Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,829,600
Entries
3,144
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
| Player | Points | Cashes | Bracelets | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Hellmuth | 393.75 | 2 | 0 | $500,140 |
| Sam Stein | 385.75 | 3 | 1 | $690,451 |
| John Juanda | 336 | 2 | 1 | $410,067 |
| Amir Lehavot | 330.75 | 2 | 1 | $578,454 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 325 | 2 | 1 | $647,854 |
| Steve Landfish | 317.70 | 2 | 0 | $330,044 |
| Viacheslav Zhukov | 315 | 1 | 1 | $465,216 |
| Jake Cody | 313.13 | 2 | 1 | $856,427 |
| Eric Rodawig | 311.50 | 2 | 1 | $446,954 |
| Daniel Idema | 309.50 | 2 | 1 | $384,738 |
| Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | 299.25 | 3 | 1 | $364,565 |
| Allen Bari | 292.63 | 3 | 1 | $883,469 |
*Standings through Event #33
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The last 10 in the Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
|
1,205,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
1,050,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
960,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
840,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
725,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
710,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
650,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
550,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
167,000
-513,000
|
-513,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
The players are now on a one hour dinner break.
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Our opening post title for today was "Welcome back, welcome back welcome back" and while unintentional at first, seemed to predict Jeremy Kottler would have a good day. After all, it was Welcome Back Kotter, and if you say it fast enough, it sounds the same.
But it was another prediction that got the best of Kottler at this unofficial final table. From the cutoff, he raised to 54,000 before Trevor Vanderveen moved all in for 570,000 from the button. When the blinds folded, Kottler had the dealer count it out fully and began removing chunks of his stack that would be committed if he made the call. Eventually, he stuck in one column of those chips and call.
Kottler: 
Vanderveen: 
The flop came down 
. While that didn't directly improve Vanderveen's hand, it did give him a straight draw and backdoor flush draw. However, two of the Tens that would make his straight were being held by Kottler. The turn was the 
and Kottler was down to just eight outs with one card left. Someone on the set here in the Amazon Room called out for the Ten of clubs. The tournament director instructed the dealer to show us the river and sure enough there it was, the 
. Vanderveen fist-pumped and began walking around the set at a furious pace.
With the loss of the 1.2 million chip pot, Kottler will leave for the dinner break as our short-stack with just 167,000
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
While many of these players have had success in the poker world previous to this final table, making the final 10 at the World Series of Poker is an accomplishment that all of these men will remember for the rest of their lives. Especially when you consider they had to best a field of 3,144 to do so.
But you don't need to tell these players. While we paused the clock and moved to the ESPN set to play down to a winner there was time for some of them to take pictures. Steven Davisson and Justin Cohen seemed to be taking as many as they could before the cards started flying again.
Once we hit our final nine though, and with it our official WSOP final table, there will be only one more milestone for these players to hit, winning that coveted gold bracelet!
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Seat 1: Jeremy Kottler (680,000)
Seat 2: Trevor Vanderveen (700,000)
Seat 3: Jonathan Clancy (1,065,000)
Seat 4: Steven Davisson (675,000)
Seat 5: Robbie Verspui (950,000)
Seat 6: Michael Souza (550,000)
Seat 7: Andrew Rudnik (860,000)
Seat 8: Benjamin Volpe (1,000,000)
Seat 9: Justin Cohen (820,000)
Seat 10: Mark Schmid (2,150,000)
We missed all of the action but found Daniel Sosa all in preflop for around 400,000 against Mark Schmid.
Schmid: 
Sosa: 
The flop was a dramatic one as it came 
to give Sosa an open-ended straight draw. The 
on the turn meant that he would need an ace, kings or nine on the river to survive. Unfortunately for Sosa, it came the 
and he was eliminated as the unofficial final table bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Steven Davisson was in the big blind on a recent hand. The good news was that the other four players decided to fold. The bad news was that he woke up with pocket rockets.
Davisson showed the Aces and got up from the table. "My first walk all day and I have Aces!" he complained. Tensions are high as we are on the unofficial final table bubble with just 11 players left.