Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,654,400
Entries
352
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
The bubble just burst, and Trai Dang is the first player out in the money. He got the rest of his short stack in preflop, and Trevor Reader was the only caller.
Reader: 
Dang: 
The flop was ugly for Dang, coming 
, giving Reader a royal flush draw and giving virtually nothing to Dang. The turn brought the 
, and Dang was drawing dead. The meaningless river came the 
, giving Reader an unnecessary straight, and he took the pot to boost his chip stack over 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Max Stern was recently eliminated by David Bach and shortly after Sean Dempsey fell to Vaswani.
Bach is now has 130,000 while Vaswani is up to 110,000.
We caught up with the action heads up between Allen Kessler and John Hennigan on a 
flop where each player had what looked to be 45,000 in front of them already. The action was on Kessler who announced all in which wasn’t quite possible as the pot was only 105,000 and he had more behind. Hennigan had already said call so the players would see the on the turn where Kessler now said all in. Hennigan made the call and Kessler told him that he (Hennigan) was probably winning three-quarters as the players turned up their hands.
Kessler: 
Hennigan: 
Both players held the same low while Kessler’s pair of sixes were actually ahead for the high. The river was the 
and Kessler was in fact the one who won three-quarters to boost his stack while Hennigan took a hit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
100,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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Erik Seidel was riding a fairly short stack for most of the past few hours, and that finally caught up to him, as he has just been eliminated. Fabrizio Gonzalez made it 12,000, and it folded around to Seidel in the big blind. He announced pot, and Gonzalez thought very briefly before announcing all in. Seidel called, and the cards were flipped up.
Seidel: 
Gonzalez: 
The flop was ugly for Seidel, as it came . This gave Gonzalez the nut low, and Seidel would need a king, three, or seven to make a better high hand. The turn came the 
, giving him no help, and the river brought the . Gonzalez scooped the pot, and the most decorated player in the field was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Mark Gregorich three-bet all in from the small blind and was called by Raymond Dehkarghani who had raised from middle position.
The board ran out 
and the for Dehkarghani held up as the best hand.
Brett Shaffer followed him to the payout desk shortly after.
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
John Hennigan raised to 12,000 from middle position and Allen Kessler three-bet him in position to 35,000. It folded back to Hennigan who already had the chips ready to go in.
"Just like that?" Kessler asked.
"My mind is a steel trap Allen," Hennigan responded.
The flop came 
and Hennigan checked. Kessler immediately announced all in and Hennigan wasted no time making the call.
Kessler: 
Hennigan: 
Kessler had a pair of fours and each had the nut low draw. The turn was the which gave Kessler a straight and hit each of their lows. But the river counterfeited Hennigan's low and knocked him out of the tournament.
With that pot, Kessler now has 450,000 chips and is our current chip leader.
First, on a 
board, Gary Bolden led out from the small blind for 65,000 and David Bach moved all in from the hijack for 119,000 total. Bolden made the call as the players revealed their hands.
Bach: 
Boldin:
Boldin had top pair, a queen-high flush draw and a low draw. Bach had a pair of sixes, the nut flush draw and a better low draw. The river was the which completed Bach’s higher flush and better low to give him the scoop and double him up while dropped Boldin down to 290,000.
Shortly after, Nick Schulman raised to 15,000 preflop and was called by Bolden who was next to act as well as the big blind. On the 
flop with two clubs, the big blind checked to Schulman who bet 40,000. Bolden raised to 170,000, the big blind folded and Schulman shoved. Bolden called all in and the players showed their hands.
Schulman: 
Bolden:
The turn and river bricked out and Schulman won the pot with his higher two pair to eliminate Bolden and take a sizeable chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
||
|
260,000 | |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
As the 28th player busted, three out of four tables had finished play and started to choose new seats.
However, table #286 still had one very large hand going on.
With all the money in on the board here is what the players held:
Trevor Reader:
Peter Levine: 
Fabrizio Gonzalez: 
Levine had significantly less chips than the other two players which created a large main pot but a massive side pot. The turn 
and river 
ultimately resulted in a chopped main pot between Levine and Reader. Reader also scooped the side pot and now has 285,000 while Gonzalez falls to 60,000.
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Table 280:
1) Alexander Dovzhenko
2) Ram Vaswani
3) Marcelo Costa
4) David Bach
5) Fabrizio Gonzalez
6) Anders Taylor
7) Grayson Nichols
8) Peter Charalambous
9) Lee Watkinson
Seat 286:
1) Nick Schulman
2) Padraig Parkinson
3) Kirill Rabtsov
4) Trevor Reader
5) Tobias Hausen
6) Brent Wheeler
7) Allen Kessler
8) David Sands
9) Phil Laak
Table 292:
1) Nick Binger
2) Igor Sharaskin
3) Bjorn Verbakel
4) Peter Levine
5) Raymond Dehkarghani
6) Joseph Marchal
7) Bryce Yockey
8) Austin Marks
9) Maurizio Guerra