Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:04 PM Local Time
Eugene Katchalov had slowly been grinded down throughout the day, and had just about 7,500 chips when he decided to make a stand. He shoved all of his chips in early position, and Johannes Van Til was the only caller.
Katchalov:
Van Til:
Katchalov would have to win a flip to survive, and the flop gave him no help, coming . The on the turn didn't help either, and Katchalov would need an ace or king to continue on. The river brought the , and he was eliminated, ending his 2011 WSOP.
| Eugene Katchalov | 0 | -37,925  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:02 PM Local Time
When we reached Table 361, the board read . Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon had put out a bet, Fohrenbach raised to 10,850, and Kroon moved all in for over 100,000. Fohrenbach went deep into the tank, and Kroon left his seat to take a short stroll. Someone eventually called the clock on Fohrenbach, and after about 20 more seconds he folded face up.
Kroon looked sick. He did not show his hand however, opting to muck it face down and rake in the pot.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:02 PM Local Time
With the board reading and about 5,000 in the pot, the player in the small blind checked to 1996 Main Event Champion Huck Seed who tossed out a bet of 3,500. The player in the cutoff made the call and the small blind folded.
The river brought the and Seed put out a bet of 5,525 which his opponent quickly called.
"Two pair," said Seed as he flipped over . His opponent mucked his hand and Seed was able to scoop the pot.
| Huck Seed | 87,000 | 44,400  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:00 PM Local Time
We came upon Table 306 just in time to see a short-stacked Michael Cantrell all in and covered by Derek Pasquarella.
Showdown
Cantrell:
Pasquarella:
The board, which the dealer scooped up before we could write it down, did not deliver Cantrell a jack and he was sent to the rail; meanwhile, Pasquarella is up to 150,000.
| Derek Pasquarella | 150,000 | |
| Michael Cantrell | 0 | |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:58 PM Local Time
Karl Mahrenholz has been eliminated, he was all in preflop with against for a 25,000 chip pot and although the Englishman managed to hit both his hole cards on the flop, a jack also appeared at some point to make broadway for his opponent.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:58 PM Local Time
We have a pretty stacked table here in the Pavilion Room - to say the least.
Sitting at table 13 are Garry Gates, wife of Patrik Antonius Maya Geller, PokerStars pros Maxim Lykov and Dario Minieri and last but not least - former NFL player Winfred Tubbs.
With so many notables sitting with a few feet of each other, we'll be sure to update you on the action.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:58 PM Local Time
With the board reading and about 22,000 in the pot, we caught up to see Joe Hachem make it 12,750. Matt Matros had Hachem covered, and decided to move his stack all in. Hachem tanked for a bit before finally mucking his hand and looking visibly upset at the outcome.
| Matt Matros | 99,000 | 10,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 35,000 | -10,725 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:57 PM Local Time
Shawn Cunix raised to 1,225 in the hijack and the cutoff, Ryan D'Angelo (button) and Jean-Robert Bellande (small blind) all called. On the flop, it was checked to D'Angelo who bet 2,500 and only Bellande called. When the hit the turn, Bellande held out a 5,000 chip as he contemplated his bet but it didn't matter what amount he was planning to put as D'Angelo quickly folded.
| Shawn Cunix | 168,000 | 9,000 |
| Ryan D'Angelo | 145,000 | 0 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 27,500 | 500 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:55 PM Local Time
We walked on over to the corner of the orange section and saw one player stacking a ton of chips. And we mean a ton. That player is Francesco Nguyen, and he is sitting on about 230,000 in chips, which by our count is the first stack over 200,000 today. We will be sure to keep an eye on how his progress is going.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:55 PM Local Time
With a board already in the middle of the table Tony Hachem and another player were battling it out. With over 15,000 worth of chips already in the middle Hachem's opponent bet out 9,000. Hachem then moved all in and was snap called.
Hachem:
Opponent:
After seeing what he was up against Hachem fairly calmly stated "it is what it is" acknowledging to the table that he was in bad shape. There were still a handful of cards Hachem could hit to stay a live; any heart, any ten, and any jack would steal back the hand in Hachem's favor.
Lady luck must have bet on Hachem to go deep this year, because a rang off the deck for the river giving Hachem a winning flush to counter his opponent's pair of queens. Hachem then very graciously went over to his opponent who was now eliminated, and shook his hand and sympathized with his opponent's misfortune. Hachem now sits with almost 100,000 in chips
| Tony Hachem | 94,000 | 54,175 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:53 PM Local Time
An interesting hand just now over at Alexandros Karnaos' table. Three players, including Karnaos in the small blind, had built a small pot prior to the arrival of the flop. Karnaos checked, Dwayne Stacey bet 2,500, and both Caywood Vanstratum (button) and Karnaos called.
The turn was the , and Karnaos checked again. Stacey bet 6,000 this time, Vanstratum called, and Karnaos got out.
The river was the , and this time Stacey checked. Vanstratum sat still for a few seconds, then shook his head. "I have no idea where I am in this hand," he said. "I check."
"Full house," said Vanstratum, showing . "Ah, you rivered me," said Vanstratum, tabling his . The table marveled a little at Stacey's hand. "I sure folded a lot better than that before the river!" said Karnaos with a smile.
Vanstratum and Stacey continued to discuss the hand afterwards, with both suggesting they would've have folded had the other at any point shoved the river. In any case, Stacey bumped up to 90,000, Vanstratum slipped to 65,000, and Karnaos maintains his big stack of 135,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:52 PM Local Time
Janet Callaway opened to 1,600 in late position, and Steven "PiKappRaider" Burkholder moved all in on the button. Callaway quickly called, having Burkholder crushed.
