Level: 27
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #4: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,065,500
Entries
865
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 865
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Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Frank Rusnak pushed from the button for 220,000 and Joseph Kuether made the call from the big blind.
Rusnak: 
Kuether: 
The 
flop brought about a mega-sweat for both the players and the rail as the 
landed on the turn.
Needing a five or a spade to stay alive, Rusnak would snatch the latter as the 
dropped on the river to send him up the leaderboard with 460,000 in chips.
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
From the button, Maria Ho pushed her last 355,000 into the pot only to have Ricky Fohrenbach three-bet shove from the small blind for 750,000.
Chip leader Thomas Ross went deep into the tank contemplating a decision before suddenly announcing a call.
Ho: 
Fohrenbach: 
Ross: 
With Ross in the lead and holding the chips to potentially send two players to the rail and the final nine to the final table, the 
saw his lead slip as Ho took soared ahead with top and bottom two pair.
The turn of the 
furthered Ho's lead, and when the 
completed the board, Ho soared with the triple to over 1.1 million as Fohrenbach pushed out to 790,000.
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Frank Rusnak jammed his short-stack with 
and was called by Mikhail Lakhitov and his 
.
The board blanked out for Rusnak as he was bundled to the rail in 11th place for a $51,713 payday as the final ten players move to the secondary feature table to firstly play down to the official final table of nine and then until the hard stop time of ten levels or until we have a champion.
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Every tournament always provides some drama at one point or another, and in the case of Event #4, it was no exception as nearly every player voiced their opinion on the matter at hand.
With the WSOP enforcing a hard stop time of ten levels throughout the entire WSOP excluding the Main Event, the Tournament Director on duty has just informed the players that regardless of when the final table is made, they will be forced to play out the full ten levels under WSOP rules.
Recently however many of the WSOP events have been altered in the schedule from three-day to four-day events, and Event #4 was one of them.
Although many of the players are upset of having to play through, it is our understanding that the change from the three-day to four-day format didn't occur until this event had started, so therefore when players signed up to participate in Event #4, they knew that it was originally a three-day event.
Allen Bari has asked for WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel to be contacted to further explain the situation to the players, but we at PokerNews believe that their requests of pausing at a final nine will be in vain.
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Seat | Player |
| 1 | Thomas Ross |
| 2 | Farzad Bonyadi |
| 3 | Maria Ho |
| 4 | Mikhail Lakhitov |
| 5 | Sean LeFort |
| 6 | Nicholas Blumenthal |
| 7 | Ricky Fohrenbach |
| 8 | Allen Bari |
| 9 | Jesse Chinni |
| 10 | Joseph Kuether |
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
As the unofficial final table gets underway, the players are still extremely upset at the conditions that they are experiencing.
Some are saying they are not going to tip after they collect their winnings, while others are sarcastically thanking them for their great service.
Things could get ugly here soon.
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Sean LeFort opened to 85,000 only to have Joseph Kuether three-bet jam for 680,000. Once the action returned to LeFort, he instantly made the call to put Kuether at risk on the final table bubble.
Kuether: 
LeFort: 
With Kuether in terrible shape, the 
flop would ensure that Kuether would exit in 10th place for a $51,713 payday.
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Seat | Player |
| 1 | Thomas Ross |
| 2 | Farzad Bonyadi |
| 3 | Maria Ho |
| 4 | Mikhail Lakhitov |
| 5 | Sean LeFort |
| 6 | Nicholas Blumenthal |
| 7 | Ricky Fohrenbach |
| 8 | Allen Bari |
| 9 | Jesse Chinni |
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Allen Bari entered the pot from early position with a raise to 80,000 only to have Thomas Ross bump it to 305,000.
Bari considered his options for a few moments before folding.
