2011 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$573,456
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,340,600
Entries
249
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Pilgrim vs. Laak

Action folded to Phil Laak in the cutoff and he opened for a standard raised. When it was Dwyte Pilgrim's turn to act, he reraised to 2,300, which Laak called. It was heads up to the {5-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop, inspiring Pilgrim to lead out for 3,100. Laak made the call as the dealer burned and turned the {J-Diamonds}.

Both players checked and watched as the {2-Diamonds} hit the river. Pilgrim fired out 6,500 and Laak decided to look him up. Pilgrim proudly showed {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} and the Unabomber could only muck.

Player Chips Progress
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
39,500
11,500
11,500
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
20,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Phil LaakDwyte Pilgrim

Smith Gets a Boost

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

With a board reading {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, a player on the button called a bet of 4,500 from Justin "Boosted J" Smith. When the {3-Spades} was put out on the river, Smith wasted little time in moving all in for his last 13,550. The button tanked for a good, long while before making the call. Smith rolled over {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and it was good as the button mucked.

Smith is up to 41,000.

Tags: Justin Smith

Some Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
66,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
52,000
21,700
21,700
David Chiu us
David Chiu
50,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
44,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
40,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Justin Young us
Justin Young
39,000
9,000
9,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
35,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
35,000
5,000
5,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
34,000
-5,500
-5,500
James Bord gb
James Bord
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
29,500
200
200
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
PokerStars
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Lee Watkinson us
Lee Watkinson
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
26,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
24,000
600
600
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
20,000
400
400
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
18,000
3,500
3,500
Pat Pezzin ca
Pat Pezzin
18,000
-9,000
-9,000
PokerStars
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
17,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
16,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
13,000
-17,000
-17,000

Evdakov Doubles Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Nikolay Evdakov
Nikolay Evdakov

We missed how all the chips got in the middle, but Nikolay Evdakov just gave himself a little more breathing room after his {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} bested his opponent's {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} on a board reading {a-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{a-Spades}.

After the hand Evdakov's stack sits at around 16,000.

Tags: Nikolay Evdakov

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
78,000
4,500
4,500
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
65,000
13,000
13,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
58,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
45,000
17,000
17,000
PokerStars
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
41,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
41,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
40,000
-1,000
-1,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
38,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 5X Winner
John Racener us
John Racener
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
30,000
PokerStars
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
PokerStars
Will Failla us
Will Failla
29,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
28,500
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Beth Shak us
Beth Shak
27,500
-22,500
-22,500
Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
19,000
-9,500
-9,500
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
17,500
-12,500
-12,500
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
17,000
-27,000
-27,000
WSOP 7X Winner
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
8,500
-20,500
-20,500
Valdemar Kwaysser hu
Valdemar Kwaysser
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
Busted

Shorr Gets a KO, Negreanu Arrives

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

With the board reading {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, Shannon Shorr called another players all in. The all in player held the {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} but was drawing slim to Shorr's {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a flopped straight with a straight flush draw. The {8-Clubs} on the turn gave the all in player a couple more outs, but the {6-Spades} on the river was of no help and Shorr eliminated the other player.

Shorr now sits with around 65,000.

As we near the end of level four we just spotted Daniel Negreanu taking his seat. That seat, as it happens, is at table 121 which we mentioned earlier as having a number of well known pros.

Tags: Shannon ShorrDaniel Negreanu

Down and Up for Obrestad

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad and Alan Meltzer have been mixing it up quite a bit today. In a recent hand, Meltzer found himself all in on a flop of {K-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Hearts} for 22,125 with {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} against the {K-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} of Obrestad. Meltzer was in trouble but found deliverance when the {Q-Hearts} spiked on the turn. Unfortunately for Obrestad, the {6-Hearts} river changed nothing and she was left with just 7,950.

Not long after, Meltzer limped from the hijack and Obrestad did the same from the cutoff. Michael Binger then woke up with a raise to 1,200 from the button, which was enough to get Meltzer to fold; however, Obrestad pushed back to the tune of 3,150. Binger reraised enough to put his opponent all in and Obrestad made the call:

Binger: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Obrestad: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The board ran out an uneventful {4-Spades}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Obrestad doubled to to 15,000. Meanwhile, Binger took a hit down to 25,000.

Tags: Alan MeltzerAnnette ObrestadMichael Binger

Devilfish Harpooned by Marafioti

Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott
Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott

On a flop of {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, Matt Marafioti bet 1,300 from big blind only to have David "Devilfish" Ulliott make it 5,500 from the button. Marafioti called and then led out for 5,000 when the {Q-Diamonds} appeared on the turn. Ulliott moved all in for a little more and Marafioti made the call:

Marafioti: {2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Ulliott: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

Marafioti had hit his flush on the turn to take the lead, but Ulliott had a redraw to the nut flush and a full house. Unfortunately for the Devilfish, the {4-Spades} blanked on the river and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
88,000
58,000
58,000
David Ulliott
David Ulliott
Busted

Tags: David UlliottMatt Marafioti

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0