2011 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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
Entries
2,192
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Nail Aliyev Nails One With Pocket Aces

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

After a series of raises and reraises before the flop, Nail Aliyev sprung his trap and got his opponent to commit his remaining 44,600. His opponent showed down {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} confidently but Aliyev revealed {A-Hearts}{A-Spades} for a commanding lead.

The dealer spread a final board of {6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and Aliyev claimed the huge pot with his pocket rockets.

Tags: Nail Aliyev

Kerr Breaks 200K

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A player opened to 5,300 from the cutoff and James Kerr cut out a raise to 15,000 and change and slid it into the middle from the small. The player in the big blind folded and so did the original raiser - flashing an {A-} before doing so.

Kerr is up to 202,000.

Tags: James Kerr

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

"Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Grey Poupon?"

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Here are the latest round of players to have been paid out in time for a nice big steak dinner:

PlaceNameCountryAmount
125Alexander MartinUnited Kingdom$3,684
126Eric RobertsUnited States$3,684
127Stephen SengerUnited States$3,684
128Jakub WojtasGermany$3,684
129Yuji MasakiJapan$3,684
130Robert WhalenUnited States$3,684
131Dmitry KataevRussian Federation$3,684
132David McCaskillUnited States$3,684
133Thibault LeducFrance$3,684
134Ben LefewUnited States$3,684
135Bryan PenaUnited States$3,684
136Aaron O’RourkeUnited States$3,314
137Simon CharetteCanada$3,314
138Rhonda McLeodUnited States$3,314
139Vincent LucardieNetherlands$3,314
140Adam KoelnUnited States$3,314
141Clement NietoUnited States$3,314
142Joshua HillockUnited States$3,314
143Joseph AbbaUnited States$3,314
144Louis CheffyUnited States$3,314
145Mike AllisUnited States$3,314
146Michael GrayUnited States$3,314
147John DiegelUnited States$3,314
148Rodrigo NascimentoBrazil$3,314

Joshua Mancuso Manhandles Victim With Big Slick

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Joshua Mancuso returned from his dinner break and looked down to find {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} in the hole. An opponent acting in front of him pushed his stack of 21,000 forward for an all-in move and Mancuso made the quick call. The at risk player tabled {K-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and found himself dominated.

After the final board rolled out {J-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Mancuso's ace-king high was good enough to claim the pot.

Tags: Joshua Mancuso

Perillo Picked Off

As we wandered over to Kristopher Cunz's table, we found him calling two all-ins with {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}. It wasn't all that bad news for him when Georgios Kapalas flipped up the same hand -- {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} -- but they were both in trouble against Robert Perillo's {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}.

However, the flop came down {5-Clubs}{K-Spades}{2-Clubs} to put Cunz and Kapalas in the lead. The turn and river ran out {7-Diamonds}, {6-Hearts} and with Perillio the shortest of the three stacks, he was eliminated while Cunz and Kapalas chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Kristopher Cunz
Kristopher Cunz
74,000
22,500
22,500
Georgios Kapalas gr
Georgios Kapalas
65,000
26,700
26,700
Robert Perillo
Robert Perillo
Busted

Tags: Georgios KapalasKristopher CunzRobert Perillo

Don't Kill Me, I'm Just The Messenger!

We received another piece of news from Jeff "The Messenger" Blenkarn - he's just picked up the scalp of American pro Justin "Boosted J" Smith.

"He was sitting right here," Blenkarn recalled to us, patting the empty chair next to him. "He got it all in with {Q-}{10-}, I called with {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and the board bricks out. I'm now on 66,000!"

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Blenkarn us
Jeff Blenkarn
66,000
30,000
30,000
Jaka Coaching
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
Busted

Tags: Jeff BlenkarJustin Smith