Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
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Event Info
Risultati finali
Event Info
Informazioni livello
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Montepremi
$4,575,150
Entries
3,389
Livello
32
Bui
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Ya'll Ready For This?!
Today we start Event #56, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, and the last such tournament on the schedule this year. While everyone has mixed emotions about the end of the series, the Rio is clearly excited. Right now they have playing what appears to be a pump up mix over the loud speakers, including "Ya'll Ready For This", by 2 Unlimited. For those of you that didn't have a Jock Jam's phase in the 90's, here is the link to that video.
However, today will be anything but cheesy and elementary. Last year, the final $1,500 event brought out 2,543 players and a created a more than $3.4 million prizepool. In the end, it was Michael Linn who took home $609,493 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. With the fields spiking this year, our turnout is likely to be even larger and the prizepool even bigger. This year, we've already had six great champions in an event structured this way including Andy Frankenberger and Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari.
Action is scheduled to start today at noon and entrants will play 10 levels of poker. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled right here to PokerNews for all your Event #56 updates.
Livello: 1
Bui: 25/25
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Livello 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel has just had his official bracelet ceremony with a special introduction by WSOP VP Ty Stewart. Cards are in the air.
Packed to the Gills
Livello 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
We have a giant starting field today. Both the Amazon and Pavilion Rooms are filled for the start of play.
Back in Black!
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Livello 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
A sweep of the Black Section of the Pavillion Room has revealed to us the following players:
Arkadiy Tsinis
Chris Tryba
Barry Shulman
Humberto Brenes
Ben Ludlow
Andre Akkari
Sarah Bilney
With more than 2,200 players registered, we're sure to see more names fill up the empty seats during these first four levels of play.
More Players
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 |
Amazon Room Players
We just made a quick pass through the absolutely full Amazon Room and we've spotted the following players in the field.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
|
4,500 |
Levy Gets Robbed
As we wandered by table 31 in the Pavillion's Black section, we bumped into a familiar face - that of 2007 APPT Main Event Champion Grant Levy, who has just taken a hit to his stack early.
The action folded around to the player in the cutoff who raised to 75 before the flop; Levy called from the small blind, as did the big blind, to make it three-handed to a flop of 
. Levy and the big blind checked to the cutoff who opened for 200, but only Levy called, making it head-up to the turn of the 
.
Levy check-called the cutoff's bet of 400, then after the dealer produced the 
on the river, Levy checked again to the cutoff, who fired out 1,025. Levy looked rather puzzled, but eventually elected to call, but the cutoff tabled 
for the straight against Levy's 
.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300 |
The Mellow in Yellow, The Might in White
Here are some more of the notable notables to have taken their seats today.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 | |
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4,500 |