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[Marky147]

Flushy, Toby Lewis, James Akenhead and JP all won their first tables in the $5k shootout!!

[TightEnd]

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Jason Somerville Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em ($493,091)

What started with 3,175 players is now just one. Jason Somerville was our Day 2 chip leader and he waded through a crazy day of play to take down the bracelet in fine fashion. We started today with 27 players and within 40 minutes we had already set a final two tables. Within three hours we were down to an action final table that saw a multitude of chip leaders, double-up after double-up, and eventually just Somerville with the bracelet. He won a few key hands late to regain the chip lead and ride it to victory, including this giant all in flip against Yashar Darian when they were playing four handed.

Richard Fridvalszki raised to 140,000 under-the-gun, Yashar Darian re-raised it to 500,000 on the button and Jason Somerville re-raised all in for 2,500,000. Yashar called with {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} and Somerville showed {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}.

The flop came {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} to give Somerville a full house. The turn was the {Q-Clubs} and Darian was still drawing to an ace or a king. The river was the {5-Clubs} and Somerville doubled up to 5,100,000 and had over half the chips in play. Darian fell to only 1,500,000 after the hand

Somerville has previously finished fifth, fourth, third, and second in WSOP events, but finally completed the wheel with a win today (maybe it was because his good friend Daniel Negreanu was on the rail the whole time).

1    Jason Somerville       493,091
2    Yashar Darian       305,009
3    Travis Atkins       215,855
4    Richard Fridvalszki       156,248
5    Alex Martin       114,414
6    Gian Carlos Oliveri       84,753
7    Diana Allen       63,493
8    Shane Rose       48,091
9    James Schaaf       36,833
10    Brett Shaffer       28,517
11    Lex Veldhuis    PokerStars Team Pro (Netherlands)    28,517
12    Thomas Conway       28,517

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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship


is currently heads up between Elky and Steve Landfish

1          331,639
2          204,924
3    Maxwell Troy       128,341
4    John Hennigan       92,928
5    Alexander Kostritsyn       72,627
6    Chad Brown    PokerStars Team Pro (USA)    57,917
7    Kevin Tang       47,032
8    Chris Tryba       38,812
9    Nick Schulman       32,488
10    Men Nguyen       32,488
11    Sorel Mizzi       27,643
12    Christopher George       27,643
13    Ville Wahlbeck    PokerStars Team Pro (Finland)    24,043
14    Jason Mercier    PokerStars Team Pro (USA)    24,043
15    Matt Glantz       20,916
16    Matt Hawrilenko       20,916

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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha


Has hit the following final table

1    Juha Vilkki    1,235,000
2    Rafe Kibrit    667,000
3    Cody Munger    652,000
4    Elie Payan    545,000
5    Stephen Wolfe    523,000
6    Jeff Sarwer    480,000
7    Benjamin Palmer    320,000
8    Roland Israelashvili    310,000
9    David Sands    250,000
10    Emil Patel    147,000

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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix


30 of 489 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Ben Yu    241,000
2    Adam Geyer    240,000
3    Adam Kornuth    220,000
4    Mikko Pispala    196,000
5    John Racener    185,000
6    Ylon Schwartz    175,000
7    Sirous Baghchehsaraie    161,000
8    Eric Buchman    155,000
9    Michele Limongi    135,000
10    John Monnette    127,000

John Juanda still in going for a second bracelet

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Event #24: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Day One Bagged; 40 Players Remain


Another day inside the halls of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino has been wrapped up with Day 1 of Event #24: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout of the 2011 World Series of Poker coming to a conclusion.

387 players were spread over forty tables today which bested last year's number of 358 as everyone eyed the $436,568 first prize - which surprisingly sat a few thousand short of the amount Joshua Tieman collected when he snagged his first bracelet.

Unfortunately for Tieman, there would be no back-to-back run as he was bundled out late in the day. However it wasn't just because it wasn't Tieman's day, but his starting table - along with every other one - was littered with notable poker professionals, online giants and tournament veterans, making this one of the toughest fields assembled so far this World Series.

Only forty players managed to best their table to ensure not only a $13,368 payday but also a chance of collecting a WSOP final table appearance and a potential six-figure payday and gold coveted bracelet. Waving the flag for USA includes Erik Seidel, Gavin Smith, Tommy Vedes, Dan Smith, Jordan "Jymaster11" Young, Justin Bonomo, Tom Marchese and recent bracelet winner Sean Getzwiller. However the Brits are still putting on a strong showing here as James Akenhead, JP Kelly, James Dempsey and Tony Lewis are still about as well as other internationals Maxim Lykov and Darren Kramer.

