2011 World Series of Poker

Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$1,158,481
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$4,455,600
Entries
474
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Late Registrants

Late registration came to a close with the end of the last break; as such, we've picked up quite a few players, which includes some pretty big names. On the other end of the spectrum, Randy "Nanonoko" Lew has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
30,000
Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
30,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
30,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
30,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
30,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
30,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Somerville Down to a Handful

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

A table was breaking over in the "White" section, and the tournament director delivered the usual instructions after giving the players their new seat assignments.

"Okay players, gather your chips. You don't have to use racks but you must keep your chips in view at all times..."

"That's okay," said Jason Somerville, referring to the non-restriction about racks. The TD laughed. Somerville will be able to carry his stack -- down to about 7,500 or so -- just fine by hand.

Tags: Jason Somerville

Nice Weather for Ducks

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Preflop action left two players, one in the big blind and John Racener in the cutoff. The flop came {K-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Racener's opponent checked. Racener bet 4,645, the BB check-raised to 10,300, Racener reshoved all in, and his opponent called for 16,400 total.

Racener's opponent had {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}, but Racener had him in bad shape with {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} -- a set of ducks. The turn was the {7-Hearts} and river the {J-Diamonds}, and we've seen another elimination as we near the end of Level 4 and the second break of the day.

Racener has 48,300.

Tags: John Racener

A Pot for Pilgrim

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Dwyte Pilgrim
Dwyte Pilgrim

With about 7,000 in the middle and the board reading {7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Dwyte Pilgrim (cutoff) checked, James Calderaro bet 2,000, and Pilgrim called. The river then brought the {A-Hearts} and a bet of 4,300 from Pilgrim. Calderaro shook a closed fist at the board a moment after Pilgrim made his bet, rechecked his cards, then sent them to the muck.

Pilgrim has about 48,000 now, while Calderaro has 32,000.

Tags: Dwyte PilgrimJames Calderaro

Another Player Deeb-Sixed

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Following a {Q-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop, a player in middle position bet 875, Freddy Deeb made it 3,300, the bettor pushed all in for 6,700, and Deeb called, creating a total pot of about 15,000. Deeb held {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} for top pair-top kicker, while his opponent had {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the nut flush draw.

The turn was the {K-Hearts} and river the {5-Spades}, and that makes two players thus far this afternoon that have been knocked out by Deeb. Deeb pushes up to 62,000 on that one.

Tags: Freddy Deeb

Negreanu Suggests a Fun Game

We wandered by Daniel Negreanu's table and overheard him talking to the other five players at his table, which happens to include Daniel Alaei and David Singer. Negreanu was suggesting that they all try playing heads-up no-limit hold'em sometime, but with a little catch.

In the game, one player is given the choice to either see his opponent's hole cards from the get go, or he can pick to see the turn and river cards in advance. Whichever option he chooses, his opponent is awarded the other. Negreanu claims to have played before and actually had a lot of fun, claiming it is better to have the ability to see the turn/river cards in advance.

Player Chips Progress
David Singer us
David Singer
30,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
29,500
-500
-500

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
56,200
17,200
17,200
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
52,000
18,800
18,800
Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
51,000
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
47,500
7,500
7,500
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
40,300
10,300
10,300
WSOP 4X Winner
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
37,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
37,450
7,450
7,450
WSOP 1X Winner
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
36,700
-21,300
-21,300
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Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
36,400
-2,600
-2,600
John Juanda id
John Juanda
35,100
5,100
5,100
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
35,000
3,000
3,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
34,200
4,200
4,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
34,200
-9,300
-9,300
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
32,200
2,200
2,200
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
31,600
600
600
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
30,800
800
800
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
30,175
175
175
WSOP 1X Winner
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
22,125
-7,875
-7,875
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
14,500
-17,500
-17,500
David Diaz us
David Diaz
14,500
-15,500
-15,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
11,700
David Williams us
David Williams
4,700
-25,300
-25,300