Monday, June 13, 2011 4:33 PM Local Time
Action folded to Darren Woods in the small blind and he made the unusual move of just limping. Kim Nguyen was having none of it in the big blind and quickly raised. Woods let out a slight chuckle before making the call and check-calling the flop.
Both players then checked the turn, which was followed by the on the river. Woods led out, Nguyen raised, and her male opponent tank-called. Nguyen flipped over for the flush, which was good enough to take down the pot. Interestingly, Woods and the rest of the table were astonished that Nguyen did not hesitate to raise on the double-paired board.
| Kim Nguyen | 450,000 | 100,000  |
| Darren Woods | 370,000 | 30,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 4:24 PM Local Time
Gabriel Nassif raised from the cutoff, Alexander Kuzmin re-raised on the button, and Nassif called. The flop fell , and the two players got three bets in a piece. Kuzmin slowed down, opting to just call Nassif's bets on the turn ( ) and the river ( ), and Nassif opened for a set of threes.
"What a pro," Scott Seiver said from the rail. "Look at the way he stacks his chips."
Nassif chuckled, then purposefully knocked his chips over. Seiver and Betrand "ElkY" Grospellier roared with laughter, and Nassif started re-stacking his new chips.
| Gabriel Nassif | 350,000 | 110,000 |
| Alexander Kuzmin | 300,000 | -67,000  |
Monday, June 13, 2011 4:19 PM Local Time
Richard Lyndaker raised from the small blind, Darren Woods re-raised from his big blind, and Lyndaker called. The flop came down , and Lyndaker check-called a bet from Woods. Lyndaker check-called another bet after the turned, and check-folded when the fell on the river.
"Why are you so aggressive?" Lyndaker asked him.
"I have the nuts everytime," Woods replied with a grin. "You should try the call thing when I'm in the big blind rather than raising."
Monday, June 13, 2011 4:05 PM Local Time
On a board reading , Darren Woods bet, Scott Stanko bet, and Woods tank-called. Stanko showed for the winning hand. Stanko, who was short stacked before the hand, essentially doubled.
| Darren Woods | 340,000 | 0 |
| Scott Stanko | 210,000 | -30,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 4:03 PM Local Time
Richard Lyndaker, known as "nutsinho" online, raised from the button only to be thee-bet by Kim Nguyen in the big blind. After a call, the flop fell and Nguyen led right out. Lyndaker called, and did the same on the turn.
The river brought the and Nguyen decided to bet one last time. Lyndaker tanked for awhile before conceding the hand.
| Kim Nguyen | 350,000 | 80,000 |
| Richard Lyndaker | 235,000 | -75,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:53 PM Local Time
Joe Gualtieri was down to less than two big bets, and got his chips in the middle against Darren Woods preflop. Gualtieri's was drawing live against Wood's , but did not improve on the board and he was eliminated.
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:50 PM Local Time
Scott Stanko raised, Richard Lyndaker put in three bets, and Darren Woods made it four from the big blind. Only Lyndaker called, and the flop fell . Woods led out, and Lyndaker called.
Lyndaker called another bet from Woods after the turned, and Woods fired a third bullet after the river brought the . Lyndaker tank-called, Woods opened two red jacks, and they were good.
| Darren Woods | 340,000 | 126,000 |
| Richard Lyndaker | 310,000 | 89,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:46 PM Local Time
Kim Nguyen completed from the small blind, Scott Stanko checked his option in the big, and the flop came down . Nguyen led, Stanko raised, and Nguyen called.
Both players checked the on the turn, and after the fell on the river, Nguyen led out. Stanko called, and Nguyen instantly opened for trip tens. They were good, and she raked in the pot.
"I'm so bad at this game," she told her rail with a grin. "How do I not three-bet the flop?"
| Kim Nguyen | 270,000 | -74,000 |
| Scott Stanko | 240,000 | -114,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:41 PM Local Time
We caught the action in this hand on the river with a board reading . Matt Schreiber had bet only to be raised by Andrey Zaichenko. Schreiber, who didn't have much back, eventually made the call with . Zaichenko rolled over for a straight and the winning hand.
"Are you serious?!?" Schreiber vented. "F***ing gut shot!" Obviously he was not too happy, especially since he was left with just 9,000; meanwhile, Zaichenko chipped up to 400,000.
On the very next hand, Zaichenko opened under the gun and Schreiber committed his remaining chips. Samuel Golbuff then reraised from the button and Zaichenko made the call. When the flop came down , Golbuff bet, Zaichenko raised, and Golbuff called.
It then went check-bet-raise-call on the turn, which was followed by the on the river. A bet and call ensured as Golbuff showed , which bested Zaichenko's (X) and Schreiber's . As a result, the latter player was eliminated from the tournament in 11th place for $11,291.
| Samuel Golbuff | 370,000 | 80,000 |
| Andrey Zaichenko | 315,000 | -85,000 |
| Matt Schreiber | 0 | -147,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:26 PM Local Time
Matt Matros and Gabriel Nassif were heads up with the board reading . Matros check-called a bet, and the dealer delivered the on the turn. Matros check-called another bet, and the river was a third heart; the . Matros check-called one more bet, Nassif rolled over for a flush, and Matros mucked.
