2011 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$8,715,638
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$64,531,000
Entries
6,865
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000

Williams Going the Other Way

The other David Williams in our field (who we've appropriately named 'Dave Williams' in our chip counts for clarification) has seen his stack slide back t about 62,000. Here's a recent pot that he lost that helped add to the slide a bit.

We caught up with the action on the {Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{8-Spades} board and two players had checked to Williams. He bet 2,300 and the first player called. The next player folded.

The {10-Spades} fell on the river and the first player checked to Williams again. He fired 6,300. His opponent mulled it over for a bit and then slid out 12,150. Now, that's not a complete raise. A complete raise would have to had been to 12,600. Nothing was said and Williams tabled the {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, which was also a bit weird because he didn't say anything to declare a call or a fold. Another player at the table not in the hand questioned what was happening and then Williams said that he folded. The dealer scooped in his cards and the unknown player won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dave Williams
Dave Williams
62,000
-7,000
-7,000

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Back In Black

Pavilion Black Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antony Lellouche
Antony Lellouche
77,000
61,000
61,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
56,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Randal Flowers
Randal Flowers
53,200
23,200
23,200
Profile photo of David Bach
David Bach
51,000
-4,325
-4,325
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais
Erik Cajelais
47,200
4,200
4,200
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
43,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of
40,500
Profile photo of Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller
36,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong
36,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Matthew Jarvis
Matthew Jarvis
35,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Matt Vengrin
Matt Vengrin
34,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
33,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
31,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Blair Hinkle
Blair Hinkle
29,500
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of George Lind
George Lind
27,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of David Sands
David Sands
26,500
-4,500
-4,500
Profile photo of Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
24,500
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ylon Schwartz
Ylon Schwartz
24,500
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
22,000
-500
-500
Profile photo of Jennifer Harman
Jennifer Harman
20,200
-7,250
-7,250
Profile photo of Matt Savage
Matt Savage
17,700
-9,300
-9,300
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
17,150
-10,950
-10,950
Profile photo of Elissa Harwood
Elissa Harwood
13,100
-900
-900
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
13,000
-21,400
-21,400
Profile photo of Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
10,000
-5,000
-5,000

One for Williams

David Williams
David Williams

David Williams raised to 800 from early position and received five callers, all of whom checked the {10-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{6-Spades} flop. When the {2-Clubs} hit the turn, the player in the big blind bet 3,000, Williams called, and the rest of the field folded. The {9-Diamonds} river elicited two checks and Williams turned over {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. The big blind flashed the {3-Spades}, but must have been out-kicked as he tossed his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Williams
David Williams
22,200
7,500
7,500

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Good Fold, Says Lind (No, Really)

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

With the board showing {8-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and about 15,000 in the middle, George Lind pushed all in. His lone opponent, Demetrios Arvanetes, thought for just a few seconds before letting it go, then the conversation began.

Arvanetes mentioned it had been a difficult fold. "You didn't think very long," answered Lind. Arvanetes went on further, standing up as he did. "It was a good fold," Lind finally said. "Come on… don't say stuff like that!" said Arvanetes with mock-anger as he walked away.

"No, really, it was," said Lind.

Soon Arvanetes was back at the table and the two were laughing further about the hand.

Lind has about 35,000 now, while Arvanetes is at around 50,000.

Tags: George LindDemetrios Arvanetes

There's Still Time to Register for the World Series of Poker Europe

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

While time to register for the 2011 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas has officially run out, there is still time to get in on the WSOP action. This October, the WSOP-Europe will travel to Cannes, France and host seven more bracelet events. Not only that, all of those events will count toward the 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Race, which means we'll no doubt be seeing the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Ben Lamb, Chris Moorman, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in attendance. Have a look at the schedule of events:

WSOP-Europe Schedule

EventBuy-InDateTime
Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em€2,500 + €18010/7/115:00 PM
No Limit Hold’em€1,000 + €9010/8/1112:00 PM
Pot Limit Omaha€5,000 + €30010/10/115:00 PM
No Limit Hold’em, SHOOTOUT€3,000 + €20010/11/115:00 PM
Split Format—No Limit Hold’em€10,000 + €40010/12/115:00 PM
Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha€1,500 + €12010/13/115:00 PM
WSOPE Main Event Championship€10,000 + €40010/15/1112:00 PM

Henson Heads Southward

We joined a five-way flop as the dealer spread out {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {6-Clubs}, but only the two blinds would make it past that point. Ray Henson led out with 675 from the small blind, and the big blind called to go heads-up to the turn. It was the {8-Diamonds}, and Henson put out another 1,150. His opponent promptly raised to 4,700, and Henson called to see the {J-Diamonds} on the river. Henson checked, then called a small bet of 3,500 to see the showdown.

His opponent tabled {5-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} for the nuts, and it's knocked Henson back down under 40,000 for the first time since the first level.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ray Henson
Ray Henson
38,000
-6,000
-6,000

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Cyndy Violette Eliminated

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante
Cyndy Violette eliminated before the dinner break.
Cyndy Violette eliminated before the dinner break.

Cyndy Violette entered a limped pot on the button with four players. The flop came {10-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {5-Clubs}, both blinds checked, the under the gun player bet 600 and Violette called. The blinds released and the turn came {K-Hearts}. The UTG player bet 600 and Violette min-raised 600 more. The UTG player called and the river came {Q-Spades}. The UTG player moved all in and Violette called with her 2,000ish stack.

Violette tabled {2-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} for a flopped set and her opponent tabled {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades} for the runner runner straight. Violette was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Cyndy Violette