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2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker

Thursday, July 07, 2011 to Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Event #58: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

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  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • Prizepool: $64,540,858
  • Entries: 6,865
  • Remaining: 0

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:08 PM Local Time

Cuz we've got some counts from Amazon Blue

Narendra Banwari400,00096,000
Ryan D'Angelo318,00062,000
Ashley Mason300,00020,000
James Ruszkiewicz280,000
Jonas Entin240,000-44,000
Chad Batista212,00026,000
Javier Martinez198,00066,000
Kevin MacPhee195,000-5,000
-190,000-23,500
Paul Volpe185,00015,000
Leif Force170,0005,000
-156,00030,000
Thomas Keller155,00033,000
Jean-Robert Bellande150,000-6,000
Luke Vrabel145,00045,000
Robert Croak140,00035,000
Minh Nguyen135,00040,000
Bryan Colin128,000-18,000
David Sands125,00040,000
David Williams125,000-20,000
Jonathan Spinks100,000
Sam Trickett90,000-23,000
Sandra Naujoks67,00021,000
Greg Mueller65,00022,000
Steven Kelly59,000-99,000
Jeffrey Gross58,000-15,000
Jorge Arias57,000-20,000
Berry Johnston35,0000
Huck Seed34,000-11,000
Tommy Chen30,0007,500
Arthur Walker30,000-10,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:05 PM Local Time
Ben Lamb475,0000
Dan Kelly300,00050,000
Tony Hachem220,000-15,000
Garry Gates216,000-4,000
Jared Hamby210,000
Victor Ramdin180,00045,000
Andrew Chen175,00020,000
Lyle Berman150,00045,000
Taylor Caby145,00020,000
Richard Lyndaker135,00089,000
Lars Bonding120,00015,000
Matt Savage115,00030,000
Derek Pasquarella115,000-25,000
Will Souther105,00049,000
Daniel Suied105,00020,000
David Chiu105,000-20,000
Martin Hruby105,00015,000
Amanda Musumeci105,00012,000
Bryan Devonshire100,00042,500
Emil Patel100,0009,600
-100,000-50,000
Bryan Micon90,000-2,000
Allen Cunningham90,00010,000
Robert Varkonyi90,00015,000
-85,000-17,000
Noah Boeken70,00010,000
Amit Makhija60,00038,000
Isabelle Mercier55,000
Lee Watkinson50,000-1,000
Tim West46,000-8,400
Dax Mellon40,0000
David Bach39,0008,000
Vanessa Rousso38,0007,000
-30,00010,000
David Levi18,000-52,000
Mike Carson0-140,000
Andrew Lichtenberger0-30,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:56 PM Local Time

Eric Mizrachi all in

We don't know exactly what the series of events that lead up to this, but when we got to the table Eric Mizrachi was all in against an opponent on a     flop.

Mizrachi:   
Opponent:   

Mizrachi would need an ace or running spades to stay alive. He received no such luck as the last two cards came out    and Eric Mizrachi was eliminated in the last level of the night.

Eric Mizrachi0-35,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:55 PM Local Time

Joe Hachem - Eliminated

Joe Hachem has been eliminated from the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. We saw him walking away from his table, and asked Paul Taylor, the man who busted, how it went down. According to Taylor, the two got all the biscuits in preflop, and Taylor's queens bested Hachem's ace-jack.

"I don't play many live tournaments," Taylor told his table after the hand. "But that's the third time I've busted him."

Joe Hachem0-45,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:51 PM Local Time

The announcement was just made that the Day 2b field has been shrunk to 1,160, meaning the overall number of players still alive in the 2011 WSOP Main Event has fallen under 2,000.

"Let's do it! 2,000-way chop! Who's down?" came the cry from Table 354. That would work out to better than $32,000, if such a deal were made, only better than 352nd-place money.

Less than a third of the remaining players will make the money, as the top 693 will make the cash.

Gorilla Gaming
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:49 PM Local Time

Kevin Saul

With the board reading    , Kevin Saul checked to his opponent who fired out a bet of 4,500. Action came back around to Saul who deliberated for a bit before deciding to put in a check-raise, making it 12,500 to go. His opponent made the call and the two saw a turn.

Fourth street brought the   and Saul continued out for 19,700. His opponent called rather quickly and the river came  . Saul once again took a while before pushing out a stack of 100,000. His opponent had 73,500 behind so this bet was for his tournament life. His opponent looked incredibly defeated as he mucked his hand after about a minute and a half worth of contemplation.

