Event #51: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day 3 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,227,100
Entries
946
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
David "Doc" Sands Has 25% Of Chips In Play With 10 Left
What started with 946 is now just 10 here in Event #51: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better. We came into Day 2 with 134 players, so the fact that we reached the final 10 with half an hour left in the day is pretty impressive and a true testament to how much of an "action game" Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better really is.
Of the 10 who remain, one has separated himself from the back in a very big way, and it's someone many online players will recognize. David "Doc" Sands has been one of the best online tournament poker players for a long time, but after Black Friday he hasn't gone into hiding, he's come and made a name for himself at this year's WSOP. Unless something absolutely crazy happens and he manages to give away his massive chip lead, (1,130,000 chips which is good for 25% of the chips in play) he will be on his second final table of the Series (Sands already came third in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha) with one more elimination.
Notable eliminations that made the money included PokerStars Team Pro Alexandre Gomes (87th), Antony Lellouche (82nd), Mike Beasley (72nd), Dario Alioto (64th), Erik Seidel (58th), Alexander Kostritsyn (53rd), Day 1 chip leader William Speir (51st), Ben Yu (49th), Kathy Liebert (46th), Barry Shulman (19th), Fabrizio Gonzalez (16th), and Alexander Wice (11th) who played the biggest pot of the tournament thus far with Sands and that gave him the outright chip lead and put him in the drivers seat for the rest of the way. The rest of the final table is filled out with, Jeffrey Gibralter (514,000), Igor Sharaskin (487,000), David Singontiko (420,000), Robert Campbell (365,000), Thomas Scarber (359,000), Marco Oliveira (335,000), Cliff Kettinger (288,000), Michael Yee (213,000), and John Reiss (149,000).
The players will be starting here very soon at around 2:30 p.m. PST and we'll be playing down to a winner who will get $268,235 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Stay tuned to PokerNews for our day 3 coverage as well as our updates on every other event going on at the 2011 World Series of Poker.
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Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
The World Comes to the Series
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Three small pots, two ending preflop and one on the flop, to start the action today.
Once again this WSOP final table features comers from all parts. We have seven Americans among our final ten players, including a couple (Cliff Kettinger and Jeffrey Gibralter) currently residing in Texas. Three other countries are represented here today as well: Michael Yee hails from Canada, Marco Oliveira comes from Brazil, and Igor Sharaskin from Russia.
Gibralter Stealing Pots, Gaining Momentum
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Jeff Gibralter's aggression here early on has gained him some chips to start the day. Still no one is close to Sands in chips, but Gibralter is up to around 650,000 and still second in chips as he has been the most aggressive player at the final table both last night and today.
Gibralter Rocks Sands, Takes Chip Lead
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
We've had our first big hand of the final table. It began with a raise to 40,000 by Robert Campbell from middle position. Jeffrey Gibralter, sitting one seat over, called the raise, and it folded to chip leader David "Doc" Sands in the small blind. Sands looked over at his two opponents, then announced he was reraising pot to 184,000. Marco Oliveira quickly folded from the big blind, and Campbell got out as well. But after thinking for about a minute, Gibralter made the call.
The flop came 
, and after taking about a half-minute Sands announced he was betting the pot -- 420,000. Gibralter didn't take very long to announce he was reraising all in, and Sands made the call.
Sands 
Gibralter 
"Come on, one time," said Gibralter. The turn was the 
and river the 
, which meant the seven in his hand gave Gilbralter a pair and the huge pot.
We have a new chip leader. Gilbralter moves to 1.46 million, while Sands slips to 360,000.
Sands Looking To Get It Back
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Right after losing the monstrous, mammoth, hugest by far pot of the tournament, David Sands waslooking to get it in. TJ Scarber raised it up to 35,000 from the cutoff and Sands re-raised pot which was 134,000. Scarber went all in and Sands called him.
Scarber: 
Sands: 
Sands had a pretty good hand and it clearly wasn't tilt that pushed him into the pot, but he was putting himself at risk to go from 25% of the chips in play to ultimate short stack in just two hands, and Scarber's tournament life was on the line.
The board ran out 
and the two split the pot. Needless to say, we haven't started slow here at this final table and with so many players short stacked, the all ins will keep on coming.
A Look at the Current WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
| Player | Points | Cashes | Final Tables | Bracelets | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lamb | 572.65 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $1,130,494 |
| Chris Moorman | 486.20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | $1,051,466 |
| Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | 479.25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | $811,639 |
| 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 |
| Jason Mercier | 385.33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $696,438 |
| Mitch Schock | 364.81 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $406,018 |
| Joe Ebanks | 360 | 3 | 1 | 1 | $1,179,031 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 343 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $672,627 |
*Through Event #49
Reiss Reraises, Adds Chips
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
David Sands opened with a raise to 37,000 from the hijack seat, and Marco Oliveira called from one seat over. It folded to John "J.R." Reiss in the small blind who quickly announced his was all in. A count of chips showed the raise was to 194,000 total.
Sands considered the situation with his usual deliberation, and after about a minute let his hand go. Oliveira thought about it a bit as well, noting that to call would mean risking about two-thirds of his stack. But the Brazilian stepped aside, too.
Reiss now has 284,000, Sands 325,000, and Oliveira about 230,000.
Thoughts from the Not-Quite-Final Final Table
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
"So this is the unofficial final table," said a friend to John Reiss as he stood over by the rail, waiting out a hand between Igor Sharaskin and Michael Yee.
"I'm countin' it," Reiss grinned. Reiss has three "official" WSOP final tables to his credit already, taking sixth in the $1,500 Stud/8 event in 2003, third in a $2,000 NLHE event in 2006, and fourth in the $1,500 Omaha/8 event in 2007.
Indeed, all of those making the final 10 from the starting field of 946 should feel some pride in the accomplishment.