2011 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$573,456
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,340,600
Entries
249
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Kojo Eliminated After Running Queens Into Aces

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Just before the break, a huge hand developed that resulted in the elimination of Kunimaro Kojo. It began with a series of preflop raises and reraises that ultimately saw Kojo all in with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} against the {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} of his unknown opponent. The board ran out an uneventful {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Kojo made his exit from the $10K Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship late in Level Two.

Tags: Kunimaro Kojo

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

The Master Doesn't Tweet

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Right before the break we caught a bit of dialogue between Gavin Smith and Men "The Master" Nguyen who are sitting at tables right next to each other. Smith yelled out, "Men, do you tweet?" to which Nguyen replied "Do I drink?"

Smith laughed and said "I know you drink... I mean Twitter. Do you tweet?" Nguyen shook his head and said no.

Tags: Men NguyenGavin Smith

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
85,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
52,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Beth Shak us
Beth Shak
50,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Alan Meltzer
Alan Meltzer
50,000
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
48,500
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
44,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
44,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
43,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
42,000
-8,500
-8,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
38,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
37,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
34,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
33,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
33,000
Profile photo of Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
31,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
28,500
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Burt Boutin us
Burt Boutin
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
27,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
21,000
-9,000
-9,000

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Oliver Bests Busquet

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

With the board reading {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, Olivier Busquet put out a small bet and Chris Oliver raised to 6,100. Without much hesitation, Busquet reraised to 14,500 and Oliver went into the tank. He eventually decided to make the call and showed the {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for a full house. Busquet mucked his hand and Oliver raked in a nice pot.

Sarah chatted with Oliver just after he registered. Check out the video below.

Tags: Chris OliverOlivier Busquet

Mercier Shows Mercy with Check-Calls

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

On a flop of {8-Hearts}{5-Spades}{Q-Spades}, Jason Mercier checked called a bet of 3,800 from his opponent. He then checked called another bet, this time 6,700, when the {6-Clubs} was put out on the turn. When the {K-Spades} peeled off on the river, Mercier checked and his opponent decided to slow down with a check of his own.

Mercier showed {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} and it was good enough to take down the pot. Mercier is up to 44,000.

Tags: Jason Mercier

Evdakov Chips Up

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Nikolay Evdakov found himself facing a reraise from big blind after he opened from the button. The big blind made 2,700 to see the flop of {4-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {10-Clubs}. The big blind cut out 4,500 after the flop and Evdakov raised to 20,000. After a moment the big blind folded and Evdakov is up to around 35,000.

Tags: Nikolay Evdakov

Devilfish vs. Kessler

David "Devilfish" Ulliott
David "Devilfish" Ulliott

On one of the most stacked tables in the room, Allen Kessler raised to 450 from middle position and received calls from Erik Cajelais in middle position, David "Devilfish" Ulliott on the button, and Dwyte Pilgrim in the small blind. When the flop fell {9-Spades}{Q-Spades}{6-Hearts}, action checked around to Ulliott and he bet 1,500. Kessler was the only player to make the call and it was heads up to the turn, which came the {K-Hearts}.

Both players proceeded to check, as they did on the {10-Clubs} river. Kessler revealed {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts} for pocket rockets, but Ulliott flipped {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a rivered two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
31,000
Profile photo of David Ulliott
David Ulliott
30,000

Tags: Erik CajelaisAllen KesslerDavid UlliottDwyte Pilgrim