Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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
77 casino employees from around the world are returning to the Rio today to take their shot at the first bracelet of the 2011 World Series in Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em.
The plan for today is to play down to a winner today, though the situation will be re-evaluated once ten levels are complete.
The restart is set for 2:30 pm, and two players are entering the day at over 100,000 in chips. Jordan Dhooghe, from Parsons, KS, leads the field with 129,800 in chips. Thanh Ngo is nipping at his heels with 101,400 in chips. Ahmad Alashkar (92,800), Anthony Nicholson (85,100) and John Pack (84,800) round out the top 5.
We are looking to find our first champion of the series today, so stay tuned for exclusive live updates form the pokernews team all day!.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
With several short stacks to start the day, we figured eliminations would come fast and furious. And proving that, we have an elimination on the first hand of play. Garrett Winslow got the last of his chips in against Robert Dillon, and Dillon was surpised to see he was in a dominant position.
Dillon: 
Winslow 
The board ran out 
and Dillon's two pair was enough to score the first elimination of the day.
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Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
From middle position Christopher Marohn moved all in for 14,400. After some thought Aaron Lashlee decided to call from the big blind and the hands were turned face up.
Marohn: 
Lashlee: 
The flop came 
which didn't directly improve Marohn's hand but left him seventeen outs with two cards left. The 
turn completed both his wheel strait and Queen high flush draw. The 
river allowed Marohn to double up to about 32,000 while Lashlee has dropped to 40,000.
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
When you are a short stack and you look down at pocket aces, you feel like you have hit the jackpot. Unfortunately for Ryan Fox, it quickly turned to disaster as he has busted from the event. Fox shoved his last 9,000 into the pot and was called by Christopher Ooley and Stefan Martin.
The flop came 
, and Ooley bet out causing Martin to fold. Ooley showed for a flopped set, and Fox would need help with his 
. He wouldn't get it, as the board ran out , and Fox has been eliminated.
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We caught up with the action to see Jordan Dhooghe counting out chips for Kenneth Stratton's double up. The 
were laid in front of Stratton with a board of 
showing.
Dhooghe was the chip leader going into today's play and this hand was a hit of around 31,000 for him. Stratton is sitting with about 62,000.
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
David Havill from open-raised to 5,500 from the button and John Pack re-raised out of the small blind to 20,000 and change. Havill called for his remaining stack and needed help going to the flop.
Showdown
Havill: 
Pack: 
The flop came 
, giving Pack a dominating lead with a set. The turn came , which left Havill drawing slim. However, the 
on the river gave Havill the winning hand for an inside straight. Havill is currently up to approximately 40,000, while Pack has been knocked down to a still healthy 60,000.
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Robert Omara raised under the gun and it folded around to Christopher Marohn in the big blind. Once again he decided to move all in, this time for 17,600 more. Omara deliberated for about a minute before calling with the . He was in a lot of trouble though up against the 
of Marohn.
Omara stood up as the dealer burned a card and he was the first to see the in the window and gave out a shout and a fist pump. The rest of the board was no help to Marohn, whose valiant effort to make a move as a short stack early in day 2 was cut short by a bad beat.
Omara is now up to 88,500 chips.
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Chuck Thompson moved all in from middle position and was called when another player pushed his entire stack in from the big blind. Thompson turned up the .
"You've got me beat" said Thompson's opponent as he tabled .
The board ran out 
and Thompson's pair of kings was enough to knock one more player out of the field. Thompson is now sitting with approx. 39,600