Sarah Grant talks to Isaac Haxton who nearly quadrupled in just two levels.
2011 World Series of Poker
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Bertrand Grospellier bet out 600 on a board of and his opponent on the button made it 1,500 to go.
When action came back to ElkY, he three-bet to 4,100 and his opponent let out a discouraging sigh. He tossed his cards into the muck and ElkY was able to continue to pad his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bertrand Grospellier |
19,000
7,200
|
7,200 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Isaac Haxton |
28,500
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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David Sands |
20,000
7,100
|
7,100 |
Jason Wheeler |
18,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
Bernard Lee |
17,500
-1,100
|
-1,100 |
Bertrand Grospellier |
13,600
-5,400
|
-5,400 |
Jason Young | 11,500 | |
|
||
Dwyte Pilgrim |
11,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
James English | 11,000 | |
Matt Graham
|
10,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Randal Flowers | 10,300 | |
Dean McIver | 10,000 | |
Andre Akkari
|
8,700
7,000
|
7,000 |
Joe Cada | 8,500 | |
|
||
Neil Channing |
8,500
4,300
|
4,300 |
Ben Vinson |
8,400
2,600
|
2,600 |
Soi Nguyen |
8,200
200
|
200 |
Gavin Griffin |
8,100
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
||
Blair Hinkle |
6,700
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
||
Maria Mayrinck |
6,100
-400
|
-400 |
Maria Ho |
5,600
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
Jason Koon | 5,175 | |
|
||
Steve Zolotow | 3,900 | |
|
||
Eric Baldwin |
3,400
-2,600
|
-2,600 |
|
||
Darryll Fish |
3,125
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
Gavin Smith |
2,350
250
|
250 |
We've spotted a couple of new faces around after the break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Mercier | 8,700 | |
|
||
Michael Mizrachi | 8,500 | |
|
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James Akenhead | 6,500 | |
Justin Bonomo | 6,500 | |
|
When we walked over to the table where Ayaz Mahmood is siting, he was counting out his chips for what turned out to be a double up. We didn't catch any of the action, but the board read , and Mahmood held for the nut flush, while his opponents were being thrown into the muck. Mahmood collected the pot, and got a much needed double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ayaz Mahmood |
8,000
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frederik Jensen |
22,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
Jim Sachinidis
|
14,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
Ross Boatman |
13,000
8,700
|
8,700 |
Mclean Karr |
9,200
5,400
|
5,400 |
Matt Graham
|
7,500
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Heath Herring |
6,300
4,550
|
4,550 |
Neil Channing |
3,200
-5,300
|
-5,300 |
Gavin Smith | Busted |
On a flop of , Jean-Robert Bellande checked to his opponent who bet 1,300. Bellande made the call and the two saw a turn of . Bellande checked once again and his opponent bet 2,500. Bellande called and the river fell .
This time Bellande fired out a bet of 3,000 and his opponent called. Bellande tabled and his opponent shot his hand into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jean-Robert Bellande |
16,000
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25