2011 World Series of Poker

Oliver Loses Huge Pot; Eliminated Right After

Escrito 2011-06-05 08:43 GMT

Chris Oliver

We didn't catch the betting, but we do know that Amir Lehavot and Chris Oliver created a pot worth 640,000 on a flop of . Oliver had flopped top two pair with while Lehavot had the nut flush draw with .

With the chip lead at stake, the spiked on the turn to give Lehavot the said flush; however, Oliver could still boat up on the river with any queen or king. Unfortunately for the one-time chip leader, the blanked and he lost the massive pot.

A couple hands later, Toby Lewis raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and Oliver reraised from the button. They ended up getting the money all in with Oliver at risk for his last 82,000.

Oliver:
Lewis:

The board ran out and Oliver was eliminated from the tournament.

Chip counts/puntos
Amir Lehavot			640,000	350,000
Christopher Oliver			82,000	-348,000

Tags/etiquetas: Amir Lehavot, Chris Oliver, Toby Lewis.

Mizzi Eliminated

Escrito 2011-06-05 08:33 GMT • Nivel 17

Sorel Mizzi

Sorel Mizzi and Jennifer Tilly got in a preflop raising war that resulted in the latter being all in. Lucky for her, she held against Mizzi's and never fell behind. While MTilly doubled to 280,000, Mizzi was left with just 12,000 after the hand.

He was eliminated on the very next hand.

Tags/etiquetas: Sorel Mizzi, Jennifer Tilly.

Chips Anyone?

Escrito 2011-06-05 08:26 GMT

Chip counts/puntos
McLean Karr			543,000	18,000
Chris Moorman			490,000	-20,000
Christopher Oliver			430,000	30,000
Stephen Chidwick			400,000	20,000
Owen Crowe			385,000	107,000
Jason Somerville			375,000	-30,000
Jarred Solomon			370,000	10,000
Jonathan Jaffe			355,000	70,000
Jason DeWitt			350,000
Toby Lewis			300,000	40,000
Amir Lehavot			290,000	5,000
			283,000	283,000
Thorsten Schafer			271,000	-19,000
Eric Cloutier			195,000	17,000
Takashi Ogura			190,000	-5,000
Robert Mizrachi			190,000	40,000
Daniel Negreanu	PokerStars Team Pro (Canada)		176,000	71,000
Darren Kramer			168,000	-2,000
Tommy Vinas			162,000	110,000
Mike Matusow			150,000	30,000
Noah Schwartz			150,000	-10,000
Binh Nguyen			150,000	15,000
Sorel Mizzi			145,000	-60,000
Daniel Stern			135,000	-62,000
Michael Benvenuti			133,000	63,000

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Bell and Brunson Eliminated

Escrito 2011-06-05 08:15 GMT

Todd Brunson

Jennifer Tilly opened for 15,000 under the gun only to have Chris Bell reraise to 55,000 from the cutoff. Sam Stein called all in from the button while Tilly decided to get out of the way.

Bell:
Stein:

Bell had picked the wrong time to mix it up with ace-jack and needed to get lucky. The flop gave him a good sweat, but neither the turn nor the river pushed him to a win. He was left with just 16,000 after the hand and was eliminated a short time later.

Meanwhile, a short-stacked Todd Brunson was eliminated over on Table 275.

Chip counts/puntos
Sam Stein			124,000	14,000
Chris Bell			Eliminado
Todd Brunson			Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Sam Stein, Chris Bell, Jennifer Tilly, Todd Brunson.

Hard Times for O'Dwyer

Escrito 2011-06-05 08:14 GMT • Nivel 17

Steve O'Dwyer and Robert Mizrachi built a sizable pot to see the flop of . Mizrachi bet enough to put O'Dwyer all in and O'Dwyer went deep into the tank. A few minutes passed while O'Dwyer thought of his options. He reluctantly folded and was only left with 21,000. Mizrachi assured him he made a good lay down and he had pocket aces.

The next hand O'Dwyer threw it all in and found a call from McLean Karr.

Karr:
O'Dwyer:

Board:

O'Dwyer was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags/etiquetas: McLean Karr, Robert Mizrachi, Steve O'Dwyer.

Chidwick's Jacks Survive Big Slick

Escrito 2011-06-05 08:09 GMT

Just before the last break, Stephen Chidwick was all in for 187,000 holding against the of Noah Schwartz. The pot was worth around 380,000, and it went to Chidwick as the board ran out .

Tags/etiquetas: Stephen Chidwick, Noah Schwartz.

Nivel 17 empezado

Escrito 2011-06-05 08:02 GMT

Break Time

Escrito 2011-06-05 07:43 GMT • Nivel 15

Players are on their last 20-minute break of the day.

Matusow Moves All In

Escrito 2011-06-05 07:43 GMT

On a flop of , Mike Matusow bet 16,500 and was called by Jonathan Jaffe, leading to the on the turn. Matusow wasted little time in moving all in for 65,500, which proved too much for Jaffe to call.

Chip counts/puntos
Jonathan Jaffe			285,000	42,000
Mike Matusow			120,000	-11,000

Tags/etiquetas: Mike Matusow, Jonathan Jaffe.

Pair vs Pair Leads to the Rail

Escrito 2011-06-05 07:42 GMT • Nivel 15

Yosuke Sekiya and Eric Cloutier locked horns resulting in a preflop all in showdown.

Cloutier:
Sekiya:

Board:

Cloutier's aces bumped him to around 178,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Eric Cloutier, Yosuke Sekiya.