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

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
92,000

Tags: Imre Leibold

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

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

Fortune Favours the Leibold

After a raise and an all in, Imre Leibold flat-called the 30,000 shove only to have the player behind him repush all in and then the initial raiser moved all in as well.

Leibold tanked and folded what he said was queens, only to be shown {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} by the original raiser who covered, {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for the short stack and {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} for the other even shorter stack.

The board came {3-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs} and (of course) the worst hand almost quadrupled up while the unfortunate player with aces was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Imre Leibold
Imre Leibold
75,000
-35,000
-35,000

Tags: Imre Leibold

We're Losing That Lunkin Feeling

We came into a hand on the flop where Vitaly Lunkin checked on a board of {q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and a middle position player bet 9,800. Lunkin called and the two saw the {4-Hearts} turn. Again, Lunkin checked and the player bet out 14,700. Lunkin went into the tank for a little bit before finally calling.

The river came {q-Diamonds} and Lunkin checked one last time. Again, the player bet out, this time for 25,500. Lunkin tanked for quite a while this time before finally sending his cards to the muck. Lunkin has lost about half of his stack from his high point and he's below 70,000 now

Player Chips Progress
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
68,000
-57,000
-57,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Vitaly Lunkin

Joy of Six for Chan

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Terrence Chan just pulled out a pretty impressive resuck on the river with {6-Spades}{6-Hearts} against {A-Spades}{K-Spades} when the board came {4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for trips on the river. Chan even felt bad enough that he went all the way around the table to shake his victim's hand.

Tags: Terrence Chan

Shaniac Doubles Up

Shane Schleger
Shane Schleger

Shane Schleger and another player at his table got it all in preflop for virtually identical stacks. Schleger showed {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and his opponent showed {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}. The player started calling for payouts and getting up from the table, assuming he was covered and wouldn't hit. He was right about not hitting as the board came down {j-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, but he had about 3,000 left after they counted it all out.

Either way, Schleger moves up to about 115,000 and is well above average

Player Chips Progress
Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
115,000
32,000
32,000
PokerStars

Tags: Shane Schleger

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Post-Break Countz

Player Chips Progress
Anibol Andres
Anibol Andres
333,000
123,000
123,000
260,000
221,600
221,600
Vincent Jacques ca
Vincent Jacques
240,000
-60,000
-60,000
Hugo Franca
Hugo Franca
220,000
18,000
18,000
Kevin Williams
Kevin Williams
180,000
-5,000
-5,000
Sebastien Roy
Sebastien Roy
170,000
Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
120,000
5,000
5,000
PokerStars
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
90,000
-85,000
-85,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
80,000
30,000
30,000
PokerStars
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
80,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Oanh Bui nl
Oanh Bui
60,000
-60,000
-60,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
60,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
55,000
-5,000
-5,000
PokerStars
1345679