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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$64,531,000
Total Entries
6,865
Level
43
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6,865
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Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With only 695 players now remaining in the 2011 WSOP Main Event, tournament director Jack Effel has instructed the players and the crowd as to how hand-for-hand play works. For those new to the game, here's a quick rundown:
- Each dealer will be given a countdown from three, then when the tournament says "Go", the dealers will each deal one hand at their table.
- At the completion of each hand, the dealers will stand up and once all the dealers are standing, another hand will be dealt, and so on in this fashion, until the bubble bursts.
- Should two or more players bust at the same table, the finishing positions will be determined by chip count.
- Should two or more players bust at the same, but on different tables, the players will tie for the relevant finishing position (and for any money, as the case may be).
- During hand-for-hand play, players may not move from their seats. Players out of their seats during hand-for-hand play will receive a penalty.
So with all that, let's get back to the action!
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The big board shows we're down to 696 -- just three eliminations from the cash -- and the instructions have just been issued to dealers to hold up after completing their current hands. Barring three quick elminations right here, the tournament will be dealt hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts.
While all eyes were on Phil Hellmuth at the feature table, many more chips were moving on our secondary table. Sam Barnhart won a huge pot worth over a million chips when he turned over 
on an (x) (x) (x) board against Patrick Poirier, taking a huge portion of the latter's stack.
Former big stack Guillaume Darcourt is also down, he's lost several pots to Stuart Tuvey which has apparently cost him several hundred thousand in chips.
Pratyush Buddiga had an opponent all in and at risk preflop, and the hands looked like this:
Buddiga: 
Opponent 
The board ran 
, giving Buddiga a queen-high flush, and eliminating his opponent from the tournament. The clock now says 697 players, and we're just four eliminations from the money.
Action folded around to Amanda Musumeci in the small blind who put in a raise. The player in the big blind moved all in and Musumeci snap called turning over 
. She was off to the races against her opponent who held 
.
The board fell 
and Musumeci's queens were able to hold, awarding her a pot that brings her over a million chips.
A player in middle position limped and action folded around to Berry Johnston on the button, who went all in for his last 50,000. Both blinds folded to original limper, who called.
"I got it Berry," Johnston's opponent said. He then tabled 
.
Johnston tabled 
.
The board ran out 
and Johnston was eliminated with less than 20 players to go before the money bubble burst.
As a side note, a tournament director announced that Johnston had cashed in at least one event for the past 30 years at the WSOP. This marks the first year during that time-span that Johnston did not cash.
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
On the 
board, Tom Koral called a bet of 82,000 from his opponent in a pretty sizable pot. The river was the and brought in a possible flush draw. The first player checked and Koral thought it over before checking behind. He tabled the 
for top two pair and his opponent mucked.
Koral won the pot and increased to 765,000 in chips.
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jani Sointula opened to 11,000 from under the gun, a player in middle position called, and another player in the big blind three-bet to 33,000. Sointula instantly four-bet to 88,000, forcing two folds and winning him the pot.
