Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-25-2011 21:45 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Lee	14,800 1,000	1,000
Andrew Cohen	11,100 4,500	4,500
David Sands	10,200 500	500
Frederik Jensen	9,500 1,400	1,400
Matt Graham	8,850 3,350	3,350
Gabriel Nassif	8,200 1,850	1,850
Maria Ho	8,200 3,075	3,075
Maria Mayrinck	6,300 1,400	1,400
Jonathan Plens	6,000 1,700	1,700
Larry Karambis	5,800 2,975	2,975
Dylan Linde	5,000 400	400

Tom Franklin	4,800 900	900

Gavin Griffin	4,800 3,100	3,100

Jim Sachinidis	4,500 2,200	2,200
Jonathan Little	4,200 1,400	1,400

Gavin Smith	4,100 1,000	1,000
Amanda Baker	3,925 575	575
Neil Channing	3,900 500	500
Stephen Chidwick	3,800 1,000	1,000

Mclean Karr	3,800 400	400
Mike Sica	3,500 1,000	1,000

Andrew Chen	2,900 3,400	3,400
Eugene Todd	2,500 400	400
Nichoel Peppe	2,325 475	475
David Vamplew	2,200 1,900	1,900

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Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-25-2011 21:06 UTC

Break It Down

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Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.

06-25-2011 21:04 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Haibo Chu	Busted
Chad Brown	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Fatima Moreira De Melo	8,500 2,000	2,000

Blair Hinkle	6,600 2,100	2,100

Kelly Kim	5,925 1,425	1,425
Tim West	5,500 1,000	1,000
Allen Kessler	5,300 800	800
Martin Hruby	4,400 100	100

Sofia Lovgren	4,325 175	175
Brandon Cantu	4,300

Simon Watt	3,200 1,000	1,000
Shannon Shorr	2,800 1,700	1,700

Jordan Young	1,400 3,100	3,100
Jeff Madsen	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	8,200 400	400

Mike Leah	6,700 1,100	1,100

Gualter Salles	5,300 600	600

Jonathan Aguiar	5,200 325	325

Soi Nguyen	5,200 1,500	1,500
Eric Baldwin	2,225 675	675

Andre Akkari	1,700 1,800	1,800
Jennifer Tilly	1,200 900	900

Bustlin' Bernard

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"Yes! C'mon!" screamed Bernard Lee as he rose from his chair fist-pumping the air.

The board read {4-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {K-Spades} {A-Spades} and it was Lee's {7-Spades} {6-Spades} up against the {7-Hearts} {6-Hearts} and {8-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} of his two opponent's.

With Lee scooping the pot with his backdoor flush to move to just shy of 16,000, he explained us the details of the hand.

With a raise to 150, five players saw the flop before a bet and a raise on the flop reduced the field to just four. The turn saw the flop two-bettor move all in for his last 2,000 with Lee making the call before the third player in the hand moved all in. Lee made the call, and when he binked the river, he was a very happy man!

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Lee	15,800 10,100	10,100

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06-25-2011 20:45 UTC

Kabrhel Exits Early

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We got to the table to see Martin Kabrhel move the rest of his stack into the middle preflop, making it 1,850 total. Another player made the call and the hands were turned up with Kabrhel's tournament life on the line.

Kabrhel: {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds}

The board fell {5-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {8-Spades} {6-Hearts} and Kabrhel's queens were cracked by his opponent's rivered straight. Kabrhel let out a sigh and quickly walked off toward the rail.

We can also confirm that Barry Shulman has busted from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	Busted

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06-25-2011 20:45 UTC

Rivered Book for Plens

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Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

With the board reading {A-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {6-Spades} {7-Diamonds} Jonathan Plens was faced with a bet of 325.

Plens responded by raising to 1,150, and after his opponent deliberated for several minutes, he eventually made the call while saying, "You got a six?"

Plens tabled his {7-Clubs} {7-Hearts} as his opponent added, "That's way better!"

Plens is now up to 7,700 in chips.

Tags: Jonathan Plens

06-25-2011 20:43 UTC

Amanda Arrives

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Spotting Amanda Baker over in the far part of the Black section of the Pavilion room, we saw her betting 250 on the {J-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} flop.

Her opponent made the call before calling Baker's 625-chip bet when the turn landed the {K-Spades} . Baker fired her third barrel of 1,400 when the river landed the {6-Diamonds} . Her opponent folded, and Baker picked up an early pot.