2011 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$675,117
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,856,950
Entries
2,857
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000

Lee Sends One Packing

With a raise in the hi-jack to 2,100, Bernard Lee made the call from the cutoff, as did the button.

On a {K-}{Q-}{5-} flop, the action was checked to Lee who pushed out a 3,100-chip bet. The button moved all in, and when the hi-jack folded, Lee made the call.

Lee: {5-}{5-}
Button: {A-}{A-}

With Lee in the lead, the {8-} on the turn, followed by the {Q-} on the river ensured he moved to 37,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee
37,000 21,000

Tags: Bernard Lee

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Grippo us
Nicholas Grippo
82,000 7,000
Eric Landy
Eric Landy
66,000 10,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
55,000 -3,000
Soi Nguyen us
Soi Nguyen
52,000 22,000
James Carroll us
James Carroll
36,000 -17,000
Ronald Lee us
Ronald Lee
35,000 4,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
32,000 -8,000
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
31,000 10,500
Simon Watt
Simon Watt
29,000 9,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
28,000 5,500
Ross Boatman gb
Ross Boatman
23,000 3,300
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 13,000
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
WSOP 3X Winner
21,000 3,000
Jim Sachinidis
Jim Sachinidis
17,000 -10,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
17,000 1,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
17,000 3,000
Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
16,000 8,100
Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
12,000 -1,300
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
WSOP 1X Winner
8,500 -9,500
Mikhail Savinov
Mikhail Savinov
7,000 -7,200

West is a Winner

We caught up with the action to see a three-way all in. Two short stacks were all in holding {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and {A-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Tim West made the call with {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, having both of the players covered.

The board came {4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and West made a straight, sending two players home and bringing the field two more eliminations closer to cashing.

Player Chips Progress
Tim West us
Tim West
53,000 12,000

Tags: Tim West

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
75,000 23,000
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
WSOP 2X Winner
71,000 5,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
59,000 9,000
Michael Pesek us
Michael Pesek
56,000 51,500
Jonathon Poche
Jonathon Poche
49,000 44,500
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
42,000 9,000
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
42,000 11,000
Tim West us
Tim West
41,000 13,000
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
33,000 -20,000
Jordan Smith us
Jordan Smith
32,000 -1,000
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
26,000
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 17,500
Dean McIver
Dean McIver
21,500 1,500
Veronica Dabul ar
Veronica Dabul
18,000 -19,000
Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee
16,000 -4,150
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
9,500 -2,500
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500 -8,500
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
Busted

Boeree Busto

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Liv Boeree was down to her last 10,000, and she got it all in preflop along with two other players. Unfortunately, for Boeree, she had the worst of the three hands, and would need to improve.

Boeree: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Opponent 1: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Opponent 2: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out ten high, coming {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts}, and Boeree was knocked out of the tournament.

Akkari Turns Double

With a raise from middle position to 1,800, Andre Akkari pushed his last 9,800 into the pot and was called by the preflop raiser.

Akkari: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}

The board was spread {8-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{8-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Spades} to see Akkari spike his queen to move to 22,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari
Andre Akkari
22,000 -11,000

Tags: Andre Akkari

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Break It Up

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are taking a 20-minute break while the staff colors up the T25 green chips. When they come back, we will play one more level, before the chips are tagged and bagged.

Grinder Eliminated

We didn't catch how the hand played out, but when we went over to his table, Michael Mizrachi's chips were being counted down. The board read {5-Clubs}{k-Spades}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades}, and while Mizrachi had {9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}, his opponent had {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}. When the chips were counted out, it was determined that Mizrachi had fewer chips, and he has been busted.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
Busted

Tags: Michael Mizrachi