Kevin Saul, on the other hand, is our new chip leader with 495,000.

Kevin Saul495,000114,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:46 PM Local Time
Josh Gibson330,000330,000
-300,00020,000
Patrik Antonius295,00035,000
Guillermo Ramirez285,000-20,000
-220,000-15,000
David Vamplew200,00025,000
-180,000-40,000
Erick Lindgren165,00035,000
Young Phan140,0005,000
Rupert Elder125,000-30,000
Ray Henson110,0005,000
Blair Hinkle90,000-10,000
Todd Brunson70,000-8,000
Carlos Mortensen60,00012,000
Jennifer Harman45,00022,000
Jamie Gold36,000-7,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:41 PM Local Time

Dmitry Savelyev

Derek Lerner raised to 2,800 in the hijack and was called Dmitry Savelyev in the small blind as well as by the player in the big blind. On the     flop, it was checked to Lerner who led for 4,300. Savelyev came back with a check-raise to 10,300 which got the big blind out of the way. Lerner waited for a bit before he flicked his cards into the muck which gave the pot to Savelyev.

After the hand, Savelyev said, "I had a really good song going, Candle in the Wind, I had to win" and Lerner asked Savelyev if that meant he was bluffing. Savelyev responded by asking Lerner why he keeps on making him out to be a bluffer and the big blind noted that he hadn't seen Savelyev miss yet. Lerner chimed in again saying Savelyev did bluff and Savelyev said he just wanted to know where he has at and would have folded if Lerner re-raised. In any case, Savelyev took down the pot to hit the 300,000 chip mark.

Dmitry Savelyev300,0008,000
Derek Lerner37,000-9,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:40 PM Local Time

Amanda Musumeci

Amanda Musumeci began the day with an above-average stack, but she has been unable to gain any momentum here on Day 2a. First, she doubled a short-stacked Donny Mizrachi when she jammed from the small blind with    only to have Mizrachi snap her off with   .

A short time later, an under-the-gun player raised to 2,800 and found callers in an early-position opponent and Musumeci in middle position. It was three-way action to the     flop, which saw the original raiser bet 4,100. The middle-position player folded, Musumeci called, and the   hit the turn.

Both players checked the   turn and then the UTG fired out 15,200 on the   river. Musumeci quickly folded, dropping to 93,000 in the process.

Amanda Musumeci93,000-47,000
-20,0006,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:39 PM Local Time

Kevin MacPhee is over the 200,000 mark after he won several small pots and then rivered a gutshot holding    on a       board - getting paid off to the tune of 11,000 on the end.

Kevin MacPhee200,00034,000
Gorilla Gaming
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:37 PM Local Time

David Baker opened to 2,600 from the cutoff, Shankar Pillai three-bet to 6,200 on the button, and Baker four-bet to 16,100. Pillai tank-called.

The dealer fanned    , and both players checked. The   turned, and Baker led for 18,200. Pillai called.

The river was the  , Baker checked, and Pillai tossed out 22,700. Baker looked unhappy, but made the call anyway. Pillai rolled over two black kings, Baker mucked, and Pillai pulled in the pot.

Shankar Pillai150,00065,000
David Baker64,000-58,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:34 PM Local Time

From under the gun, 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event third-place finisher Joseph Cheong raised to 2,700. A player in middle position called and everyone else folded.

The flop came down     and Cheong checked. His opponent checked behind to see the   land on the turn. Cheong reached for chips and casually tossed out 4,300. HIs opponent released his hand and Cheong won the pot. He's up to about 135,000 now.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:31 PM Local Time

Tony Hachem

We weren't there for the action, but when we recently walked by Tony Hachem's table we noticed he had a lot of chips in front of him all of a sudden. We asked the table what occurred and this is what we were told.

A player in early position preflop bet out, and received two callers. Action then made it to Hachem who grabbed a stack of orange chips and plopped them down in the middle of the table. The initial raiser then snapped all in. The other two players who were in the hand scattered away folding as quickly as they could and Hachem made the call. Hachem held    and his opponent tabled   . The flop, turn, and river blanked out for both players and it was Hachem's pair of aces that came out ahead. Crossing the 200,000 mark Tony Hachem is quickly making his presence known here as they day comes to an end on Day 2B.

Tony Hachem235,000140,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:31 PM Local Time

Joe Hachem has been moved over to Doug Lee's table, taking a seat just to the left of Lee.

