2011 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$8,715,638
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$64,531,000
Entries
6,865
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6865
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Seed Losing Steam

With a flop reading {j-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}, Huck Seed's opponent bet out 12,100, leaving himself with 25,000 behind. Seed contemplated his next move before saying "Alright, I'll gamble with ya", and tossing in enough chips to put the player all in. He made the call and the cards were turned up:

Seed: {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Opponent: {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

"Ugggh", Seed groaned. "Why could you have had six-EIGHT of hearts?" Seed was behind and in need of an ace or a heart to take control of the hand. Unfortunately for him, the turn and river came {2-Clubs} and {9-Clubs}. Seed doubled up his opponent and fell to about 39,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Huck Seed
39,000
51,000
51,000

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Orange Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Lamb
Ben Lamb
320,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Dan Kelly
Dan Kelly
180,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Chris Mackenzie
Chris Mackenzie
155,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Andrew Chen
Andrew Chen
155,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Emil Patel
Emil Patel
150,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Mike Carson
Mike Carson
140,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Amanda Musumeci
Amanda Musumeci
140,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Donny Mizrachi
Donny Mizrachi
140,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Derek Pasquarella
Derek Pasquarella
140,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Joe Serock
Joe Serock
135,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Steve Dannenmann
Steve Dannenmann
132,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of David Chiu
David Chiu
130,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
125,000
5,000
5,000
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Profile photo of Chris DeMaci
Chris DeMaci
100,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Robert Varkonyi
Robert Varkonyi
100,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
100,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Hachem
Tony Hachem
95,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Lyle Berman
Lyle Berman
93,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Daniel Suied
Daniel Suied
90,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Matt Savage
Matt Savage
85,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of David Levi
David Levi
70,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
60,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tim West
Tim West
60,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Will Souther
Will Souther
56,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
56,000
11,000
11,000
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Entin Eliminates One

Jonas Entin
Jonas Entin

We found the button all in preflop for 16,000 and at risk against Jonas Entin in the big blind. The players cards were as follows.

Entin: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Button: {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

Entin was in great position to knockout his opponent and did just that when the board ran out {A-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonas Entin
251,000
47,000
47,000

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Chips Ahoy (Tan Flavor)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Vamplew
David Vamplew
180,000
Profile photo of Young Phan
Young Phan
160,000
82,000
82,000
Profile photo of Anthony Miller
Anthony Miller
140,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Rupert Elder
Rupert Elder
140,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of
110,000
Profile photo of Blair Hinkle
Blair Hinkle
110,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren
110,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen
95,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Ray Henson
Ray Henson
85,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson
75,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Jennifer Harman
Jennifer Harman
33,000
16,500
16,500
Profile photo of Matt Marafioti
Matt Marafioti
30,000
6,000
6,000

Pillai Spills Some

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Flop: {j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Shankar Pillai led out for 3,100, and an opponent on the button called. Pillai slowed down, checking to his opponent when the {3-Spades} turned. His opponent tossed out 5,500, and Pillai called.

Both players checked after the {2-Hearts} hit the river, and Pillai's opponent rolled over {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}. Pillai mucked, and saw his stack decrease to 130,000 chips.

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Updated Chip Counts from the Purple Section of the Amazon Room

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Simon
Sam Simon
235,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of John Racener
John Racener
208,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Paul Spitzberg
Paul Spitzberg
201,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Claudia Crawford
Claudia Crawford
187,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Ryan Rinker
Ryan Rinker
170,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Shankar Pillai
Shankar Pillai
158,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Joe Tehan
Joe Tehan
154,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Guillaume Rivet
Guillaume Rivet
148,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Freddy Deeb
Freddy Deeb
145,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Mark Kroon
Mark Kroon
140,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Doug Lee
Doug Lee
130,000
58,000
58,000
Profile photo of Anthony Rivera
Anthony Rivera
125,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Rodney Burt
Rodney Burt
125,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Shawn Keller
Shawn Keller
112,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
108,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Palmer
Scott Palmer
107,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Jeff Bryan
Jeff Bryan
106,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Robert Cheung
Robert Cheung
95,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Ricky Fohrenbach
Ricky Fohrenbach
90,000
Profile photo of Patrick Eskandar
Patrick Eskandar
90,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Galen Hall
Galen Hall
89,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
77,000
17,000
17,000
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Profile photo of Jamil Wakil ca
Jamil Wakil
75,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong
74,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Jeffrey Lisandro
Jeffrey Lisandro
70,000
5,000
5,000

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We Finally Caught Berry Johnston in a Hand And All He Got Was This Superb Double

Berry Johnston
Berry Johnston

We haven’t seen former 1986 WSOP Main Event champ and five time WSOP bracelet holder Berry Johnston in many hands today and he’s hovered around the original starting stack for most of the day. But we just found Johnston on the button and all in on the {Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop against the player in the big blind.

Johnston: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}
Big Blind: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

Johnston was in dominant position for the double up unless his opponent could nail running kings or running straight cards. The {J-} on the turn did help the big blind to make a Broadway draw but the river was the {K-Hearts} to give the player an inferior top pair to Johnston’s over pair of aces who doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Berry Johnston
62,000
34,000
34,000

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Gregorich Doubles; Hachem Misses Opportunity

Mark Gregorich raised it up in the cutoff, and the player on the button made it 5,300 to go. Tony Hachem tank folded in the small blind, and action went back to Gregorich, who went all in for around 24,000. His opponent thought for about a minute before making the call.

Gregorich: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

"I folded eights. I hope there's not one on the flop," said Hachem. Well there wasn't but it still would have been a good flop for his hand, coming {9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. Gregorich was way out front, and it stayed that way on the turn, the {6-Spades}, and the river, the {5-Spades}. Hachem groaned when he saw the river, saying "If he doesn't raise I call and I'm not getting away from my hand on the flop." Regardless, Gregorich scored the double up, getting himself some much needed chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Mark Gregorich
51,000
22,000
22,000

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Racener Sails Boat to River, Collects

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

By the turn, the board read {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades} and there was already over 50,000 in the middle. Iulian Jacob bet 25,000, and after pausing a few seconds, John Racener called.

The river brought the {Q-Hearts}. Jacob soon was all in for his last 35,000 or so, and Racener quickly called. Racener didn't wait for Jacob to show his hand, tabling his {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} for tens full just a moment after calling. Jacob mucked his hand and headed to the rail.

Racener is now up around 205,000.

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Colin Takes a Hit

We only got to the table when the hand was already over but the board read {6-}{3-}{5-}{2-}{10-} and an player had doubled through Bryan Colin when her {3-}{3-} flopped a set against Colin’s {8-}{8-}. After paying off what looked to be around 36,000 to his opponent at the end, Colin’s stack was left quite a bit lighter.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryan Colin
108,000
55,000
55,000

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