of-the-Year Race

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

PlayerPointsCashesBraceletsWinnings
Phil Hellmuth393.7520$500,140
Sam Stein385.7531$690,451
John Juanda33621$410,067
Amir Lehavot330.7521$578,454
Sean Getzwiller32521$647,854
Steve Landfish317.7020$330,044
Viacheslav Zhukov31511$465,216
Jake Cody313.1321$856,427
Eric Rodawig311.5021$446,954
Daniel Idema309.5021$384,738
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier299.2531$364,565
Allen Bari292.6331$883,469

*Standings through Event #33

Some Chip Stacks

Player Chips Progress
Blaz Svara si
Blaz Svara
392,000
-27,000
-27,000
Gregory Brooks us
Gregory Brooks
350,000
47,000
47,000
Micah Smith us
Micah Smith
280,000
60,000
60,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
230,000
30,000
30,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
218,000
-2,000
-2,000
Shawn Bennani
Shawn Bennani
210,000
65,000
65,000
David Benefield us
David Benefield
190,000
30,000
30,000
Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy
84,000
-12,000
-12,000
Robert Fellner
Robert Fellner
80,000
-42,000
-42,000
Jordan Cairns
Jordan Cairns
52,000
4,000
4,000
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
38,000
18,500
18,500
Andre Dyonisio us
Andre Dyonisio
Busted

From Potato to Plastic ...

... here are just some of the latest chip counts from after the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
391,000
16,000
16,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
390,000
WSOP 2X Winner
David Chiu us
David Chiu
186,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Hans Winzeler us
Hans Winzeler
175,500
56,500
56,500
Jesper Hougaard dk
Jesper Hougaard
137,000
-77,000
-77,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
132,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joseph Ressler
Joseph Ressler
128,000
-143,000
-143,000
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
117,000
41,000
41,000
Markus Ristola fi
Markus Ristola
111,500
-7,500
-7,500
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
111,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Shortway
Robert Shortway
110,000
-1,000
-1,000
Bror Kivelio
Bror Kivelio
106,000
-6,500
-6,500
Steven Burkholder
Steven Burkholder
91,500
-30,500
-30,500
Ryan Dellazizzo
Ryan Dellazizzo
71,000
16,000
16,000
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
70,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Gary Pollak
Gary Pollak
60,000
-28,000
-28,000
Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
55,000
-13,000
-13,000