Event #58: $10,000 Main Event Day 1d | 2011 World Series of Poker

07-10-2011 22:59 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	60,000 30,000	30,000
Abe Mosseri	54,000 -2,000	-2,000

John Wheeler	44,000 14,000	14,000
Erik Cajelais	43,000 -7,000	-7,000
Joseph Cheong	40,000 19,000	19,000
Ylon Schwartz	39,500 4,500	4,500
Brandon Cantu	35,000 5,000	5,000

Bill Klein	35,000 5,000	5,000
Thomas Keller	34,000 4,000	4,000
Leo Margets	33,000 3,000	3,000

David Sands	31,000 1,000	1,000
Matt Vengrin	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Blair Hinkle	28,500 -1,500	-1,500
Liv Boeree	28,100 -1,900	-1,900

Billy Kopp	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Max Pescatori	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

George Lind	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Matt Savage	27,000 -10,200	-10,200
Antonio Esfandiari	26,000 -4,000	-4,000

Melanie Weisner	23,800 -6,200	-6,200
Barry Greenstein	19,500 -10,500	-10,500

Antony Lellouche	16,000 -14,000	-14,000
Alex Wice	16,000 -2,500	-2,500
Frank Kassela	15,000 7,600	7,600

Tommy Vedes	15,000 -15,000	-15,000

Little Moves All In

Chad Holloway

On a flop of {Q-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} , Jonathan Little checked from the small blind and was followed by the player in the big. With action on another player in middle position, he fired out 850, which both checkers called.

After the dealer burned and turned the {10-Hearts} , it went check-check to the middle-position player and he bet 2,250. Little sat motionless for about 30 seconds before announcing, "All in." The 16,825 raise was too much for the big blind and he quickly folded. The middle-position player thought for a long while, constantly double checking his cards, before flicking them to the muck.

Little took down the pot without a showdown and is up to 24,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Little	24,000 3,750	3,750

Tags: Jonathan Little

07-10-2011 22:58 UTC

Chen Even Closer to a Century

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user66118]

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

We only have the tail end of this hand, joining the pot as the river card came out on the {7-Hearts} {a-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} board. There was about 18,000 in the middle already, and Andrew Chen made the leading bet of 9,500. His opponent was Nichoel Jurgens, and she spent a long while in the tank, considering the decision for most of her remaining chips. She only had 14,325 left in fornt of her, and after several minutes of agony, she threw 10,000 of them into the middle to make the call.

Chen quickly showed up {6-Hearts} {8-Hearts} , the nuts. Peppe couldn't beat it, and she looked a little displeased as she mucked, dropping back to just 4,825.

Chen is closing in on the century mark, stacking up just over 97,000 chips after that pot.

Tags: Andrew Chen Nichoel Jurgens

07-10-2011 22:55 UTC

Tehan Nearing The Century Mark

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Mickey Doft

With about 8,000 in the pot and the board reading {8-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {J-Clubs} , an opponent of Joe Tehan's bet 2,000.

Tehan popped it to 10,000 and was quickly called. It was the nuts for Tehan as he showed {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs} , besting his opponent's {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Tehan	86,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Joe Tehan

07-10-2011 22:52 UTC

Trying to Make a Buchman

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shamus

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

A player under the gun limped, then Eric Buchman, sitting to his left, raised to 800. It folded back to the big blind who called, and the limper called as well.

The flop came {8-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} and it quickly checked to Buchman. The player in the big blind rechecked her cards as the fourth-place finisher in the 2009 WSOP Main Event bet 1,200. She called, as did the player in between her and Buchman.

The turn then brought the {A-Hearts} , pairing the board. It checked to Buchman again, and he bet 2,500 this time. The big blind paused about 20 seconds, stealing a glance at Buchman as she did, then let her hand go. Buchman's other opponent folded as well.

Buchman has about 35,000.

Tags: Eric Buchman

07-10-2011 22:46 UTC

Thumbs-Up for Lee

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user101598]

Doug Lee and an opponent were heads up with the board reading {7-Spades} {4-Clubs} {q-Diamonds} {3-Spades} . Lee tossed 2,775 into a pot of about 5,000, and his opponent called. The {7-Diamonds} on the river paired the board, and without thought Lee fired 6,075. His opponent tank-called.

Lee opened up {a-Diamonds} {q-Hearts} , and his opponent mucked.

"King-queen," he told Lee.

Lee silently stacked his chips, and now sits with 53,000 in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doug Lee	53,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Doug Lee

07-10-2011 22:43 UTC

The Scarface Squeeze

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user196975]

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Over at Jordan "Scarface79" Smith's table there was an early position limper, the cutoff raised to 600 and the button called. Smith was in the small blind and popped it to 2,600. Smith's squeeze cleared the field and he stacked a small pot and is just above the starting stack.

Tags: Jordan Smith

07-10-2011 22:41 UTC

Deliver the Glucose!

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user135779]

We've already spotted Australian Team PokerStars Pro Tony Hachem in the field, so it was only natural that his big brother and 2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem was also going to be around here somewhere.

And find him we did - naturally, he's in the "True Blue" section (which also features fellow Australian players Kristian Lunardi, Rayan Nathan and Shane Shalders) on table 280 and we just witnessed a huge hand there which saw him chip up to almost 50,000.

From the UTG +1 position, Hachem raised to 450 and the action folded to another player in middle position who re-raised to 1,400. The big blind called and Hachem leaned over the dealer and asked the middle position player how much he had left. The middle position player laid his chips out, revealing that he had about 12,200 behind.

Hachem elected to call, then all three players checked the flop of {7-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} before Hachem led out for 2,725 after the big blind checked to him on the turn of the {2-Clubs} . The middle position player called and the big blind folded, then Hachem pushed out 25,000 on the river, which was a repeat {2-Hearts} .

The middle position player quickly called all-in, but stormed out in a fury after Hachem rolled up {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs} for the full house. That's a whole lot of sugar to be passed right there - BAM!

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Hachem	49,400 19,400	19,400

Tags: Joe Hachem

07-10-2011 22:39 UTC

Chip Counts From Tan

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Tehan	71,000 42,000	42,000
Casey McCarrel	70,000 -1,000	-1,000
Freddy Deeb	52,000 2,000	2,000
Amit Makhija	47,000 14,000	14,000
Frank Rusnak	45,000 -4,000	-4,000
Glenn Galfond	44,000 -4,000	-4,000
Anthony Gregg	43,000 11,000	11,000

Joe Serock	39,000 1,000	1,000
Thor Hansen	37,000 -3,000	-3,000
Mike Minetti	37,000 9,000	9,000
David Baker	29,000
Daniel Alaei	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Bryan Micon	27,000 -1,000	-1,000
Alex Kostritsyn	26,000 5,000	5,000
Jeff Banghart	26,000 4,000	4,000
Jared Jaffee	25,000 3,500	3,500
Masa Kagawa	17,400 -3,600	-3,600

07-10-2011 22:39 UTC

Sheiky Fills Up

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

[user66118]

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

On a {9-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} flop, the big blind checked, and the under-the-gun player bet 1,500. Player 3 called next door, and Shawn Sheikhan put in a raise to 5,700 to thin the field. The big blind and the bettor folded, but Player 3 called again to proceed heads-up.

"You love to call me," Sheikhan told him, hinting at some history between the men today. In any event, the turn came the {A-Hearts} , and now Player 3 led out with a bet of his own, 3,500. Sheikhan flatted there, and both players checked through the {9-Diamonds} river that paired the board.

Sheikhan showed {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} for the little full house, but it was good enough to drag the pot, moving him up to about 35,000.

Tags: Shawn Sheikhan