Dinner Anyone?
Livello 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Players are now on a 60-minute break. See you back here at 8 p.m. PDT.
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: 15
Bui: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Back From Dinner
Livello 14
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Players have now returned from their break. Just before we went to dinner the number of players dropped to double digits. The average stack right now is 87,576 and unlike at the start of the day, there are now many players who are deep stacked and have a lot more room to maneuver.
Will Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Hellmuth continue to push around the less experienced players at their tables? We've still got six levels of play remaining this evening so anything can happen!
Luckychewy Gets....Lucky
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
A player in early position opened for 6,200 and Andrew "Luckychewy" Lichtenberger to his immediate left deliberated before announcing he was all in for 26,000. Everyone folded back around to the original raiser who called.
Lichtenberger: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop would give Lichtenberger a set to put him in the lead. The 
turn and 
river were no help to his opponent and Lichtenberger doubled up to about 55,000.
From Sure Chop to Crushing Defeat
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
With players pushing chips around the table everywhere we look, one all-in hand we witnessed appeared to be uninteresting initially.
One player had raised to 4,500 from early position and an opponent in the hijack reraised to 15,000. The original raiser quickly moved all-in for 45,000 more and, just as quickly, his opponent announced a call. The early position player showed down the 
, while the hijack revealed his 
.
A chopped pot was all but assured, but when the flop came 
, the hijack player stood up in anticipation, hoping more clubs were on their way.
The turn card came 
and now the whole table was watching and waiting to see if justice would be done.
River: 
The club on the river hit the early position player like a ton of bricks, and his entire stack was shipped across the table while he sat helplessly and watched. The winner of the hand was so stunned by his victory that he couldn't even summon his name when asked. The mystery man now holds a decent stack of nearly 100,000 and, if this hand is any indication, he has a horseshoe and some rabbit's feet hidden somewhere as well.
Driscoll Draining Chips From Rest of Table
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
On a board of 
, Jonathan Driscoll bet 30,000 into a pot containing nearly 65,000. His opponent went into the tank before calling, but he mucked his cards when Driscoll announced "I have a jack."
His 
was good enough to drag the pot and Driscoll appears to have his opponent's mesmerized, as they call him down with inferior holdings and ship more chips his way.
Antonio Staying Active
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Befitting his status as tournament chip leader, Antonio Esfandiari has been very active lately and engaged his opponents in three pots from late position.
In the first hand, a player in the cutoff raised to 6,000 and The Magician raised to 14,100 from the button. His opponent played back at the chip leader and four-bet all-in. Esfandiari mucked his cards moved on to the next hand.
On the next deal, a player raised to 6,000 from late position and Esfandiari tried, tried again, making it 14,100 to go for the second hand in a row. This time the power play worked and Esfandiari dragged the pot uncontested.
On the following hand, Esfandiari raised to 5,300 from the hijack and an opponent in the small blind called. The flop fell 
and both players tapped the table. When the turn came , the small blind fired 8,500 into the middle and Esfandiari released.
It appears that Esfandiari's huge chip stack has compelled him to open his game up, and he is playing pots frequently in an attempt to take control of both his table, and the entire tournament.
Hellmuth Lays One Down
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Action folded all the way around to the player in the small blind who raised to 7,500. Phil Hellmuth was in the big blind and tanked for a couple of minutes before deciding to call.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the and the small blind immediately announced he was all in. Hellmuth seemed almost shocked. The all-in was for around 25,000 and Hellmuth mumbled to himself a bit eventually declaring, "I have the biggest draw in the world" before folding his 
face up.
The other player seemed sad that Hellmuth folded, so we can only imagine that he did make the correct decision in laying his "big draw" down.
Coloring Up
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Players are now on a 20-minute break so the black T100 chips can be raced off.
Livello: 16
Bui: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500