2011 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$648,880
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,118,400
Total Entries
4,576
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 4,576
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Strategy with Kristy Arnett

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Behind the pretty face that is our very own Kristy Arnett lies an insanely brilliant poker mind. Just in case you don't know, Kristy regularly plays cash games and crushes. She also won a MiniFTOPS heads-up event for over $30,000 in prize money online. She's got game and you should check out what she has to say about her thought process during a hand played in a cash game.

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Level: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

MacPhee's Aggression Pays Off

We arrived at the table to see the flop of {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} laying in the middle of the table and three wagers made. The first player had bet 175 and the next player raised to 375. Kevin MacPhee was the third player and he reraised to 1,125. Action fell back on the first player and he thought for a tiny bit and then released his hand. The second player took just about as much time, maybe a tad bit longer, and then reraised all in. MacPhee didn't hesitate to get the rest of his money in and put himself at risk early.

MacPhee: {6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

MacPhee held top pair, a straight draw and a backdoor flush draw while his opponent held two overs, a gutshot and a flush draw. The turn brought the {8-Clubs}, which put MacPhee behind in the hand, but it did bring in a club to give him a flush draw. The river completed that draw when the {A-Clubs} fell and MacPhee made his flush. His opponent's two pair went down in flames. MacPhee was all in for 3,475 and has moved to just about 8,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin MacPhee
8,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Shorr Busts One Early

Shannon Shorr is on the move early and you might want to get out of his way or you'll end up like the recent player he faced off against -- on the rail. Shorr was all in preflop with {A-}{K-} versus an opponent's {J-}{J-}. Shorr missed the flop, but was able to hit a king on the turn and win the hand. He had the most chips and sent his opponent to the rail en route to increasing his stack to 7,300 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Shannon Shorr
7,300
4,300
4,300
WSOP 3X Winner

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Check Out the PokerNews Twitter Page for Even More Updates

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Hopefully all of our readers are enjoying PokerNews' coverage of the 2011 World Series of Poker. We're proud to be the official live reporting team again this year and it wouldn't be without all of your support. We'd just like to remind everyone that with such massive field sizes in many of these events, we're unable to track every single player in the chips counts as often as we'd like to.

Things on the tournament floor are constantly changing from hand to hand and we know you want every single piece of information you can handle. Many pros in all of these events update their Twitter account on the regular, so you might want to check out the PokerNews Twitter page to see what the players themselves are saying about their progress in the events.

4,500?

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

In the announcements prior to the start of the tournament, Ty Stewart was on the mic and thanked the players for coming out and participating. He went on to mention the number 4,500 and that this is how big they expect the field to get. Last year, Marcel Vonk defeated a field of 3,844 players to take home the gold in the last of the $1,000 events, but that number looks to be shattered today.

Nearly 2,000 player on Day 1a and the later the starting day, the larger the field in nearly all tournaments. With those extra few hundred bodies in the event, you can expect the first-place prize to get well over the $600,000 mark and even approach the $700,000 range.

Who We've Spotted So Far

As always in these massive fields, finding the biggest names in poker is like finding a needle in a haystack. Even so, we were able to cower some of the Pavilion room and spot the following players. There's a good mix of older and young payers in this event, as well as a fair amount of female players. Even despite their differences in age, play or gender, they all have one similarity and that is they're on a quest for the most coveted prize in poker: a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
3,000
Profile photo of Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
3,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gualter Salles br
Gualter Salles
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Matthias de Muelder
Matthias de Muelder
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
3,000
Profile photo of James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Blair Rodman us
Blair Rodman
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
3,000
Profile photo of Jeff Hakim
Jeff Hakim
3,000
Profile photo of Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
3,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Chouity
Nicholas Chouity
3,000