2011 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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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
Players Left 1 / 817
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Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
970,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Bakes Baker us
David Bakes Baker
420,000
30,000
30,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
405,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Felipe Montenegro
Felipe Montenegro
348,000
138,000
138,000
Profile photo of Narendra Banwari
Narendra Banwari
335,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Peng
Vanessa Peng
330,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Mark Herm us
Mark Herm
251,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of Christian Kruel br
Christian Kruel
240,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
225,000
80,000
80,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Yann Enzinger fr
Yann Enzinger
210,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Wesley Pantling ca
Wesley Pantling
165,000
103,000
103,000
Profile photo of Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
105,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Bulent Uzun
Bulent Uzun
85,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of David Baker
David Baker
82,000
58,000
58,000

Greim and Young Play an Interesting One

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Paul Greim announced that he was all in from under the gun. He had 65,000 left but slid out just one stack of about 15 yellows representing his shove. Ryan Young was in the cutoff and said, "Call." However, he didn't realize that it was an all in bet and was made aware of it immediately by the rest of the table. By rule of verbal declaration, he was forced to put in 65,000 regardless of the mistake. Ben Volpe, who was in the big blind, seemed torn about the decision he was faced with but eventually folded.

Amazingly, Young was ahead with his {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} against the {j-Clubs}{4-Clubs} of Greim. The flop would change things though when it fell {a-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. The turn {a-Spades} and river {5-Spades} brought Young no help. The pot allowed Greim to double up and left Young with only 210,000.

Afterwards, the table debated whether Volpe would have been correct to move all in from the big blind with {8-Spades}{7-Spades}. In an attempt to isolate while getting better than 2 to 1 on his money, Volpe would have made a flush. The table appeared generally in favor of it and it leaves Volpe, who has 690,000 in chips, wondering if he should have more.

Tags: Ben VolpePaul GreimRyan Young

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Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Volpe us
Ben Volpe
672,000
117,000
117,000
Profile photo of Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
485,000
5,000
5,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Darryl Ronconi us
Darryl Ronconi
435,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Philip Lowery
Philip Lowery
295,000
161,000
161,000
Profile photo of Gualter Salles br
Gualter Salles
260,000
90,000
90,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Ryan Young us
Ryan Young
250,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Mikhail Yakovlev
Mikhail Yakovlev
220,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Lauri Varonen fi
Lauri Varonen
213,000
78,000
78,000
Profile photo of Jim Routos
Jim Routos
205,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Mike Fosco
Mike Fosco
190,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Joe Patrick
Joe Patrick
160,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Francisco Hernandez
Francisco Hernandez
155,000
155,000
155,000
Profile photo of Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
100,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Williams us
Jeff Williams
95,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Paul Greim
Paul Greim
93,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Spinks
Jonathan Spinks
90,000
10,500
10,500
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
45,000
99,000
99,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars

David Baker, the Younger

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Under the gun, Vanessa Peng opened to 13,000, and Eric Froehlich and David "Bakes" Baker both called, the latter coming along out of position from the big blind.

The flop came {7-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {Q-Spades}, and Peng continued out with 23,000 more. Froehlich quickly folded, Baker quickly called, and the {2-Hearts} landed on fourth street. Peng loaded up with another 34,000 and fired it into the pot, and Baker check-called once again. On the {7-Spades} river, Peng checked behind Baker's check.

Baker turned over {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}, and Peng quietly mucked, slipping back to about 320,000. Baker is on the rise, climbing to 470,000 as he stacks that pot.

Tags: David BakerEric FroehlichVanessa Peng

Two Tables o' Chips

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
565,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
550,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
440,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Andrew Savitz
Andrew Savitz
370,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Adam Geyer us
Adam Geyer
360,000
247,000
247,000
Profile photo of Kenneth Coppens
Kenneth Coppens
280,000
165,000
165,000
Profile photo of Richard Trigg gb
Richard Trigg
225,000
64,000
64,000
Grosvenor Poker
Profile photo of Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
175,000
68,000
68,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Garrett Adelstein
Garrett Adelstein
170,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Stanley Topol gb
Stanley Topol
170,000
Profile photo of Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
155,000
83,000
83,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Anh Van Nguyen ca
Anh Van Nguyen
144,000
76,000
76,000
Profile photo of Arnaud Esquevin
Arnaud Esquevin
144,000
144,000
144,000
Profile photo of Tom Mclaughlin
Tom Mclaughlin
83,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
80,000
81,000
81,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Bakes Straightens Out E-Fro

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

We missed the preflop action, but David Bakes Baker, Eric Froehlich, and Narendra Banwari all took a flop of {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. Baker was first to act, and he put out a bet of 26,000. Froehlich made the call, and Banwari got out of the way, leaving the two heads up. The turn brought the {7-Hearts}, and both players checked. The {10-Hearts} hit the river, and Baker assembled a bet of 72,000, and slid it into the middle. Once Froehlich got the count, he only took a few moments before announcing call. Baker showed {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a straight, and Froehlich mucked his hand. Baker upped his stack to 450,000, while Froehlich is still the big chip leader with 850,000.

Tags: David Bakes BakerEric Froehlich

Level: 19

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Breaking Bad

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The players are now on a 20 minute break while the tournament staff colors up the Purple T500 chips. Once the players return, we will play two more levels before we end the night.

Froehlich Takes Command

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

On a {5-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{2-Spades} board Eric Froehlich check-raised Matthew Bucaric's 14,500-chip bet to 40,000. Bucaric three-bet to 92,500 and Froehlich had to re-examine his cards. Once he checked them, he announced that he was all in and Bucaric wasted little time making the call for his whole stack worth 375,000 tournament chips.

Bucaric held {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts} but Froehlich had him in deep trouble with the {a-Spades}{5-Clubs}. Both players had flopped two pair but it was the top two of Froehlich that was well in the lead. The turn was the {10-Spades} and the river was the {9-Clubs}.

With that pot Froehlich is now just under a million, with 975,000 chips.

Tags: Eric Froehlich

Stein Sent Packing

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

On two different occasions earlier in the tournament, Sam Stein came from behind to survive all in hands. However, in the one hand where he was a big favorite, he was not so lucky, as he has just been eliminated. Action folded around to Jesse Martin on the button, and he put out a raise to 12,000. The small blind folded, and Sam Stein peaked at his cards, took a few moments, then slid the rest of his stack forward. Martin quickly called, and was not happy to see that Stein woke up with a monster in the big blind.

Stein: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Martin: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

Stein faded the flop, as it came {j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{6-Hearts}. However, the {a-Clubs} spiked on the river, and Stein would need a king or a ten to survive the hand. The river came the {2-Diamonds}, and Stein's dream of another final table has come to an end.

Tags: Sam Stein