Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship Day 4 | 2011 World Series of Poker

07-06-2011 06:40 UTC

Rast on a Roll

Shamus

2-7 Triple Draw

Yan Chen raised from under the gun, Josh Arieh called from the cutoff, and Brian Rast called as well from the small blind. Rast and Arieh each drew two, while Chen took one. Rast checked, Chen bet, Arieh called, Rast raised, and both Chen and Arieh called.

On the second draw, Rast stood pat, Chen took one, and Arieh two. This time Rast bet out, and both of his opponents called.

The third draw saw Rast stand pat again and his two opponents each draw one more card. Rast bet out once more, Chen folded, and Arieh called.

Rast turned over {7-} {5-} {4-} {3-} {2-} , and Arieh mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	3,530,000 420,000	420,000

Josh Arieh	1,050,000 -370,000	-370,000

Tags: Brian Rast Josh Arieh Yan Chen

07-06-2011 06:39 UTC

Arieh Takes from Glantz

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[user101598]

2-7 Triple Draw

Josh Arieh raised on the button, and Matt Glantz called out of the small blind. Glantz drew two, Arieh drew three, and Glantz bet out. Arieh called.

On the second draw, Glantz drew one, Arieh drew two, and Glantz led again. Arieh raised, and Glantz called.

Glantz drew one on the final draw, Arieh patted, and Glantz check-folded to a bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	1,730,000 -190,000	-190,000

Josh Arieh	1,420,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Matt Glantz

07-06-2011 06:33 UTC

Seiver Back on the Horse

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[user101598]

2-7 Triple Draw

Scott Seiver raised on the button, Josh Arieh called out of the small blind, and Matt Glantz re-raised from the big. Seiver and Arieh called.

Arieh drew two, Glantz drew one, and Seiver drew three. Arieh checked, Glantz bet, and both Seiver and Arieh called.

On the second draw, Arieh and Glantz drew one, and Seiver drew two. The same betting action occured.

All three players drew one on the final draw, and then checked. Seiver's {q-} {7-} {5-} {4-} {3-} was best, and he won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	1,920,000 -110,000	-110,000

Scott Seiver	1,540,000 440,000	440,000

Josh Arieh	1,160,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Matt Glantz Scott Seiver

07-06-2011 06:29 UTC

Shchemelev Doubles Through Lisandro

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Shamus

Level 19

Omaha-8

Vladimir Shchemelev opened with a raise from middle position, then Jeffrey Lisandro three-bet from late position. It folded back to Shchemelev who reraised again, Lisandro made it five bets total, and Shchemelev called with his last chips.

Shchemelev: {6-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {3-Spades} {2-Diamonds}
Lisandro: {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {8-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {2-Spades} , which gave the Russian a scoop. He bumps back to 590,000, while Lisandro slips to 780,000.

Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro Vladimir Shchemelev

07-06-2011 06:26 UTC

Updated Chip Counts (Table 280)

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Shamus

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	3,110,000 10,000	10,000

Matt Glantz	2,030,000 70,000	70,000

Minh Ly	1,460,000 -440,000	-440,000
Yan Chen	1,230,000 -526,000	-526,000

Scott Seiver	1,100,000

Josh Arieh	1,090,000 -760,000	-760,000

Ben Lamb	800,000 68,000	68,000

07-06-2011 06:23 UTC

"Biggest Flip of My Life"

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[user101598]

Pot-Limit Omaha

Scott Seiver raised to 55,000 in the cutoff, Josh Arieh called on the button, and Brian Rast defended his big blind. The dealer fanned {a-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} , Rast checked, Seiver continued for 115,000, and both Arieh and Rast called.

Time for things to get crazy.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} , and Rast led for 250,000. Seiver potted (1.27 million), Arieh quickly mucked, and Rast went into the tank. He eventually shrugged, and called all in for 1.05 million chips.

Seiver: {a-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}
Rast: {10-Clubs} {9-Spades} {7-Spades} {7-Hearts}

"Please hold," Seiver chanted. "Please hold."

The river was the {8-Hearts} , which paired the board and gave Rast a winning full house. Seiver slapped the table furiously. It took a minute or so for the dealer to verify the counts, and Seiver was frantically typing on his phone the entire time.

"I'm pretty sure that was the biggest flip of my life," he lamented after Rast was shipped a wave of chips.

We later found out what he was typing on his phone:

@Scott_Seiver: Had to fade 13 outs once for 5 million chips where avg is 1.3 with 13 left. Brian Rast is luckier than I am.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	3,100,000 1,540,000	1,540,000

Scott Seiver	1,100,000 -1,380,000	-1,380,000

Tags: Brian Rast Scott Seiver

07-06-2011 06:21 UTC

Another Deep Run in the $50K for Russian Phenom Vladimir Shchemelev

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donpeters

Level 19

Last year, the World Series of Poker was taken by storm with the emergence of Russian Vladimir Shchemelev. First, he stormed his way to the final table of the $50,000 Player's Championship en route to a second-place finish behind Michael Mizrachi. Then, he made three more final tables during the 2010 Series.

His finishes at last year's WSOP include a seventh-place finish in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, another seventh in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 Championship and a fourth-place finish in the $2,500 Seven Card Razz. In total, he earned $1,144,617 at the 2010 WSOP.

This year, Shchemelev has been rather quiet. He only has one final table and that came back in Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better. Unfortunately, his run ended in eighth place for $25,174 -- much farther from the gold he dreams of. Shchemelev also finished in the money in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed event for $4,743. So far, he's locked up nearly $125,000 with this in-the-money finish.

Although we may have lost our defending champion on Day 2, we could see a repeat runner-up performance from Shchemelev -- or better, he could win. Is it the Russian's time? He sure has a lot of ork cut out for him as his stack is short, but anything could happen in these swingy games.

Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for coverage on his run.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Vladimir Shchemelev

07-06-2011 06:18 UTC

Updated Chip Counts (Table 292)

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Shamus

Player	Chips	Progress
Owais Ahmed	2,381,000 -239,000	-239,000

Jason Lester	1,480,000 -210,000	-210,000

Phil Hellmuth	980,000 50,000	50,000

Jeffrey Lisandro	960,000 -110,000	-110,000

Michael Binger	515,000 6,000	6,000
George Lind	365,000 297,000	297,000
Vladimir Shchemelev	140,000 -480,000	-480,000

07-06-2011 06:10 UTC

Seiver Makes the Call, Gets the Chips

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Shamus

Level 19

Pot-Limit Omaha

Minh Ly opened the action with a raise to 52,000 from early position, and Scott Seiver called from the button. Matt Glantz called as well from the big blind, and the flop came {J-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {4-Spades} . It checked to Seiver who bet 90,000, Glantz called, and Ly folded. The turn came the {A-Clubs} , and both Glantz and Seiver checked.

The river was the {4-Diamonds} , bringing a bet of 155,000 from Glantz. Seiver called, tabling {A-Spades} {9-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {6-Spades} for aces and sixes, and Glantz mucked.

Seiver moves up to 2.48 million, while Glantz slips a bit to 1.96 million.

Tags: Matt Glantz Scott Seiver

07-06-2011 06:01 UTC

Language Lessons

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donpeters

Level 19

Matt Glantz and Minh Ly just got into a little friendly banter. After Glantz said something to Ly, Ly responded by asking, "You think I'm the worst player here?"

"No," said Glantz. "I said you speak English the worst," he continued with a smile. "I feel bad for the one that interviews you."

Tags: Minh Ly Matt Glantz