2011 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$825,604
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,839,000
Entries
817
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Shorr Sent Packing

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Action folded around to Shannon Shorr in the cutoff, and he made it 2,800 to go. It folded around to Veronica Dabul in the big blind, who moved all in. Shorr called off the rest of his 19,300, and he saw that he would have to win a race to stay alive.

Shorr: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Dabul: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Even thought it started off as a race, Shorr was drawing dead to a chop when the flop came out {4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. The turn brought the {a-Clubs}, and Shorr's day was over. The meaningless river was the {4-Diamonds}, and Shorr hit the rail just before our first break.

Tags: Shannon Shorr

Smith Doubles Through Cody

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith

As we were walking back to the media desk from that Sam Stein double up, we caught another big hand between bracelet winner Gavin Smith and recently triple crown winner Jake Cody. The flop read {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, and Smith was all in for around 30,000. Cody cut out the chips for the call, and saw that he had about 41,000 behind. After about a minute of thought, he slid the chips in for the call, and saw that he was ahead when they tabled their cards.

Smith: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Cody: {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The turn kept Cody in the lead, when it came the {4-Hearts}, but the river came the {j-Hearts}, giving Cody two pair, but Smith an unbeatable straight. Smith doubled up to 70,000, while Cody dipped below the average stack in the room.

Tags: Gavin SmithJake Cody

A Smattering of Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
180,000 47,400
Vladimir Mefodichev
Vladimir Mefodichev
162,000 14,000
David Bakes Baker us
David Bakes Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
125,000 52,800
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
107,000 5,200
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
105,000 -39,100
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
105,000 19,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
93,000 18,000
Gualter Salles
Gualter Salles
88,000 3,000
Carter Gill
Carter Gill
87,000 8,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
84,000 -20,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
70,000 800
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
67,000 -21,100
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
67,000 23,100
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
66,200 16,500
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
56,000 22,100
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
54,000 3,800
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
52,000 42,800
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
WSOP 1X Winner
35,000 9,000
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
34,000 -63,500
Nam Le us
Nam Le
32,000 7,900
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
32,000 -28,600
Peter Feldman
Peter Feldman
31,000 -26,700
Jeff Williams us
Jeff Williams
31,000 -32,700
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
25,500 -30,700
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
18,000 -64,300

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Van Nguyen's Flat Proves Clutch

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

From under the gun, Waylon Frey raised to 2,400. Anh Van Nguyen flatted from middle position and action was folded to Jesse Cohen on the button. He three-bet to 7,600 and the blinds folded. Frey thought for a moment and decided to slide the rest of his chips in, about 25,000. Van Nguyen reraised all in and Cohen mucked his hand.

Frey: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Van Nguyen: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Frey hit the rail. Nguyen stacked up 95,000 chips after that pot.

Tags: Anh Van NguyenJesse CohenWaylon Frey

Frankenberger Runs Into a Monster

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Andy Frankenberger opened with a raise in early position, but the dealer had already pulled it in by the time we walked up. That's because David "Bakes" Baker had three-bet an additional 4,200 from middle position, and those were the only chips out in the betting area. Frankenberger took a long pause and then stacked the call into the pot.

The flop brought {8-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {8-Clubs}, and the action stalled on the deliberate Frankenberger. After a minute or more, he checked, and Bakes fired 7,700 at the pot. Neither us nor Bakes heard Frankenberger's announcement, but the dealer spoke up. "Player is all in." It was about 40,000 total, maybe a bit less.

"He's all in?" Bakes asked. "I call." He confidently tabled {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}, and Frankenberger's inferior {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} was in miserable shape. The turn and river {8-Spades} and {7-Spades} were both close but no cigar, and Frankenberger has been whisked away.

With that knockout, Bakes climbs to about 125,000.

Tags: David BakerAndy Frankenberger

Stein Doubles Up

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We reported earlier that Sam Stein was chipping up today, and he just took a big step towards his quest to moving up in the WSOP Player of the Year board. When we got to the table, Stein was heads up with Igor Kurganov on a flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. Stein had led out for 3,600, and Kurganov raised to 9,200. Stein thought for about a minute before he slid the rest of his stack into the middle, about 32,500 total. Kurganov made the call, and Stein saw that he was ahead.

Stein: {q-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Kurganov: {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Stein had flopped top pair, but would have to fade the straight draw and over card of Kurganov. The turn was as good as it could have been for Stein, coming the {q-Diamonds}, eliminating Kurganov's king and nine for outs. That turn became even more important when the {k-Diamonds} hit the river. Despite pairing his king, Kurganov was second best to Stein's trips, and Stein took the double up to boost his stack up to 71,000.

Tags: Sam Stein