2011 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$777,928
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,575,150
Entries
3,389
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Smith Doubles Through Oulmekki

From under the gun, Gavin Smith open-shoved for 302,000 and the action folded around to Selim Oulmekki, who snap-called out of the small blind. "What, you have something like eight-deuce?" Smith quipped.

Nope. Oulmekki showed {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, ahead of Smith's {A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. However, Smith was able to spike two pair on the board of {3-Hearts}{J-Spades}{Q-Spades}{A-Spades}{4-Spades} to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Selim Oulmekki fr
Selim Oulmekki
1,210,000 -790,000
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
625,000 420,000

Tags: Gavin SmithSelim Oulmekki

Mike Meyers Eliminated in 13th Place ($36,143)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Meyers - 13th Place ($36,143)
Mike Meyers - 13th Place ($36,143)

Mike Meyers, Andy Philachack and John Borzio all went to a flop of {7-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {3-Clubs}. Philachack checked, Meyers bet 137,000 and Borzio folded.

Philachack looked Meyers dead in the eye and said, "I'm gonna raise you Mikey." Philachack slid out a 500,000 stack of greens. Meyers quickly shoved and Philachack called as quick.

Meyers: {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}
Philachack: {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs}

Philacheck was ahead with his two pair but Meyers was drawing live. The turn came {Q-Clubs} and the river came {10-Spades}. Meyers quickly collected his things while his rail stood in stunned silence. Philachack is cracked 3,000,000 with that pot.

Tags: Andy PhilachackBrandon Meyers

Steven Michaelis Eliminated in 14th Place ($36,143)

Steven Michaelis - 14th Place ($36,143)
Steven Michaelis - 14th Place ($36,143)

All the money was in the middle before the flop; Bryan Paris found himself in the lead holding {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} against Steven Michaelis' {A-Spades}{8-Clubs}, but a very scary flop of {7-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{4-Clubs} was spread, giving Michaelis a boatload of outs, and he caught a few more with the turn of the {6-Spades}.

However, the {Q-Diamonds} bricked out on the river and Paris' supporters celebrated as Michaelis walked away. We're now down to 13 players.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
615,000 170,000
Steven Michaelis
Steven Michaelis
Busted

Tags: Bryan ParisSteven Michaelis

Jani Mikkola Eliminated in 15th Place ($36,143)

Jani Mikkola - 15th Place ($36,143)
Jani Mikkola - 15th Place ($36,143)

The action folded to Selim Oulmekki who raised to 52,000 from the hijack position before Jani Mikkola shoved from the button. James Boyle went deep into the tank in the small blind and eventually had the clock called on him. Boyle's hand was counted out; Oulmekki quickly called.

Mikkola: {A-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Oulmekki: {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

The flop was a demoralizing {8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} to give Oulmekki two pair, which surprised even him and his rail! The turn and river ran out {K-Diamonds}, {Q-Spades} and that was the end of Mikkola's run. He'll pick up $36,143 for his 15th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Selim Oulmekki fr
Selim Oulmekki
2,000,000 915,000
Jani Mikkola
Jani Mikkola
Busted

Tags: Jani MikkolaSelim Oulmekki

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Hasan Anter se
Hasan Anter
WSOP 1X Winner
2,715,000 1,155,000
John Horvatich
John Horvatich
1,555,000 1,397,000
Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
1,475,000 685,000
Mike Meyers
Mike Meyers
1,145,000 1,145,000
Ryan Goindoo tt
Ryan Goindoo
1,140,000 240,000
Selim Oulmekki fr
Selim Oulmekki
1,085,000 -300,000
John Borzio us
John Borzio
980,000 390,000
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
445,000 135,000
Nemer Haddad
Nemer Haddad
415,000 100,000
Yoonjun Park
Yoonjun Park
365,000 -145,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
355,000 -35,000
Jani Mikkola
Jani Mikkola
340,000 -40,000
Bassel Moussa lb
Bassel Moussa
340,000 5,000
Steven Michaelis
Steven Michaelis
310,000 -775,000
Rayan Nathan
Rayan Nathan
240,000 -150,000
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
205,000 -875,000
Jason Gravatt
Jason Gravatt
Busted

Final Two Table Redraw

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Table 271

SeatPlayer
1Ryan Goindoo
2Selim Oulmekki
3Rayan Nathan
4Jani Mikkola
5Bassel Moussa
6James Boyle
7Jason Gravatt
8Nemer Haddad
9Bryn Kenney

Table 272

SeatPlayer
1Mike Meyers
2John Borzio
3Hasan Anter
4Bryan Paris
5Yoonjun Park
6Andy Philachack
7Steven Michaelis
8Gavin Smith
9John Horvatich

A Look at the Current WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

PlayerPointsCashesFinal TablesBraceletsWinnings
Phil Hellmuth710.25530$1,591,004
Ben Lamb659.05431$1,331,832
Brian Rast550322$1,976,522
Chris Moorman486.20520$1,051,466
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier479.25421$811,639
Sam Stein416.13521$731,279
Joe Ebanks410.25311$1,179,031
Owais Ahmed408.03521$764,997
Mikhail Lakhitov401.80521$851,058
Jason Mercier385.33531$696,438
Mitch Schock364.81531$406,018
Sean Getzwiller343321$672,627

*Through Event #55