2011 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a533
Prize
$397,073
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,654,400
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Eslami Climbs

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

We picked up the action on the turn, heads up between Ali Eslami and Mikhail Tulchinskiy. The board showed {8-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {Q-Spades}, and Eslami checked from the blinds. Tulchinskiy bet 3,000, Eslami check-raised to 8,500, and Tulchinskiy reraised all in for about 12,000 or so. Eslami called with {8-Spades} {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} for the nuts, and we never got to see Tulchinskiy's hand. He mucked with some frustration as the {A-Clubs} filled out the board, though someone at the table said they saw {10-} {7-} in his hand, too. Whatever it was, it wasn't good, and we're minus on Russian here on Day 1.

Eslami is on the rise, bolstering his stack up to about 47,000 with that knockout pot.

Tags: Ali EslamiMikhail Tulchinskiy

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Chippies!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
76,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Sands us
David Sands
51,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Daniel Shak
Daniel Shak
32,000
14,500
14,500
Profile photo of Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
31,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
31,000
28,400
28,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
30,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
27,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of David Bach us
David Bach
26,000
6,050
6,050
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Tim West us
Tim West
26,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
24,000
-13,000
-13,000
Profile photo of Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
22,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
22,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
18,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
17,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
11,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
10,350
-7,650
-7,650
WSOP 4X Winner

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
71,000
29,500
29,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
63,000
43,800
43,800
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
54,000
39,500
39,500
Profile photo of Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
47,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of
45,000
Profile photo of John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
35,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
30,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
30,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
28,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Jose Nacho Barbero
Jose Nacho Barbero
26,000
-2,500
-2,500
Profile photo of David Chiu us
David Chiu
25,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Jacobo Fernandez us
Jacobo Fernandez
24,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
22,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
21,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
20,500
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
20,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of David Ulliott
David Ulliott
16,000
-4,500
-4,500
Profile photo of David Bakes Baker us
David Bakes Baker
15,500
500
500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
15,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
14,500
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
13,500
6,300
6,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of David Sklansky us
David Sklansky
12,500
-2,500
-2,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
12,000
500
500
Profile photo of John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
11,000
-800
-800
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
11,000
-4,000
-4,000

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Duhamel Dusted

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

We didn't see the betting action for most of the hand, only joining as the full {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {6-Spades} {K-Spades} board was out on the table. Jonathan Duhamel and Bill Gazes each had 8,300 chips out in front of them from the first three rounds of betting. It all happened verbally and very quietly, but one of them shoved the river, and the other called. It was Duhamel at risk for about 8,000, and the news was not good.

Gazes tabled {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} for aces full, and Duhamel mucked and ducked out. His day is done, while Gazes improves to about 43,000 with that knockout pot.

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelBill Gazes

Sands Eroded a Bit

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The under-the-gun player opened to 1,200, and a player in middle-position player reraised all in for 2,500 total. Action came around to Doc Sands, and he made another raise, sliding out 8,450. Under the gun reraised all in for 17,750, and Sands called with a chance at the double knockout. And he was fairly well ahead:

Showdown
UTG: {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}
Middle: {A-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}
Sands: {A-Spades} {2-Hearts} {9-Spades} {9-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {J-Clubs}, though, and Mr. UTG finds a naked pair of queens as the best hand. He's doubled up and then some, the middle-position player is out, and Sands drops back to about 40,000.

Tags: Doc Sands

The Proverbial Two Birds For Mortensen

Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante
Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen

On a {2-Spades} {Q-Spades} {3-Clubs} flop, Tom Schneider and another player both got their money all in against Carlos Mortensen, and they were both in pretty fair shape to take a chunk from him.

Showdown
Schneider: {A-Clubs} {4-Spades} {5-Spades} {7-Hearts} (wheel draw, straight draw)
Mortensen: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Clubs} (top pair)
Opponent: {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} (top pair, wheel draw, straight draw)

The turn {9-Clubs} was a blank, but the river was not a blank at all, the {10-Diamonds}. That gives Mortensen queens up and the best hand, and he's sent two players to the rail to boost his count to about 37,000.

Tags: Carlos MortensenTom Schneider