Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$382,500
Entries
850
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
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Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The Pavilion Room is slowly clearing out here at the Casino Employee's event. We have around 135 players left. After a player in middle position opened the pot with a 3,050 raise, Frank McCool from Mississippi re-raised all in for 12,875. The middle position player called and flipped over 
. McCool showed 
.
The flop showed up 
, and the turn brought the 
to put McCool's opponent ahead. He began to get up and said "Nice catch, sir" but just as he was about to leave he spiked the 
on the river and now sits with around 34,000.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
A quick scan of the room shows that Jordan Dhooghe is easily the chip leader sitting at around 90,000.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
On the button, David Doremus raised to 2,800 and Jake Revelle shoved all-in for 18,100. Doremus tanked for awhile and called for most of his stack and flipped over 
. Revelle flipped over and they were off to the races.
The flop came 
to give Doremus the lead with top pair. The turn came 
to give Doremus three of a kind but Revelle spiked the on the river to make a full house and take the win.
Revelle was clearly ecstatic and he let the whole Pavilion Room know with the loudest yell of the day.
Revelle doubled up to almost 40,000 while Doremus was left with less than 5,000.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Scotty Dietz was able to knock a player out by getting his aces all in preflop against his opponent's kings.
They held and he has chipped up to about 40,000.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
A player in the cutoff opened the action with a raise to 2,500 chips. LaVallie, in the big blind, three bet to 7,900. After some thought, the initial raiser decided to go all in and LaVallie quickly made the call.
LaVallie: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and LaVallie has reached 45,000 chips.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Jordan Dhooghe from the Downstream Casino in Joplin, Missouri continues to build up his impressive chip stack here in level 8 play.
The button opened up the action with a raise to 2,500 and was called by the player in the small blind and Dhooghe in the big blind. The flop came up 
. Both the small and Dhooghe checked and the button led out for another 2,500. The small blind folded and Dhooghe flat called. Both players checked again when the 
hit the turn. The button bet another 2,500 and Dhooghe flat called. A on the river brought about the same action with Dhooghe checking, the button betting 2,500 and Dhooghe flat calling.
Jordan Dhooghe flipped up 
and the button mucked his cards declaring he had queens.
Winning that pot bumped Dhooghe up to 95,000 chips.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The first three players to act preflop all limped. The big blind checked his option and they saw the 
flop four ways. All four players checked and the turn came the . The first player bet 2,000, the next one folded and Sam Beard moved all in for 5,675. After the fourth player folded, the initial turn bettor quickly called and found his 
out-kicked by the 
of Beard. The river bricked with the and Beard moves get his stack to 13,000.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The players are on their final 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100