Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-30-2011 00:19 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	55,000 40,000	40,000

Scott Clements	36,000 5,000	5,000

Tony Hachem	26,500 11,500	11,500
Vanessa Russo	23,100 2,500	2,500
David Sands	22,400 7,400	7,400
Kathy Liebert	21,350 6,350	6,350
Barry Shulman	16,700 1,700	1,700
Dave Ulliott	14,575 425	425
Adam Levy	13,600 800	800

Dwyte Pilgrim	12,050 2,650	2,650
David Baker	11,800 8,000	8,000
Rene Angelil	9,300 5,700	5,700
Fabrice Soulier	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	24,000 1,200	1,200

Gavin Smith	21,600 6,600	6,600
Erik Cajelais	19,400 4,400	4,400

Prahlad Friedman	14,500 500	500

Michael Binger	14,400 1,000	1,000
Adam Junglen	14,200 800	800
Praz Bansi	9,800 5,200	5,200

Josh Brikis	8,700 200	200

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Bari	46,000 27,000	27,000

	31,000
Martin Hruby	25,000 10,000	10,000

Jake Cody	24,700

Ivan Demidov	24,500 9,500	9,500
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh	24,000 9,000	9,000
Jeff Williams	24,000
Justin Young	23,000 1,000	1,000
Michael Leah	23,000 3,000	3,000
Phil Laak	21,000 9,600	9,600

Vanessa Peng	15,300 300	300
	14,500
Mike Beasley	14,400 600	600
Martins Adeniya	13,000 3,200	3,200
	12,000 3,000	3,000
Chris Bjorin	11,000 4,000	4,000

Matt Waxman	9,900

Darryll Fish	9,500 2,800	2,800
David Williams	9,200 5,800	5,800

Dan Smith	8,000 4,500	4,500

	5,300 1,600	1,600

Late Registrants Now in the Field

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Alaei	15,000

John Juanda	15,000

Shaun Deeb	15,000

	15,000
J.C. Tran	15,000
	15,000
	15,000
Bill Chen	15,000

Frank Kassela	15,000

Alex Kravchenko	15,000
	15,000
Steve Zolotow	15,000

Phil Hellmuth	15,000

George Lind	15,000
Matt Hawrilenko	15,000
Barry Greenstein	15,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

06-29-2011 23:31 UTC

Break Dance

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Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

We're four levels deep in this Day 1, and the players are off for another quick break.

06-29-2011 23:30 UTC

Josh Brikis raised to 525 from early position and was called by Daniel Negreanu in the cutoff. The flop came {a-Clubs} {10-Spades} {7-Hearts} and Brikis bet 650 which Negreanu called. The turn was the {2-Hearts} and when Brikis checked, Negreanu tossed out a bet of 1,325. Brikis then raised to 3,100 and Negreanu thought for a bit before declaring he was all in. Brikis decided to fold and Negreanu flipped over the {j-Hearts} but not his other card.

The table all agreed that Negreanu must have had the ace of hearts to go with his jack and although it was never shown, Negreanu did verbally admit to also having the ace of hearts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	22,800 7,800	7,800

Josh Brikis	7,600 7,400	7,400

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06-29-2011 23:30 UTC

Steve Watts Forces a Big Lay Down

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On an {a-Clubs} {k-Clubs} {q-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {10-Spades} board, Steve Watts led into his opponent for 3,625. His opponent, who had over 25,000 in chips, thought for a long while before laying down his hand. Watts immediately showed {6-Hearts} {8-Hearts} and his opponent claimed to have pocket queens for a set.

"With that stack? Yeah, right," Watts responded in his British accent. As they walked off for break, his opponent explained he didn't bet the flop because he read the board as having two kings. Watts doesn't seem to be buying it.

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06-29-2011 23:30 UTC

Hinkle Chips Up

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On a {7-Spades} {4-Hearts} {2-Spades} {q-Diamonds} board, Blair Hinkle bet 1,450 into his lone opponent. The player in position made the call and the two players saw the {j-Hearts} hit the turn.

Hinkle checked this time and his opponent decided to fire 3,850. Hinkle didn't take too much time making the call and his opponent could only show {j-Spades} {8-Spades} . Hinkle tabled {q-Spades} {8-Clubs} and used that pot to chip up to 31,000.

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06-29-2011 23:27 UTC

A Look at the Current WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

Player	Points	Cashes	Final Tables	Bracelets	Winnings
Ben Lamb	486.25	2	2	1	$1,074,354
Phil Hellmuth	458.25	4	2	0	$527,970
Sam Stein	402.63	4	2	1	$716,342
Mikhail Lakhitov	401.80	5	2	1	$851,058
Mitch Schock	364.81	5	3	1	$406,018
John Juanda	336	2	1	1	$410,067
Amir Lehavot	330.75	2	1	1	$578,454
Sean Getzwiller	325	2	2	1	$647,854
Jason Mercier	323.45	4	2	1	$670,471
Daniel Idema	318.88	3	1	1	$390,072
Mark Schmid	317.75	3	1	1	$499,861
Steve Landfish	317.70	2	2	0	$330,044