2011 World Series of Poker

Diaz Last To Blink

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:41 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

David Diaz and Bryan Pimlott built a huge pot post flop. With the board reading and close to 70,000 in the pot, Diaz moved all in after a being reraised. Pimlott mucked his hand and Diaz raked in the large pot without showing any cards.

Tags/etiquetas: David Diaz, Bryan Pimlott.

Cliff Josephy on a Roll

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:34 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Cliff Josephy aka JohnnyBax

On a board of , Cliff Josephy checked to Richard Trigg who fired out a bet of 5,600. Josephy made the call and we were off to the turn. Jospehy moved all in once the turn of fell and was snap-called by Trigg who turned up for Broadway. Josephy turned up , noticeably shocked at Trigg's hand. It all worked out in the end for Josephy though, as the rivered, giving Josephy the winning queens full of aces.

Immediately after this double up, JohnnyBax called the preflop all in of Richard Anthony, tabling , absolutely crushing the of Anthony.

The board fell and Richard Anthony was eliminated, leaving Josephy with a stack of around 150,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Cliff Josephy, Richard Anthony, Richard Trigg.

Andy Black Having a Tough Go

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:31 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Andy Black is seated at the feature table just in front of media row. Only minutes after doubling up Behbehani Black has doubled Luke Schwartz. Black is left with 42,000 and Schwartz is up to 84,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Andy Black, Luke Schwartz.

Triple Up for McFarland

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:27 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

We found this hand as two different pots were being counted out, one player busted and three all ins. When it was all said and done Nickolas Davies was eliminated, Denis Gnidash collected the secondary pot and Bradley McFarland tripled up from the main pot.

The board read and McFarland held for the main pot. Gnidash had for the side pot. McFarland is up to 150,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Bradley McFarland, Denis Gnidash, Nickolas Davies.

Chen Slow Plays To Perfection

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:25 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

From what we can gather, Bill Chen was involved in a massive pot where he limped preflop with . The flop fell and the action went check-check between Chen and his opponent. The turned, putting three clubs on the board and Chen checked once again, causing his opponent to lead out with a bet. Chen called and a fell on the river. Chen checked one more time and his opponent bet one more time. This time Chen re-raised all in and was called, his flopped full house crushing the flush of his opponent. Chen is now sitting pretty with around 200,000

Tags/etiquetas: Bill Chen.

Queen Marks the Spot

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:25 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Matt Sterling, Tyson Marks and Brian Benhamou were in a hand three ways on a flop of . Sterling fired out and Marks moved all in. Benhamous took a few seconds before folding and Marks made the call to put his tournament life at risk.

Sterling:
Marks:

The turn was the , keeping the two pair of Sterling ahead. However, he still had to dodge thirteen outs, one of which was the . And that's exactly what came on the river to send Sterling home.

Marks, who moved to 175,000 with that pot, was readily admitting he got very lucky.

Tags/etiquetas: Brian Benhamou, Matt Sterling, Tyson Marks.

Behbehani Doubles After Hitting Flop

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:14 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Andy Black slipping.

Andy Black and Salman Behbehani got their stacks in preflop. Black had pocket jacks and Behbehani tabled .

Board:

Black was not happy with the outcome and got a little frustrated when the dealer didn't count out Behbehani stack accurately the first time. In Black's defense Behbehani had his chips in stacks of 19. Behbehani is around 154,000 and Black has slipped to 74,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Andy Black, Salman Behbehani.

Helder Doesn't Hit; Doubles Up Chan

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:13 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Justin Chan opened the action by moving all of his chips in the middle preflop. Jason Helder made the call from the small blind, tabling . Chan flipped up and we were off to the flop.

The flop came and Chan stayed in the lead with ace high. Ace high still held as the hit the turn and ended up being the winning hand after the hit the river. Winning this pot brought Chan up to around 45,000 in chips.

Tags/etiquetas: Justin Chan, Jason Helder.

Johnson Gives His Chips to Trigg

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:06 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Richard Trigg, Chip Leader

From the cutoff, Christopher Johnson raised and was three bet by Richard Trigg in the blinds. After some thought, Johnson decided to four bet to 25,000. After only a few seconds, Trigg announced he was all in and Johnson snap-called.

Trigg:
Johnson:

Johnson was putting his near 100,000 chip stack at risk against the chip leader but was unfortunately a dog in the hand. The flop came which was no help to Johnson. The gave Johnson additional outs in the form of an open ended straight draw, but Trigg dodged the nine-outer on the river when the landed.

Trigg is now up to a 370,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Christopher Johnson, Richard Trigg.

Davies Doubles Up

Escrito 2011-06-09 03:04 GMT • Nivel 15: 1,200-2,400, 400 ante

Nickolas Davies was short-stacked and shoved preflop. He found a caller and tabled . The flop ran and Davies' pair of nines was enough to get him back up to 25,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Nickola Davies.