2011 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$675,117
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,856,950
Entries
2,857
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000

Trips Are Good For Ho

We caught up in time to see chips being counted out by the dealer for Maria Ho's double up. Strewn in front of her was {5-Clubs}{5-Spades} and a board that read {4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}. Her set was good enough for a double up and she's now sitting with a healthy stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Maria Ho
33,000
20,000
20,000

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Lee Doubles Through Vedes

Tommy Vedes and Ronald Lee have been going at each other ever since Vedes joined the table about an hour ago, and for the most part, Lee has gotten the better of Vedes. He just won another big pot off Vedes, that saw their stack sizes flip flop. We got to the table when Vedes was facing an all in move from Lee. Vedes thought about it for about 30 seconds while we were there, then slid forward the chips to make the call. The cards were flipped, and Lee was in great shape.

Lee: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Vedes: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, and Lee scored the big double up. After being down to around 2,700 earlier in the day, Lee is now sitting on over 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Ronald Lee
31,000
13,000
13,000
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Tommy Vedes
18,000
-15,500
-15,500

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Break It Up

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are taking a 20-minute break while the staff colors up the T25 green chips. When they come back, we will play one more level, before the chips are tagged and bagged.

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Akkari Turns Double

With a raise from middle position to 1,800, Andre Akkari pushed his last 9,800 into the pot and was called by the preflop raiser.

Akkari: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}

The board was spread {8-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{8-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Spades} to see Akkari spike his queen to move to 22,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Andre Akkari
22,000
-11,000
-11,000

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Boeree Busto

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Liv Boeree was down to her last 10,000, and she got it all in preflop along with two other players. Unfortunately, for Boeree, she had the worst of the three hands, and would need to improve.

Boeree: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Opponent 1: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Opponent 2: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out ten high, coming {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts}, and Boeree was knocked out of the tournament.

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan D'Angelo
75,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Marco Johnson
71,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Joseph Cheong
59,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Michael Pesek
56,000
51,500
51,500
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Jonathon Poche
49,000
44,500
44,500
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Maria Ho
42,000
9,000
9,000
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Nick Binger
42,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tim West
41,000
13,000
13,000
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David Baker
33,000
-20,000
-20,000
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Jordan Smith
32,000
-1,000
-1,000
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Frederik Jensen
26,000
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Steve Gross
22,000
17,500
17,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Dean McIver
21,500
1,500
1,500
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Veronica Dabul
18,000
-19,000
-19,000
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Bernard Lee
16,000
-4,150
-4,150
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Neil Channing
9,500
-2,500
-2,500
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Gavin Griffin
7,500
-8,500
-8,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Liv Boeree
Busted

West is a Winner

We caught up with the action to see a three-way all in. Two short stacks were all in holding {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and {A-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Tim West made the call with {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, having both of the players covered.

The board came {4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and West made a straight, sending two players home and bringing the field two more eliminations closer to cashing.

Player Chips Progress
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Tim West
53,000
12,000
12,000

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