Callaway:
Burkholder:
The board ran , and Burkholder was eliminated from the tournament.
| Steven Burkholder | 0 | -48,275 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:50 PM Local Time
On the river of a board, Ylon Schwartz raised a 5,000 bet to 12,000 but he was called pretty quickly by his opponent. The former November Niner flipped over for a flopped flush but his opponent turned over for the nut flush to scoop the pot.
Schwartz however had already won some pots today and is still up on his starting stack overall.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:45 PM Local Time
| Andy Philachack | 0 | |
| Anton Knutar | 0 | |
| Cliff Josephy | 0 | 0 |
| Gregory Harris | 0 | |
| Angelo Raffaele | 0 | |
| Yat Cheng | 0 | |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:40 PM Local Time
We showed up at Chad Batista's table to see the hijack raise to 3,225 and the button call. Batista then moved all in for 29,750 total from early position and the hijack tanked before he folded. The button also went into the tank but then called to put Batista at risk as the players turned up their hands.
Batista:
Button:
Batista was solidly behind until the board ran out to give Batista a set and he yelled, "YES!" as he gave a fist pump. He then rushed straight to the door of the Amazon room and headed out, only returning a couple of minutes later.
| Chad Batista | 63,500 | 32,900 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:40 PM Local Time
Jamie Gold's original table broke fairly quickly and he has been relocated to the black section of the pavilion room. Before Gold even got the chance to play a hand the ESPN camera crew had sniped his position and began recording.
"You guys come and record me and I haven't even played a hand yet!" exclaimed Gold.
Gold went on to survey his new table, asking who the big stacks were. He was pleased to find that he held the biggest stack at his new table.
"I can't be busted in one hand," said Gold. "I'm glad the cameras are here now because I won't bust in any one single hand"
As Gold said that the camera crew packed up to leave, and strangely enough it was right as Gold entered a pot. Gold tossed out a chip to limp from early position and yelled after the cameras "Oh, NOW you guys are leaving?!"
The limping continued from the button, cutoff, and small blind, and big blind checked his option. The flop came and the blinds checked to Gold who pushed out 2,000. The cutoff called and the rest of the players folded.
The turn brought and Gold bet 3,000. His opponent called and Gold immediately replied with "Nice hand, sir."
The hit the river and both players checked.
"You're good," Gold said as he tabled . Everything came, the spades, the straight, I don't see how I can win this hand. His opponent dejectedly shook his head and showed the table .
Gold was able to scoop the pot and boost his stack to about 95,000.
| Jamie Gold | 95,000 | 13,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:39 PM Local Time
Clayton Hamm was just now all in before the flop with his last 25,000 or so with and up against Justas Semaska's . At the sight of his opponent's queens, Hamm stood to leave, and five cards later -- -- he was on his way out of the Amazon.
After collecting the last of Hamm's stack, Semaska bumps up to 92,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:33 PM Local Time
When we arrived at Table 368, the board read , and Mike Sexton was faced with a 1,800-chip bet from Charles Ritchie. Sexton check-raised to 4,200, and Ritchie called.
The turn was the , and Sexton tossed out two orange T5,000 chips saying, "Eight thousand."
Ritchie raised to 20,200, sending Sexton into the tank. He grimaced, and eventually mucked is cards.
| Mike Sexton | 46,200 | -3,400 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:33 PM Local Time
1 American Samoa
The 2011 WSOP Main Event has 85 different nations represented, putting the total number of nations represented for the entire Series at 105. Have a look:
Nations Participating in the WSOP
| Year | # of Nations |
|---|
| 2004 | 24 |
| 2005 | 41 |
| 2006 | 54 |
| 2007 | 87 |
| 2008 | 124 |
| 2009 | 115 |
| 2010 | 117 |
| 2011 | 105 |
Main Event Numbers
3 Andorra
21 Argentina
80 Australia
37 Austria
2 Azerbaijan
1 Bahamas
1 Bahrain
1 Barbados
25 Belgium
2 Belize
2 Bolivia
1 Botswana
83 Brazil
4 Bulgaria
486 Canada
7 Chile
10 China
9 Columbia
3 Costa Rica
1 Croatia
4 Cyprus
9 Czech Republic
46 Denmark
5 Estonia
21 Finland
213 France
1 French Polynesia
156 Germany
5 Greece
1 Guam
4 Guatemala
8 Hong Kong
24 Hungary
2 Iceland
2 India
1 Indonesia
35 Ireland
18 Israel
106 Italy
24 Japan
2 Kazakhstan
7 Latvia
4 Lebanon
8 Lithuania
2 Macedonia
1 Malaysia
2 Malta
1 Marshall Islands
12 Mexico
3 Monaco
1 Mongolia
1 Montserrat
1 Morocco
59 Netherlands
5 New Zealand
34 Norway
1 Oman
2 Panama
3 Peru
3 Philippines
1 Poland
18 Portugal
4 Romania
108 Russia
7 Saint Lucia
1 Saudi Arabia
1 Senegal
4 Singapore
6 Slovakia
17 South Africa
6 South Korea
42 Spain
79 Sweden
26 Switzerland
2 Taiwan
2 Trinidad and Tobago
4 Turkey
1 Turks and Caicos
1 Turks and Caicos Islands
3 Ukraine
288 United Kingdom
4604 United States
3 Uruguay
20 Venezuela
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:33 PM Local Time
Jorge Arias opened for 1,150 in the cutoff and only the button called as the two saw a flop come down. Arias check-called a bet of 2,350 and then checked again when the hit the turn. The button bet 60,000 and Arias called all in for less.
Arias:
Button:
Arias was behind but had outs with his pair and flush draw against the button's overpair. The on the river was one of those outs as it gave Arias trips and the double up. After it was counted out, Arias had 29,700 and the button paid what he owed.
| Jorge Arias | 62,000 | 22,550 |