Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
We've reached the end of Level 22 and the first 20-minute break of the day.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 3
Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,440,400
Entries
732
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 732
Filter
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
1,580,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
1,250,000 | |
|
1,250,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
880,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
640,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
560,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
550,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
470,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
430,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
385,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
300,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
160,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
When we reached the table, there was 80,000 in the pot and Robert Merulla and Wesley Pantling were heads up. After a series of bets, the two were all in, and the hands were tabled.
Merulla: 
Pantling: 
Merulla was at risk, and did not improve when the 
turned. The 
slammed on the river though, and it took Merulla a second to realize it gave him the best hand before he threw his arms in the air in celebration.
It took nearly two minutes to sort out the chips, but after the counts were checked and re-checked, the stacks looked like this:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
|
570,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
After struggling through the first couple of levels today, Massimiliano Martinez was down to just 204,000 when he just now open-shoved from the button. Dan O'Brien, sitting in the small blind, leaned forward to check out what kind of stack Mauro Stivoli was sporting in the big blind (about 450,000), then called the raise. Stivoli checked his hand and folded, and the pair tabled their cards.
O'Brien 
Martinez 
Martinez appeared to be in a tough spot. Then came the flop -- 
-- prompting an audible reaction from the rail at the sight of Martinez' flopped flush. The 
on the turn made the 
river a bit of meaningless trivia, and Martinez had doubled back to about 420,000. O'Brien, meanwhile, still has a good-natured grin and a stack of 386,000.
In a three-bet pot, Hafiz Khan and Justin Filtz were heads up with the board reading 
. Both players checked the river, and Khan tabled 
for a pair of kings. Filtz unhappily mucked, and Khan took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,510,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Among the final 14 we find the 21-year-old Brendon Rubie, one of the WSOP newcomers featured just before the start of this year's Series in PokerNews' "Rookie Roundup" (see here).
Prior to turning 21, the young Australian made his name online where he won over $1.8 million playing as "brendon1717" and "Brendooor." He's also had a chance to test the tourney waters outside of the U.S., having collected nearly a quarter million USD in live tourney winnings already.
His biggest live cash came at the Melbourne Poker Championship in May 2010 when he bested a field of 590 to win the $1K main event, good for a six-figure score (AU$118,000, or $104,465 USD).
As demonstrated by that earlier knockout by Rubie of Grayson Ramage -- in which Rubie opened with 
from the button, then called Ramage's eight-BB all-in shove from the blinds -- Rubie seems to possess that willingness to take risks often associated with the younger online player for whom short-handed and heads-up play is their bread-and-butter.
Massimiliano Martinez opened to 25,000 on the button, Justin Filtz called in the small blind, and Dan O'Brien moved all in for 268,000 from the big. Martinez re-shoved, Filtz folded, and the hands were opened.
O'Brien: 
Martinez: 
"Hey!" O'Brien said excitedly. "Who's got the best hand? All you need is an ace in this game."
The flop came down 
, giving O'Brien two pair. The on the turn effectively ended the hand, and the 
on the river made it official.
"How's it feel to be the best, Dan O'Brien?" Haviz Khan needled him.
"It's tough," O'Brien shot back with a grin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
375,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
With the board reading 
, Justin Filtz led out for 34,000 into Hafiz Khan. Khan called.
Both players checked the 
on the turn, but after the rivered, Filtz led again - this time for 150,000.
"What a terrible river," Khan sighed.
His face showed that he wanted to fold, but he grabbed a stack of green T25,000 chips and splashed them into the pot.
"Nuts," Filtz said confidently, opening up for just a pair of threes.
There was a beat.
"Annnnnnd I misread my hand," Filtz admitted.
Khan opened up 
for two pair, and won the pot.
"You thought I had it too," Filtz chuckled.
"Yeah," Khan agreed. "It was probably a bad call."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The eliminations are coming quickly as we approach the end of the first one-hour level of Day 3. The latest one came in a three-way hand that developed between Jonathan Duhamel, Robert Merulla, and Wesley Pantling.
A preflop UTG raise from Duhamel resulted in both Pantling (SB) and Merulla (BB) calling, creating a 23,000 pot. The flop came 
, and Pantling led with a bet of 44,000. Merulla called the bet, then Duhamel raised all in for 427,000 total. Pantling called, and Merulla stepped aside.
Pantling 
Duhamel 
Duhamel was behind, but heart could change that quickly. But the turn was the 
and river the 
, and the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion hit the rail in 15th.
Pantling now sits with a handsome stack of 1.165 million.
