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