2011 World Series of Poker

Event #42: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
6542
Prize
$814,436
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,393,400
Entries
361
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Players In The 6 pm Wave

Several of the late registrants in this tournament had to wait until the end of the first level at 6 pm to start their tournament. We were expecting a ton of big names for this, and we were not disappointed.

Player Chips Progress
Will Failla us
Will Failla
30,000
Carlos Moretensen
Carlos Moretensen
30,000
Alex Kamberis
Alex Kamberis
30,000
Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
30,000
Alex Kostritsyn
Alex Kostritsyn
30,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
30,000
J.C. Tran
J.C. Tran
30,000
Chris Lee us
Chris Lee
30,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
30,000
Lee Watkinson us
Lee Watkinson
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
30,000
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
30,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
30,000
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
30,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
30,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
30,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
30,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Selbst Slips

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

On a board reading {J-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, a player in middle position checked, prompting a 2,600 bet from his lone opponent, Vanessa Selbst, from the cutoff. Her opponent called.

The {K-Hearts} landed on the river and the middle position player went all in, sending Selbst deep into the tank. She eventually slid in a call and her opponent showed {9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{q-Clubs}{j-Spades} for a straight. Selbst mucked and is down to 25,000.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Matusow Flushes Two Opponents' Starting Stacks

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

We caught up with the action on a {8-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{5-Clubs} flop. Mike Matusow already has a 3,050 bet in front of him and a player to his left went all in for 8,000. The player in the big blind called off his remaining 3,675 and Matusow called as well - having them both covered.

Matusow: {K-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{A-Hearts}
Middle Position: {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{A-Spades}
Big Blind: {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Spades}{10-Spades}

The turn and river came the {Q-Hearts}{3-Spades} respectively, giving Matusow the winning flush and shipping him the pot. Both other players were forced to use one of their remaining re-buy chips.

Matusow is up to 40,000.

Tags: Mike Matusow

How (Not) to Muck Against Mercier

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

A player in middle position raised to 250 and Jason Mercier called to his immediate left. Both blinds came along as well.

The flop came {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and action checked around to the original raiser, who chucked in another 250 bet. Mercier flung in a call and the blinds folded.

The turn came a {3-Hearts} and Mercier's opponent checked. Mercier began to reach for his chips and his opponent instantly folded before Mercier had officially bet. The dealer warned him not to act out of turn.

"He should get a penalty," Mercier said with a wry smile.

Mercier is up to 36,500.

Tags: Jason Mercier

Williams Down A Chance

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Today is a triple chance format which is good news for David Williams.

We caught the action on the river of a {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs} board. According to his twitter, Williams had a set of Jacks and a flush draw. His first opponent had a straight and the second opponent had a wrap and nut flush draw. All of the money went in on the turn and when the river was a club, it made a flush for Williams but shipped the pot to the other side of the table.

Luckily for Williams, he still had two rebuy lammers left and has at least one more chance to rebound after a slow start.

Tags: David Williams

Chau Chews Up His Opponent

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Chau Giang and his opponent took a flop of {9-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{a-Clubs}, and Giang bet out 500. His opponent called, and the {6-Hearts} hit the turn. Giang bet out 1,000 this time, and again his opponent called. The {6-Diamonds} came on the river, and both players checked. Giang showed {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for aces up, and it was good enough to take the pot. Giang has boosted his stack up to 35,000.

Tags: Chau Giang

Waxman Loses A Few Early

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

When we got to the table, Matt Waxman and an opponent took a flop of {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{j-Clubs}. Waxman check called an opponents bet of 750. When the {5-Spades} hit the turn, Waxman checked, and his oppoent bet 2,350, which was most his stack. Waxman put him all in for 400 more, and his opponent called.

Waxman: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{2-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Waxman had top two, and his opponent had an over pair and an open ended straight draw. The {a-Clubs} on the river completed that straight, and Waxman lost the pot, dropping him to a still very healthy 26,100.

Tags: Matt Waxman

Late Arrivals

More players are finding their way to their seats as this tournament progresses. Here are some more notable players we found getting dealt cards in the last couple of minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
30,000
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
30,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
30,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
30,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
30,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
30,000
Ludovic Lucay
Ludovic Lucay
30,000
Chau Giang us
Chau Giang
WSOP 3X Winner
30,000
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
WSOP 3X Winner
30,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
30,000
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000