2011 World Series of Poker

Event #52: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$303,501
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,319,500
Entries
580
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Hansen Eliminated

Level 10

NLHE

Action folded to Thor Hansen in the small blind who pushed all in for a total of 13,000. The big blind called and Hansen was at risk.

Hansen: {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}
Big Blind: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

The flop brought good news for Hansen when it came {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Spades} to boost him into the lead, but the {k-Clubs} fell on the turn flipping the lead back to the big blind. The {5-Diamonds} on the river changed nothing and Hansen was sent to the rail.

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A Look at the Current WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

Level 10

Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard

PlayerPointsCashesFinal TablesBraceletsWinnings
Ben Lamb572.65321$1,130,494
Chris Moorman486.20520$1,051,466
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier479.25421$811,639
Phil Hellmuth458.25420$527,970
Sam Stein402.63421$716,342
Mikhail Lakhitov401.80521$851,058
Jason Mercier385.33531$696,438
Mitch Schock364.81531$406,018
Joe Ebanks360311$1,179,031
Sean Getzwiller325321$672,627

*Through Event #49

Cheong Busts Ho

No Limit Hold'em

Maria Ho moved all in from late position for 16,500 and was called by Joseph Cheong on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the hands were exposed:

Ho: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Cheong: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Ho was ahead and stayed that way when the flop came {4-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}. Unfortunately for Ho, the {8-Diamonds} turned, giving Cheong a set of eights and a commanding lead in the hand. The river blanked for Ho, coming {Q-Hearts} and the chips were pushed in Cheong's direction.

"Nice playing with you all," Ho said graciously before she walked away toward the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cheong
114,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Maria Ho
Busted

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Chippies!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
112,000
67,400
67,400
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Joseph Cheong
84,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ray Henson
74,000
36,400
36,400
Profile photo of Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
62,000
29,000
29,000
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Max Pescatori
61,000
6,800
6,800
WSOP 4X Winner
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Noah Boeken
56,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Lane
Jonathan Lane
56,000
17,200
17,200
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Mike Matusow
55,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Gabriel Nassif
53,000
4,200
4,200
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Sorel Mizzi
44,500
27,100
27,100
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Matt Hawrilenko
42,000
100
100
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Kevin Saul
37,000
11,100
11,100
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Isaac Haxton
34,000
20,600
20,600
WSOP 1X Winner
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Scott Montgomery
33,000
-31,800
-31,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Matt Matros
23,700
-700
-700
WSOP 3X Winner
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Maria Ho
17,500
7,300
7,300
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Michael Craig
15,400
-1,100
-1,100
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Thor Hansen
14,000
-3,600
-3,600
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Jared Hamby
8,000
-2,700
-2,700
WSOP 1X Winner
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Adam Levy
6,800
-7,400
-7,400
StakeKings

Level: 10

Blinds: /

Ante:

Cheong Scoops One

Limit Hold'em

The player under the gun put in a raise and a late position player made the call. Joseph Cheong three-bet from the cutoff and was called by both players.

The flop fell {2-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and all three players checked. The {9-Clubs} hit the turn and the player under the gun pushed out a bet. The late position player folded and Cheong decided to raise. His opponent made the call and they saw a {2-Spades} river pair the board. The action went check-check and Cheong showed {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} which won against his opponent's {A-Hearts}{8-Spades}. Cheong is now sitting with around 82,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cheong
82,000
-11,800
-11,800
WSOP 1X Winner

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Lieu Loses

Limit Hold'em

We managed to find Liz Lieu in the big blind mixing it up on a {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{J-Clubs} flop. Lieu check-raised her opponent who sat in early position. Her opponent seemingly did not like that and raised. Both players then raised back and forth until the betting was maxed out.

With a {4-Hearts} on the turn Lieu made a bet and was all in, her opponent called.

Lieu: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Opponent: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

Lieu was behind and was going to need to hit a nine in order to stay alive in this tournament. She received no help as a {A-Hearts} rang off the deck for the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Liz Lieu
Busted

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Smith Sends One to the Rail

LHE

Justin Smith raised from middle position and a player in late position re-raised. Smith called and they saw the flop come {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Smith check called a bet from his opponent and the turn brought the {5-Hearts}. Smith checked, the other player bet, and Smith raised. The other player called putting himself all in and the hands were revealed.

Smith: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

Smith had his opponent drawing dead and the river was a meaningless {2-Diamonds}. The other player headed to the rail while Smith stacked up 33,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Smith
33,000
600
600

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Binger Takes a Hit

Limit Hold'em

Action began when Bertrand Grospellier made a raise from late position. Michael Binger called from the button and the player in the big blind three-bet. Grospellier folded his hand and Binger replied by pushing out a four-bet. The big blind called and the two saw a {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} flop. The big blind check-called a bet from Binger.

The {4-Hearts} turned and and once again the big blind check-called a bet from Binger. The {K-Spades} came on the river and history seemed to repeat itself as the big blind check-called a bet for a third time.

The big blind player tabled {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and Binger sent his hand into the muck, taking a pretty substantial hit to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Binger
15,000
-33,600
-33,600

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Moorman Moves Out

Level 9

LHE

The player in the hijack raised, the cutoff re-raised, Chris Moorman made it four bets to go from the small blind, and the big blind, hijack and cutoff all called.

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Moorman bet out and all three other players called. The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and Moorman tossed out his last 2,600 in chips. The player in the big blind then raised to 5,600, the hijack called, and the cutoff folded. The river was the {q-Clubs} and the big blind bet out and the hijack folded leaving the big blind and Moorman heads up for the pot.

The big blind revealed his {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for two pair and Moorman mucked his hand and headed to the rail.

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