And Nothing Was Yellow
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
The yellow T1000 chips have just been colored up as they are no longer needed to play out the tournament.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$825,825
Entries
363
Level
29
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Su Makes a Good Decision
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Stephen Su brought it in with a 
, and Rep Porter called with an 
. Tommy Chen completed to 40,000, Su raised to 80,000, Porter called, and Chen added the extra bet as well. The latter would fold on fourth street, though.
Su: (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Porter: (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Porter bet fourth, and he called a raise from Su. On fifth, Porter check-called a big bet, and he led out with one of his own on sixth. Now it was Su doing the calling, and Porter fired one last bullet on seventh street. Su shook his head slowly and stared down longingly at his hidden cards. It looked like he was going to fold, but at the last minute, he stacked together the call and dropped it into the middle.
Porter revealed 
, only good for a queen-low. It took Su a minute to arrange his hand, but he showed , and his jack-low is good enough to scoop up that nice pot. It moves Su up to about 1.5 million, knocking Porter down a peg to about 950,000.
Tommy Chen Eliminated in 3rd Place ($83,895)
After being crippled down to fewer than 100,000 by Stephen Su in a hand, Tommy Chen doubled through Su shortly after. Chen would then be all in on third against Su again in the following hand.
Chen: 
/ 
Su: / /
Chen took the lead with a ten-low on fifth but Su had him drawing dead when he made a nine-low on sixth. Chen put up quite the battle as the chip leader throughout the day but was finally eliminated in third.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Heads Up Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000 | |
|
950,000 | |
|
||
Closing the Gap
Steven Su had the bring-in with a , and he defended it to a completion from Rep Porter's . It's only the second time in the heads-up match we've made it past third street.
Su: (X)(X) / / (X)
Porter: (X)(X) / / (X)
Su check-called on fourth street, and he bet his lead on fifth. Porter called with his open pair, and Su picked up one of those on sixth. Porter tried to bet out of turn, then apologized when Su corrected him. Su checked, though, and he called Porter's bet. On seventh street, Porter liked what he saw enough to bet it one last time. Su snap-called.
Porter announced his, "Nine," and he tabled to prove it. Su couldn't beat it, mucking his cards to draw this match closer to square.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,475,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
|
|
1,275,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
||
Su Wins a Showdown Back
Su: (X)(X) / / (X)
Porter: (X)(X) / / (X)
Stephen Su brought in and Rep Porter completed. Su made the call as well as called Porter’s bets on the next three streets. Both players checked seventh and Porter flashed a signifying a queen-low. Su turned over 
for a ten-low which was good to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
1,250,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
Up and Down
After winning the previous pot, Stephen Su just had a chance to knock Rep Porter back down to around a million in chips or less but the hand didn't last past sixth when Su folded and the two crawled back to near even.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | |
|
|
1,320,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
Porter Turning the Screws
We picked up the action on fifth street as Rep Porter called a bet from Stephen Su. He called another one on sixth street, and the boards looked like this going to the river.
Porter: (X)(X) / / (X)
Su: (X)(X) / / (X)
On seventh street, Su stacked out a bet and then checked. Porter squeezed. And squeezed. And squeezed some more. The dealer made an indication that action was on him, and he looked up from the squeeze to smirk. "I know," he said. "I haven't found my little card yet." After another moment, he verbally checked behind by announcing, "I got an eight."
Porter showed up / , and the eight was good.
With that pot, Porter crests 1.7 million chips, reducing Su down to the one-million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,725,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,000,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Su Takes Back Lead with Number Two
Porter: (X)(X) / / (X)
Su: (X)(X) / / (X)
On fourth, Stephen Su bet and Rep Porter called. The action was the opposite on fifth where Porter bet and Su called. On sixth, it went the same as fourth where Porter called a Su bet. On seventh, Su checked and Porter bet. Su rammed a stack of green T25000 chips down on the felt to signify a raise. Porter made the call but Su announced “Perfect 6” and showed 
for number two (6-4-3-2-A). Porter couldn’t produce the same hand or a wheel and mucked as Su overtook the lead once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
1,220,000
-505,000
|
-505,000 |
|
|
||
Su Wins Last Hand of Night to Increase Lead
Su: (X)(X) /
Porter: (X)(X) / FOLDED
Stephen Su brought in and Rep Porter completed. Su made the call and then called Porter’s bet on fourth. When Su had the low board on fifth, he led out and Porter called. Both players paired sixth with Su’s pair higher so Porter was first to act and checked. Su bet once more which was good enough to win the last hand of the night when Porter folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,655,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
1,080,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
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