Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship Giorno 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker

2011-06-05 01:01 UTC

Chips From the Other Half of the Room

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Daniel Stern	241,000 147,300	147,300
Cliff Josephy	138,000 67,600	67,600

Mark Dickstein	123,000 30,300	30,300
Nick Binger	83,000 18,000	18,000

Thomas Bichon	71,000 25,200	25,200
Justin Bonomo	68,000 -75,000	-75,000

Michael Benvenuti	59,000 12,000	12,000
Dwyte Pilgrim	52,000 -3,100	-3,100
Todd Brunson	37,000 -20,000	-20,000

Inesa Paberzs	36,000 -37,000	-37,000
Will Failla	33,000 -16,700	-16,700
Gabriel Thaler	24,000 -25,600	-25,600

2011-06-05 00:58 UTC

Nice Call Reults in Baldwin Double

With around 28,000 in the pot and a board reading {5-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {6-Hearts} , McLean Karr bet 16,700 and was called by Eric Baldwin, who left himself just 22,900 behind. When the {6-Clubs} peeled off on the river, Karr thought for a moment before making a bet large enough to put his opponent all in.

Baldwin snap-called and showed {9-Spades} {9-Clubs} , which was good against the {A-} {K-} of Karr. Interestingly, the black pocket nines is the same hand Phil Hellmuth used to win the 1989 WSOP Main Event; coincidentally, both Baldwin and Hellmuth are from Wisconsin. If you're looking for useless, yet fun, trivia, there you have it!

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
McLean Karr	115,000 -31,000	-31,000
Eric Baldwin	112,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Eric Baldwin McLean Karr

2011-06-05 00:51 UTC

Fish Doubles Through Billirakis

We've been talking about Table #295 all day and how tough it is with its stacked lineup. In a recent hand, Steve Billirakis raised to 3,600 under the gun and was met with a reraise to 9,800 by Darryll Fish in the small blind. Billirakis responded by making it 17,600, Fish moved all in for 45,900, and Billirakis made the call.

Billirakis: {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}
Fish: {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds}

Fish was the one at risk, but he was in a dominating position as long as he could dodge a ten. As fate would have it, that is exactly what he did as the board ran out {5-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {3-Hearts} .

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Darryll Fish	93,400 44,400	44,400
Steve Billirakis	31,000 -46,000	-46,000

Tags: Darryll Fish Steve Billirakis

2011-06-05 00:43 UTC

Negreanu All In with Pocket Eights

Isaac Haxton opened from middle position for 3,200 only to have Daniel Negreanu reraise to 11,600 from the button. Noah Schwartz then four-bet to 40,800, Haxton folded, and Negreanu called all in for 20,000.

Negreanu: {8-Spades} {8-Clubs}
Schwartz: {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}

As one might expect, it was another race situation. Luckily for Negreanu, the board ran out {5-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {3-Clubs} and his eights held for the double.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Noah Schwartz	62,000 7,000	7,000

Daniel Negreanu	44,800 21,800	21,800

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Noah Schwartz

2011-06-05 00:37 UTC

Chip Counts From Around the Room

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Men Nguyen	122,000 -7,900	-7,900

Robert Mizrachi	120,000 5,000	5,000

Brandon Adams	120,000 13,000	13,000
Steve O'Dwyer	107,000 107,000	107,000
Jason Mercier	100,000 -10,000	-10,000

Sam Stein	95,000 95,000	95,000
Vladimir Shchemelev	56,000 -3,500	-3,500
Shannon Shorr	50,000 -200	-200

Phil Laak	48,000 -47,000	-47,000

Erick Lindgren	36,000 -600	-600

Annette Obrestad	34,000 -14,000	-14,000

Beth Shak	33,000 -8,800	-8,800

2011-06-05 00:35 UTC

Short Stacks Battle

Paul Foltyn raised to 3,600 under the gun only to have Kyle Julius reraise all in for around 12,800. Action folded back to Foltyn and he made the call.

Foltyn: {A-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}
Julius: {6-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}

It was a classic race situation with Julius' tournament life on the line. The {10-Spades} {7-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} flop was kind to the at-risk player, as was the {3-Hearts} turn and {9-Clubs} river. Julius got a much-needed double, though he is still pretty short.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Paul Foltyn	29,000 14,200	14,200
Kyle Julius	28,000 6,900	6,900

Tags: Kyle Julius Paul Foltyn

2011-06-05 00:31 UTC

Baking with Wood

Matthew Wood raised to 3,500 from early position and received a call from David "Bakes" Baker on the button. It was heads up to the {Q-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} flop, at which point Wood led out for 4,000. Again Baker called and both players proceeded to check the {9-Clubs} turn.

Wood returned to his aggressiveness after the {10-Clubs} peeled off on the river by throwing out a bet of 12,000. Baker made the call but mucked as soon as Wood turned over {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} for a ace-high flush.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Matthew Wood	60,000 4,400	4,400
David Bakes Baker	37,000 -6,500	-6,500

Tags: Matthew Wood David Baker

2011-06-05 00:30 UTC

Video: Event #1 Champion Sean Drake

Livello 11 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Kristy Arnett catches up with the winner of the Casino Employees Event, Sean Drake.

Tags: Sean Drake

Livello: 11

Bui: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

2011-06-05 00:21 UTC

Pezzin Busts Stonehill Prior to Break

Just before the break, Jarred Solomon raised to 2,600 prelop and received four callers all the way to Team PokerStars Pro (Canada) Pat Pezzin in the big blind. He decided to squeeze with a raise to 13,000 and it almost worked as the field folded one by one to Michael Stonehill, who moved all in for 23,500. Pezzin made the call and the cards were turned up:

Pezzin: {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}
Stonehill: {Q-Spades} {J-Spades}

Pezzin was in a dominating position and remained there as the board ran out an uneventful {5-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {3-Spades} {4-Spades} .

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Pat Pezzin	118,000 118,000	118,000
Michael Stonehill	Eliminato

Tags: Michael Stonehill Pat Pezzin