Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Giorno 2 iniziato
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Giorni 2
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
Day 2 Begins With the March to the Money
Day 2 will see the 463 returning players all eyeing the money bubble -- set at 342 players. The last No Limit Hold'em event before the Main Event drew massive field of 3,389 entrants and Ben Volpe bested them all ending Day 1 with 156,200.
Nipping at Volpe's heels at the top of the chip counts are David Zemel, David Eldridge, Bryn Kenney and Brett Jungblut. Other notables returning are Dan Kelly, Justin Schwartz, Noah Schwartz, Eddy Sabat, Mikhail Shalamov, Gavin Smith, Josh Brikis, Brock Parker and Eric Baldwin.
A full ten levels are slated for today's action, and tournament officials hoped to reach the final table by the end of the night when the structure was written, but chances are slim to reach such a number with 463 returning players. A more realistic number would in the area of 35 players.
Action kicks off promptly at 2:30 in the Purple and Orange sections of the Amazon Room, in the shadow of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship Final Table that will be played at the ESPN Feature Table. Be sure to follow all of the WSOP action live on Pokernews.com
Livello: 11
Bui: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal!
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Livello 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The cards are in the air!
Patel Picked Off
The cries of "Seat open!" have been echoing throughout the Amazon Room early, with Manish Patel amongst the early eliminations, courtesy of Anthony Anderson.
Ryan Pochedly raised to 2,200 from early position and Anderson called before Patel shoved from the cutoff. The others got out of the way before the cards were revealed:
Anderson: 
Patel: 
Neither hand improved on the board of 
and Patel's day was done.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | 21,500 |
|
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Eliminato |
Wherefore Art Thou, Volpe?
Livello 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
It appears that with almost 15 minutes gone into the first level of play today, our chip leader, Benjamin Volpe, had yet to arrive. His stack had been unbagged, but his chips were in a massive pile in his seat over on table 350, with the receipt laying directly on top of them.
Since he's got 150+ big blinds in his stack, we reckon he deserves a little sleep-in after the hard work he put in yesterday. Fear not, he's now arrived!
Peter Feldman Pads His Stack
Livello 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Our PokerNews field reporter picked up the action between Peter Feldman and his opponent on a board that read 
, where Feldman led out for 4,700 into an 8,000 pot.
The opponent called, then called Feldman's bet of 5,500 on the river of the 
, only to muck after Feldman showed 
for two pair. Feldman is now up to 45,000 in chips.
Grondin Takes One From Reneaut
Livello 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Laurence Grondin and Claire Reneaut went the flop of 
and Reneaut bet 2,500. Grondin called and the 
came on the turn. Both players checked to the river 
. They both checked again and Grondin tabled 
. Reneaut couldn't beat the pair of nines and mucked her hand.
Smith Sends One Home
Livello 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Action opened immediately when a player under the gun moved all in for 11,300. It was folded all the way around to Gavin Smith on the button who counted out his chips and dropped them in the middle for a call. The small blind got out of the way and the big blind capped his cards.
"Do you want to triple up?", the big blind player asked the player under the gun. Eventually he mucked his cards and the all in and the call were turned over:
Smith: 
Opponent:
The board fell 
and Smith's pair of aces were able to send one toward the rail, bringing his stack up to around 80,000.
Kagin KO's Chang
The action folded around to Adam Kagin who raised to 2,500 before David Chang shoved from middle position. All the other players left them to duke it out, and Kagin pondered his option for about a minute before making the call with 
, flipping against Chang's 
.
The flop of 
changed nothing, but Chang picked up the straight draw on the turn of the 
. Howeve,r the 
bricked out on the river and Chang picked up his bag and started walking away. The other players were puzzled, because the stacks were actually quite close and the dealer was cutting them down to make sure.
Despite their repeated cries at Chang to get him to come back, he stayed the course on his way out of the Amazon. He knew he was covered (albeit by a very small margin) - and after the chips were cut down, that was confirmed.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,500 | 6,700 |
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Eliminato |