A few familiar faces we saw as we walked the Amazon room
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Giorni 1a
Event Info
Risultati finali
Event Info
Informazioni livello
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Montepremi
$64,531,000
Entries
6,865
Livello
43
Bui
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000
Livello 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
Our tournament director who is announcing the action at our featured table has already admitted he's going to have a bit of a hard time as we have not one, not two, but three "Steves" now at our featured table. Here's the list of players at the table right now.
1 - Janno Cazemier
2 - Steve Schlesinger
3 - Willie Haughey
4 - Zarik Megerdichan
5 - Steve Costello
6 - Doyle Brunson
7 - Steve Gee
8 - Kristina Holst
9 - Wayne Boich
10 - Richard Teatum
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Livello 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
With about 2,500 in the middle and the board showing 
, the blinds both checked, then the UTG player bet 1,550.
Brian Hastings, sitting in the cutoff, was next to act. He inquired what the UTG player had behind -- about 9,000 -- then raised to 4,000. The others folded, and after pausing a beat Hastings' lone remaining opponent let it go as well.
Hastings had a rough first couple of levels, dropping down to less than half his starting stack. But he's bounced back to about 25,000 now.
Shortly before dinner break, Randy "nanonoko" Lew was down to his last 8,500, but then he tweeted, "Was down to 8500 from 30000 but just doubled up with KKv99 so up to about 18k...very swingy game I'm playing !"
We just caught up with him in a hand where he gained back even more of that starting stack.
A player in early position raised it up to 775 with the small blind and Lew in the big blind calling.
The flop came down 
and all three players checked. The turn came 
, the small blind checked and Lew bet out 1,125 and got a call from the early position player, and the small blind folded.
The river came 
and and Lew bet out 2,400 which incited a fold from his opponent. Lew scooped the pot and is back up to 23,000
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
7,700
|
7,700 |
We caught up with the action on a 
flop, where a lone opponent in the big blind check-called a 1,000 bet from Annette Obrestad from middle position.
A 
fell on the turn and the big blind again checked. Obrestad fired a 2,100 bet and her opponent flatted once more.
However, when the 
came on the river, Obrestad's opponent led out for 6,500. Obrestad counted out calling chips and pushed them into the middle. Her opponent revealed 
for trip treys, but Obrestad flipped over 
for a rivered flush and scooped the pot.
Obrestad is up to 45,000.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
12,200
|
12,200 |
The player in the hijack raised it to 750, and Isaac Haxton make it 3,000 on the button. It folded back to the hijack who called, and the two took a flop heads up of 
. The hijack bet out 4,000 and Haxton called. The turn came the , and the hijack once again bet 4,000. Once again, Haxton called, and when the 
hit the river, the hijack once again bet 4,000. Haxton started to tank, and asked his opponent "What do you have?" Assuming Haxton was refering to his stack, the player began to count down his chips, and Haxton stopped him, saying "No I meant your hole cards." The table chuckled, and Haxton decided to make the call, saying "Show me something silly". The hijack showed 
for a straight and Haxton mucked, dropping to 12,000.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
12,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
|
||
Livello 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
Jason Alexander is officially over double his starting stack after this last hand.
We came in on the turn with the board reading 
and 3,500 already in the pot. The big blind checked and from middle position Alexander bet out 2,400. The player in the big blind raised it up to 5,000 and Alexander called. The river came 
and the big blind bet out 6,000 with Alexander making the call.
Alexander showed 
for the straight and the big blind mucked. He is up to 63,000 and still chipping up at one of the toughest tables in the room.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
68,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
62,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
53,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
51,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
46,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
|
46,000
11,900
|
11,900 |
|
|
45,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
45,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
40,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
|
37,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
35,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
35,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
|
34,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
34,000
7,300
|
7,300 |
|
|
33,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
|
29,000 | |
|
|
29,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
27,400 | |
|
|
25,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
21,600
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
|
21,200 | |
|
|
19,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
16,500
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
|
15,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
We caught up with the action on a 
flop where Chris Bjorin was under the gun and checked to Matt Affleck who bet 1,200. Bjorin came back with a check-raise to 2,500 which Affleck called as the players saw the 
turn. Bjorin led for 2,500 and Affleck made the call as did he do for 7,000 on the 
river as well. Bjorin flipped over for quads and raked in the pot when Affleck mucked.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
18,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Lex Veldhuis just took down a big pot that has shot him up into one of the top five stacks in the room. We caught the tail end of the hand, so Veldhuis gave us a walkthrough after the hand was over. As the cards were being dealt out, a black ace was unintentionally exposed that would have been dealt to Veldhuis. Despite that misfortune, it didn't stop Veldhuis from raising under the gun to 800. Two players in middle position called, as did the button, and Farha raised it up to 4,000 in the small blind. Only Veldhuis and the button called, and the three saw a flop of 
.
Farha led out for 5,000, and Veldhuis elected to call. The button then shipped his 20,000 stack in the middle, and Farha made the call. It was on Veldhuis now, and he elected to go all in for 16,000 more! Farha then went deep into the tank, and despite all of the money in the pot, he elected to fold. It was a good fold at that, as Velduis showed a monster.
Veldhuis: 
Button: 
Despite missing out on the first ace he was dealt, Veldhuis still had pocket aces! He would need to dodge a seven, four, or two to win the pot. He did so on the turn, the , and the river, the . Veldhuis scooped the giant pot, putting him over 80,000 while Farha was knocked down to around 20,000 on that hand.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | |
|
|
22,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |