2011 World Series of Poker

Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Mikhail Lakhitov
Winning Hand
k2
Prize
$749,610
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,944,850
Entries
1,734
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Watts Up With That?

John Kim, one of the short stacks at the table moved all in preflop and received a call from Steven Watts. Kim was the first to flip his cards and he showed {9-}{9-}. Watts than visible excited slammed down {K-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and was genuinely happy with the position he was in going to the flop.

{Q-}{2-}{A-} all made an appearance on the flop, and things were looking good for Kim. A {J-} on the turn brought another out Watts as any ten would give him a straight. Indeed a {10-} rolled off for the river and gave Watts a straight and the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
270,000
60,000
60,000
John Kim us
John Kim
Busted

Tags: Steven Watts

Wong's Mighty Stack Dented

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

A player in middle position opened to 12,000, and Jerry Wong called a couple seats over. Action came around to Kyle Keranan in the blinds, and he squeezed in a reraise to 45,000 total. That folded the initial raiser, but Wong reraised all in with his massive stack. Keranen instantly called, and his {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} was flipping against the mighty {4-Spades} {4-Clubs} of Wong.

The {K-Hearts} {3-Spades} {5-Spades} flop was a big miss for Keranen, and the turn {5-Diamonds} was only a little bit of help. It did give him another three outs to the win, and as it turned out, that's just what he needed. The {K-Clubs} dropped off the deck on the river, and Wong's counterfeit three pair are worthless. He's forced to pay off a 253,500-chip double up, knocking him down to 448,000.

With that big double comes the chip lead for Keranan, shooting his way past the field and up to about 525,000.

Tags: Kyle KeranenJerry Wong

Sabat Scored On

We got to Table 365 just in time to watch Eddy Sabat call the all in of one of the short stacks, John Zentner at his table. It was very few chips to call the all in, and it was clear Sabat was not too confident in his hand, but he still made the call.

Sabat: {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Zentner: {A-}{K-}

The board came out {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Spades}{Q-Clubs} giving Zentner the best hand with ace king high. Zentner doubled up to around 70,000 while Sabat still sits on top of a comfy 390,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
390,000
20,000
20,000
John Zentner us
John Zentner
70,000
1,000
1,000

Tags: Eddy Sabat

Pilgrim Triples Up with Crazy Action

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dwyte Pilgrim with a triple up.
Dwyte Pilgrim with a triple up.

After a three-bet, four-bet shove and five-bet shove three players were all in preflop making one main pot and one side pot.

Dwyte Pilgrim: {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts}
Michael Adamo: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}
Kyle Keranen: {10-} {10-}

Board: {9-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}

Pilgrim had the shortest stack and took the main pot, tripling up to 340,000. Adamo lost most of his stack to Pilgrim but won the side pot with Keranen and was left with 50,000.

Tags: Dwyte PilgrimKyle KeranenMichael Adamo

Break Dance

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

It's our last twenty-minute break of the night, and while we're gone, those pesky lavender T500 chips will magically disappear.

Level: 19

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Padgett Doubles Through Pham

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Tim Pham opened for 14,000 and Kent Lloyd Padgett moved all in behind him for 80,000. Action folded around back to Pham and he called.

Showdown:
Padgett: {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}
Pham: {8-Hearts} {7-Hearts}

Board: {K-Spades} {5-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {A-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}

Padgett doubled to 170,000 with his set and Pham slipped a little, but is still comfortable with 361,000.

Tags: Tim PhamLloyd Padgett

Chip Check

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Petrangelo us
Nicholas Petrangelo
510,000
105,000
105,000
Kyle Keranen
Kyle Keranen
415,000
-110,000
-110,000
Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
415,000
-33,000
-33,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
385,000
-5,000
-5,000
Thomas Middleton gb
Thomas Middleton
365,000
198,000
198,000
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
360,000
90,000
90,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
340,000
Brian Warren us
Brian Warren
290,000
82,000
82,000
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
285,000
112,000
112,000
Yun Fan
Yun Fan
230,000
55,000
55,000
Nam Le us
Nam Le
201,000
71,000
71,000
Dung Nguyen us
Dung Nguyen
181,000
21,000
21,000
Patrick Smith us
Patrick Smith
180,000
14,000
14,000
Zachary Hall us
Zachary Hall
177,000
132,000
132,000
Peter Akery gb
Peter Akery
162,000
61,000
61,000
Richard Gryko gb
Richard Gryko
145,000
-40,000
-40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Lynne Mitchnick
Lynne Mitchnick
135,000
29,000
29,000
Belley Philippe
Belley Philippe
129,000
-19,000
-19,000
Alessio Fratti
Alessio Fratti
125,000
41,000
41,000
William Hamilton us
William Hamilton
115,000
-3,000
-3,000
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
84,000
-24,000
-24,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Zentner us
John Zentner
78,000
8,000
8,000
Michael Adamo ca
Michael Adamo
70,000
20,000
20,000
Barry Woods us
Barry Woods
50,000
-20,000
-20,000
Robert Clukies
Robert Clukies
35,000
17,000
17,000

Jenkins Wins One

Kevin Eyster raised from early position making it 13,000 preflop. When the action folded to Benjamin Jenkins he reraied and made it 33,000 to go. Eyster made the call and both players saw a {9-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop.

Both players then checked and got to see the {10-Hearts} turn. It was here that Eyster check-called a bet of 35,000 from Jenkins. A {7-Hearts} river lead to checks from both players and a showdown. Eyster only showed the {10-Clubs} and Jenkins countered with {A-}{6-} for two pair, aces and nines.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
410,000
260,000
260,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Benjamin Jenkins
Benjamin Jenkins
400,000
-85,000
-85,000

Tags: Benjamin JenkinsKevin Eyster