2011 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$540,136
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,959,200
Total Entries
2,192
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 2,192

The Messenger Delivers Bad News

Jeff Blenkarn, dubbed "The Messenger" by our PokerNews team, faced a raise of 18,000 made by Sandeep Pulusani. Holding the button, Blenkarn decided to make his stand and shoved all-in for his remaining 59,500. Pulusani tanked for two minutes or so before ultimately making the call with his {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}. The Messenger showed down {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and were off to the races.

Flop: {3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

Blenkarn bricked the flop and would need help on the turn or river in order to survive.

Turn: {9-Hearts}

The Messenger received a bit of good news when he picked up a flush draw, and he had a number of outs heading to the river.

River: {7-Spades}

The dealer delivered none of Blenkarn's outs and he was eliminated. Pulusani nearly doubled his stack and climbed to over 130,000 with the knockout.

Tags: Jeff BlenkarnSandeep Pulusani