2011 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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
Entries
4,576
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

You Don't Know Jacques

Vincent Jacques looks to be our new chip leader with over 300,000 after he eliminated Jerome Bradpiece and won a decent side pot at the same time. There was an initial raise and Bradpiece had moved all in for about 35,000 behind. Jacques called from the big blind and the initial raiser called as well to see a {3-}{4-}{5-} flop where the OR bet 44,000, Jacques check-raised all in and his opponent tank-folded after some serious consideration.

Jacques flipped {A-}{A-} to Bradpiece's {A-}{Q-} and the board bricked out for the Englishman as the French-Canadian, who finished second to Praz Bansi in a $1,500 event last year, jumps into the chip lead.

Coincidentally, Bansi himself has just been knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Jacques ca
Vincent Jacques
300,000
Jerome Bradpiece gb
Jerome Bradpiece
Busted
Pramesh Bansi
Pramesh Bansi
Busted

Tags: Praz BansiJerome BradpieceVincent Jacques

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

The Leibold and the Beautiful

Imre Leibold
Imre Leibold

Estonian Imre Leibold has just doubled up to 110,000 after winning a big flip with {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} against {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} for his tournament life when the board came {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{K-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} for a substantial boost to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Imre Leibold
Imre Leibold
110,000 92,000

Tags: Imre Leibold

Madsen, Jacobson Out

Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen

Both Jeff Madsen and Martin Jacobson were at the same table and knocked out in back to back hands.

In Jacobson's bustout hand, a player raised it up to 6,000 and Jacobson put it all in for 28,000 and got a call. Jacobson had {9-}{9-} vs. his opponent's {7-}{7-} The board was not kind to him however when it came down {7-Clubs}{k-Spades}{3-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Jacobson hit the rail.

In Madsen's hand, he raised to 4,200 preflop and got a call from the button.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and Madsen bet 5,800. The button put him all in and he called showing {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} He was behind the {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} of the button player. The turn and river were {9-Diamonds} and {4-Spades} and Madsen was done.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jeff MadsenMartin Jacobson

Increasing Natural Bui-yancy

Oanh Bui
Oanh Bui

Oanh Bui has doubled up to about 120,000 after she three-bet an opening raise to 12,000 from 5,000 only be shoved on by the original raiser who had her just covered.

Bui quickly called with {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} and was up against {Q-}{Q-}, the board coming {3-Spades}{J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs} to give her a big pot and move over the six-figure mark.

Player Chips Progress
Oanh Bui nl
Oanh Bui
120,000 102,000

Tags: Oanh Bui

Lunkin Scoops Big Pot

Vitaly Lunkin
Vitaly Lunkin

We didn't quite catch how it happened, but Vitaly Lunkin's {10-}{10-} were up against an all in player at his table's {a-}{k-}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{q-Spades}{7-Hearts} The flop gave kings to the all in player, but the turn completed Lunkin's straight (amazingly, no one had a heart in their hand) and he took the extra 40,000 chips and moved them right into his stack. He is now sitting with about 130,000 which is more than double average at this point.

Player Chips Progress
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
130,000 71,000

Tags: Vitaly Lunkin

Williams in the Upper Echelons

Kevin Williams is up to 185,000 after winning a huge pot with top two pair. There had been a raise with two callers and Williams made the call in the small blind with {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and the big blind joined in with the fun.

The flop was {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-} and it was checked all the way around to the button who bet 8,000. Williams check-raised to 21,000 before the original raiser moved all in for about 75,000. The button then folded and Williams made the call with top two and found his opponent with {5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. The {8-Clubs} came on the turn locking up the pot for the Englishman and the {J-} river was pretty much meaningless.

This pot puts Williams among the chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Williams
Kevin Williams
185,000 125,200

Tags: Kevin Williams

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Dinner Break

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We are now on our 60-minute dinner break. We will play six more levels after we come back from dinner and call it a night

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