2011 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q653
Prize
$619,575
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,382,900
Entries
507
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Devilfish Won't Play Bingo

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

David "Devilfish" Ulliott late registered for this event and recently took his seat over at Table 40. We happened to be wandering by when as a player put in a post-flop bet. After Devilfish folded, we heard him say to his young opponent, "If you're playing bingo, I'm not gonna play with you. Take the skill out of it."

"That's what makes it fun," another player at the table.

"That's what makes it bingo," the Devilfish retorted without missing a beat. B-I-N-G-O and Devilfish was his name-O!

Tags: David Ulliott

Juanda Takes Chip Lead In 10 Minutes

John Juanda
John Juanda

When we came back from the break, we noticed that one of the tables full of late registrants had Bill Chen, Jason Koon, Steven Kelly, Christian Harder, John Juanda, and Justin Schwartz. Now we expected action at this table but we weren't quite expecting this. Schwartz opened for 850 under the gun, and Chen and Koon called. On the button, Kelly bet pot, which equaled 5,400. Harder folded, then Juanda, Schwartz, Chen, and Koon all called. Still with us?

The flop came out {q-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, and Kelly open shoved for 10,000. Juanda tanked for about 2 minutes, deliberating outloud while the rest of his table laughed at the entertainment. Eventually, he shoved the rest of his stack in, and Schwartz, who was next to act, virtually beat him into the pot! Chen and Koon folded, and the three revealed their hands.

Juanda: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades}
Schwartz: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Kelly: {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}

Kelly had flopped bottom set with a pair of aces as well. Juanda had the king high flush draw, and two pairs to draw to a bigger set, and Schwartz had top pair with a queen high flush draw that was useless thanks to Juanda's hand. The turn brought the {4-Diamonds}, nullifying any flush outs. When Juanda saw the turn, he said "Well I still have my fives." Sure enough, the {5-Clubs} hit the river, and Juanda scooped the entire pot, and with that, he has taken the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
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John Juanda
55,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Bill Chen
10,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Jason Koon
10,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Justin Schwartz
1,500
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Steven Kelly
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bill ChenJason KoonJohn JuandaJustin SchwartzSteven Kelly

Where's the Ace on the River?

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

A player in the cutoff raised to 450 and received a call from the player on the button. Barry Greenstein then reraise to 4,000 from the small blind, which was called by just the cutoff. When the flop came down {10-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, Greenstein bet 6,000, the cutoff called, and the {8-Clubs} was put out on the turn.

Greenstein grabbed his entire stack of around 14,000 and pushed it in the pot. The cutoff quickly called off his stack of 11,050 and the cards were turned up.

Greenstein: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Cutoff: {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}

Greenstein's aces were ahead, but that changed when the {Q-Spades} spiked on the river to give the cutoff a straight. Greenstein was left with around 2,600 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Barry Greenstein
2,600
-18,400
-18,400

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Number Crunchin'

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante
Get all of these to get some of this!
Get all of these to get some of this!

The official numbers from WSOP Event #35 are now in!

This year's inaugural $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed event attracted 507 players, and judging by the caliber of the field today, we expect that it will be around for many years to come!

However, that matters not, for it's all about the Benjamins - and our top 54 players will be paid, with the winner to receive a smidge under $549,000.

Awesomesauce.

1st Place$548,095
2nd Place$339,229
3rd Place$225,446
4th Place$167,303
5th Place$125,555
6th Place$95,149
7th Place$72,749
8th Place$56,069
9th Place$43,535
10th-12th Place$34,051
13th-15th Place$26,974
16th-18th Place$21,374
19th-27th Place$17,109
28th-36th Place$13,820
37th-45th Place$11,247
46th-54th Place$9,221

Farha Eliminated

Sam Farha
Sam Farha

On a flop of {3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, the player in the big blind bet 1,300 and received a call from a middle-position opponent. Sammy Farha then moved all in from the button for 4,125, which both his opponents called.

"I don't know why, I'm feeling lucky," Farha said. Both active players checked the {6-Hearts} turn and {10-Diamonds} flop, prompting Farha to show pocket sixes for a set ,which beat the middle-position player's {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}; however, it was no good against the {A-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{K-Spades} wheel of the big blind.

Farha has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Sammy Farha
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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LuckyChewy Busted By Clements

Andrew Lichtenberger bet 2250 from early position on the turn when the board read {6-Spades}{10-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs}. Scott Clements, in late position re-raised the pot and Lichtenberger called to go on.

Lichtenberger: {j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Clements: {q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Clements was ahead with a broadway straight, but as Lichtenberger said, "I have alot of outs... (Any club for a flush, any {10-}{q-} or {6-} for a full house, and the case {k-} for quads) and that's not one of them" as the {7-Diamonds} hit the river.

Lichtenberger hit the rail and Clements is now up around 25,000

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Clements
25,000
17,500
17,500
WSOP 3X Winner
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Andrew Lichtenberger
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerScott Clements

Beth Shak Busto

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante
Beth Shak - eliminated
Beth Shak - eliminated

We weren't able to catch the details of her bust-out, but considering she's just flown by media row in a hurry with her bag on her shoulder, it's safe to say that Beth Shak has just been eliminated from this event.

We did notice however that Shak was still listening to her iPod on the way out, so we're taking a stab as to what tune she was listening to.

"Que sera, sera ... whatever will be, will be ..."

Tags: Beth Shak

Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Mizrachi
Michael Mizrachi
70,000
27,400
27,400
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T.J. Cloutier
50,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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William Reynolds
48,000
36,300
36,300
Profile photo of Jake Cody
Jake Cody
45,000
30,000
30,000
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Chance Kornuth
40,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
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Scott Mandel
35,000
15,000
15,000
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Scott Seiver
34,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 7X Winner
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Matt Affleck
28,500
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Lyle Berman
27,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Daniel Negreanu
25,000
-23,000
-23,000
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Phil Galfond
23,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Shaun Deeb
22,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Jon Turner
20,500
5,500
5,500
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Lex Veldhuis
18,500
9,500
9,500
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Rino Mathis
18,000
3,000
3,000
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Jason Mercier
17,500
11,300
11,300
Profile photo of Dan Shak
Dan Shak
16,500
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
13,500
-1,500
-1,500
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Andrew Robl
11,600
-3,400
-3,400
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Erica Schoenberg
11,000
2,300
2,300
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David Ulliott
11,000
-4,000
-4,000
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Eric Froehlich
10,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Bill Chen
Bill Chen
9,000
-1,000
-1,000
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JC Tran
5,600
-8,900
-8,900
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Brooks
Greg Brooks
5,500
-9,500
-9,500

Don't You Know About the Bord? Well, Everyone Knows That the Bord is ... Out.

2010 WSOP Europe Main Event champion James Bord has just been sent to the rail after getting the last of his very short stack into the middle on a flop of {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}.

The only problem was that he ran into the {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts} of his opponent on the button, which improved to the wheel after the turn and river ran out {7-Hearts}, {3-}.

We can now also confirm that Nam Le has joined Bord on the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Nam Le
Busted
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James Bord
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0