Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:19 PM Local Time
Having taken a hit to his stack earlier, Tyler Patterson is now up to more than 20,000 in chips after doubling through an opponent.
An opponent in early position raised to 750 before another in middle position called, as did the cutoff and Patterson from the big blind to make it four-handed to the flop of . Patterson checked and the early position led out 2,600, but the middle position folded before the cutoff called.
No sooner had the chips from the cutoff's bet had hit the felt, Patterson snap-raised all-in for an additional 6,950. The early position player folded and the cutoff called.
Patterson:
Cutoff:
Patterson's two pair was out in front, but the cutoff still had outs with the flush draw. He didn't get there - the river was the - and Patterson took down the pot.
Tyler Patterson | 22,250 | -7,450 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:16 PM Local Time
Greg Brooks, who you might recall as the winner of this year's Los Angeles Poker Classic (LAPC), raised to 750 from middle position and action folded all the way around to the player in the big blind, who decided to defend.
It ended up being a hapless defense as the big blind simply check-folded to Brooks' 1,100 bet on the flop. Brooks is slowly rebuilding his stack and is up to 26,500.
Greg Brooks | 26,500 | 12,000 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:08 PM Local Time
Erik Seidel | 72,000 | 2,000 |
Julien Brecard | 51,000 | -13,000 |
Daniel Harrington | 48,000 | 18,200 |
Arnaud Mattern | 41,000 | -23,000 |
Audley Harrison | 39,000 | -6,000 |
Shane Schleger | 37,300 | -8,300 |
Christina Lindley | 34,450 | 250 |
James Akenhead | 33,000 | 14,200 |
Haralabos Voulgaris | 31,000 | 1,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 26,250 | -5,750 |
JP Kelly | 25,150 | -7,950 |
Lauren Kling | 23,800 | -4,900 |
Darryll Fish | 22,000 | 2,400 |
Antonin Teisseire | 20,300 | 2,400 |
Peter Feldman | 13,000 | -6,700 |
Chris Tryba | 10,000 | -14,200 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:08 PM Local Time
Humberto Brenes just filled us in about how he got his now 63,000-chip stack.
He was dealt preflop and called a three-bet from an opponent. The flop came with an ace and after a few bets and raises, his opponent put all of his chips in with drawing near dead.
"Sometimes it's an easy game," Brenes said with a smile.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:04 PM Local Time
Bryan Huang was struggling for a while, but is starting to mount a comeback on his table as play in Day 1d rolls on.
With over 3,500 in the pot on a flop of , a player in middle position checked to Huang who bet 1,825. The player check-called, then checked again on the turn of the . Huang fired out 4,175 and that was enough to end it right there.
Diwei Huang | 51,000 | 19,800 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:03 PM Local Time
NBA Champion Paul Pierce has been playing solid poker all afternoon. Although he has yet to claim a WSOP gold bracelet, he does have some rather fashionable jewelry.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:01 PM Local Time
Massimiliano Martinez | 117,000 | 2,000 |
John Tabatabai | 46,000 | 3,000 |
Thithi Tran | 36,000 | -2,000 |
Silvio Crisari | 34,000 | -11,200 |
Bobbie Talbot | 32,000 | -500 |
Phil Hellmuth | 30,000 | -5,000 |
Leo Wolpert | 27,500 | -3,500 |
Michael Pesek | 25,000 | -5,000 |
Grayson Ramage | 23,100 | 100 |
Andrew Robl | 23,000 | -11,000 |
Michael Winnett | 23,000 | -2,500 |
Andy Bloch | 21,000 | -9,000 |
Pablo Santos Cobo | 18,000 | 1,000 |
Ali Eslami | 9,000 | -6,025 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:01 PM Local Time
Earlier in the day, we gave you a quick look at some stats of the WSOP in the 1970s. Now that we're halfway through Level 3, we thought we'd move on to the next decade and have a look at the 1980s.