Tomorrow will see the remaining players play down to a final table of ten,

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Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better

That's a Wrap - Violette & Novick Share the Honors!

Lock this one away, ladies and gents – Day 1 of WSOP Event #25 is in the books!

It was a step back in time for many of the 606 players who ponied up the $1,500 for today’s event, with plenty of WSOP bracelet winners, including Men Nguyen, Mike Sexton, Scotty Nguyen, Mel Judah, David Slansky and Tom Schneider.

However, there were just as many from the online generation to have taken their seats today, including reigning WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel, Jon Turner and Sean Nguyen. The old school did manage to teach the young’uns a thing or two and at the end of the night, we've got ourselves a two-way tie for the chip lead, with Cyndy Violette and Hevan Novick each holding 43,400! They're followed closely by Michael Sigel (41,500), Tom Dwan (35,500), Norman Chad (35,400), 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela (32,100) and Mike Sexton (27,100).

In all, 172 players will be returning tomorrow, but those who won’t be joining us include Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Chad Brown, as well as David Benyamine, Allen “The Chainsaw” Kessler, Todd Brunson, Ted Forrest, Bill Chen and Huck Seed.

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and fresh from Nolan Dalla pimping Poker Tracker 4 as a WSOP Press release yesterday, which must be one of the odded press releases I have received, comes this

NEW YORK, NY (June 14 , 2011) – SheetsTM Energy Strips, “the new way to do energy,” co-founded by basketball star LeBron James, and top brand executives Warren Struhl, Jesse Itzler and Maverick Carter today announced they will serve as an Official Sponsor for the 2011 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. As a formal sponsor of the most prestigious card tournament in the world, SheetsTM Energy Strips will provide players the energy necessary to try and claim the most coveted prize in poker, a World Series of Poker Championship gold bracelet. 

As part of the sponsorship agreement, the SheetsTM Energy Strips logo will be featured on the inner rung of the main television tables during all events at the tournament.  In addition, product will be available from all servers who will be wearing SheetsTM branded uniforms. 

SheetsTM paper-thin, individually wrapped, dissolvable strips are placed on your tongue, begin to dissolve instantly and are easily swallowed and digested delivering hours of energy. With multiple flavors and a great taste, SheetsTM won't spill or melt, have no calories, no carbohydrates, no sugar and require no water. SheetsTM uses proprietary technology that provides a breakthrough delivery system enabling consumers to get fast-acting energy - anytime, anywhere. No bottles. No cans. Simple.

“We’re thrilled to be an Official Sponsor of the 2011 World Series of Poker and provide energy to the top poker players in the world,” said SheetsTM Energy Strips CEO Warren Struhl. “Poker is a game that requires you to be sharp and attentive every single hand, and SheetsTM will help players do that. We look forward to working with the World Series of Poker.”

The SheetsTM Energy Strips brand was launched in May 2011 and is available nationwide. Supported by a marketing campaign featuring Co-founder LeBron James along with partners Amar’e Stoudemire, Pitbull, Drake, Ray Rice and others, SheetsTM is quickly becoming, “the new way to do energy.” As multi-platinum recording artist Drake said, “Why drink your energy when you can take a sheet!”

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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship


Elky, Bertrand Grospellier, wins the bracelet just now

[tikay]

Table Draw for the $5k Shootout. Table 289 might get interesting.

All Tables are 4 handed.


