WSOP One Stop Shop

[cambridgealex]

Does anybody know why they only show the hole cards when they see a flop? Can't really see a reason for this

[GreekStein]

Does anybody know why they only show the hole cards when they see a flop? Can't really see a reason for this

Think it's a little to unfair on the players if all their opponents are always privy to their cards.

[DaveShoelace]

anyone got an alternate live stream to the one on WSOP.com? its going ridiic slow for me

[MLHMLH]

stream crashed?

What a load of crap. Reckons I need to upgrade to veetle to watch it?

I have veetle and it isn't working, it's on a break anyway.

http://www.justin.tv/peng0#/w/1490622240

try this

[curnow]

anyone got an alternate live stream to the one on WSOP.com? its going ridiic slow for me

http://www.justin.tv/peng0#/w/1497894480

[Junior Senior]

Are they still going? Am at work!

[cambridgealex]

Are they still going? Am at work!

yes yes, still 10handed.

[Boba Fett]

zzzzzz can someone just bust already!  Would love it if someone went into maniac mode.

[TightEnd]

Bubble burst

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $10,000 Main Event


Place Winner      Prize (USD)
1          8,711,956
2          5,430,928
3          4,019,635
4          3,011,661
5          2,268,909
6          1,720,396
7          1,313,851
8          1,009,910
9          782,115
10    John Hewitt      607,882
11    Khoa Nguyen       607,882
12    Bryan Devonshire       607,882
13    Konstantinos Mamaliadis       478,174
14    Scott Schwalich       478,174
15    Andrey Pateychuk       478,174
16    Ryan Lenaghan       378,796
17    Sam Barnhart       378,796
18    Kenny Shih       378,796
19    Aleksandr Mozhnyakov       302,005
20    Gionni Demers       302,005
21    Chris Moore       302,005
22    Lars Bonding       302,005
23    Andrew Hinrichsen       302,005
24    Gregory Kaplan       302,005
25    Jerry Van Strydonck       302,005
26    JP Kelly    PokerStars Team Pro (UK)    302,005

[GreekStein]

fuck sake watching the live feed and saw the bubble on here.

[strak33]

Came on to see if anyone said about the KQ hand.

Enjoying the feed and find out here bubble burst. What a joke

[claypole]

Great work from Sam - funny was chatting to Celtic saying " do we know him" - put ESPN on and realised he blagged a lift from Galway airport to the Raddisson with me in December. Genuinely was a really really nice guy, who smiled and said hello rest of weekend and cashed a side event. Gl to him, he didn't strike me as particularly experienced MTT player but clearly on his game

[TightEnd]

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $10,000 Main Event


Nine Players, One Bracelet

Level 36: 250,000-500,000, 50,000 ante

What a day! What a couple of weeks! What a summer!

The World Series of Poker Main Event has reached what has become its traditional climax-before-the-climax, with this year's massive field of 6,865 players having finally been reduced down to a final table of nine.

The whole world was watching over the last several days as chip leaders emerged, short stacks were busted, and the nine eventual survivors craftily negotiated their way to earn return tickets to November's final table. And the world will be watching again four months from now -- in many cases rooting on their own as this year's final table will have a most international feel. These final nine come from all parts of the globe -- Ireland, England, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Germany, Belize (by way of Lebanon), and the United States -- further underscoring how poker truly is the world's game.

The day began with the Anton Makievskyi the leader among the final 22. A wild first level of play saw the field cut to 15, with Makievskyi still in front but Eoghan O'Dea closing in fast. Those two both had crossed the 30-million chip milestone by then, at the time about twice what nearest challengers John Hewitt and Ben Lamb had. But another level's worth of big pots and high drama tightened the race anew.

Three more would fall before dinner -- Andrey Pateychuk (15th), Scott Schwalich (14th), and Konstantinos Mamaliadis (13th) -- then soon after players returned Bryan Devonshire would succumb in 12th. Devonshire lost the majority of his chips on two different hands in which he held king-queen each time and failed to catch against opponents holding an ace.

With 11 left, we began seeing an increasing number of three-, four-, and even five-bets with all-ins involving the short stacks interspersed in between. As the chips moved around, Makievskyi maintained his big stack, with Hewitt, O'Dea, and current WSOP Player of the Year points leader Ben Lamb all accumulating as well. Eventually the last Canadian in the field, Khoa Nguyen, ran pocket tens into Martin Staszko's kings to go out in 11th, and the final ten redrew for seats around the last table of the summer.

From there the pace slowed considerably, and many began to recall the six hours it took a year ago for the final ten to become nine. During the first two hours few big pots were played, with O'Dea and Staszko nudging out ahead of the field while Badih Bounahra and Matt Giannetti became increasingly short.

On the first hand of Level 36, Matt Giannetti found a hand worth chancing -- {J-Spades}{J-Clubs} -- and got a caller in John Hewitt who held {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}. Giannetti dodged a bullet among the five community cards, and survived with a double-up. Another hour would pass, with a few three-bets and an all-in shove by John Hewitt that went uncalled, but otherwise small exchanges of chips. Then Giannetti, having become short again, found himself all in once more with {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}, this time against Ben Lamb's {K-Hearts}{9-Spades}. Giannetti's jacks held a second time.

Soon came another all-in shove, this time by Bounahra, with Hewitt once more being the one willing to call. Bounahra had {K-Hearts}{K-Spades} and was in a dominating position versus Hewitt's {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades}. The board brought one queen but no other help to Hewitt, and suddenly he'd become the short stack with just over 4 million -- not even nine big blinds.

It wasn't long before Hewitt's short stack went into the middle, with the Costa Rican hoping his {3-Spades}{3-Clubs} would hold against O'Dea's {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. The flop came a most worrisome (for Hewitt) {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, then the {A-Hearts} on the turn sealed it -- Hewitt had bubbled the final table in 10th! The November Nine was set!

We've all four months now to get to know these nine further. Much attention will be given to chip leaders Martin Staszko of the Czech Republic and Eoghan O'Dea of Ireland, although a lot of the talk between now and then will undoubtedly concern Ben "Benba" Lamb and the continuation of his remarkable 2011 WSOP run.

Top Chip Counts
1    Martin Staszko    40,475,000
2    Eoghan O'Dea    29,400,000
3    Matt Giannetti    24,850,000
4    Phil Collins    21,425,000
5    Ben Lamb    20,725,000
6    Badih Bounahra    19,950,000
7    Pius Heinz    16,475,000
8    Anton Makievskyi    15,325,000
9    Samuel Holden    13,725,000

[Boba Fett]

Came on to see if anyone said about the KQ hand.

Enjoying the feed and find out here bubble burst. What a joke

Terrible

[GreekStein]

Kq was just horrid, as was his analysis of it. 'Well there's a chance it might be a flip'.