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

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nicholas Grippo us
Nicholas Grippo
82,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Eric Landy
Eric Landy
66,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
55,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Soi Nguyen us
Soi Nguyen
52,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of James Carroll us
James Carroll
36,000
-17,000
-17,000
Profile photo of Ronald Lee us
Ronald Lee
35,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
32,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
31,000
10,500
10,500
Profile photo of Simon Watt
Simon Watt
29,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
28,000
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Ross Boatman gb
Ross Boatman
23,000
3,300
3,300
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
22,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
21,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Jim Sachinidis
Jim Sachinidis
17,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
17,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
17,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
16,000
8,100
8,100
Profile photo of Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
12,000
-1,300
-1,300
Profile photo of Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
8,500
-9,500
-9,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mikhail Savinov
Mikhail Savinov
7,000
-7,200
-7,200

Lee Sends One Packing

With a raise in the hi-jack to 2,100, Bernard Lee made the call from the cutoff, as did the button.

On a {K-}{Q-}{5-} flop, the action was checked to Lee who pushed out a 3,100-chip bet. The button moved all in, and when the hi-jack folded, Lee made the call.

Lee: {5-}{5-}
Button: {A-}{A-}

With Lee in the lead, the {8-} on the turn, followed by the {Q-} on the river ensured he moved to 37,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Bernard Lee
37,000
21,000
21,000

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Aces For Aguiar

Action folded around to the short stacked player on the button who moved all in for his last 800. The small blind mucked and Jonathan Aguiar made the call, tabling {A-Spades}{8-Hearts}. He was significantly behind the button player's {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}, however.

The flop spelled disaster for the short stack, coming {A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and pairing Aguiar's ace.

"Of course" the player said sarcastically as he stood up.

"King! King!" shouted Aguiar, rooting for the short stack. Sadly the deck refused to comply with their wishes, falling {4-Clubs}{8-Spades} and Aguiar was able to send one to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
70,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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One Hundred Shizzles

With a hi-jack raise to 2,300, William Gottman made the call in the cutoff to see a {8-Clubs}{6-Spades}{8-Hearts} flop fall.

The hi-jack continued for 1,000 and Gottman smooth-called before both players checked the {4-Spades} on the turn. The river of the {6-Clubs} saw the hi-jack fire again; this time for 2,500 as Gottman made the call.

The hi-jack tabled his {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}, but it would be Gottman's {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} that would see him scoop the pot and become the first player into the six-figure club as he now sits with 102,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of William Gottman
William Gottman
102,000
97,500
97,500

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Lichtenberger Exits

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
Andrew Lichtenberger
Andrew Lichtenberger

Andrew Lichtenberger has just been eliminated in a four-way all in hand after the action virtually went shove, shove, shove, shove!

Lichtenberger: {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Opponent: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The board was spread {7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} to see one player make quads while simultaneously sending Lichtenberger to the rail.

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Pilgrim Sends Two Home

We got to the table to see the aftermath of a hand where Dwyte Pilgrim sent two players home. The hand were as follows:

Pilgrim: {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Opponent 1: {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Opponent 2: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}

The board fell {4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, ending with Pilgrim making a straight on the river and sending two players to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
57,000
29,000
29,000

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Day 1 in the Bag; Age Spets Crushing

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Another action-packed day in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for the 2011 World Series of Poker has come to a close with Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em and the remaining players bagging and tagging for the night.

Not only was today one of the final $1,500 events for the series, but with the starting day also falling on a Saturday, many were expecting a huge starting field. Both the Amazon and Pavilion rooms, along with the hallways that filtered people throughout the building, were jam-packed with people as eventually 2,857 players took to the felt spread across multiple sections in opposing rooms.

From previous bracelet holders, online phenoms and complete amateurs, nearly every man and their dog took their seat to battle through ten levels of poker. Those players would form a prizepool of $3,856,950 with the top 297 players all receiving some extra padding in their wallets or purses, but everyone would have their sights set on the $675,117 first prize, coveted gold bracelet and title of champion.

Many players fell to the rail as everyone jostled for a place high on the chip leaderboard, but as the Pavilion room slowly clears out, it is Norway's Age Spets leading the charge with an amassed 119,900 in chips. With an Aussie Millions title and three WSOP cashes to his name, Spets will be one to chase down tomorrow, and those in contention include Nicholas Grippo (110,900) and Greg Darby (105,100).

Females Maria Ho (39,600), Kathy Liebert (30,300) and Erica Schoenberg (20,800), along with bracelet winners Joe Cada, Gavin Griffin, David Baker, Thomas Keller and James Mackey all are still within a shot as roughly 400 players return tomorrow to battle it out on day two.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will again be on the felt tomorrow providing continuous live coverage as we aim - but will unlikely achieve - to play down till a final table of nine. Make sure to stay logged onto PokerNews.com from 2:30 p.m. PDT as provide all the live updates from the 2011 World Series of Poker and Day Two of Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em.

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Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Age Spets no
Age Spets
119,900
-20,100
-20,100
Profile photo of Nicholas Grippo us
Nicholas Grippo
110,900
28,900
28,900
Profile photo of Bret Hruby us
Bret Hruby
110,600
Profile photo of
105,100
Profile photo of Rafal Michalowski
Rafal Michalowski
94,500
Profile photo of Collin Moshman
Collin Moshman
93,700
Profile photo of
88,600
Profile photo of Mark Ingram
Mark Ingram
88,500
Profile photo of Kam Low ca
Kam Low
88,100
Profile photo of David Baker
David Baker
86,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
85,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Thomas Clements
Thomas Clements
84,700
Profile photo of Michael Dempsey
Michael Dempsey
83,300
Profile photo of
83,000
Profile photo of Nathan Tuthill us
Nathan Tuthill
81,300
Profile photo of Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
80,600
10,600
10,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kwinsee Khoa Tran
Kwinsee Khoa Tran
80,300
Profile photo of Jason Helder us
Jason Helder
80,200
Profile photo of
77,700
Profile photo of William Gottman
William Gottman
77,500
-24,500
-24,500
Profile photo of Marc Bariller
Marc Bariller
76,200
Profile photo of
74,800
Profile photo of David Hatchett
David Hatchett
74,300
Profile photo of Nicholas Kamen
Nicholas Kamen
74,000
Profile photo of Tim West us
Tim West
72,600
19,600
19,600

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