2011 World Series of Poker

Big Drama Between Hollywood Dave and Men Nguyen

Escrito 2011-06-03 01:24 GMT • Nivel 14

Dave Stann and Men Nguyen getting chippy

In a hand between "Hollywood" Dave Stann and Men Nguyen, the whole pot was being shipped to Dave when he stopped the dealer and called over the floor. Both players seemed to realize that it was a chopped pot and along with the floor people Dave chopped up the pot to give Men his half.

After the hand, Men did something along the lines of calling Dave a cheater for trying to take the whole pot although it seemed like it was Dave who was doing his best to make sure Men got his half.

In the next hand, after words were exchanged, Dave stared Men down for two or three minutes without budging or looking at his hand until the floor was called on him and they went off on each other. They were threatened with penalties if anymore words were exchanged and this seemed to quiet the two down.

This is what was said according to Lex Veldhuis' twitter page,

"Quote of the century by Men The Master: 'You're a cheater, trying to take my money.' He is causing a big scene being obnoxious as always."

Both are still in the tournament, so we will be sure to let you know if anything else develops between the two characters.

Tags/etiquetas: Dave Stann, Lex Veldhuis, Men Nguyen.

Ted Lawson Doubles

Escrito 2011-06-03 01:14 GMT • Nivel 14

We didn't see much of the action, but Ted Lawson doubled when he showed a on a board of for a full house and the nut low.

His opponent, Robert Mougous, showed the which made him a flopped set of threes for a tough beat.

Lawson is up to 30,000

Tags/etiquetas: Robert Mougous, Ted Lawson.

More Counts

Escrito 2011-06-03 01:03 GMT

Chip counts/puntos
Francesco Barbaro			85,000	26,200
Ted Woolridge			68,000	12,700
Richard Monroe			68,000	-22,500
Erik Seidel			66,000	5,000
Guillaume Rivet			62,000	-20,000
Humberto Brenes	PokerStars Team Pro (Costa Rica)		60,000	-15,000
Par Alexande Hilderbrand			58,000	45,900
Travis Pearson			50,000	22,200
Matthew Waxman			49,000	14,000
Brian Swinford			46,000	4,000
Bradley Helm			45,000	36,500
Scott Clements			45,000	14,400
Gebrehiwet Goitom			45,000	7,200
Lex Veldhuis	PokerStars Team Pro (Netherlands)		45,000	21,300
Michael Simon			44,000	28,600
Gary Bolden			43,000	-17,700
Fabrizio Gonzalez			42,000	-300
Alan Engel			42,000	21,500
Mallory Smith			39,000	30,300
Troy Palmer			38,000	-7,700
Michael Deveronica			38,000	16,700
Mike Rahmn			36,000	-11,800
Michael Jensen			35,000	-7,300
Patrick Gunn			35,000	3,000
Ron Ware			35,000	12,900

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Clements Back Just in Time to Lose 20k Pot

Escrito 2011-06-03 00:59 GMT • Nivel 14

We don't know where Scott Clements was off to in such a hurry, but we saw him sprint out of the Amazon Room with his backpack, only to return about 5 minutes later in similar hasty fashion.

In his first hand back, he got involved with Troy Palmer who raised to 3,000 preflop from middle position. Clement called to see the flop of

On the flop, Palmer bet out 1500, Clements raised, and Palmer called.

The turn was the , Palmer checked, Clements bet 3,000 and Palmer called.

The river was the , Palmer bet 3,000 and Clements called.

Palmer turned over for top two pair and no low, but it was good enough to scoop the massive pot and put him up to 55,000. Clements on the other hand was knocked down to 56,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Scott Clements, Troy Palmer.

The Shark Cho(m)ps

Escrito 2011-06-03 00:51 GMT • Nivel 14

Humberto Brenes and Blake Cahail capped the betting preflop and saw a flop. Cahail led out, got raised by Brenes and just called. The turn was the and Cahail check called Brenes’ bet. On the river, Cahail moved all in and was called by Brenes. Cahail showed for the nut low. Brenes held and his two pair was enough to chop the pot. Brenes had 62,000 after the hand while Cahail was at 18,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Blake Cahail, Humberto Brenes.

Nivel 14 empezado

Escrito 2011-06-03 00:51 GMT

Omaha Specialists Emerge

Escrito 2011-06-03 00:47 GMT • Nivel 13

In a field of this size with so many legends of the game, it's easy to look over the recent masters of Omaha who have emerged in the field.

Miguel Proulx had two major Omaha scores last year with a second in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship and a bracelet in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. He is sitting with 71,000 in this event.

James Dempsey came second in last year's $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better World Championship and is up to 75,000 in this event.

Scott Clements is by no means a player who ever gets looked over in the events he plays, but people sometimes forget how much success he has had in Omaha. In 2009 he took 3rd in the $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event and 2nd in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better World Championship. Adding to that, he won a bracelet in 2006 in the $3,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better event and in 2007 in the $1500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. A few minutes ago he was up to 75,000 but is now down to 56,000.

Tags/etiquetas: James Dempsey, Miguel Proulx, Scott Clements.

Chip Counts

Escrito 2011-06-03 00:43 GMT

Chip counts/puntos
James Dempsey			75,000	23,000
Dale Kunkel			50,000	32,200
Mary Jones			48,000	42,600
Daniel Smith			48,000	9,000
Daniel Klein			44,000	-1,000
Ray Henson			42,000	5,000
Allen Cunningham			35,000	28,300
Ryan Lenaghan			35,000	24,700
Roland Israelashvili			26,000	-5,000
Samuel Ngai			25,000	12,000
Cameron Mckinley			24,500	11,400
Eric Cloutier			24,000	-14,300
Bryan Micon			17,000	-21,400
Ruben Vera			15,500	-17,900
Kostas Kalathakis			14,500	-7,500
Josh Arieh			12,000	-16,400
Mike Krescanko			11,000	-31,300
Thayer Rasmussen			10,000	-15,000
Tim Fu			9,500	-17,700
Benjamin Freeman			5,500	-8,100

Chips, Chips, Millions of Chips

Escrito 2011-06-03 00:37 GMT

Chip counts/puntos
Miguel Proulx			71,000	53,600
James Dempsey			52,000	-23,000
Men Nguyen			51,000	-7,000
Robert Mougous			51,000	21,400
Ben Yu			50,700	36,600
Daniel Klein			45,000	4,500
Ray Henson			37,000	13,600
Bob Keegan			36,500	17,300
Michael Pfeiffer			35,000	5,600
Roland Israelashvili			31,000	11,000
Tom McCormick			26,300	15,900
Thayer Rasmussen			25,000	-3,500
Kostas Kalathakis			22,000	8,000
Robert Morbitzer			21,000	11,000
Skip Richardson			20,000	9,000
Joseph Silverman			19,300	5,900
Dave Stann			19,000	9,100
John Bunch			18,000	-1,200
Marcelo Costa			15,500	900
Samuel Ngai			13,000	-10,500
Chau Giang			11,000	-5,900
Ted Lawson			7,300	-9,700
Michael Block			5,000	-29,100
Michael Kaplan			1,600	-15,700

More Bustouts

Escrito 2011-06-03 00:14 GMT