RANK PLAYER CITY / STATE / COUNTRY CHIP COUNT ROOM / TABLE / SEAT
1 Gareth Teatum DONCASTER, , GB 150,000 Amazon / 275 / 1
2 Nicolas Fierrogottner CL 150,000 Amazon / 275 / 2
3 Justin Bonomo LAS VEGAS, NV, US 150,000 Amazon / 275 / 3
4 Thorsten Schafer HEIDELBERG, , DE 150,000 Amazon / 275 / 4
5 Matthew Berkey LAS VEGAS, NV, US 150,000 Amazon / 276 / 1
6 Ben Tollerene FORT WORTH, TX, US 150,000 Amazon / 276 / 2
7 Sean Getzwiller LAS VEGAS, NV, US 150,000 Amazon / 276 / 3
8 Darren Kramer CAPE TOWN, , ZA 150,000 Amazon / 276 / 4
9 Orson Young OCEANPORT, NJ, US 150,000 Amazon / 277 / 1
10 Nikita Lebedev RU 150,000 Amazon / 277 / 2
11 Erik Seidel HENDERSON, NV, US 150,000 Amazon / 277 / 3
12 Kyle Frey Saint Thomas, PA, US 150,000 Amazon / 277 / 4
13 James Dempsey BRIGHTON, , GB 150,000 Amazon / 281 / 1
14 Yasuhiro Waki Tokyo, , JP 150,000 Amazon / 281 / 2
15 Mark Radoja GUELPH, ON, CA 150,000 Amazon / 281 / 3
16 Marc Inizan London, , GB 150,000 Amazon / 281 / 4
17 Adam Junglen STOW, OH, US 150,000 Amazon / 282 / 1
18 Alan Goehring HENDERSON, NV, US 150,000 Amazon / 282 / 2
19 Maxim Lykov MOSCOW, , RU 150,000 Amazon / 282 / 3
20 Christopher DeMaci STANTON, CA, US 150,000 Amazon / 282 / 4
21 Joseph Elpayaa FOREST PARK, IL, US 150,000 Amazon / 283 / 1
22 Jeanfrancois Talbot Beaconsfield, QC, CA 150,000 Amazon / 283 / 2
23 Gavin Smith GUELPH, ON, CA 150,000 Amazon / 283 / 3
24 Daniel Smith MANALAPAN, NJ, US 150,000 Amazon / 283 / 4
25 Gilbert Diaz NESTOR, , FR 150,000 Amazon / 287 / 1
26 Scott Baumstein NEW YORK, NY, US 150,000 Amazon / 287 / 2
27 Tommy Vedes FORT MOHAVE, AZ, US 150,000 Amazon / 287 / 3
28 Nicholas Mitchell WEBSTER, NY, US 150,000 Amazon / 287 / 4
29 Tom Marchese BOONTON, NJ, US 150,000 Amazon / 288 / 1
30 Chris Klodnicki PHILADELPHIA, PA, US 150,000 Amazon / 288 / 2
31 JP Kelly AYLESBURY, , GB 150,000 Amazon / 288 / 3
32 Jeff Williams ATLANTA, GA, US 150,000 Amazon / 288 / 4
33 James Akenhead LONDON, , GB 150,000 Amazon / 289 / 1
34 Toby Lewis LONDON, GB 150,000 Amazon / 289 / 2
35 Jeffrey Gross ANN ARBOR, MI, US 150,000 Amazon / 289 / 3
36 Jason Young SUFFERN, NY, US 150,000 Amazon / 289 / 4
37 Luke Staudenmaier IMPERIAL, PA, US 150,000 Amazon / 294 / 1
38 Dan O'Brien LAS VEGAS, NV, US 150,000 Amazon / 294 / 2
39 Todd Terry HOBOKEN, NJ, US 150,000 Amazon / 294 / 3
40 Jordan Young TWIN LAKE, MI, US 150,000 Amazon / 294 / 4

[rex008]

SheetsTM [...] delivering hours of energy.

SheetsTM [...] have no calories, no carbohydrates, no sugar

I have a suspicion that in the UK that puff wouldn't get past the ASA...

[Dino]

Eric Haber should have trademarked his nickname,in fact I'm surprised PokerXFactor didn't.

[pokerfan]

Wsop poy standings,  http://www.wsop.com/players/2011.asp

[geordieneil]

Jake Cody is amongst the leaders in event 26, the $2,500 6 max....

ok, do another win, but please give other people a chance to win just the occasional tourney you enter

your a sick man.........

glglgl, win em all jake   

[TightEnd]

Congratulations to Elie Payan, Winner of Event #22 ($292,825)!

Elie Payan from France has earned himself victory in Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha and a whopping $292,825 in cash. Not only that, Payan now has a World Series of Poker gold bracelet wrapped around his wrist -- the most coveted prize in poker!

When the day began, Payan was right in the middle of the pack, but he was a little late to the party. Payan missed the entire first orbit of play before he showed up to the final table and played his first hand. That didn't matter though, as he was the last man standing on the felt with all the chips in front of him.

Payan defeated Rafe Kibrit heads up, but it wasn't easy. The two battled back and forth, swapping the lead a couple times. At first, Payan held the chip lead heading into heads-up play, but then Kibrit fought back to take pole position in the match. Payan never gave up though and fought his way back in front and then steadily applied the necessary pressure in order to finish off his opponent.

Final Table Payouts
Place   Players   Prize
1   Elie Payan   $292,825
2   Rafe Kibrit   $181,222
3   David Sands   $113,383
4   Juha Vilkki   $82,297
5   Stephen Wolfe   $60,754
6   Emil Patel   $45,554
7   Cody Munger   $34,642
8   Jeff Sarwer   $26,704
9   Roland Israelashvili   $20,863

Congratulations to Elie Payan, the latest gold bracelet winner at the 2011 WSOP