2011 World Series of Poker

Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$650,223
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,662,550
Entries
2,713
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Another One Bites the Dust

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Yuji Masaki raised to 18,000 from middle position and Alex Queen three-bet him to 47,000. It folded back to Masaki who moved all in and Queen wasted little time making the call.

Masaki: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Queen: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The flop was {9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{5-Spades}. At this point Masaki was standing up and mumbling to himself, presumably urging the board to stay clean. However, the turn was the {a-Spades} and he went from mumbling to shouting a loud "No!". The river {4-Spades} was no help. After the count, they figured out that Queen had him covered, resulting in Masaki goning busto and Queen sitting with a 740,000-chip stack.

Tags: Alex QueenYuji Masaki

Little Busto

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little

We didn't catch the hand, but Jonathan Little has been knocked out of the tournament. In addition, we are down to our last five tables, as 45 players are left.

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Timoshenko Takes Out Loh

Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened for 17,000 from the cutoff and action folded around to Paul Loh in the big blind, who called.

The flop came {10-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and Loh announced he was all-in for his last 150,000. Timoshenko called.

Timoshenko: {K-}{Q-}
Loh: {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

"Awww I always pick the worse times!" Loh said upon seeing the bad news.

The {8-Hearts} turn and {K-Spades} river did not improve Loh and he was sent to the rail.

Timoshenko has chipped up to 320,000.

Player Chips Progress
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
320,000
95,000
95,000
Paul Loh
Paul Loh
Busted

Tags: Yevgeniy TimoshenkoPaul Loh

Rail Hits Bolotin

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Alex Bolotin entered the Day as chip leader but he could only take that momentum so far. With less than hour left on Day 2, he was already getting short stack and was forced to make his stand with {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. Brandon Becker was sitting to his left and called his all in for 95,000 with {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}.

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and Bolotin's road will end here. Becker, on the other hand, has chipped up to 590,000 with that pot.

Tags: Alex BolotinBrandon Becker

Fulton Eliminated

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Peter Mendelsohn opened from middle position and Mackenzie Fulton raised all-in for his last 68,500 from the hi-jack. Marcos Palermo then re-shoved all-in from the big blind and Mendelsohn folded.

Palermo: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Fulton: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {Q-Spades}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Fulton's tournament life ended.

The elimination brought Palermo up to 220,000.

Tags: Mackenzie FultonMacos PalermoPeter Mendelsohn

Fitzgerald's Day is Done

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Sebastian Winkler opened the pot with a raise to 20,000 from middle position. Edward Fitzgerald raised all in for 101,000 before Tanner Millen cold four-bet all in on the button for 370,000. Winkler folded and the hands were turned face up.

Fitzgerald: {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}
Millen: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

"I'm feeling lucky!" Fitzgerald happily said. Not lucky enough, apparently. The board ran out a very clean {3-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Spades}{j-Clubs} and Millen used that pot to reach 525,000 while Fitzgerald hit the rail.

Tags: Edward FitzgeraldTanner Millen

Sbrzesny Flushes Mendelsohn For Double Up

When we came to the table, Bodo Sbrzesny was making some very painful faces, as clearly he was in the middle of a tough decision. He was in a blind vs blind situation with Peter Mendelsohn, and the board read {4-Spades}{9-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}. Mendelsohn had gone all in, having Sbrzesny covered, and Sbrzesny was deep in the tank. After talking out the hand to himself for about two minutes, he made the call.

Sbrzesny: {j-Spades}{7-Spades}
Mendelsohn: {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

The turn card provided all the action, giving Mendelsohn two pair and Sbrzesny a flush draw. Needing a jack, seven, or spade, the {3-Spades} hit the river, giving Sbrzesny the double up and crippling Mendelsohn

Player Chips Progress
Bodo Sbrzesny at
Bodo Sbrzesny
275,000
155,000
155,000
Peter Mendelsohn us
Peter Mendelsohn
35,000
-90,000
-90,000

Tags: Bodo SbrzesnyPeter Mendelsohn