2011 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
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

Huge Pot for Lindgren

Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren

McLean Karr, who began the day with one of the big stacks, raised to 4,500 under the gun and received calls from three players, one being Erick Lindgren. When the flop fell {2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, action checked to Karr and he bet 12,700, which Lindgren and Chris Bell both called.

After the dealer burned and turned the {5-Diamonds}, Karr checked, Lindgren bet 24,000, Bell folded, Karr potted, and Lindgren called all in for 67,500.

Karr: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Lindgren: {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}

Lindgren was ahead with his flopped set and just needed to dodge a six, seven, and three on the river to survive, which is what he did when the {J-Hearts} peeled off. Just like that, Lindgren was sitting on a big stack while Karr was crippled.

Player Chips Progress
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
205,300
169,300
169,300
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
10,000
-105,000
-105,000

Tags: Erick LindgrenMcLean Karr

Chips, Chips, Chips

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Stern us
Daniel Stern
192,000
-49,000
-49,000
Binh Nguyen us
Binh Nguyen
168,000
9,000
9,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
110,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
71,000
-26,000
-26,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Juanda id
John Juanda
71,000
43,000
43,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
60,000
-5,000
-5,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
59,000
7,000
7,000
James Carroll us
James Carroll
33,000
1,000
1,000
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
28,000
-31,000
-31,000
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
28,000
-92,000
-92,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
21,000
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
12,000
-11,200
-11,200
WSOP 1X Winner

Marco Traniello Trending Up

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Marco Traniello called Annette Obrestad's opening raise to see a flop of {2-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {8-Spades}. Traniello check-called a 5,000 bet from Obrestad. The turn fell {4-Hearts} and both players checked. The {A-Hearts} fell on the turn, Traniello checked, Obrestad bet 12,000 and Traniello called.

Traniello tabled {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} and Obrestad mucked her hand. She is around 56,000 and Traniello is close to 80,000.

Tags: Annette ObrestadMarco Traniello

Obrestad Eliminates Dempsey

Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad

James Dempsey raised in early position only to have Annette Obrestad reraise from the hijack, Dempsey then moved all in for around 28,000, Obrestad called, and the cards were revealed.

Dempsey: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}
Obrestad: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Dempsey was in big trouble and desperately needed a six to improve his tournament outlook. The {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{3-Spades} flop was no help, and neither was the {K-Hearts} turn. Dempsey needed a six in the river to stay alive, but it was the {5-Spades} that appeared.

Likewise, Vladimir Shchemelev was recently eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
84,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Annette ObrestadJames Dempsey

Laak Eliminated by Kagawa

Phil Laak
Phil Laak

Phil "Unabomber" Laak was all in preflop holding {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} against the {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} of Masa Kagawa. A small pocket pair has been gold in these situations, and that'd prove to be the case yet again as the board ran out {4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}.

Just like that, the Unabomber was eliminated from the tournament; however, he is still hanging around the area and chumming it up with the like of Sorel Mizzi and McLean Karr over at Table #295 . . . which actually just broke.

Player Chips Progress
Masaaki Kagawa
Masaaki Kagawa
97,000
62,000
62,000
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Masa KagawaPhil Laak

Dempsey Doubles Through Stein

James Dempsey raised under the gun only to have Sam Stein reraise from the big blind. Dempsey called off for 800 more and it was off to the races.

Dempsey: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Stein: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

We've been waiting for the overcards to crack the small pocket pair in these flips for quite some time, but it was not about to happen here. The board ran out clean for Dempsey as it came {2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{A-Diamonds}, giving him a much-needed double.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
117,000
-7,000
-7,000
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
16,600
9,600
9,600
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James DempseySam Stein

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
178,000
131,000
131,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
130,000
23,000
23,000
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
120,000
46,000
46,000
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
110,000
44,800
44,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
87,000
23,500
23,500
WSOP 1X Winner
63,000
25,300
25,300
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
57,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Dwyer us
John Dwyer
48,000
-3,000
-3,000
Jordan Smith us
Jordan Smith
46,000
12,800
12,800
Clint Coffee
Clint Coffee
38,000
-14,800
-14,800
Masaaki Kagawa
Masaaki Kagawa
35,000
-10,000
-10,000
Beth Shak us
Beth Shak
29,000
-4,000
-4,000
Russell Rosenblum us
Russell Rosenblum
Busted
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Haxton Axed

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 0 ante
Men Nguyen playing quietly.
Men Nguyen playing quietly.

Isaac Haxton moved all in on the river with the board reading {9-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}. Men Nguyen called, tabling {K-} {9-}, rivering a second pair. Haxton showed {Q-} {2-} and his day was done.

Nguyen is above the 100,000 mark and is quietly sipping a beer sitting next to Daniel Negreanu.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuIsaac HaxtonMen Nguyen