Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:26 PM Local Time
Sean LeFort entered the pot from the hi-jack with an 85,000-chip raise which was met with an Allen Bari three-bet to 220,000 from out of the small blind.
LeFort kicked his cards to the muck, and Bari picked up some of the chips he lost on the previous hand.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:24 PM Local Time
Allen Bari entered the pot from early position with a raise to 80,000 only to have Thomas Ross bump it to 305,000.
Bari considered his options for a few moments before folding.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:17 PM Local Time
Seat | Player |
1 | Thomas Ross |
2 | Farzad Bonyadi |
3 | Maria Ho |
4 | Mikhail Lakhitov |
5 | Sean LeFort |
6 | Nicholas Blumenthal |
7 | Ricky Fohrenbach |
8 | Allen Bari |
9 | Jesse Chinni |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:17 PM Local Time
Sean LeFort opened to 85,000 only to have Joseph Kuether three-bet jam for 680,000. Once the action returned to LeFort, he instantly made the call to put Kuether at risk on the final table bubble.
Kuether:
LeFort:
With Kuether in terrible shape, the flop would ensure that Kuether would exit in 10th place for a $51,713 payday.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:12 PM Local Time
As the unofficial final table gets underway, the players are still extremely upset at the conditions that they are experiencing.
Some are saying they are not going to tip after they collect their winnings, while others are sarcastically thanking them for their great service.
Things could get ugly here soon.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:10 PM Local Time
Seat | Player |
1 | Thomas Ross |
2 | Farzad Bonyadi |
3 | Maria Ho |
4 | Mikhail Lakhitov |
5 | Sean LeFort |
6 | Nicholas Blumenthal |
7 | Ricky Fohrenbach |
8 | Allen Bari |
9 | Jesse Chinni |
10 | Joseph Kuether |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:03 PM Local Time
Every tournament always provides some drama at one point or another, and in the case of Event #4, it was no exception as nearly every player voiced their opinion on the matter at hand.
With the WSOP enforcing a hard stop time of ten levels throughout the entire WSOP excluding the Main Event, the Tournament Director on duty has just informed the players that regardless of when the final table is made, they will be forced to play out the full ten levels under WSOP rules.
Recently however many of the WSOP events have been altered in the schedule from three-day to four-day events, and Event #4 was one of them.
Although many of the players are upset of having to play through, it is our understanding that the change from the three-day to four-day format didn't occur until this event had started, so therefore when players signed up to participate in Event #4, they knew that it was originally a three-day event.
Allen Bari has asked for WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel to be contacted to further explain the situation to the players, but we at PokerNews believe that their requests of pausing at a final nine will be in vain.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 10:01 PM Local Time
Frank Rusnak jammed his short-stack with and was called by Mikhail Lakhitov and his .
The board blanked out for Rusnak as he was bundled to the rail in 11th place for a $51,713 payday as the final ten players move to the secondary feature table to firstly play down to the official final table of nine and then until the hard stop time of ten levels or until we have a champion.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:58 PM Local Time
From the button, Maria Ho pushed her last 355,000 into the pot only to have Ricky Fohrenbach three-bet shove from the small blind for 750,000.
Chip leader Thomas Ross went deep into the tank contemplating a decision before suddenly announcing a call.
Ho:
Fohrenbach:
Ross:
With Ross in the lead and holding the chips to potentially send two players to the rail and the final nine to the final table, the saw his lead slip as Ho took soared ahead with top and bottom two pair.
The turn of the furthered Ho's lead, and when the completed the board, Ho soared with the triple to over 1.1 million as Fohrenbach pushed out to 790,000.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:53 PM Local Time
Frank Rusnak pushed from the button for 220,000 and Joseph Kuether made the call from the big blind.
Rusnak:
Kuether:
The flop brought about a mega-sweat for both the players and the rail as the landed on the turn.
Needing a five or a spade to stay alive, Rusnak would snatch the latter as the dropped on the river to send him up the leaderboard with 460,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:45 PM Local Time
Level: 27
Blinds: 20000/40000
Ante: 5000
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:28 PM Local Time
The players are now on a 20-minute break.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:27 PM Local Time
From the cutoff seat, Allen Bari raised to 60,000. Mikhail Lakhitov reraised from the small blind to 165,000 and Bari called. The flop came down and Lakhitov fired 150,000. Bari called.
The turn was the and Lakhitov checked. Bari fired 285,000 and Lakhitov folded.
Allen Bari | 2,160,000 | 440,000 |
Mikhail Lakhitov | 800,000 | -300,000 |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:22 PM Local Time
Nicholas Blumenthal raised to 65,000 from middle position and Farzad Bonyadi called from the button. Maria Ho also called and she was in the big blind.
The three players took the flop of and action checked around to see the fall on the turn. Action checked to Blumenthal and he bet 80,000. Bonyadi called and Ho folded.
The river card was the and both Blumenthal and Bonyadi checked. Blumenthal tabled the and Bonyadi mucked his hand.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:19 PM Local Time
Frank Rusnak has been on the climb back up lately since getting crippled to 45,000 in chips. FIrst, his pocket jacks allowed him to double up and just now he doubled again. He got all in with the against the for Jesse Chinni. The board ran out and Rusnak moved to 250,000 in chips. Chinni was knocked back to 1.2 million.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:08 PM Local Time
Allen Bari raised from the button, Frank Rusnak moved all in from the small blind and then Mikhail Lakhitov called all in from the big blind. Bari folded and left Rusnak's to go against Lakhitov's .
The board ran out and Rusnak was knocked all the way back to 45,000 in chips after failing to win this flip.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:06 PM Local Time
After Nicholas Blumenthal raised to 65,000 from middle position, Farzad Bonyadi reraised all in for 315,000 from the cutoff seat. Maria Ho reraised all in from the small blind and everyone folded to leave her heads up with Bonyadi.
Bonyadi:
Ho:
The board ran out and Bonyadi hit a king to double up.
Farzad Bonyadi | 700,000 | 310,000 |
Maria Ho | 450,000 | -200,000 |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:03 PM Local Time
Ricky Fohrenbach raised to 65,000 and Sean LeFort moved all in for 450,000. Fohrenbach made the call and both players tabled the . No flush came for either player and the two chopped up the pot.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:01 PM Local Time
From the button, Frank Rusnak raised all in for 330,000. Cary Katz called all in for less at 180,000 from the big blind. He held the and was in dominating position to double against the for Rusnak.
Unfortunately for Katz, the board ran out and Rusnak spiked a deuce. He eliminated Katz and moved to about 540,000 in chips.
Frank Rusnak | 540,000 | -165,000 |
Cary Katz | 0 | -210,000 |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:58 PM Local Time
Richard Lyndaker raised all in from the button and a little over 450,000. Nicholas Blumenthal called from the big blind with the . Lyndaker held the .
The flop came down and Blumenthal stayed in the lead. Lyndaker needed some help on the turn or river to stay alive, but after the and fell in that order, he was eliminated.
Lyndaker finished in 13th place for $41,712. Blumenthal climbed to 2.11 million in chips.