The two were in conversation when a hand arose in which it folded around to Hachem on the button, and Hachem raised to 2,500. The small blind folded, and as the short-stacked player on the big blind tanked a photographer started taking pictures of Hachem. Lee cheekily held up two fingers for rabbit ears behind Hachem for a moment, getting a brief laugh from the others and a grin from the 2005 WSOP Main Event champ.

Finally the big blind pushed all in for about 30,000, and Hachem said "yeah, yeah, whatever" as he tossed his cards in.

On the next hand, Lee raised to 2,800 from the hijack seat and only Hachem called from the cutoff. The flop came    , and when Lee continued with a bet Hachem folded his    face up. Lee showed one card -- the   -- and collected the small pot.

Lee has 136,000 now, while Hachem has 40,000.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:30 PM Local Time
-325,00010,000
Paul Spitzberg310,00020,000
Sam Simon290,00045,000
John Racener266,000-4,000
T.K. Miles260,000
Joe Tehan210,00010,000
Robert Cheung200,00070,000
Claudia Crawford176,000-20,000
Shawn Keller170,00020,000
Mark Kroon170,0000
Doug Lee155,00017,000
Matt Matros151,00086,000
Chris Lindh144,00038,000
Jeff Bryan140,00017,000
Freddy Deeb139,000-6,000
Joseph Cheong134,00013,000
Matt Stout126,0001,000
David Baker122,000-14,000
Galen Hall114,000-25,000
Anthony Rivera110,000-19,000
Scott Palmer108,00028,000
-106,000-24,000
-93,00027,000
Scott Clements92,000-24,000
-88,0008,000
Shankar Pillai85,00010,000
Leo Fernandez84,000-7,000
-76,000-9,000
Ricky Fohrenbach70,000-50,000
-66,000-9,000
-54,000-36,000
Eric Siegel54,00022,000
-50,00012,000
Rayan Nathan45,000-6,000
Joe Hachem45,0005,000
Jamil Wakil45,000-8,000
Jake Cody38,000-5,000
Erik Cajelais22,000-2,000
Mike Leah21,000-46,000
Patrick Eskandar21,000-31,000
Mathieu Clavet0-23,000
Gorilla Gaming
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:29 PM Local Time

Patrik Antonius

We just picked up the ever so notable Patrik Antonius (and his masseuse) in the tan section of the Amazon Room. We came in on a hand where on a board of       and with about 15,000 in the pot, a player in the cutoff bet out for 3,500. Antonius made a big raise to 16,700, and after some thought, the player folded to him. Antonius began stacking his chips and the player asked him, "Did you have it? Did you have anything at all?" Antonius smirked a little bit and one of the players on the table called out, "Aww look he's trying so hard not to laugh but he can't." Antonius then gave a laugh and said to them, "I don't want to lie, but you're going to make me lie" which gave the table a good laugh. He is up to 260,000.

Patrik Antonius260,00055,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:27 PM Local Time

There was already around 28,000 in the pot with the board reading       when Ryan D'Angelo bet 18,000 on the river from under the gun. Jean-Robert Bellande popped it to 47,000 in middle position which got D'Angelo to fold as Bellande won the latest battle between the two.

Ryan D'Angelo256,000-37,000
Jean-Robert Bellande156,000-4,000
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:26 PM Local Time

When we got to the table Emil Patel was heads up with an all in player with   , Patel's opponent held    for a very favorable advantage preflop. The flop came     and Patel had flopped a straight. Patel's opponent would need a queen in order to steal the pot back. He received no such luck as the turn came the   and the river fell the  .

Emil Patel90,40020,400
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:21 PM Local Time

Greg Mueller raised to 3,000 from early position and Jonas Entin was the only caller to a     flop. Mueller fired out 3,100 and Entin casually called before the pair checked down the   turn and   river.

Mueller flipped    but was a little annoyed that he had to split with his opponent, the latter showing   .

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:18 PM Local Time
Dan Kelly250,000-7,000
Joshua Tieman185,00020,000
Victor Ramdin135,00010,000
David Chiu125,000-5,000
Lyle Berman105,00012,000
-102,000-33,000
Brian Roberts92,000
Darus Suharto83,00017,000
Robert Varkonyi75,000-18,500
Kristy Gazes75,00011,000
Bryan Micon72,00019,000
Emil Patel70,000-14,000
Noah Boeken60,0008,000
Bryan Devonshire57,500-3,700
Tim West54,400-5,600
Lee Watkinson51,000-4,000
-40,000-92,000
Vanessa Rousso31,000-25,000
Andrew Lichtenberger30,000-70,000
-14,0002,900
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