Bradley Kopelson moved all in preflop for 215,000 with only to run into the of Michael Fong. The paired Fong, though it did give Kopelson a gut-shot straight draw to a ten.
"Come on ten," Kopelson said. The dealer did not oblige on the turn, which was the . "Come on ten," Kopelson pleaded once again. The dealer burned and put out the .
"YES," Kopelson bellowed. Fong couldn't believe it as he was left with just 51,000 after the hand. A short time later, he was eliminated from the tournament in 26th place for $12,603.
Vitaly Meshcheriakov raised to 16,000 from the cutoff only to have Justin Oliver move all in for 146,000 from the button. Lisa Hamilton was in the small blind and proceeded to move all in over the top, which drove Meshcheriakov from the hand.
Showdown
Oliver:
Hamilton:
Oliver was crushed and failed to find any help as the board ran out . He finished in 29th place for $10,213.
Meanwhile, Matthew Sande was eliminated in 30th place.
Most Money Won By an Individual at the 2011 WSOP (Excluding Main Event)
Place
Player
Money Won
1
Brian Rast
$1,952,443
2
Phil Hellmuth
$1,591,004
3
Ben Lamb
$1,331,832
4
Joe Ebanks
$1,179,031
5
Chris Moorman
$1,051,466
6
Allen Bari
$894,259
7
Jake Cody
$856,427
8
Mikhail Lakhitov
$851,058
9
Antonin Teisseire
$825,604
10
Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier
$811,639
Points of Interest:
Tom Dwan played in 54 of 58 bracelets events he was eligible for (no Seniors, Casino Employees or Ladies event).
Not only did Kirill Rabtsov earn the most cashes at the 2011 WSOP, he had one of the highest cash percentage rates among players in 2011 at 30.43%.
Even before the 2011 WSOP Main Event, Ben Lamb had already amassed $1.3 million in tournament earnings. His third place finish in the Main earned him an additional $4,021,138 for a total of $5,352,970.
Pius Heinz, by virtue of his Main Event win plus his one other WSOP cash, won $8,798,924 at the 2011 WSOP, the most of any individual.
Only Phil Hellmuth and Chris Moorman on the Top 10 money earners list did not win a WSOP gold bracelet—but both had runner-up finishes.
We didn't catch the hand, but we do know that Ryan Laplante recently eliminated both Erez Ozer and Marcel Vonk in the same hand. The former finished in 32nd place for $10,213, while the latter, a former winner of this event back in 2010, took 31st for the same amount.
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of Michael Fong. The 
paired Fong, though it did give Kopelson a gut-shot straight draw to a ten.
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. He finished in 29th place for $10,213.
