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

Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jan Philippi
Jan Philippi
76,000
-29,000
-29,000
Profile photo of Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro
55,000
-7,500
-7,500
Profile photo of Johan van Til nl
Johan van Til
50,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Matt Matros
Matt Matros
36,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Lars Bonding
Lars Bonding
34,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of
33,000
Profile photo of Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton
32,600
100
100
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert
28,500
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Francesco Torres
Francesco Torres
24,500
-4,500
-4,500
Profile photo of Alex Bolotin us
Alex Bolotin
20,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Julian Thew gb
Julian Thew
13,800
-1,200
-1,200
Profile photo of Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
12,000
-10,700
-10,700
Profile photo of David Vamplew
David Vamplew
9,700
-17,300
-17,300

Yes We Chan!

Terrence Chan is now starting to tear it up on this table, moving past the 50,000 chip mark as we approach the next break of the day.

We picked up the action on a flop that read {J-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} between Chan and three other players; the small blind had led out for 200 and both the big blind and the hijack players called. Chan also followed along and then the action was checked through to him after the turn of the {8-Clubs}.

Chan fired out 1,200 and that was enough to end it.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Terrence Chan
Terrence Chan
54,000
25,700
25,700

Tags: Terrence Chan

Ol' Satellite Shelton

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

We have a gentleman over here in the Orange section who's apparently a bit of a satellite buff. In the month of June, Ken Shelton won seven WSOP satellites. And four of them were big ones, earning him enough lammers to buy into this Main Event several times over. In fact, in those seven satellites, he earned a total of $54,693 in tournament entries. Average buy-in: $706. Average winnings: $7,813. That's not too shabby an ROI, and Shelton was more than willing to share with us the secret to his success.

"You want to know the secret?" he asked flatly. "Re-entry."

Shelton used some of those lammers to buy himself into the $5,000 Six-Max Event #40, finishing in 11th place to add another $11,903 to his wallet. He's here with us on Day 1d of the Main Event, too, and he's worked his starting stack up to about 42,000 as we write.

Tags: Ken Shelton

Mosseri Missing Some Of His Stack

Abe Mosseri was up nearly double here early on, but just lost most of it after making a correct read and an incorrect call.

With the board reading {10-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} Mosseri bet 800 from the big blind and the player in middle position raised it up to 2,200. Mosseri made the call and said "Why do I feel like you have {k-}{q-}?"

The river came the {5-Hearts} and Mosseri checked to his opponent who bet out 2,500. Mosseri again made the call and his {a-}{j-} was beaten by his correct read of {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for Broadway.

Mosseri is down to 40,000 after his previous high of near 60,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
40,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Abe Mosseri

You Want Chip Counts? You Got It . . .

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alan Sternberg
Alan Sternberg
88,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen
50,050
4,900
4,900
Profile photo of Alexandre Gomes br
Alexandre Gomes
46,400
-4,600
-4,600
Profile photo of Mark Seif
Mark Seif
38,000
2,600
2,600
Profile photo of Huck Seed
Huck Seed
35,900
-6,100
-6,100
Profile photo of Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
35,400
10,800
10,800
Profile photo of Kenna James
Kenna James
35,100
-1,300
-1,300
Profile photo of Kristy Gazes
Kristy Gazes
34,600
3,100
3,100
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
31,600
1,150
1,150
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Chris DeMaci
Chris DeMaci
31,350
-650
-650
Profile photo of Tony Hachem
Tony Hachem
30,400
400
400
Profile photo of Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
29,700
3,700
3,700
Profile photo of Will Failla
Will Failla
29,300
2,300
2,300
Profile photo of Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold
28,150
2,925
2,925
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
27,000
-1,150
-1,150
Profile photo of Robert Cheung
Robert Cheung
26,500
-7,500
-7,500
Profile photo of Kelly Kim us
Kelly Kim
25,800
8,300
8,300
Profile photo of JJ Liu
JJ Liu
25,400
-500
-500
Profile photo of Jonathan Little
Jonathan Little
23,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
18,600
-3,400
-3,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney
Bryn Kenney
16,500
-19,600
-19,600
Profile photo of David Williams
David Williams
16,150
-4,050
-4,050
Profile photo of Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond
12,300
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Nelly
Nelly
6,400
-8,600
-8,600
Profile photo of Paul Magriel
Paul Magriel
Busted

Just a Straight Flush

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Shawn "Lightning" Keller opened to 500 from early position, and was called by two players near the button. The flop came down {3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Keller continued for 700, and a player on the button called. Both players checked the {4-Diamonds} on the turn, and the {7-Spades} hit the river. Keller checked, his opponent tossed out one T1,000 chip, and Keller tank-folded.

His opponent flashed the {5-Diamonds}, then mucked his hand.

Tags: Shawn Keller

Gomes Gets One

During a recent hand action had folded around to Alexandre Gomes in the cut off position, he opted to bet and made it 500. The big blind was the only one willing to call, and both players got to see a {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop. Both players knuckled and it was off to the turn,

The {7-Spades} decided to make an appearance on fourth street and with it came bet of 625 from Gomes and a call from his opponent. The {10-Spades} river was apparently irrelevant, as both players checked. The big blind showed first and flipped over {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for jack high and a busted straight draw. Gomes countered the jack high by flipping {9-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for a pair of winning nines.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexandre Gomes br
Alexandre Gomes
51,000
18,600
18,600

Tags: Alexandre Gomes

Six Figures for Philippi

We've already found our first six-figure stack and it belongs to Jan Philippi. According to one of our friends in the media, Philippi is on 105,000 after being paid off twice when he had nut flushes and then also picked up {K-}{K-} against {Q-}{Q-}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jan Philippi
Jan Philippi
105,000

Tags: Jan Philippi

Buchanan Buckles

It was five-way action into a raised pot on a flop of {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} when we arrived on the scene; all the players, including Kristian Lunardi and Shawn Buchanan in late position, checked it down before the dealer peeled off the turn of the {9-Clubs}.

Again, the action checked around, but this time Lunardi fired out a bet and Buchanan called, forcing the others out of the way before the river {4-Clubs} completed the board. Lunardi fired out 6,525 and Buchanan went into the tank for about two-and-a-half minutes before making the call, only to muck after Lunardi showed {J-Spades}{9-Spades} for the full house.

The Aussies are really tearing it up in the "True Blue" section of the Amazon Room today!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kristian Lunardi
Kristian Lunardi
49,400
14,800
14,800
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan
Shawn Buchanan
24,300
-7,100
-7,100

Tags: Kristian LunardiShawn Buchanan