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

Benefield is Best

Our PokerNews reporter picked up the action on a flop that read {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} heads-up between David Benefield and Jeff Williams with the pot worth about 7,000. Williams checked to Benefield who led out for 5,600 from the button.

Williams called and then both players checked the turn of the {6-Hearts} before Williams checked his option again on the river of the {6-Clubs}, only to fold after Benefield opened for 16,600.

Player Chips Progress
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David Benefield
40,900
25,600
25,600
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Jeff Williams
23,300
3,200
3,200

Selbst Out Rivered

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

A middle position player raised it up to 1,200 and got a call from the cutoff and Vanessa Selbst in the small blind.

The flop came down {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades} and all three players checked. The turn came {Q-Spades} and Selbst bet out 1,500. The player in middle position re-raised it up to 6,000, the cutoff folded and Selbst went into the tank. Eventually she made the call and saw the river {8-Hearts}

Both players checked and the middle position player showed {8-}{8-}{q-}{4-} for a rivered set and Selbst showed {a-Spades}{2-Spades} for top pair and the missed nut flush draw.

Selbst lost that small one but is still very healthy with 40,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Selbst
40,000
15,000
15,000

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"I Like the Sound of That"

David 'Devilfish' Ulliott
David 'Devilfish' Ulliott

David "Devilfish" Ulliott raised to 1,500 on the button and received a call from the big blind. When the flop came down {10-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, the big blind opted to lead out for 1,800. Devilfish made the call and then both players checked the {10-Diamonds} turn.

When the {2-Diamonds} peeled off on the river, the big blind immediately bet pot, or 7,200, and the Devilfish thought for a moment before saying in his thick Hull accent, "Well, might as well go all in."

"How much is it?" the big blind asked. "I still might be able to fold."

"I like the sound of that," the Devilfish responded considering he only had 2,175 more. Sure enough, the big blind folded and Devilfish took down the pot without a showdown.

Meanwhile, Erica Schoenberg made her exit from the tournament, but not before saying goodbye to her husband, Erick Lindgren.

Player Chips Progress
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David Ulliott
20,000
9,000
9,000
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Erica Schoenberg
Busted

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Turner-Round, Bright Eyes

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

With only two tables left to be broken down over in the White section of the Pavillion Room, we're beginning to pick up on even more notables that we may (or may not have) missed earlier. One of them is Jon "PearlJammer" Turner.

The action folded around to Turner who raised to 1,275 from the hijack before the flop; he only got one caller in the form of the player in the blind, but then they both checked all the way down the board of {4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. The big blind showed {A-}{Q-}{10-}{9-} but that was good enough to take the pot down.

Turner is now down to less than 30,000.

Dwan Chip Leader...Again

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante
Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan

It seems that in literally every single tournament he enters, Tom Dwan holds the chip lead at some point. True to form, we went over to his table, and Dwan is sitting at about 75,000. We will be sure to keep an eye on Dwan, as short handed Omaha is one of his many specialties.

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Seth Bluffs His Way To The Chip Lead

We came to the table as the river was being dealt between Andy Seth and his opponent. The board read {10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{k-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, and Seth had put out a bet of 20,000 that essentially put his opponent all in. He thought for about a minute before folding, and Seth showed {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{x-Spades}{x-Spades} for a world of missed draws. Seth dragged the pot, and bumped his stack up to 120,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Andy Seth
120,000
105,000
105,000

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