The 2010 bracelet winner was down to his las 4,000 chips, just enough for him to pay his small blind the next hand. Matt Schreiber raised from under the gun, the action folded around, and the hands were opened up.
Showdown:
Matros:
Schreiber:
Matros was ahead, but not for long. The board ran , eliminating him from the tournament in 12th place.
With Matros' exit, we are guaranteed to have a first-time bracelet winner in Event #19.
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:08 PM Local Time
| Alexander Kuzmin | 367,000 | -33,000 |
| Scott Stanko | 354,000 | 84,000 |
| Kim Nguyen | 344,000 | 4,000 |
| Samuel Golbuff | 290,000 | 30,000 |
| Andrey Zaichenko | 278,000 | 10,000 |
| Richard Lyndaker | 221,000 | 86,000 |
| Darren Woods | 214,000 | 35,500 |
| Gabriel Nassif | 182,000 | -103,000 |
| Matt Schreiber | 147,000 | -53,000 |
| Jay Pinkussohn | 110,000 | 45,000 |
| Matt Matros | 60,000 | -55,000 |
| Joe Gualtieri | 16,000 | -13,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:06 PM Local Time
Players are now on a ten-minute break as the tournament staff race off the T500 chips.
Monday, June 13, 2011 3:05 PM Local Time
Kim Nguyen raised preflop only to have Richard Lyndaker reraise. Nguyen made the call and then checked the flop. Lyndaker bet, Nguyen check-raised, and Lyndaker made the call. From there, it went bet-call on the turn and river, prompting Nguyen to roll over for two pair. Lyndaker mucked.
| Kim Nguyen | 340,000 | 90,000 |
| Richard Lyndaker | 135,000 | -45,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:59 PM Local Time
Scott Stanko raised under the gun and received calls from Joe Gualtieri on the button and Darren Woods in the small blind. Woods checked the flop, allowing Stanko to continuation bet. Gualtieri then three-bet, Woods folded, and Stanko made the call.
After the dealer had burned and turned the , Stanko bet, Gualtieri called, and the was put out on the river. Again Stanko bet and Gualtieri made the call. Stanko showed for a flopped straight as Gualtieri shook his head and revealed .
The previous hand left Gualtieri with just 14,500, but he was able to double on the very next hand after getting all in preflop against Stanko. Gualtieri held against his opponent's and had the board run out a kind . Although he doubled, Gualtieri is still our short stack.
| Scott Stanko | 270,000 | 85,000 |
| Joe Gualtieri | 29,000 | -106,500 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:52 PM Local Time
The board read when Matt Schreiber check-raised Jay Pinkussohn. Pinkussohn called, and the turn was the . Both players checked.
Pinkussohn checked again after the fell on the river. Schreiber bet, Pinkussohn called, and mucked when Schreiber opened for a pair of aces.
Schreibers had aces twice now in the first level - and won sizable pots both times.
| Matt Schreiber | 200,000 | 69,000 |
| Jay Pinkussohn | 65,000 | -107,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:48 PM Local Time
When we reached Table 284, the flop had already been fanned . Scott Stanko led out, Richard Lyndaker raised, and Stanko called. The turn was the , and Stanko slowed down, checking to Lyndaker who bet. Stanko then put in a check-raise to two bets, Lyndaker called, and the turn brought the . Both players checked.
Stanko opened for a jack-high flush, and Lyndaker flashed for a nine-high flush then chucked his cards angrily into the muck.
| Scott Stanko | 185,000 | 15,000 |
| Richard Lyndaker | 180,000 | -68,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:42 PM Local Time
Gabriel Nassif raised out of the small blind, Matt Schreiber made it three bets out of the big, and Nassif called. Nassif check-called a bet on the flop ( ), and on the turn ( ), and both players checked on the river ( ).
Nassif showed for ace-high, it was good, and he shipped the pot.
| Gabriel Nassif | 285,000 | 105,000 |
| Matt Schreiber | 131,000 | -34,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:30 PM Local Time
Kim Nguyen is the last woman standing in our event, and she is making a strong push to become the third woman to make a final table at the 2011 WSOP. In a recent hand, Nguyen raised from the small blind and received a call from Scott Stanko in the big blind.
Nguyen, who is quick and deliberate with her bets, fired out on every street as the board ran out . Stanko called bets on the flop and turn, but he laid his hand down to the final bet on the river.
| Kim Nguyen | 250,000 | 10,000 |
| Scott Stanko | 170,000 | -120,500 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:25 PM Local Time
Samuel Golbuff raised from the button, Andrey Zaichenko made it three bets from the big blind, and Golbuff made the call. Golbuff called bets on every street as the board ran , and Zaichenko tabled for ace-high.
Golbuff opened for a better ace-high however, and was awarded the pot.
| Andrey Zaichenko | 268,000 | -47,500 |
| Samuel Golbuff | 260,000 | 31,000 |
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:21 PM Local Time
Alexander Kuzmin raised from the cutoff seat, Kim Nguyen defended her big blind, and the flop came down . Nguyen check-called a bet, and then both players checked after the turned.
The river was the , Nguyen led out, and Kuzmin called. Nguyen opened for a pair of kings, Kuzmin mucked, and Nguyen was pushed the pot.
| Alexander Kuzmin | 400,000 | -12,500 |
| Kim Nguyen | 240,000 | 21,500 |