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

Once You Go Black...

Chip counts from the remaining tables in the Pavilion Black section.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg
233,000
201,550
201,550
Profile photo of
218,000
Profile photo of Mike Sowers
Mike Sowers
210,000
-26,000
-26,000
Profile photo of Chris Brammer
Chris Brammer
180,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Dan Shak
Dan Shak
140,000
Profile photo of Tom McEvoy us
Tom McEvoy
133,000
104,000
104,000
Profile photo of Christophe de Meulder be
Christophe de Meulder
100,000
34,300
34,300
Profile photo of
100,000
Profile photo of Adam Junglen
Adam Junglen
70,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Mike Caro
Mike Caro
64,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
30,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
20,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
19,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
11,000
5,000
5,000

We're Down Another November Niner

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Soi Nguyen is eliminated.
Soi Nguyen is eliminated.

Soi Nguyen was in middle position and raised to 1,800. Action folded around to Steve Karp in the small blind and he raised to 15,700. Nguyen moved all in for 19,000 and Karp called.

Nguyen: {A-Spades} {J-Spades}
Karp: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}

The board ran {K-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} and Nguyen couldn't catch a straight and won't be joining another November Nine.

Tags: Soi NguyenSteve Karp

Gordon Is Gone

Although we missed the action of the hand, we caught Phil Gordon recapping his bust out hand. He moved all in preflop holding {A-}{2-} and was called by {7-}{7-}. Gordon was able to catch an ace on the flop but was heartbroken when his opponent turned a {7-}, giving him a set of sevens and the best hand. Gordon's Main Event had come to an end, but he seemed in good spirits when being interviewed by the camera crew about his World Series.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Gordon
Busted

Tags: Phil Gordon

Big Stackin' in Orange

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

It looks like these gentleman (and a lady) are riding the biggest stacks in the Orange section:

PlayerChips
Geoff Rasmussen260,000
Daniel Sims258,000
John Harper229,000
Renato Almeida225,000
Magnus Persson223,000
Christopher Kolla220,000
Christopher Sykes195,000
Lisa Hamilton188,000
Fred Berger185,000

Blue Monday

"How does it feel to treat me like you do?"

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shane Sigsbee
Shane Sigsbee
185,000
600
600
Profile photo of Josh Brikis
Josh Brikis
106,000
57,200
57,200
Profile photo of Pim de Goede
Pim de Goede
106,000
-8,500
-8,500
Profile photo of Pius Heinz
Pius Heinz
88,000
2,700
2,700
Profile photo of Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad
79,000
-24,000
-24,000
Profile photo of Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
74,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mickey Appleman
Mickey Appleman
73,000
-2,100
-2,100
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
62,000
-23,000
-23,000
Profile photo of Nam Le
Nam Le
61,000
23,900
23,900
Profile photo of Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander
50,000
-5,800
-5,800
Profile photo of Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
27,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jay Kinkade
Jay Kinkade
13,400
-26,400
-26,400
Profile photo of Jamie Burland
Jamie Burland
12,800
-9,975
-9,975

Shak Spikes the River; Leaves Hellmuth Fuming

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth opened for 2,200 from the hi-jack and found one caller in Dan Shak from the big blind.

The flop came {K-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Shak checked. Hellmuth quickly checked behind.

The {3-Clubs} fell on the turn and Shak bet 3,200. Hellmuth quickly called.

Both players checked when the {J-Spades} came on the river and Shak tabled {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs} for a rivered pair of jacks. Hellmuth stared at Shak's hand and then the board and shot up out of his seat.

"It's good, Dan. Well played," Hellmuth said. "I trapped you perfectly and you hit the three-outer or whatever."

Shak defended himself, saying that he tried to steal on the turn and just got lucky on the river.

Hellmuth paced around his table for a little bit, but eventually sat back down. The poker brat is down to 18,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dan Shak
Dan Shak
140,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
18,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Golden Turn

Fred Goldberg open-shoved for his last 6,000 or so, Duane Wellnitz called in middle position, and so too did Greg Vogelsong on the button. The flop came down {q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}, and Wellnitz moved all in for 19,700. Vogelsong didn't know what to do, so he decided to flip a coin.

It came up "call."

Goldberg: {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Wellnitz: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Vogelsong: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

Wellnitz had both players in a world of hurt, that is until the {8-Spades} turned, giving Goldberg two pair. The {5-Hearts} bricked on the river, and Goldberg tripled up.

Wellnitz still came away ahead with the sidepot, while Vogelsong dropped to below 130,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Greg Vogelsong
Greg Vogelsong
128,000
-25,000
-25,000
Profile photo of Fred Goldberg us
Fred Goldberg
20,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Fred GoldbergDuane WellnitzGreg Vogelsong

Lindley Pipped

Christina Lindley
Christina Lindley

Jason Mercier raised to 1,600 in early position and was called by Christina Lindley on the button and player in the big blind. On the {7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop, the big blind led out for 3,500, Mercier folded and Lindley called. Both players checked the {Q-Clubs} turn as well as the {3-Hearts} river and Lindley turned over {9-}{9-}. The big blind revealed {10-}{10-} to just have Lindley beat as he won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Christina Lindley
Christina Lindley
45,000
2,000
2,000

Tags: Christina LindleyJason Mercier