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

Cheng Jams & Can't Win Race

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Wai C Cheng jammed from early position and Marco Bianquin came over the top to isolate Cheng with his all in. Action folded all the way around and Cheng tabled {2-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}. Bianquin was racing holding {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}.

The board ran {Q-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and Bianquin's flush sent Cheng to the rail.

Tags: Wai C ChengMarco Bianquin

Chino Losses A Chunk

We missed the preflop action, but as we came to the table, Chino Rheem was deciding whether to call the all in move of his opponent, Michael Michnik, on a flop of {9-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. There was about 10,000 in the pot, and the all in was for 20,000. Rheem cut out the chips for a call, then began talking to himself, saying "I can't beat much..just like 87 or J8." He shuffled his chips, then continued to talk. "I genuinely think you have me, and I think you're going to win. I just can't let it go for some reason." Despite saying that he thought he was beat, he eventually slid in the stack of chips to make the call.

Michnik: {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Rheem: {j-Spades}{9-Hearts}

Rheem was right in that he had been outflopped, but he had counterfeit outs as well as a jack for a better two pair. However, that didn't last long, as the {4-Spades} hit the turn. The river brought the {7-Spades}, and Rheem dropped about 20,000 off of his stack coming back from dinner.

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
125,000
-25,000
-25,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Chino Rheem

Mackey Out-Muslces His Opponents

Alex Smith opened for 5,200 from early position and Samuel Greenwood three-bet to 15,200 from middle position. Directly to Greenwood's left, James Mackey thought for a bit and then slid out a four-bet to 30,000. Everyone else folded, including Smith and Greenwood.

Mackey is up to 140,000.

Player Chips Progress
James Mackey us
James Mackey
140,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Smith us
Alex Smith
120,000
99,500
99,500
Samuel Greenwood
Samuel Greenwood
85,000
57,800
57,800

Tags: Alex SmithJames MackeySamuel Greenwood

DeMichele Finds a King In The Fogg

A player raised under the gun to 5,500, and Marc Foggin reraised all in for around 45,000 in the cutoff. Action folded around to Mike DeMichele in the big blind, who by his expressions clearly had a tough decision. DeMichele stacked up the chips for the call and saw that it represented over half his stack. Michele grabbed the chips as if he was going to slide them forward, but simply kept hold of them to see if perhaps he could get a reaction from the player under the gun. After about two minutes of posturing, DeMichele slid the stack forward for the call. The under the gun player folded his hand fairly quickly, and the players flipped up their cards.

Foggin: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
DeMichele: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The flop provided no help for DeMichele, coming {2-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs}. His chances turned bleaker when the {j-Diamonds} hit the turn. However, he spiked the {k-Hearts} on the river to score the knockout and boost his chip stack to over 100,000.

Player Chips Progress
Mike DeMichele
Mike DeMichele
130,000
80,000
80,000
Marc Foggin gb
Marc Foggin
Busted

Tags: Mike DeMichele

Chino Gets Reemed

Chino Rheem
Chino Rheem

We caught up with the action on a {5-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Spades} board, where Chino Rheem fired 11,000 into the pot. His lone opponent, Nicholas Lanzi, raised to 30,000. Rheem thought it over a bit and then announced, "Re-raise," and slid 62,000 into the middle. Lanzi made the call.

A {4-Clubs} fell on the river and Rheem immediately said, "I'm all in." Lanzi announced, "Call," for his last 78,000 just as quickly.

"I have ace-high," Rheem said. Lanzi tabled {J-Spades}{Q-Spades} for the queen-high flush.

The hand represented a devastating blow to Rheem's stack, who now sits with just 47,000. Lanzi, however, is now amongst our chip leaders with 270,000.

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Lanzi us
Nicholas Lanzi
270,000
117,000
117,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
47,000
-133,000
-133,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Chino RheemNicholas Lanzi

Sebastian Winkler: Your Chip Leader

We are almost down to our final 100 players, and a few of them have started to seperate themselves from the rest of the pack. The furthest ahead of the pack is Sebastian Winkler, who has managed to amass a stack of around 400,000 in chips. With the blinds only at 1,200/2,400, to say that Winkler is deep stacked is quite an understatement. We will be sure to keep an eye on him as the night progresses.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Winkler de
Sebastian Winkler
400,000
245,000
245,000

Tags: Sebastian Winkler

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Christopher Doubles, Then Eliminated

Tom Christopher was short stacked when he got the last of his chips in preflop, and was called down by Jonathan Little. The players flipped their cards, and it was a classic coin flip.

Little: {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}
Christopher: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Christopher stormed into the lead when the flop came {8-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. The turn was the {a-Hearts}, and the river gave Christoper unnecessary trips, as it came the {k-Clubs}.

Merely seconds after he had just stacked his newly won chips, Christopher was right back at it, going all in again under the gun on the very next hand. Action folded to Milad Jorshari, who made the call. Everyone else got out of the way, and Christopher saw that he was dominated by Jorshari.

Jorshari: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}
Christopher: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The flop came out {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, giving Christoper no help. The {a-Spades} hit the turn, which actually helped Christopher, upping his outs to the remaining queens in the deck. However, the river came the {7-Hearts}, and Christopher was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Milad Jorshari
Milad Jorshari
150,000
111,000
111,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
58,000
12,000
12,000
Tom Christopher
Tom Christopher
Busted

Tags: Jonathan LittleMilad JorshariTom Christopher