Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,662,550
Entries
2,713
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Gates Knocks Out Opponent
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Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
Gary Gates raised to 800 from the under the gun position and action folded all the way around to the big blind. The player in the big blind raised all in for a total of 1,975. Gates made the call.
Gates: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Gates took down the pot. He now sits with around 21,000 in chips.
Breaking Tables Quickly
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
After the dinner break we had all tables in the Pavilion Room. As it stands now only the Black and White sections are being used. They have already broken two rows of tables in the Black section, reversing the normal White into Black breaking order.
Dragan Slaying
We don’t know when the money went in but we saw Dragan Galic raking in the chips in a significant pot at the end. Galic held 
which cracked the 
of his opponent when the board read 
to give Galic a set on the turn and a queens-full on the river. The hand eliminated the opponent as Galic climbed the counts to be among the bigger stacks in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | 18,500 |
Kim Gets the KO
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
We caught up with the action just as John Kim was dragging the pot. It appeared that Kim and an opponent had gotten it all in preflop. Kim had the 
vs. his opponent's and and ace hit the board, chipping Kim up to 40,000 and sending his opponent to the rail.
Papola Picking Up Pots
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
Jeffrey Papola has picked up a few small pots here and there since we resumed play. He raised to 600 from the cutoff position and the player in the small blind called.
The flop ran out 
. The player in the small blind checked and Papola made it 800 to go. His opponent folded. Papola has built his stack up to 14,000 in chips.
Get Short? Stand Tall!
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
A very short-stacked Randal Flowers went all-in for his last 975 from early position. Action folded around to the big blind player, who called.
Flowers: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Flowers doubled.
Amusingly, we noticed that Flowers had been standing the entire time, apparently ready to leave as soon as he busted. After doubling, however, he said, "Maybe I'll just keep on standing. That's the trick to winning all-ins."
True to his word, Flowers remained standing and folded five hands in a row.
However, on the sixth hand, an opponent opened or 650 from early position and Flowers re-raised all-in for 1,750. Everyone folded back around to the original raiser, who called.
Flowers: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Flowers' superior kicker doubled him (again) to 3,800.
Perhaps feeling he had a playable stack again, Flower decided to sit back down....for now.
Chip Counts Around the Room
Were putting Carlos Mortensen down as 7,000. But the fact is even Mortensen doesn't know exactly what he has. He's fashioned a very tall tower and has lined up all of the flag markings on the side making extremely difficult to get an accurate count.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,600 | 38,100 |
|
|
39,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
23,000 | 5,000 |
|
18,000 | 4,800 |
|
|
15,000 | -1,000 |
|
14,500 | 10,000 |
|
14,200 | |
|
|
14,000 | |
|
|
12,200 | 7,700 |
|
11,800 | 3,800 |
|
8,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
7,000 | 2,500 |
|
|
7,000 | -1,000 |
|
7,000 | |
|
6,000 | 1,500 |
|
|
5,800 | 1,300 |
|
3,200 | -1,300 |
|
3,200 | -1,300 |
Quads for Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised in early position to 650 and a middle position player made the call. On the 
flop, Timoshenko led out and received a call. Both players checked when the 
landed on the turn and the river came the . Timoshenko thought for some time before slowly placing 2,750 out. His opponent snap-called but was shown the bad news as Timoshenko turned over 
for quad sevens and the nuts. The player mucked his hand as Timoshenko’s stack grew.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,375 | 3,175 |
Blend 'Em & Send 'Em
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
Cards are back in the air following the 90 minute dinner break.