2011 World Series of Poker

Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$808,538
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,440,400
Entries
732
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Ship It To Selbst

We caught up with the action to see a lot of chips getting pushed into the middle preflop. After a raise of 1,650, Vanessa Selbst popped it up to 3,400 from the big blind. The player in the small blind plopped a giant stack comprised mostly of yellow 1,000-denomination chips into the middle, making it 15,275.

Selbst looked visibly distraught and confused at that move before announcing that she was all in. The player in the small blind called before saying "I think you've got me beat".

Selbst: {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Opponent: {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The board fell {2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{9-Spades} and Selbst was able to send a player to the rail and become one of the top stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
44,000
29,500
29,500

Tags: Vanessa Selbst