2011 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a533
Prize
$397,073
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,654,400
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Monnette Punishes Puchkov on River

We caught up with the action heads up on a {Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop where Konstantin Puchkov moved all in for his last 10,000 and John Monnette called.

Puchkov: {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}
Monnette: {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades}

Puchkov was ahead with his pair of aces and stayed ahead when made two pair when the {4-Hearts} hit the turn. However when the {K-Hearts} landed on the river, Monnette hit his inside-straight draw to win the hand and eliminate his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
63,000 34,800
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: John MonnetteKonstantin Puchkov

Two Pair No Good When Your Opponent Has a Flush

It was folded around to Jason Steinberg in the hijack who raised to 2,800 only to get three-bet by Jeff Kimber who was next to act. Steinberg made the call and then fired out 18,000 after quite some thought on the {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop. Kimber quickly raised enough to put Steinberg all in for the 10,000 or so he had left who called.

Kimber: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}
Steinberg: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}

Both players had low draws but Kimber was ahead with his pair of aces for the time being and stayed ahead when the {K-Hearts} hit the turn that gave him a flush draw as well. The river was the {10-Hearts} which gave Steinberg two pair but also provided Kimber with his flush as Steinberg slammed the table and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Kimber gb
Jeff Kimber
86,000 47,700
Jason Steinberg
Jason Steinberg
Busted

Tags: Jason SteinbergJeff Kimber

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

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

PlayerPointsCashesFinal TablesBraceletsWinnings
Ben Lamb572.65321$1,130,494
Chris Moorman486.20520$1,051,466
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier479.25421$811,639
Phil Hellmuth458.25420$527,970
Sam Stein416.13521$731,279
Joe Ebanks410.25311$1,179,031
Mikhail Lakhitov401.80521$851,058
Jason Mercier385.33531$696,438
Mitch Schock364.81531$406,018
Sean Getzwiller343321$672,627

*Through Event #53

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

Richey Seeks a Double

An under-the-gun player raised to 2,500 only to have Brett Richey move all in for 8,300 from middle position. Action folded back to UTG and he made the call.

Richey: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{3-Spades}{J-Hearts}
UTG: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

The {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop was good for Richey as it assured him a low, although it didn't do much for his high hand. The {10-Spades} turn and {2-Diamonds} river meant a chopped pot for Richey, who is still short with 10,000.

Player Chips Progress
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
10,000 -2,000

Tags: Brett Richey

Fitoussi Quarters MacPhee Who Then busts

We caught up with the action heads up on a {3-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop where Bruno Fitoussi called Kevin MacPhee’s bet of 5,000. On the {6-Clubs} turn, Fitoussi bet pot and MacPhee called all in.

Fitoussi: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{10-Spades}{5-Hearts}
MacPhee: {A-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

Fitoussi held the nut flush while MacPhee had a set and a low and could scoop the pot if the board paired. The {4-Hearts} river gave each player the same low but didn’t fill MacPhee up as he got quartered down to 8,600. Shortly after that, MacPhee was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
38,000 29,100
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Bruno FitoussiKevin MacPhee