Top 10 1980s WSOP Most Money Won
Place | Player | Money Won |
1 | Johnny Chan | $1,857,000 |
2 | Jack Keller | $1,210,520 |
3 | Stu Ungar | $1,039,740 |
4 | Berry Johnston | $983,910 |
5 | Phil Hellmuth | $806,235 |
6 | Bill Smith | $788,800 |
7 | Tom McEvoy | $758,820 |
8 | Frank Henderson | $643,485 |
9 | Dewey Tomko | $593,580 |
10 | Jack Strauss | $580,500 |
Top 10 1980s WSOP Most Bracelets
Place | Player | Bracelets |
1 | Stu Ungar | 4 |
2 | Billy Baxter | 3 |
" | Tom McEvoy | 3 |
" | Don Williams | 3 |
" | Johnny Chan | 3 |
" | David Sklansky | 3 |
7 | 14 Players Tied | 2 |
Top 10 1980s WSOP Most Cashes
Place | Player | # of Cashes |
1 | Chip Reese | 16 |
2 | Berry Johnston | 14 |
3 | Dewey Tomko | 13 |
4 | Jack Keller | 12 |
" | Frank Henderson | 12 |
6 | Stu Ungar | 11 |
" | Don Williams | 11 |
" | David Sklansky | 11 |
9 | Tom McEvoy | 10 |
10 | Johnny Moss | 10 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:01 PM Local Time
With the board reading and around 5,000 already in the pot the small blind bet out 3,100 and received calls from both the under-the-gun player and Jimmy Fricke in the hijack. The river brought the and all three players opted to check.
The small blind showed his for a pair of kings but the under-the-gun player revealed his for two pair that turned into a rivered flush. Fricke mucked his hand and the pot was shipped to the player with the flush.
Fricke was left with 13,500 after the hand.
Jimmy Fricke | 13,500 | -9,900 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 5:00 PM Local Time
Praz Bansi was in the small blind and found himself in a battle with the player in the big blind heads up. On the flop, Bansi checked and his opponent bet 1,000. Bansi called and the turn was quickly checked twiced. The river was also quickly checked twice and the opponent flipped over for the ace-high flush. Bansi mucked his hand and the dealer almost called the floor because he thought that the player had checked behind with the nuts. He realized, however, that technically would be the nuts which saved the player from a one round penalty.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:58 PM Local Time
We found this hand on the river as Paul Pierce was leaning back in his chair. The board read and his opponent bet out 1,300. He sighed with all of his 6'7" frame and tossed in the call.
His opponent turned over for king high and Pierce tabled to take the pot. Pierce is up to 47,000.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:57 PM Local Time
There's not really a way to say this more cleverly than this without getting ourselves in some trouble, so we'll just say it. There is a very attractive lady hanging out with the fellas at Table 367. We've been glancing at her all day trying to see if we could pull up the mental file and figure out who she is, and we've finally sorted it.
It's Krisztina Polgar, the Hungarian model and, apparently, poker player. Polgar knows her way around the poker table as well as she does around a magazine cover, and she has a five-figure cash on her record from a fourth-place showing in the $1,500 People's Poker Tour Main Event in her home country last year. Two years prior, she was too busy competing in the Miss Earth pageant as Hungary's representative. A woman of many talents.
A cash in this Main Event would bump Polgar easily into the Top 100 on Hungary's all-time money list, but she's got some work to do. She's got about 8,800 chips at the moment.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:57 PM Local Time
... we were able to pick up a sizeable hand between Nathan Amar and William Kassouf.
Kassouf raised to 750 before the flop and Ryan Moriarty called, as did Markus Ritt before Amar re-raised to 1,800. Kassouf called and Moriarty and Ritt got out of the way to make it heads-up to the flop of .
Kassouf check-called Amar's bet of 3,450 after the flop and did the same after Amar led out for 7,075 on the turn of the , but check-folded when Amar shoved on the river .
During the time it took to play that hand (which was a good four-and-a-half-minutes), we got a full round of feature table chip counts for you. You're welcome.
Nathan Amar | 59,800 | |
Peter Holder | 43,600 | |
Jonathan Duhamel | 37,400 | -5,100 |
Rory Monahan | 35,100 | |
Ryan Moriarty | 29,200 | |
William Kassouf | 29,200 | |
Markus Ritt | 28,000 | |
Mike DeMichele | 16,300 | |
Scott Guetschow | 0 | |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:56 PM Local Time
An unknown player raised to 675 and received a call from the hijack. Action folded around to Gavin Smith in the small blind and he opted for a three-bet to 2,075. The original raised responded with a four-bet to 4,400, the cutoff folded, and Smith made the call.
Both players proceeded to check the flop, leading to the turn. Smith ended up check-calling a bet of 6,700, and did the same to the tune of 12,700 in the river. Smith showed , but it was no good against the of his opponent.
Gavin Smith | 53,000 | -17,000 |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:56 PM Local Time
Just discovered in seat 8 on White 77 is former Olympic Gold medallist Audley Harrison. A keen poker player in his spare time, Harrison has been spotted playing in the WSOP several times in years gone by and this year has proved no exception as he's already increased his starting stack by around 50%.
