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

Sabat Steals One?

Alberto Fonseca, raised in early position and Eddy Sabat called preflop. After everyone else folded the dealer put out a {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Spades} flop. Both players checked.

The {Q-Hearts} on the turn brought with it a 13,000 bet from Fonseca and after some deliberation a raise of 33,000 from Sabat. Fonseca thought about it for a few moments before ultimately throwing his cards in the muck. After this hand Sabat has passed the 300,000 chip level.

Player Chips Progress
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
235,000 131,000

Tags: Eddy Sabat

Smith's Set Gets Flushed

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Giuseppe Pantaleo went the flop with Daniel Smith and the board read {8-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds}. Smith was in middle position and moved all in for 152,000. Pantaleo called the all in behind him and tabled {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} for a flopped flush. Smith needed the board to pair holding {8-Spades} {8-Hearts}. The board finished {10-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} and Smith was sent to the rail.

Tags: Giuseppe PantaleoDaniel Smith

Mitchnick Mangles Vedes

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Tommy Vedes - out
Tommy Vedes - out

Dwyte Pilgrim raised to 7,000 from late position, and Tommy Vedes three-bet to 17,500 -- about half his stack. Lynne Mitchnick was in the small blind, and she came over the top with a reraise all in for her last 48,200, and Pilgrim quickly folded. After a moment, it became clear that Vedes' hand was caught in the cookie jar. He smirked, then let out an, "Aw, f*** it," calling all in for about 38,000.

Showdown
Vedes: {10-Hearts} {5-Hearts}
Mitchnick: {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}

Vedes was never in front as the dealer ran out a {6-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {K-Spades} {K-Hearts} {6-Spades} board to send him packing. Mitchnick, the last lady left, is well within striking distance with close to 100,000 now.

Tags: Lynne Mitchnick

Vandervort!

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Under the gun, Bruce Vandervort opened the pot to 7,500, and Jeremy Vaughn reraised to 20,500 out of position in the small blind. Vandervort made the call, and the two of them took a {9-Spades} {8-Hearts} {5-Hearts} flop. Vaughn checked, and Vandervort took his cue to bet 20,000 at the pot. It drew an all-in check-raise from Vaughn, and the snap-call that came was not good news for him.

Showdown
Vandervort: {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds}
Vaughn: {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs}

Vaughn was drawing dead to running straight cards, and the turn {6-Spades} brought a chop into play. The river {3-Clubs} was a big blank, though, and Vaughn has been parted with the rest of his stack. By virtue of that knockout, Vandervort is all the way up to the top spot with 330,000.

Tags: Bruce VandervortJeremy Vaughn

Pilgrim Doubles Up Through Buzgon

Dwyte Pilgrim
Dwyte Pilgrim

We are not 100% sure of the action, but we are fairly certain that after a series of raises Dwyte Pilgrim moved all in against his opponent Daniel Buzgon preflop. Buzgon called and cards were tabled.

Pilgrim: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}
Buzgon: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

With an ace hitting in the door of a {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop Pilgrim looked to be in great shape to double up as long as he could avoid a run-run straight. The {9-Spades} on the turn sealed the deal and Pilgrim doubled up. A meaningless {10-Diamonds} rolled off the deck for the river, but no one really noticed as everyone was counting chips to make sure Pilgrim was going to be awarded to correct amount for doubling up.

Player Chips Progress
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
210,000 124,000
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
71,000 -16,000

Tags: Daniel BuzgonDwyte Pilgrim

Moar Chips!

