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
Total Entries
6,865
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6,865
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Antonius Scoops Another

We caught up with the action on a {Q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop. The player in the big blind checked, prompting a c-bet of 4,100 from his lone opponent - Patrik Antonius. The big blind then check-raised to 12,200. Antonius remained stoic, as he usually does, and quietly announced, "Re-raise." Antonius then put together a bet of 20,300 and slid it into the middle. Antonius' opponent mucked after some deliberation.

Antonius is up to 190,000.

Tags: Patrik Antonius

Updated Chip Counts from the Purple Section of the Amazon Room

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Queens?

Sam Simon did not have queens
Sam Simon did not have queens

Sam Simon was heads up with an opponent, and the board read {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Simon led for 6,500, and his opponent reluctantly called.

"Queens," the player said to Simon.

Simon, looking as though he had been rivered, unhappily mucked his hand. His opponent tried to muck as well, but, per tournament rules, his hand had to be opened. The player showed {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}. Simon shot him a very confused look.

"I'm sorry," the player apologized. "I thought you had queens."

"You said queens," Simon responded. "I thought you had queens."

"I should've just kept my mouth shut," the man apologized again. "I just always fear for the worst. I'll buy everyone a drink when we're done."

Tags: Sam Simon

Kelly Busts A Shorty

Action folded around to the button, who made it 2,500 to go. Online phenom and bracelet winner Dan "djk123" Kelly reraised it to 7,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded, and the button shoved all in for around 14,000. Kelly made the call, and was in a dominating position.

Kelly: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}

The flop brought two black cards, but they weren't the ones that Kelly was worried about, coming {4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. The turn paired both, coming the {a-Clubs}, and the river paired the board, bringing the {3-Diamonds}. Kelly's jack played, and it was good enough to score the knockout, upping his stack to over 150,000.

Tags: Dan Kelly

Lost and Found

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

That was a longer than usual break. Enough time to forget all about what happened before, for some.

Just after the start of Level 8, a player being escorted by Chris, one of the tournament directors, was walked into the middle of the purple section. "Okay players in the purple section," said Chris into a mic over the public address. "We have a player here who can't remember his seat. Does anyone recognize this gentleman? Was he playing with you?"

Laughter echoed around our corner of the Amazon. Getting no response, Chris and the player repeated the sequence over in the Blue section. Again, more laughter, but no help for our lost player. Finally, Chris narrowed things down a bit further.

"Okay, dealers," he said. "Is there a black sweater on an empty seat at your table?"

A hand went up, and applause rang 'round the room as our lost player was at last reunited with his chip stack.

And We're Back!

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

After what was essentially a double break due to the color up, the cards are back in the air. We will be going to dinner in two hours.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Tran Sent Packing Before Break

Kenny Tran
Kenny Tran

On the last hand before the break, we noticed that Kenny Tran was all in with {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} against his opponents {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} on a {q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop. The table was waiting for the ESPN cameras to set up, and that gave us time to talk to table mate Amit Makhija who told us about the hand. There was a raise from under the gun, and four callers, including Tran on the button. The small blind led out on the flop, and Tran shoved his last 15,000, getting a call from the small blind.

After about 45 seconds of waiting, the camera were rolling, and Tran was ready to see how his fate would turn out. Unfortuantely, it didn't go so well, as the {9-Diamonds} completed his opponent's flush, and ended Tran's day. The {9-Clubs} completed the board, and Tran was sent to the rail, ending his day and tournament.

Color-Up Causing Delays

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

The tournament staff is in the process of coloring up the green T25 chips. Understandably, it's taking quite a while with all of the tables in play. They have restarted the break clock, and cards will be in the air in about 14 minutes.