2011 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$1,720,328
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$6,144,000
Entries
128
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
30,000

Cassidy Drawing Dead as D-Negs Doubles

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Pot-Limit Omaha

Daniel Negreanu limped under the gun and Joe Cassidy raised to 3,600 in the hijack. Negreanu made the call and both players checked the {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop. On the {2-Spades} turn, Negreanu led for 7,000 and after asking him how much he had left, Cassidy raised enough to put Negreanu all in. Negreanu insta-called and turned over {J-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades} for a straight that was the nuts plus a flush draw. Negreanu asked Cassidy if he had any outs which he didn’t as he turned over {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and was drawing dead. The river was the {2-Clubs} and Cassidy paid the 18,800 total that he owed Negreanu who doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
WSOP 1X Winner
153,000 -32,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
46,000 6,000

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJoe Cassidy

There's Only One Guillaume Rivet

Level 5

No-Limit Hold'em

Preflop, Guillaume Rivet raised to 1,600 from middle position before Shaun Deeb pumped up the action to 5,000 from the cutoff. Rivet made the call and they saw a flop heads up.

The dealer spread out the {5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and Rivet checked to Deeb who bet 3,700. Rivet called.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} and Rivet check-called again, this time for 10,500. The river was the {5-Clubs} and Rivet checked for a third time. Deeb bet 25,500 and Rivet made the call again. Rivet had {a-}{k-} which was good enough to ship the 90,000-chip pot and get his chip stack to 115,000. Deeb, on the other hand, falls to 48,000.

Tags: Guillaume RivetShaun Deeb

Dwan Fighting Back

There's no quit in Tom Dwan
There's no quit in Tom Dwan

2-7 Triple Draw

Tom "durrrr" Dwan raised from the cutoff, and Richard Ashby and Alex Kravchenko called from the blinds. Dwan and Ashby drew two, and Kravchenko drew three. All three players checked.

Dwan drew two, and Ashby and Kravchenko drew one. Ashby led out, and both Dwan and Kravchenko called.

All three players drew one on the last draw, and then checked. Dwan fanned {q-}{8-}{6-}{4-}{2-}, Ashby mucked, and Kravchenko flashed an {a-} before mucking as well.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
WSOP 1X Winner
145,000 11,000
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
94,000 -16,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
65,000 22,000

Tags: Alex KravchenkoRichard AshbyTom Dwan

Baker Chipping Up

Level 5

Pot-Limit Omaha

Anton Allemann raised from the cutoff to 2,000 and David "Bakes" Baker defended his big blind. The flop came out {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}{2-Spades} and Baker checked to Allemann who bet 2,500. Baker called and the two players saw the {5-Clubs} turn. Baker checked again and Allemann bet 7,500. Baker called again and the turn was the {5-Clubs}. This time both players checked. Baker tabled {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and it was good enough to ship the pot.

Tags: Anton AllemannDavid "Bakes" Baker

Durrrr All in and At Risk

Pot-Limit Omaha

Tom Dwan raised to 2,000 in early position and David Oppenheim re-raised to 6,000 as the next to act. Dwan announced pot and it was 19,200 total. Oppenheim raised to put Dwan all in who made the call and asked Oppenheim if he also had aces as the players turned up their hands.

Dwan: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{K-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Oppenheim: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Both players held aces and Dwan said “keep it low, deuce deuce deuce” before the {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop came down which gave Oppenhiem some two-pair and trips outs. The {10-Spades} on the turn took away those two-pair outs and now only a nine would knock Dwan out, otherwise the players would chop the pot. The river was the {5-Diamonds} and the players did just that.

Player Chips Progress
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
122,000 2,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
43,000 15,300

Tags: David OppenheimTom Dwan

Binger Tank-Folds To Griffin

Level 5

Pot-Limit Omaha

Michael Binger called from the hijack and Ashton Griffin raised to 3,600 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Binger and he called, landing a {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop to the board.

Binger check-called 7,500 to see the {10-Diamonds} turn and followed that by check-calling 13,500 to see the {9-Diamonds} river. He checked once again and was faced with a bet of 38,500 from Griffin. Binger tanked for a good four minutes, but ultimately opted to give it up, slipping to about 90,000. Griffin upped his stack to about 225,000.

Tags: Ashton GriffinMichael Binger

Schulman Gets There

Level 5

2-7 Triple Draw

Nick Schulman raised from under the gun, and Phil Galfond (cutoff) and "Crazy" Marco Johnson (big blind) called. All three players drew two, and Johnson led out. Both Galfond and Schulman called.

Johnson stood pat on the second draw, and Galfond and Schulman drew two. Johnson led, and only Schulman called.

Johnson stood pat again, Schulman drew one, and Johnson check-called a bet. Schulman spread {8-}{6-}{5-}{4-}{2-} for an eight-six, Johnson mucked, and Schulman won the pot.

Tags: Marco JohnsonNick SchulmanPhil Galfond

Chip Count Update

Player Chips Progress
Steve Sung us
Steve Sung
WSOP 2X Winner
242,000 35,000
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
223,000 3,000
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
218,000 -60,000
Alexey Makarov ru
Alexey Makarov
210,000 28,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
200,000 -20,000
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
200,000 26,000
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
190,000 32,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
WSOP 2X Winner
185,000 37,000
Robert Williamson III us
Robert Williamson III
WSOP 1X Winner
180,000
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
180,000 29,000
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
170,000 -15,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
165,000 7,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
165,000 2,000
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
160,000 -10,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
160,000 5,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
160,000 28,000
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
158,000 6,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
155,000 1,000
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
150,000 11,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
150,000 19,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
145,000 -35,000
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
140,000 7,000
Vladimir Shchemelev ru
Vladimir Shchemelev
140,000 -60,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
136,000 66,000
Alexandre Luneau fr
Alexandre Luneau
133,000 -37,000

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Clements and Hellmuth Chop

Level 5

Pot-Limit Omaha

Scott Clements led out for 4,100 with the board reading {5-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{7-Spades}. Andrey Zaichenko, Phil Hellmuth, and "Crazy" Marco Johnson called. The turn was the {2-Spades}, and Clements led again - this time for 20,000. Only Hellmuth called, and both players checked when the {a-Hearts} fell on the river.

Clements opened up {k-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{10-Spades} for kings and sevens, Hellmuth tabled {k-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Hearts} for the same hand, and the two split the pot.

Tags: Phil HellmuthScott Clements