Player Chips Progress
Yun Fan
Yun Fan
228,000 168,100
Andrew Cohen us
Andrew Cohen
227,000 1,000
Anthony Ruberto us
Anthony Ruberto
210,000 110,000
Anders Kourtzman
Anders Kourtzman
185,000 185,000
Dung Nguyen us
Dung Nguyen
168,000 130,700
Steven Watts gb
Steven Watts
150,000 -15,000
Philippe Boucher ca
Philippe Boucher
WSOP 1X Winner
133,000 -127,000
Richard Gryko gb
Richard Gryko
WSOP 1X Winner
130,000 -20,000
William Hamilton us
William Hamilton
118,000 118,000
John Kim us
John Kim
101,000 59,500
Hugo Lemaire pr
Hugo Lemaire
91,600 12,300
Peter Akery gb
Peter Akery
90,000 17,200
Aadam Daya ca
Aadam Daya
WSOP 1X Winner
80,400 80,400
Kevin Grubisic
Kevin Grubisic
65,000 65,000
Belley Philippe
Belley Philippe
60,000 13,800
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
WSOP 2X Winner
58,000 20,000
Dean Schultz us
Dean Schultz
34,000 -28,600
Robert Clukies
Robert Clukies
32,300 -47,600

Bonding's Double Pains Glasser

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ray Villaman raised to 5,000 from late position, and Lars Bonding three-bet all in for 80,000. In the big blind, Michael Glasser came back over the top with a shove of his own, and Villaman ducked out of the way.

Showdown
Bonding: {K-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}
Glasser: {9-Diamonds} {9-Clubs}

Bonding was the one at risk, but the two men were close in chips. The board ran out in his favor, coming {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {3-Spades} to double him up to 170,000 or so. With that big loss, Glasser is all the way back down to just 11,000.

Tags: Lars BondingMichael Glasser

Even More Counts

Player Chips Progress
Hassan Babajane
Hassan Babajane
232,000 106,000
Guillaume Cescut
Guillaume Cescut
195,000 161,400
Eddie Blumenthal us
Eddie Blumenthal
190,000 -15,000
Bradley Augsburger
Bradley Augsburger
185,000 185,000
James St. Hilaire
James St. Hilaire
184,000
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
180,000
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
168,000 94,000
Benjamin Jenkins
Benjamin Jenkins
146,000 -14,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
139,000 14,000
Barry Woods us
Barry Woods
136,000 45,200
Mikhail Lakhitov ru
Mikhail Lakhitov
WSOP 1X Winner
135,000 38,000
Nam Le us
Nam Le
105,500 79,300
Kunimaro Kojo jp
Kunimaro Kojo
98,000 -2,000
Michael Bennington
Michael Bennington
92,000 -6,600
Leonard Truche fr
Leonard Truche
91,000 31,100
Stephen Le Peau us
Stephen Le Peau
78,000 57,400
Ray Villaman us
Ray Villaman
75,000 32,600
Florian Langmann de
Florian Langmann
56,300 56,300
Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
50,000 12,200
Kent Padgett
Kent Padgett
48,000 -5,000
John Zentner us
John Zentner
44,600 30,600
Mike Kachan us
Mike Kachan
WSOP 1X Winner
26,000 26,000

A Few More Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Berkey
Matthew Berkey
249,000 49,000
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
WSOP 1X Winner
236,000 22,000
Randy Dorfman us
Randy Dorfman
198,000 2,000
Bruce Vandervort us
Bruce Vandervort
192,000 83,000
Eric Shanks
Eric Shanks
192,000 131,000
Conrad Monica
Conrad Monica
170,000 89,000
Jeremy Vaughn
Jeremy Vaughn
146,000 85,600
Steven Goosen
Steven Goosen
86,000 -94,000
David Pham us
David Pham
WSOP 3X Winner
73,000 -35,000
Claudio Baptista
Claudio Baptista
70,000 1,000
Joshua Smith us
Joshua Smith
55,000 -9,000
Ramiro Martinez
Ramiro Martinez
46,000
Gaurav Law
Gaurav Law
45,000 -19,900
Brian Mintz us
Brian Mintz
45,000 4,400
Jeff Sluzinski us
Jeff Sluzinski
42,000 1,300
James Hughes us
James Hughes
37,000 -5,000
Robert Stevanovski us
Robert Stevanovski
27,000 700
Gerasimos Deres se
Gerasimos Deres
Busted
Ivan Tononi it
Ivan Tononi
Busted
Mike Kachan us
Mike Kachan
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Denise Molloy us
Denise Molloy
Busted