Livello: 16
Bui: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Giorni 2
Event Info
Risultati finali
Event Info
Informazioni livello
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Montepremi
$3,839,000
Entries
817
Livello
32
Bui
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
The Quarter-Million Club
Here are some of the chip leaders that have crossed the quarter-million mark.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | -5,000 |
|
320,000 | 45,000 |
|
300,000 | 23,000 |
|
290,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
279,000 | 59,000 |
|
270,000 | 53,000 |
Break It Up
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The players are now on a 20 minute break while the tournament staff colors up the black T100 chips.
Table o' Fun
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
One of the more entertaining tables to watch is Purple 365 plunked right in the middle of the room. It has Mark Radoja (Seat 1), Vitaly Lunkin (2), David Fox (3), Matt Marafioti (5), Isaac Baron (7), and Anh Van Nguyen (9). Just before the break, we walked up to some significant preflop action, but just the tail end of it. Isaac Baron was in late position, and he had 28,500 chips out in front of him. We think it was likely a four-bet, because Anh Van Nguyen appeared to have a five-bet stack out in front of his small blind. Baron gave it a long look before kicking his cards into the muck, and he'll forfeit those chips to slide back to about 165,000. Van Nguyen is up to 190,000 or so, and those two have most of the chips on that table.
Yunis Slays The Matador
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Carlos Mortensen and Nicolas Yunis just played a big pot that saw the Matador lose all his chips to Yunis. We didn't catch the preflop action, but when the flop came out 
the fireworks went off. The two got in a raising war that saw all of Mortensen's 50,000 chips get in the middle. When the cards were flipped, it was easy to see why.
Yunis: 
Mortensen: 
Mortensen had flopped middle set, but it was second best to Yunis, who flopped the nuts. Mortensen would need the board to pair to survive the hand, and he whiffed on the turn, the 
. The river brought the 
, and just like that, Mortensen headed to the exit, while Yunis chipped up to around 195,000.
Miles Exits Amid Controversy
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Timothy "T.K." Miles raised about 20,000 from middle position, leaving himself just 100 behind. Anh Van Nguyen was sitting to his immediate left and said something, before throwing out 20,000 in chips.
Mark Radoja was next to act and there was some confusion to whether or not Nguyen said, "I call... and I want to put him all in," or just "I want to put him all in." The former would mean that he just calls while the latter would force him to min-raise which was affecting Radoja's decision. The floor was called over and due to the recollection of the dealer, it was ruled a call. Radajo ended up folding while people at the table were still trying to figure it out which did not please some table members.
Regardless, the rest of the players folded as well, and Miles was in trouble with his 
versus the 
of Nguyen. The flop was 
which was even worse news for Miles. THe 
turn and 
river sealed the deal and Miles hit the rail.
Gettin' Swoll
All right, so we lied a little bit. Jeff Sarwer doesn't have 275,000 chips. It appears, after a closer count, that he has more like 355,000 chips. That gives him a little cushion over the field, but there are some other stacks starting to swell around the room as the bubble approaches.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
355,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
277,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
275,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
273,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
265,000 | 40,000 |
|
245,000 | 130,000 |
|
230,000 | 141,000 |
Veldhuis of Cards
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Lex Veldhuis was over 100,000 chips at a couple different points today, but his pre-dinner count found him floundering around the 15bb mark. We didn't see the hand that did him in, but we did see him pacing slowly to the rail, then shrugging with his palms up as he walked and talked with a couple consolers.
Baker's Rising
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
David "Bakes" Baker opened the pot with a raise from late-position, and the player on the button got his last 54,000 chips into the middle with 
. That was not at all a good thing when Bakes showed up 
, and the board ran a clean 
.
Baker sends another one packing, increasing to about 210,000 with that knockout.
It Ain't Checkers
Livello 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
We counted Jeff Sarwer at about 135,000 just before the dinner break, but a recent pass-by sees him stacking up about 275,000 chips to skyrocket to the top of the leaderboard. So now seems a fitting time to tell you just a few tidbits about him if you're unfamiliar.
Sarwer is a former child chess prodigy who's taken to the felt in the last three years, spending most of his time in Europe. He's already notched a third-place finish in an EPT event and a runner-up showing in a EPT High Roller event as part of his $500,000+ tournament earnings. Sarwer only has one cash at this WSOP so far, but it was a good one -- an eighth-place finish in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event.
He's sitting over here near us at a table that features Pierre Neuville and the original David Baker. And he's doing quite well for himself here in the after-dinner session.