Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$64,531,000
Entries
6,865
Level
43
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000
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Level 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
While you wait for the Main Event action to return, why not catch up on all the highlights from our sixth week here at the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker:
While We Eat.
Level 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
The metaphorical dinner bell has sounded here in the Amazon Room, and the players have been released for their ninety-minute break.
Our Day 1c field has topped out at 2,181 players, pushing the total count for the first three days up over the 4,000 mark. Things are looking good for the over-6,000 bettors.
Over the course of the shakedown that is the first three levels, a few notable players were pulled under, unable to dodge the minefield on their opening day. Most notably, the 2003 Main Event champion, Chris Moneymaker made his exit during the third level of the day. Also falling was the cricketing legend of Australia (Shane Warne), the funny guy (Ray Romano), a trio of 2011 bracelet winners (Jason Somerville, Fabrice Soulier, and Allen Bari), and the oldest player in the event, Ellen Deeb.
Those are the have-nots, but we have a few notables "haves" too. Massimiliano Martinez was sitting atop the counts for much of the last level with over 100,000 chips, but took a hit in the final hand before break to fall back to the pack. Mark Newhouse has been the primary beneficiary of Martinez's losses. Meanwhile, Sorel Mizzi, Shannon Shorr, Erik Seidel, John Tabatabai, and Kenneth Friis are all big movers during the first 60% of this Day 1c, having built some of the bigger stacks around.
Our surviving hungry players are out of here for ninety minutes, and play will resume just before 8:30 P.M.
Level 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
Mark Newhouse has certainly been making things difficult for one-time chip leader Massimiliano Martinez.
Their latest battle lasted a few minutes into the dinner break. The board read 
and Martinez called 14,000 from Newhouse, but when the 
hit the river, he found himself faced with a Newhouse all-in shove for about 33,000.
Martinez muttered to himself, "Sick, sick, sick," a few times before giving it up.
" I hope you didn't have a set of kings," said Newhouse, showing 
.
Martinez said he had aces and is now down to about 55,000. Newhouse, meanwhile, is up to about 87,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
65,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
58,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
48,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
46,500
-14,500
|
-14,500 |
|
42,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
35,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
31,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
27,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
21,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
17,000
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
|
10,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Level 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
As we were walking around getting some chip counts we noticed a bit of music coming from Paul Pierce's table. When we went over to investigate we found Pierce involved in a blind vs. blind battle.
The board was already showing the 
and the small blind had checked it over to Pierce who bet 6,000. Pierce's headphones were down around his neck but with the volume turned up we could hear a steady beat coming from them which Pierce was grooving to as he waited for his opponent to act. The small blind eventually decided to fold and Pierce said "good fold" as he showed his 
for top pair with a flush draw.
Pierce was up to around 67,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,100
-5,700
|
-5,700 |
|
|
60,100 | |
|
|
56,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
52,700
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
|
|
44,700 | |
|
|
44,100
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
|
39,900
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
38,100
-7,200
|
-7,200 |
|
||
|
|
37,300
-13,700
|
-13,700 |
|
|
35,600
600
|
600 |
|
|
34,600
700
|
700 |
|
|
33,000
700
|
700 |
|
32,500
-300
|
-300 |
|
||
|
|
32,400
8,600
|
8,600 |
|
|
27,000
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
|
26,300
15,200
|
15,200 |
|
|
25,000
-9,900
|
-9,900 |
|
|
22,000
-250
|
-250 |
|
18,100
-11,400
|
-11,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
10,600
-8,300
|
-8,300 |
|
7,700
-300
|
-300 |
Level 3
: 150/300, 0 ante
Paul "Ace in the Hole" Pritchett has moved up to 56,000 after a big hand played out over on table 290 before the dinner break.
On a flop that read 
, the player in the big blind checked to Pritchett who bet 1,600 from the button; the big blind called, then check-called again after Pritchett's bet of 2,750 on the turn of the 
before checking again on the river .
Pritchett bet 5,200 and the big blind went into the tank before folding his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
62,100
18,600
|
18,600 |
|
|
60,100
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
51,000 | |
|
|
42,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
28,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
28,000 | |
|
|
27,500 | |
|
18,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |