Saturday, July 9, 2011 2:13 PM Local Time
On a flop that read , the small blind, big blind and another player in middle position checked around to 2011 WSOP Ladies Event runner-up Karina Jett, who led out for 600. Only the small blind called and he then check-called Jett's bet of 1,100 after the turn of the before both players checked the river .
"I got an ace," said the small blind player, rolling up for two pair. Jett tapped the table and mucked her hand.
Karina Jett | 21,400 | 0 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 2:11 PM Local Time
Dan O'Brien raised to 650 preflop after one limper entered the pot. The button called, the big blind called and the original limper called.
The flop came , the big blind and limper checked, O'Brien bet out 1,250 and the button called. The big blind called and the original limper raised to 4,000. O'Brien folded and the button raised to 11,000. The big blind folded and the original limper called the 11,000.
The turn came , the limper checked and the button bet 10,000. The limper check-raised all in and the button called.
Limper:
Button:
The river came giving them each a full house and they chopped the pot.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 2:11 PM Local Time
Grayson Ramage opened with a raise to 600 from middle position. It folded to the player in the cutoff who called, and Leo Wolpert called from the button as well. The blinds got out, and the three remaining players saw the flop come . All checked. The turn then brought the and a bet of 1,100 from Ramage. The player in the cutoff quickly raised to 2,500, forcing a fold from Wolpert. Ramage went into the tank.
After about a minute he emerged, having decided to fold, showing an as he did. Michael Winnet couldn't help but respond from across the table. "You fold an ace?!" he said incredulously. "There are two on board, that makes three aces! How can you do that?!?"
As Winnet continued, the winner said it was a good fold. "Good fold, my butt!" Winnett grinned. Meanwhile, Ramage sat with a stoic look, sitting behind a stack of 22,500 at present.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 2:10 PM Local Time
With about 3,500 in the pot and a flop of , a player in the cutoff checked to Yann Dion on the button, who checked behind. The cutoff checked one more time when the appeared on the turn, prompting Dion to be 1,700. The bet proved enough to take down the pot and bring Dion back above the starting stack.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 2:09 PM Local Time
Sorel Mizzi | 69,700 | -6,300 |
Jason Somerville | 37,800 | 4,800 |
Braden Murphy | 34,900 | 5,400 |
Tom McEvoy | 33,800 | 3,800 |
Ryan Laplante | 32,300 | -2,700 |
Barny Boatman | 31,500 | 4,500 |
Tyler Patterson | 31,400 | 1,400 |
Jason Potter | 31,300 | 2,900 |
Nenad Medic | 31,300 | 1,300 |
Diwei Huang | 30,300 | 800 |
Marco Johnson | 29,500 | -500 |
Paul Pritchett | 28,100 | -1,900 |
Justin Cohen | 27,600 | -2,400 |
Matt Hawrilenko | 24,700 | -1,300 |
Roberto Romanello | 23,400 | -1,400 |
Jameson Painter | 22,600 | -7,400 |
Amanda Baker | 22,400 | -7,600 |
Karina Jett | 21,400 | -8,600 |
Svetlana Gromenkova | 18,300 | -9,500 |
Eric Cloutier | 8,600 | -21,400 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:59 PM Local Time
The action folded around to the player on the button who raised to 575 before the flop; Braden Murphy called from the small blind, then check-called the button's bet of 625 after the flop of before Murphy opened for 325 on the turn of the .
The button pondered for a moment, then kicked his hand into the muck. With that, Murphy is now almost back up to the starting stack of 30,000.
Braden Murphy | 29,500 | 2,800 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:58 PM Local Time
As previously mentioned, the ESPN camera crews are here capturing all the Day 1c highlight. That means you'll soon be able to watch it all on your TV set. Here is a look at the 2011 WSOP/ESPN schedule:
ESPN's 2011 WSOP TV Schedule
Date | Time (EST) | Event | Episode # |
July 26 | 8:00 PM | Rematches: Chan vs. Hellmuth + Seidel vs. Chan | 1 |
July 26 | 9:00 PM | Rematches: Moneymaker vs. Farha | 2 |
August 2 | 8:00 PM | $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em | 3 |
August 2 | 9:00 PM | $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em | 4 |
August 9 | 8:00 PM | $50,000 Poker Player's Championship | 5 |
August 9 | 9:00 PM | $50,000 Poker Player's Championship Final | 6 |
August 16 | 8:00 PM | Main Event | 7 |
August 16 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 8 |
August 23 | 8:00 PM | Main Event | 9 |
August 23 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 10 |
August 30 | 8:00 PM | Main Event | 11 |
August 30 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 12 |
September 6 | 8:00 PM | Main Event | 13 |
September 6 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 14 |
September 13 | 8:00 PM | Main Event | 15 |
September 13 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 16 |
September 20 | 8:00 PM | Main Event | 17 |
September 20 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 18 |
September 27 | 8:00 PM | Main Event | 19 |
September 27 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 20 |
October 4 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 21 |
October 4 | 10:00 PM | Main Event | 22 |
October 11 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 23 |
October 11 | 10:00 PM | Main Event | 24 |
October 18 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 25 |
October 18 | 10:00 PM | Main Event | 26 |
October 25 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 27 |
October 25 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 28 |
November 1 | 9:00 PM | Main Event | 29 |
November 1 | 10:00 PM | Main Event | 30 |
November 8 | 9-11:00 PM | Main Event Final Table | 31/32 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:50 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Gavin Smith check-called a bet of 700 from an unknown opponent, which brought about the turn. This time Smith led out for 1,150, his opponent moved all in, and Smith made the quick call.
Smith:
Opponent:
Normally this would lead to a river card, but not in Smith's case. Instead, action was paused to allow the ESPN camera crew to come over and capture the rest of the hand. Once they were set up and the producer gave the go ahead, the dealer burned and put out the ! Smith's two pair had been cracked to drop him to 20,000.
