And We're Back!
Livello 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Players have returned from their break and Jean-Robert Bellande has finally appeared and is now at his table.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Giorni 2
Event Info
Risultati finali
Event Info
Informazioni livello
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Montepremi
$2,601,000
Entries
2,890
Livello
28
Bui
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Livello: 13
Bui: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Break!
Livello 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Esfandiari Escalates the Agression, Emerges as Chip Leader
We passed by Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari's table and noticed his stack had tripled in just two hours of play. While counting his castle of chips, we also witnessed a hand that showed how he has climbed to the top of the leaderboard so rapidly.
After a player on the button raised his big blind, making it 2,800 to go, Esfandiari asked "how much are you playing sir?" The response must have been to The Magician's liking because he causally tossed in enough chips for the call.
The flop fell 
and both players exercised caution and checked it down. After the turn came 
, Esfandiari ramped up the aggression and fired 4,300 into the middle. His opponent quickly mucked and Esfandiari took the pot down uncontested. The Magician appears to be completely relaxed at this point in the tournament, smiling and chatting with fellow players while slowly making their chips vanish into thin air.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
191,000 | 131,000 |
Rob Voigt Reaches the Summit, Earns Second WSOP Cash
Livello 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
In an example of the grinding desperation exhibited by many players seeking a coveted WSOP cash, Rob “The Cooler” Voigt willed himself to the money in extraordinary fashion. During the final stages of Day 1, Voigt told us that he “folded thirty straight hands” in an attempt to slide into Day 2, and hopefully into a cash.
With the clock stopped for the day’s final seven hands, Voigt found himself in an unenviable position: he woke up with 
on the final deal of the evening. Although Voigt had told himself that he would fold any hand at this point, the sight of two cowboys peering back at him compelled what would become a fateful decision. After a raise to 2,000 in front of him, Voigt shoved his last 5,000 into the middle and began to sweat. When his opponent began staring him down from across the table, Voigt seized the moment and in his words “started begging his opponent to fold.”
Voigt warned the player that he had a made hand and pleaded with him to show mercy and toss away a holding that could outdraw his pocket pair. Eventually, after what must have seemed like hours to Voigt, the other player complied and released his 
face-up. The bargaining secured Voigt the pot and he bumped his stack up to 8,000 heading into Day 2’s bubble-bursting first level.
Sporting an Atlanta Braves jersey with the name and number of his favorite player from childhood, David Justice, Voigt told PokerNews that the inspiration for the attire was part baseball, part poker. He went on to explain that hoped “justice would be done when he had the best hand,” and thanks to some clever negotiating, Voigt earned a shot at his first ever WSOP cash.
Shortly before the start of Day 2, Voigt stopped by to tell us that “it was time to make the money” and then he backed up the boast by surviving a flurry of bustouts and bursting the bubble. Although his 
eventually succumbed to a rivered king, Voigt finished in 290th place and took home a bounty of $1,889 for his run. While a minimum cash may not attract headlines, the fact that Voigt’s passion for the game was rewarded with a tangible prize is the type of story worth capturing, and the type of story that occurs each and every day here at the World Series of Poker.
Table 370 - Table of Doom?
Livello 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
As we scanned through the quickly thinning field we noticed that table #370 is going to be one to watch today. With John Kim, Lee Childs, and Ali Eslami all seated there, that table is sure to create some exciting action in the upcoming levels.
One notable player in today's field apparently plans on being fashionably late. Jean-Robert Bellande's chips are still in a pile at his seat but he has been nowhere to be found as of yet. We'll let you know when he shows up!
Technical Difficulties
Livello 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
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Jason Tomlinson Gets a Heart Transplant
Livello 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
After a player in middle position raised to 2,500, both Pui Yung and Jeffrey Tomlinson moved all-in for stacks of 7,200 and 5,200 respectively. The original player had them both covered and made the call for a three-way confrontation.
Showdown:
Yung:
Tomlinson: 
Opponent: 
All three players stood to await the arrival of the flop. The big-stacked opponent called for an ace, and when another player at the table said "I folded one of those," the opponent retorted with "I don't wanna hear that! There's three more of 'em in there!"
When the flop fell 
, Yung's cowboys were still best and the opponent began calling for queens as well. A came on the turn and now all three players went silent as the dealer prepared to reveal the river.
River: 
"Heart! Yes!" screamed Tomlinson as he made a runner-runner flush to claim the main pot and triple up. After some accounting, Yung was awarded the small side pot with her pair of kings, reminding Tomlinson "that was very lucky" while he counted what used to be her chips.
Radoja Relinquishes
Livello 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
A player under-the-gun raised to 2,300 and was called by a player in middle position and Mark Radoja from the big.
The flop came 
and Radoja donked for 4,000. The under-the-gun player quickly folded by the middle position player promptly raised to 10,000. Radoja asked how much he had behind, but then folded after some thought.
Radoja is down to 48,000.
Livello: 12
Bui: 600/1,200
Ante: 200