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

"Watch This"

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

When we reached Table 365, the flop had already fallen {6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Hearts}. There was a bet of 5,500, a raise to 12,000, and a third gentleman called all in for 10,500. The original bettor called, and while the dealer pulled in all the bets, the all-in player got out of his seat.

"Rich Murnick," he told our tournament reporter. "Montclair, New Jersey."

The turn was the {4-Clubs}.

Murnick nudged our tournament reporter. "Watch this."

The remaining players got in 6,500 apiece, then 10,000 after the {9-Diamonds} hit the river. Murnick grabbed his cards and slammed {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} onto the felt as hard as he could, screaming his head off.

A wired pair of queens won the sidepot, but Murnick won the main, tripling to over 40,000 chips.

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Ship it to Spinks

Our PokerNews reporter caught up with the action between Jonathan Spinks and Rene Angelil on a flop that read {2-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}; Spinks check-called Angelil's post-flop bet, then did the same after Angelil fired out 1,500 on the turn.

Both players then checked down the river {J-Hearts} and Angelil tabled {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}, but was out-kicked by Spinks' {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. Spinks is now up to almost 60,000, while Angelil is still around the starting stack of 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Spinks
59,000
34,200
34,200
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Rene Angelil
30,300
4,900
4,900

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Marchese Busted

We're not sure of all the details, but we do know that Tom Marchese lost the vast majority of his chips holding {J-}{J-} against {10-}{10-} only to have the board run out {A-}{A-}{K-}{10-}{3-}. That hand left Marchese nursing a short stack, but it appears his luck has ran out.

We can confirm that Marchese has been eliminated from the 2011 WSOP Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Marchese
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Lisandro Slips

In a four way pot, Jeff Lisandro fired out 2,000 on a {Q-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop, getting one caller from the hijack. Both players proceeded to check the {J-Diamonds} turn and {A-Spades} river, the hijack turning over the huge draw-missing-but-top-pair-making {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} which won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeff Lisandro
42,000
-13,000
-13,000

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No Scowling

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

It's not been a good Day 1d for Todd Terry, as can clearly be ascertained from a browse through his Twitter feed.

It's possible things are about to take a turn for the better, though, as Terry has just found his first double-up. It began with a player to his right opening to 575, and Terry jammed his last 6,225 chips into the middle. His opponent tanked and called, and the two men were flipping for the pot.

Showdown
Terry: {10-Spades} {10-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades}

When the dealer burned and turned, the {J-Clubs} appeared right in the window, but the full flop was much better for Terry. It came {10-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} to give Terry a big lead with two to come, and the turn {4-Diamonds} secured his double-up. The river {A-Clubs} was too little, too late for Mr. Opponent, and he's pushed Terry back into contention with 12,900 after that double-dip.

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Was That a Tell de Koster Picked Up On?

With approximately 3,400 chips in the pot, action was checked by one player to Patrick de Koster on the {Q-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} board. De Koster fired a bet of 2,150 and his opponent then check-raised to 4,300. De Koster began to tank and his opponent sat motionless with his two elbows on the table and hands cupped in front of his mouth, head slightly down with his eyes buried below the brim of his black baseball cap. The player sat like this for a minute or two while de Koster tanked, but then all of a sudden sat back in his chair and grabbed his drink to take a sip. As soon as the player did this, de Koster tossed in the call.

Upon de Koster making the call, the player simply mucked his hand. De Koster pushed his cards forward and wasn't about to show. Being a European player, oftentimes in events over there, the winning hand doesn't have to be shown. Here at the World Series of Poker, the winning hand must be shown in order for the winner to take the pot. De Koster was explained this by the dealer and some of the members at the table before rolling over the {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Patrick de Koster
37,000
7,000
7,000

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Shane's Head & "Shalders" Above Shulman

Jeff Shulman, Rayan Nathan and JC Tran may be holding court over on table 298, but they're now all becoming very wary of TeamAPL's Shane Shalders, who's just cracked the 50K-chip mark in Amazon Blue.

We picked up the action after a raised pot between Shalders, the big blind and Shulman after the dealer had spread the flop of {10-Clubs}{J-Spades}{8-Spades}; all three players checked their option before Shalders and the big blind checked again on the turn of the {8-Diamonds}.

Shulman opened for 3,500 and Shalders called, then he led out for 6,500 into Shulman on the river of the {6-Clubs}. Shulman who was only playing about 18,000 behind, went into the tank for over three minutes before another player requested time.

The floor was called over and advised Shulman that he had one minute to act. After about 20 seconds, Shulman carefully checked his cards again and then let it go. Shalders flashed {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds} and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Shane Shalders
54,200
8,400
8,400
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Jeff Shulman
17,200
-3,800
-3,800

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Mosseri Robusto To Busto

Abe Mosseri was one of our early chip leaders as he nearly doubled his stack very early on in the day. Clearly that wasn't enough though because after losses in two big pots he has managed to go busto very soon after the start of the third level. This following hand is the one that crippled him.

An under the gun player raised to 600 and three players called including Mosseri. The button player then raised it up to 3,000 and the under the gun player and Mosseri called.

The flop came down {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and all three players checked. The turn came {3-Clubs} the under the gun player bet 3,700, Mosseri called, and the button folded.

The river came the {2-Spades} and the under the gun player went all in for 11,450. Mosseri SNAP called and was disgusted when he saw the {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} of his opponent for a rivered full house. Mosseri splashed the pot with his call, mucked his hand, and cursed under his breath for a while.

It must've been only one or two hands later, but when we went back on the floor, Mosseri's seat was empty and he has clearly hit the rail. A tough beat for him as he probably he was sitting pretty with that early double stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Abe Mosseri
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Juanda Testing The Waters

John Juanda in a recent hand made it 800 from the cut off in a recent hand and managed to get a caller in the button. The dealer flattened out a {2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{q-Spades} flop and Juanda wasted no time putting out a bet of 1,225. The button called and both players witnessed a turn.

The {7-Diamonds} fourth street slowed Juanda down and he checked. His opponent then jumped on this chance and made it 1800. After a mild tank session Juanda folded leaving his chip stack hovering around 25,000.

Player Chips Progress
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John Juanda
26,000
-5,600
-5,600
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Jurgens Eliminated

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante
Nichoel Jurgens eliminated.
Nichoel Jurgens eliminated.

One of the last two women standing in the 2009 Main Event was Nichoel Peppe, now known as Nichoel Jurgens, will not be making a run at that title this year. Jurgens was short stacked from the the previous level and survived the blinds, but two hands later the under the gun player opened for 700.

A middle position player called and Jurgens moved all in from the cutoff for 3,225. The UTG player folded and after a short tank the middle position player called.

Jurgens: {J-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Opponent: {K-Hearts} {10-Hearts}

The board ran {4-Hearts} {3-Spades} {6-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {2-Spades} and her opponent made the flush on the turn ending Jurgens dream of a final table.

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