2011 World Series of Poker

Event #4: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$874,116
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,065,500
Entries
865
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Deuces for Negreanu

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

On a board of {4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Hearts} with roughly 2,000 in the pot we found Daniel Negreanu leading out for 1,725 into Sergey Rybachenko.

Rybachenko made the call, but when the {6-Spades} rolled off on the river, he folded to Negreanu's 4,100-chip bet.

As he did, Rybachenko flashed his pocket queens before Negreanu stated he spiked the deuce and flashed his {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}.

"Thought you had fives" stated Rybachenko as he slipped to roughly 10,000 while Negreanu moved over the 26,000-chip mark.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuSergey Rybachenko

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Where You Get Those Chips?

Wondering over to Isaac Haxton's table we found that he had virtually tripled up during this first level.

With a seat empty, it would be logical to assume that he had stacked that player, but along with that he has managed to accumulate a further stack of chips to be the current chip leader of the day on a table that features Cody Slaubaugh and Brock Parker.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
44,000 29,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton

PokerNews Podcast: Rio Rookie feat. Zach Gruneberg

Level 1 : 50/75, 0 ante
Zach Gruneberg after winning an A$1,000 Limit Hold'em side event at the 2009 Aussie Millions.
Zach Gruneberg after winning an A$1,000 Limit Hold'em side event at the 2009 Aussie Millions.

WSOP Rookie Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg is in the field today. This is his maiden voyage at the series, and he was kind enough to sit down with the PokerNews Podcast crew this morning to discuss his first summer in Vegas.

Tags: PokerNews PodcastZach Gruneberg

$20 for a Bluff?

Level 1 : 50/75, 0 ante

Catching the action with the board reading {3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} and roughly 9,000 in the pot, we found Dan Smith firing out a bet of 5,000.

His opponent from the button deliberated for several moments before kicking his cards to the muck.

"Show the bluff!" yelped David "The Dragon" Pham.

"$20" responded Smith.

Pham, or any of the other table members didn't bite, and consequently he tossed his cards at the muck.

"$5?" asked Pham, but it was too late.

Tags: David PhamDan Smith

Best Friends (and Bari) Unite

Level 1 : 50/75, 0 ante

It is not uncommon to find to friends sitting on the same table - even with a player field of over 700 players.

However two best friends have managed to find a seat together with Eric Baldwin and Justin Young seated together. They were soon joined by Allen Bari, and there is no doubt that there will be a little spice on this table!

Tags: Eric BaldwinAllen BariJustin Young

The List Grows

It is no surprise that an event like this attracts the highest quality field, and with people still in line registering, here are a few more late stragglers that have waltzed through the door.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Kim
Albert Kim
15,000
David Kitai
David Kitai
15,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
15,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
15,000
Hevad Khan us
Hevad Khan
15,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
15,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
15,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
15,000
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
15,000
Andrew Frankenberger us
Andrew Frankenberger
15,000
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
15,000

Low Blinds Are Silly

Level 1 : 50/75, 0 ante

Jason Mercier has just arrived at taken a seat at a table with fellow poker pro Kathy Liebert.

"Heat is on now," Liebert said.

Upon sitting down, Mercier asked, "What are the blinds at?" When a player beside him replied, "Fifty, seventy-five," Mercier said, "Sillyness...lets get the blinds up."

Tags: Jason MercierKathy Liebert