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

Robert Croak(s)

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

John Dolan entered the pot for 1,000 and found a call before Robert Croak moved all in for 2,775 from the cutoff.

With the action on Christian Harder, he four-bet to 4,900 only to have Dolan respond by moving all in. The cold-caller folded, as did Harder before the cards were placed on their backs.

Dolan: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Croak: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The board was spread {A-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{10-Spades} to see Croak bite the dust as Dolan moves to roughly 45,000 in chips.

Tags: Christian HarderJohn DolanRobert Croak

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Michael Pesek us
Michael Pesek
48,000 13,000
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
40,000 25,000
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
WSOP 1X Winner
37,500 11,500
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
35,000 26,200
John Dolan us
John Dolan
30,000 6,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
28,000 2,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
22,000 5,800
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
22,000 1,000
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
14,000 7,400
Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
14,000 2,000
Heather Sue Mercer
Heather Sue Mercer
12,000 -5,000
Chad Batista
Chad Batista
12,000 500
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
11,000 -1,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
10,000 500
Steve Brecher us
Steve Brecher
5,500 -7,100

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Dinner Break

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

The remaining players are heading on a 90-minute break.

See you back here for the re-commencement of play at 8:15 pm PST.

Dwan Sent to Rail Just in Time for Dinner

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a flop reading {6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, four players checked to see a turn, including Dwan, who was in the cutoff.

The turn brought a {6-Spades}, and it was checked to a player in middle position, who bet 2,100. Dwan called and the others folded.

The river came the {A-Spades} and Dwan's opponent bet 15k, which was enough to put Dwan all in. Durrrr looked unhappy, but landed on a call. His opponent revealed {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} for queens-full. Dwan mucked his hand and headed for the rail.

Tags: Tom Dwan

Ho Closes In On 70k

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

Carlos Mortensen opened to 800 and both Maria Ho and James Akenhead made the call along with an unknown player.

The action was checked to Ho on the {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} flop, and she opted to fire out 1,450 which only the unknown player called.

The turn of the {9-Spades} saw Ho's 3,250-chip bet force a fold from her opponent as she moved to 67,000 in chips.

Tags: Maria HoJames AkenheadCarlos Mortensen

DeWitt Dusted

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

With roughly 15,000 in the pot, Jason DeWitt committed his final 15,575 with his opponent making the call.

DeWitt: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

Unfortunately for DeWitt, the dealer spread a {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Diamonds} board to end DeWitt's hopes of going back-to-back.

Tags: Jason DeWitt

Quads for Schulman

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a board of {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{10-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, Nick Schulman pushed out a bet of 7,200 with his opponent making the call.

Schulman tabled his {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs} for quads to collect the pot and move to 36,000 in chips.

Tags: Nick Schulman

Nice One for Obrestad

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

A short-stacked player went all-in for roughly 5,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad called from the big blind. The player on the button turned over {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and needed help against Obrestad's {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}.

The board came {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}, eliminating the player and chipping Obrestad up to 22,000.

Tags: Annette Obrestad