What is in question is whether he'll be heading back into the boxing ring any time soon, as there hasn't been any indication of a future fight since he lost to David Haye in November last year. Ironically, as his prize, Haye fought Wladimir Klitschko for the Heavyweight Title just this last week and lost and now their are questions over his future career also.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:47 PM Local Time
Chris Moneymaker's 2011 WSOP has come to a swift conclusion. After falling below 10,000 early, he had doubled back and looked as though he was starting to regain some momentum. Then he hit a couple of missteps again and was down to around 13,000 or so when his final hand took place.
Up against Carl Carlson and looking at a flop, Carlson managed to get Moneymaker to commit the last of his chips holding while Carlson had for a set of tens. The turn was the and river the , and halfway through Level 3 Moneymaker has hit the rail.
Carlson, meanwhile, has 43,000 after that one.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:44 PM Local Time
Gavin Smith | 70,000 | 23,750 |
Bobby Baldwin | 61,000 | 29,800 |
Yann Dion | 59,000 | 28,000 |
Dan Shak | 54,000 | 0 |
Philip Gordon | 52,000 | -1,000 |
Adam Junglen | 48,000 | 6,000 |
Bernard Lee | 48,000 | -4,000 |
Scotty Nguyen | 44,000 | -500 |
Gavin Griffin | 37,000 | 7,000 |
Vitaly Lunkin | 36,000 | 5,000 |
Ted Forrest | 35,000 | 12,000 |
Marcel Luske | 32,000 | 500 |
Victoria Coren | 30,000 | 4,000 |
Ronald Lee | 27,000 | 1,750 |
Jeff Sarwer | 27,000 | -3,000 |
Blair Rodman | 26,000 | -7,500 |
Heather Sue Mercer | 23,000 | 2,500 |
Shaun Deeb | 20,000 | -6,300 |
Minh Ly | 16,000 | |
Marco Traniello | 15,000 | -26,500 |
Todd Witteles | 13,000 | -2,800 |
Cody Slaubaugh | 12,000 | -4,000 |
Ilya Gorodetsky | 10,000 | |
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:41 PM Local Time
A player in early position limped and Paul Pierce, who was next to act, raised to 1,200. Action folded back to the limper who called. The flop came and both players checked. After the came on the turn the first player checked again and Pierce tossed out a bet of 1,200. The other player thought only for a few seconds before tossing in the call. The river brought the and both players checked and revealed their hands.
Pierce:
Opponent:
The ducks were good enough to win the pot but Pierce was still left with a decent stack of 52,000 after the hand.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:38 PM Local Time
Around the poker circuit we've seen various players, including Tom Dwan, sporting a giant oversized button with a picture of Jetten and a koala bear. Today we spotted a signed button on the chest of Aaron O'Rourke.
O'Rourke is a friend of Jetten and Dwan and was at a party recently with them. After a drinks O'Rourke volunteered to wear the button. But we're pretty sure he had to have lost a bet to wear those sunglasses.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:37 PM Local Time
The secondary feature table has players around it now… and a large crowd as well. Among those assigned seats there is Mimi Tran, as well as Massimiliano Martinez, he of the roughly 100,000-chip stack. Also with a seat there is the game's greatest attention-getter -- and habitual late-arriver -- Phil Hellmuth.
Well, to be accurate, Hellmuth hasn't quite sat down as yet. The ESPN crew first had Hellmuth repeatedly shoot a short bit of lead-in for a future WSOP broadcast. Wearing a sport jacket and shirt (no tie) -- and no cap, glasses, or "Poker Brat" jersey -- the dapper-looking Hellmuth was asked to walk across the stage to his seat while carrying a microphone.
"Phil Hellmuth here at the World Series of Poker, the biggest and most prestigious post tournament in the world," he said as he walked. Then, as he sat down, Hellmuth added "I'm about to sit down and do some work… back to you Lon and Norm!"
The crew had him repeat the sequence several times, the crowd laughing at each take. It sounded it wasn't as though Hellmuth was botching the lines, but that he was being asked to say different things each time at the very end.
After several takes, it appears they've gotten what they need. Now Hellmuth has disappeared again, though will surely be returning shortly. Those of us on the side were thinking how those repeated takes reminded us of Hellmuth's three runner-up finishes at this year's Series. Today begins his final chance to get the ending right.