Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,118,400
Entries
4,576
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Bubble Fast Approaching
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Just like that, we are already down to 476 players (468 are paid), and with cries of "SEAT OPEN" still ringing throughout the Amazon, we should be on the money bubble and see it burst very very soon. Stay tuned
Hand-For-Hand
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We are now in hand-for-hand play, which means we may have a money announcement momentarily.
In the Money.
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We've just had an announcement that all remaining players are now in the money.
Everyone has now had to take off their headphones as we head into the money.
Not the Easiest Table Ever
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
It's a bit of a tough looking table on Purple 364 here in the Amazon Room, as well as Jeff Madsen and Terrence Chan, they've been joined by Martin Jacobson. The Swede may not be well known here in the US, but this year he was one of the star performers on the EPT after he finished second in both Vilamoura and Deauville as well as fourth in Berlin in the past 9 months.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
39,600
|
39,600 |
|
||
|
60,000
43,600
|
43,600 |
|
|
||
|
57,000
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
||
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
16,000 | |
|
15,200
-100
|
-100 |
|
||
|
6,000
-12,100
|
-12,100 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
When You're Hot, You're Hot
We came into a hand where our overnight chip leader Paul Volpe was putting some big money into the pot.
An under-the-gun player raised it up to 2,400 preflop and was re-raised by Paul Volpe in the small blind up to 7,300. The player called and the two saw the 
flop. Volpe led out with a bet of 9,200 and his opponent tanked for nearly five minutes before finally calling. The turn came 
and and Volpe pushed all in which put his opponent all in for his last 20,000 or so. The player instantly called and showed 
for the flopped set. Volpe was behind with 
, but the river was what he was looking for as the dealer peeled off the 
to give Volpe a better set and the win.
Volpe told us he lost a set over set hand earlier in the level to drop him to 100,000 or so, but now he is back up to around 140,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Chantastic
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Terrence Chan is adding to his stack, he's just eliminated a short stack while holding 
against 
when the board came 
- making a straight on the river to bust one of the many players now busting out in the money.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
When Kings Go Bad...
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Sometimes people are knocked in standard spots, sometimes it's a sick beat, and sometimes the guy just flops the straight flush against your overpair.
On a flop of 
a player with 
pushed all in and got a call from a player who tabled 
for the straight flush. Obviously, the player with kings was drawing dead, but just to put the nail in the coffin the river came an 
for the six card straight flush. Not a bad day at the office.