2011 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$540,136
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,959,200
Entries
2,192
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Three Days and Nights Not Enough to Finish Event # 38, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Arkadiy Tsinis Will Enter Day 4 With the Chip Lead
Arkadiy Tsinis Will Enter Day 4 With the Chip Lead

After thirty full levels of play spanning three days and nights, a champion has yet to be been crowned in Event #38, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em tournament. After starting the day with 23 surviving players, a final table of nine was reached in relatively short order. Notable players Hoai Pham (19th Place) and Melanie Weisner (14th Place) fell early on, as did the big stack of Jonathan Spinks (15th Place).

The final table action progressed at a brisk pace, with Day 2 chip leader Perry Lin (6th Place), succumbing to a brutal beat on the river. Paul Nash (5th Place) and his British buddies on the rail were dispatched shortly afterwards, and soon we were down to our last two competitors.

Michael Blanovsky and Arkadiy Tsinis then waged an epic battle in which the lead was exchanged multiple times, but by the end of the night, each man still had chips in front of him. Whereas in years past, this heads-up duel would have lasted until the sun was up and somebody was bankrupt, in 2011 the new ten-level rule means we will return tomorrow to settle the score.

Blanovsky will begin tomorrow's action with 2,765,000 chips and will have to make some moves to overcome Tsinis' and his big stack of 7,110,000.

Check back in with PokerNews tomorrow at 2:30 PDT to follow the stirring conclusion of this clash between two men seeking to secure their first WSOP bracelet.

Tags: Arkadiy TsinisHoai PhamMelanie WeisnerMichael BlanovskyPaul NashPerry Lin