Players are now playing hand-for-hand.
2011 World Series of Poker
John Racener opened to 3,600 from middle position and Ronald Lee three-bet to 7,900 from the hi-jack. Mickey Petersen announced "Pot" from the cutoff, which resulted in quick mucks from both Racener and Lee, chipping Petersen up to 59,000.
We caught up with the action in a three way altercation where Darren Kennedy was at risk in a three-way all in.
Matt Widdoes:
Nick Brancato:
Darren Kennedy:
The board ran out , simultaneously chipping Brancato up, knocking Widdoes stack down and eliminating Kennedy from the tournament.
Brancato is up 92,000 while Widdoes has slipped to 57,900.
Dan Heimiller was elminated after his aces were cracked by Mika Paasonen. Paasonen raised to 3,600 pre flop and Heimiller pushed all in for his remaining 6,400 chips. Paasonen called.
Heimiller:
Paasonen:
The board ran out .
Paasonen now has 71,000 in chips.
We caught up with the action just as Christopher Swan and Mickey Petersen were getting in all-in preflop. Petersen had Swan covered going to the flop.
Swan:
Peterson:
The board showed , leaving Swan with ace-high and ending his tournament life. Peterson is up to 52,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ronald Lee |
119,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Brian Rast |
72,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
John Racener |
71,000
18,800
|
18,800 |
|
||
Ali Eslami |
70,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
James Dempsey |
50,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
Nick Brancato |
48,000
-7,200
|
-7,200 |
Ted Lawson |
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Hoyt Corkins |
29,000
-5,700
|
-5,700 |
|
||
Jonathon Poche
|
28,000
-2,200
|
-2,200 |
Michael Leah |
27,400
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
John Dolan |
25,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Joe Sebok |
24,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Randall Flowers
|
24,000 | |
Andrew Teng |
21,000
-14,600
|
-14,600 |
The hand began with a player limping under-the-gun and action folding around to Christian Harder, who raised to 4,000 from the cutoff position. Alexander Elias three-bet to 15,000 from the button and everyone folded back around to Harder, who raised pot, which was enough to put Elias all-in. Elias called.
Elias:
Harder:
The board ran out , pairing Harder's ace on the turn and sending Elias to the rail. Harder is now up to 105,000.
Julie Farkas rasied to 2,600 from middle postion and was called by John Gordon. Balazs Botond re raised to 8,700 from the big blind. Farkas then moved all in for her remaining 22,800. Gordon folded and Botond called.
Botond:
Farkas:
The flop looked good for Farkas when it ran out . But the fell on the turn putting Botond ahead. No help came on the river for Farkas when the hit.
Botond now sits with 73,000 in front of him.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Christopher DeMaci raised to 3,200 from middle postion and was re raised by Markus Gonsalves to 11,400. DeMaci re raised Gonsalves all in for his remaining 1,700. Gonsalves called.
DeMaci flipped up and Gonsalves showed . The board ran out .
DeMaci now has 61,000 in front of him