Level: 4
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante: 0
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
538
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Katchalov Gets Paid
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Level 3
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Eugene Katchalov opened with a raise and was called by Markus Herbel and Sergey Rybachenko in the blinds. The flop fell 
, Herbel checked, Rybachenko bet, Katchalov raised and got two calls. The turn came 
, the blinds checked, Katchalov bet and they both called. The river came 
and both blinds checked to Katchalov again. Katchalov bet, Herbel called and Rybachenko folded.
Katchalov tabled 
and Herbel mucked.
Speicher Spikes the Queen
David Speicher raised under the gun and both the small blind and the big blind called and came along for the ride. With a 
flop Speciher put out a bet after both blinds checked, both blinds called.
The 
on the turn brought a bet from Todd Witteles in the big blind and a call from Speciher, the small blind folded. A river let both players check and flip cards. Speicher was first to show and tabled 
for a pair of queens, while Witteles mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,000 | 43,000 |
|
46,000 | -49,000 |
Lew Hanging Tough
Level 3
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Luke Nettles opened from the small and Randy "Nanonoko" Lew flatted from the big.
Nettles c-bet the 
flop and Lew again flatted. When a 
landed on the turn, Nettles led out again and Lew raised. Nettles flicked his cards away with his finger.
Lew is up to 53,000 after being down to 21,500 last level. Nettles has slipped to 55,000.
"Sorry Man, I Got There."
We came in on the turn with the board reading 
and Stephen Bass bet. Jeff Siegal then raised and Bass re-raised. Siegal put out the the call and the two saw the 
river.
Bass bet out again but Siegal just called this time and Bass said, "Sorry man, I got there" and showed 
for the rivered wheel.
After the hand, Bass is up to 45,000 and Seigal fell a little down to 55,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
45,000 | 7,000 |
Kwon Continues to Dominate Table
Alexandder Dovzhenko raised from the small in a blind vs. blind confrontation and Christoph Kwon re-raised from the big. Dovzhenko flatted.
The flop came 
and Dovzhenko check-called a bet from Kwon. When the 
came on the turn, Dovzhenko check-raised another bet from Kwon and Kwon flatted.
The river came a 
and Dovzhenko led out. Kwon flung in a call. Neither player wanted to show.
"King-high," Dovzhenko finally said and tabled 
Kwon flipped over for aces and scooped the pot.
Kwon is up to a commanding 133,000 while Dovzhenko has slipped to a mere 20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
133,000 | 22,000 |
|
20,000 | -25,300 |
Lubarsky Keeps Firing Out of Position
Level 3
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Hal Lubarsky and Steven Hustoft each put three bets in preflop. The flop came 
, Lubarsky bet and Hustoft called. The turn came 
, Lubarsky bet, Hustoft raised, Lubarsky three-bet and Hustoft put his last remaining chips in the pot.
With Hustoft all in he turned over and Lubarsky held . Hustoft doubled to about 19,000 with his pair of threes and Lubarsky slipped down to 19,000.
Ben Yu Eliminated
We caught up to the action to find Hal Lubarsky putting out a bet on a 
board. Ben Yu called and was left with 600 in chips. With the 
falling for the river Yu put the rest of his chips in the middle and was all in. Lubarsky made the call and cards were tabled.
Yu: 
Lubarsky: 
Yu had a top pair of kings, but it was Lubarsky's full house that had the credentials to take the pot down. Last year Ben Yu came in second in this event. This year he is going home early, albeit with $4,118 in his pocket.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 16,000 |
|
Busted |
Al "Cold Decked" Barbieri
Level 3
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Al Barbieri went to flop with Mark Rumbaugh. As the dealer was spreading the 
flop Barbieri looked up and said to us, "Watch me get cold decked here. It's been happening all day."
Barbieri fired out a bet and Rumbaugh folded. As he was dragging the pot he said, "I was down to 800 chips yesterday during heads up and I came all the way back."
Victor Ramdin Eliminated
We don't know exactly what happened, but we just saw Victor Ramdin walking away as his chips were being sent to another player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |