2011 World Series of Poker

Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
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

Winkler Gaining Ground

Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 80,000 from the hijack and was called by Sebastian Winkler from the button. The flop came {q-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and both players checked. The turn brought the {a-Diamonds} and Timoshenko check-called a bet of 110,000 from Winkler. When the river brought the {3-Spades} Timoshenko again opted to check-call a bet from Winkler, this time for 250,000.

Winkler revealed his {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for top two pair and Timoshenko mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Winkler de
Sebastian Winkler
2,600,000
1,020,000
1,020,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
2,125,000
-415,000
-415,000

Tags: Yevgeniy TimoshenkoSebastian Winkler

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

A Note on Blinds and Antes

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Just stealing the blinds and antes at this point amounts to 110,000 each hand. The short stacks can gain a lot of ground by picking up a couple in an orbit.

Pius Heinz Eliminated in 7th Place ($83,286)

Pius Heinz - Eliminated in 7th Place ($83,286)
Pius Heinz - Eliminated in 7th Place ($83,286)

Action folded around to Pius Heinz in the small blind who shoved all in for his last 715,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko was in the big blind and after looking at his cards only took a few seconds before deciding to call.

Heinz: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Timoshenko: {a-Spades}{3-Hearts}

Timoshenko's ace-high was leading meaning Heinz was going to need some help to stay alive. The board ran out {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Heinz was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
2,710,000
585,000
585,000
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Yevgeniy TimoshenkoPius Heinz

Alexander Queen Eliminated in 6th Place ($111,341)

Alexander Queen - Eliminated in 6th Place ($111,341)
Alexander Queen - Eliminated in 6th Place ($111,341)

Action folded to Peter Ippolito in the cutoff who raised to 110,000. Alex Queen then re-raised to 285,000 from the small blind. When action was back on Ippolito he thought for a bit before announcing he was all in. Queen snap-called putting his tournament life at risk.

Ippolito: {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Queen: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Queen was well ahead and seemed poised to double up. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} giving Queen a pair of aces but also giving Ippolito a flush draw. The turn brought a harmless {4-Spades}, but the {j-Diamonds} on the river completed Ippolito's flush and sent Queen to the rail in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Ippolito us
Peter Ippolito
3,805,000
1,375,000
1,375,000
Alexander Queen us
Alexander Queen
Busted

Tags: Peter IppolitoAlexander Queen