"Those bad-luck ESPN mother F'ers," Smith joked aloud after the hand.
Gavin Smith | 20,000 | -10,000 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:49 PM Local Time
There was about 5,000 in the middle. The board read and a player playing from the big blind had pushed out a bet of 2,500. The action was on John Tabatabai who took a moment to think, then fired a raise to 7,400. His opponent twirled a single 500 chip between his fingers for about a half-minute, then let his hand go.
Tabatabai has about 38,000 now here at the start of Level 2.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:47 PM Local Time
Erik Seidel opened to 400 from the button only for the small blind to make it a slightly bigger 1,500 to play. Seidel made the call and then called another 1,500 on the flop, before leading out for 2,000 on the turn after his opponent checked.
The latter player called and then both players checked the river, the small blind turned over for two pair and Seidel mucked, dropping to around 20,000 as a result.
Erik Seidel | 20,600 | -9,400 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:46 PM Local Time
2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker has arrived and has taken a seat here in the Tan section at the start of Level 2.
Moneymaker is still looking for his first cash at this year's Series, and indeed his first cash in the WSOP Main Event since his win in 2003. He is nonetheless enjoying a successful 2011. He took 11th at the EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure back in January, then in March finished runner-up in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:44 PM Local Time
Amateurs Who Have Won the Main Event
Year | Player | Occupation |
1979 | Hal Fowler | Advertising Executive |
1983 | Tom McEvoy | Accountant |
1989 | Phil Hellmuth | Student |
1990 | Masour Matloubi | Hotel Investor/Manager |
1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi | Real Estate Investor |
1993 | Jim Bechtel | Farmer |
1995 | Dan Harrington | Attorney |
1999 | Noel Furlong | Carpet Company Owner |
2002 | Robert Varkonyi | Investor |
2003 | Chris Moneymaker | Accountant |
2004 | Greg Raymer | Corporate Attorney |
2005 | Joe Hachem | Chiropractor |
2006 | Jamie Gold | Talent Agent |
2007 | Jerry Yang | Psychologist/Social Worker |
2008 | Peter Eastgate | Student |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:37 PM Local Time
Prior to the break, Bernard Lee limped from middle position after the under-the-gun player had done the same. A player in late position then raised to 250, the blinds called, and both original limpers came along. All players checked the flop, leading to the turn.
The UTG player bet 500, Lee raised, and everyone but the UTG folded. The river inspired UTG to bet 3,000, leaving himself 7,000 behind, and Lee pushed all in. The UTG snap-called and showed for a flopped full house, but Lee caught up with his to take down the pot.
Not only did Lee send an opponent to the rail, he is up to 52,000!
Bernard Lee | 52,000 | 15,000 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:36 PM Local Time
Maxim Lykov and Nick Binger have just been given their first gold bracelets by Tournament Director Jack Effel, and we were called to attention for the National Anthems of Russia and the United States.
There's officially just one more bracelet left to hand out at this summer, the one that Hasan Anter won in Event #56. That'll still leave one bracelet in the case, but that one will have to stay locked up for another couple months. Our Day 1c players hope the eventual Main Event winner comes from this field, and they're back in their chairs for the second level of the day.
We have at least 2,163 players registered today, and the window is open for this level plus the break.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:36 PM Local Time
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:08 PM Local Time
We've got one level in the books here on Day 1c, and we've already got quite a lot of interesting stuff going on. Well over 2,000 people have taken the felt, and we've got a full house in both the Amazon Room and the Pavilion. We were treated to a quick comedy routine on the podium to start the day, we've got several Main Event champions who chose today to play, we already saw ol' kings-into-aces-in-the-first-hour cooler over in the Blue section, and they're selling beer like hotcakes over at the Miller Lite booth.
We need a break. It'll be twenty minutes to start, and then we're going to have a bracelet ceremony here in the Amazon Room immediately thereafter. We'll see you back here in about a half hour for another level.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:08 PM Local Time
From the UTG +1 position, Matt Hawrilenko raised to 250 and the action folded to another player in middle position, who made it 775 to go. Hawrilenko called, then both players checked the flop of before Hawrilenko bet 1,050 on the turn of the . The middle position player called, then Hawrilenko checked his option on the river , only to fold after his adversary opened for 1,500.
As Hawrilenko went to muck his hand, he flashed , but his opponent reciprocated, showing before the dealer pushed the pot. Phew!
Matt Hawrilenko | 26,000 | -4,000 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:07 PM Local Time
The action folded around to Sorel Mizzi who raised from the button before the player in the small blind re-raised; the big blind folded, but then Mizzi four-bet it to 2,350. The small blind called and then both players elected to check the flop of .
The small blind checked again on the turn of the , which saw Mizzi open for 2,000 before the small blind check-raised to 6,000. Mizzi flat-called and both players checked the river of the before the opponent tabled . Unfortunately for him, Mizzi had , so he wasn't getting any part of that pot.
Sorel Mizzi | 76,000 | 6,000 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:07 PM Local Time
Martin Jacobson | 22,000 | |
Ali Eslami | 20,025 | -14,175 |
Allen Bari | 11,600 | -18,400 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 1:06 PM Local Time
Chad Brown raised to 250 from middle position, the cutoff called, and the player on the button re-raised to 1,125. Action folded back around to Brown who called while the cutoff got out of the way.
The flop came and Brown checked. The button bet 1,300 and Brown wasted little time in tossing in the chips to call. Both players checked after the fell on the turn and again after the came on the river.
Brown flipped over his for a turned set of nines and the other player mucked his hand. Brown's stack was up to 33,500 after the hand.
Chad Brown | 33,500 | 3,500 |