This is a doozy of a chart, but it contains some fun facts we thought you might interest you. While we're a long way from the final hand of the 2011 Main Event, it is never too early to reflect on the hands that helped shape poker history:
Vanessa Rousso opened with a raise to 500 from middle position and it folded back around to the player in the big blind who called. The flop came and both checked. The turn was the . Rousso's opponent fired 1,200, and Rousso called.
The river brought the and another bet from Rousso's opponent, this time for 1,500. Rousso called the bet, tabling for kings, good enough to beat her opponent's .
Rousso is off to a good start today, having chipped up to 42,000 during the first two hours-plus.
With approximately 2,700 chips in the middle, the board read between one player and Ryan Julius. After his opponent checked, Julius fired a bet of 1,650. His opponent only took a brief moment to folded and allow Julius to win the pot.
We most notably covered Julius in the $10,000 World Series of Poker Circuit Regional Championship in Hammond in October of last year. Julius went on to finish in 17th place in that event for $26,882. Earlier that year, Julius won the $3,000 Chicago Poker Classic Main Event for $182,247.
From under the gun, Patrick de Koster raised to 450. Ryan Julius flatted from middle position before action folded around to the player on the button. The button made a reraise to 2,100. The two blinds folded and then action was back on de Koster, the original preflop raiser. He tanked for a minute, but eventually folded his hand. Julius also folded.
And just like that, Tom Dwan's 2011 Main Event is over.
He raised to 525 in early position and was called by Frank Rusnak in the big blind. The flop fell and Rusnak check-called 900 from Dwan. The turn card was checked by both, leading to the river. Rusnak bet 1,250, but was raised to 4,600 by Dwan.
After about 30 seconds Rusnak re-raised all in with the bigger stack. Dwan had a decision for his remaining 7,000-ish and called after about another 30 seconds, but saw the bad news when Rusnak tabled . Dwan quickly exited the area before the cameras arrived to see his hand, , turned over.
This past spring, Patrick Houchins finished 3rd in the WSOP-C Main Event at Caesars Atlantic City. He took home $62,893 for is efforts, and is looking to parlay that into millions here at the Main Event.
Just recently, on a board of , he slid out a pot-sized bet against two opponents. They both called, and showed flushes; , and . Houchins tabled the almighty for a full house however, and raked in a nice pot to put him at 45,000 chips.
Carter King and one opponent from under the gun went to a flop of . The UTG player checked and King bet 750. His opponent called and the turn came . King's opponent check-called 900 and the river fell . The UTG player checked a third time and King bet 2,300. His opponent called fairly quickly and mucked when King tabled . King is around 47,000.
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