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

Watts Back From the Dead

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

It wasn't too long ago we caught Steve Watts with a chip stack of just 8,500. However, less than 20 minutes of play later he is up to 42,000 thanks in large part to winning a recent pot.

Watts three-bet from the small blind and received one caller. The flop came {9-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and he moved all in for his final 15,800. His remaining opponent made the call with {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} but was well behind the {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} of Watts. The turn {4-Hearts} and river {7-Hearts} bricked off and Watts has regained a healthy amount of chips.

Tags: Steve Watts

Jacks-Full for Le

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Duane Wellnitz raised to 1,700, Tommy Le called, and the flop fell {j-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}. Wellnitz check-called 2,500 from Le, and the turn was the {a-Hearts}. Wellnitz checked, Le tossed in 2,000, and Wellnitz called.

Both players checked after the {5-Diamonds} completed the board, and Le opened up {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for jacks-full. Wellnitz mucked, and Le raked in the pot.

Tags: Tommy Le

Lindley Loses a Race

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

From early position, Tom McCormick raised to 2,000 and Christina Lindley called in middle position. The player in the cutoff moved all in for 16,200 and action folded back to Lindley. She studied the stack and then studied the player before announcing a call.

Lindley: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

The flop was Yatzee flop for her opponent when it came down {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}, although it did give Lindley some hope. The turn {8-Hearts} and river {4-Diamonds} bricked off though and Lindley is down to 48,000.

Tags: Christina Lindley

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Color Up and a Break

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break and the green T25 chips are being colored up as well.

Following two levels of play on Day 2a, the unofficial chip leader appears to be Aleksandr Mozhnyako with 274,100.

Plenty of Purple Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Don Nguyen
Don Nguyen
222,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of David Diaz
David Diaz
193,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Kyle Burnside
Kyle Burnside
156,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Sami Kelopuro
Sami Kelopuro
147,500
59,000
59,000
Profile photo of Kevin Song
Kevin Song
145,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Bryce Yockey
Bryce Yockey
135,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Gregory Kaplan
Gregory Kaplan
135,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
129,000
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Phil Collins
Phil Collins
121,000
26,000
26,000
Profile photo of Chris Bjorin
Chris Bjorin
113,000
-22,000
-22,000
Profile photo of Justin Cohen
Justin Cohen
110,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Katovsky
Nicholas Katovsky
103,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Jani Sointula
Jani Sointula
100,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Keith Hawkins
Keith Hawkins
98,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Rolf Slotboom nl
Rolf Slotboom
89,000
29,625
29,625
Profile photo of Alex Kamberis
Alex Kamberis
48,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
45,700
-25,300
-25,300
Profile photo of Christina Lindley
Christina Lindley
39,000
-9,000
-9,000
Profile photo of Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
35,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Shane Schleger
Shane Schleger
34,000
-1,200
-1,200
Profile photo of
32,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
30,000
-5,600
-5,600
Profile photo of Mikhail Tulchinskiy
Mikhail Tulchinskiy
30,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Mel Judah
Mel Judah
17,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Caio Pimenta br
Caio Pimenta
Busted

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It's Meulder on the Dancefloor

Phil Gordon check-raised a 4,700 bet to 12,100 on the turn of a {9-Spades}{3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{A-Clubs} board against Matthias De Meulder but the Belgian made the call before also calling another 20,000 on the {8-Spades} river.

Gordon showed {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a rivered two pair but De Meulder held {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a better two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthias de Meulder be
Matthias de Meulder
130,000
71,000
71,000
Profile photo of Phil Gordon us
Phil Gordon
31,000
-43,000
-43,000

Tags: Matthias De MeulderPhil Gordon

Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shane Sigsbee
Shane Sigsbee
194,100
-700
-700
Profile photo of Josh Mullen
Josh Mullen
158,900
68,775
68,775
Profile photo of Sarah Bilney
Sarah Bilney
150,300
11,300
11,300
Profile photo of Juan Perez
Juan Perez
149,000
88,900
88,900
Profile photo of Mark Zajdner
Mark Zajdner
145,000
-13,300
-13,300
Profile photo of Josh Gaytan
Josh Gaytan
142,500
70,525
70,525
Profile photo of Pim de Goede
Pim de Goede
114,500
13,800
13,800
Profile photo of Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad
92,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Pius Heinz
Pius Heinz
85,300
-4,250
-4,250
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
81,500
1,700
1,700
Profile photo of Mickey Appleman
Mickey Appleman
75,100
-6,500
-6,500
Profile photo of Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
61,000
10,500
10,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander
55,800
-10,200
-10,200
Profile photo of Josh Brikis
Josh Brikis
48,800
Profile photo of Tyler Patterson
Tyler Patterson
43,400
7,400
7,400
Profile photo of Ronald Mcdonald us
Ronald Mcdonald
40,700
2,600
2,600
Profile photo of Jay Kinkade
Jay Kinkade
39,800
-34,000
-34,000
Profile photo of Nam Le
Nam Le
37,100
18,700
18,700
Profile photo of Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
37,000
7,500
7,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Kenny Nguyen
Kenny Nguyen
35,100
2,200
2,200