After an extremely uneventful last 15 minutes of no limit, it's back to limit hold'em for the second 30 minutes of the level. Limits are 20,000/40,000.
2011 World Series of Poker
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 23,000 from the cutoff, and on the button, short-stack Noah Boeken shipped in his 130,000. Hawrilenko called with the best hand.
Boeken:
Hawrilenko:
The flop turned the tables and put Boeken in the lead, but Hawrilenko picked up a gutshot. The turn blanked with the . Then the river gave Hawrilenko Broadway and sent Boeken to the rail in seventh place. The Dutch are depressed.
Hawrilenko has the chip lead with 1,076,000.
Shortly after switching to no limit, Brandon Meyers opened to 22,000. Jonathan Lane moved all in for 126,000 total, and Meyers called and was going to need a lot of help to eliminate Lane.
Lane:
Meyers:
The board ran out , giving him the nut flush and a new stack of 270,000.
Level: 20
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Nikolay Losev opened, and Noah Boeken three bet from the small blind. Losev made it 60,000, and Boeken called. The flop came , and Boeken checked. Losev bet and got a call. Boeken again check-called the turn. The river got one more check-call, and Losev showed for a rivered two pair. That worked well enough to win the pot, leaving Boeken with just 160,000 or five big bets, but no limit is coming up. Losev is up to 784,000.
Matt Hawrilenko open-raised from the hijack and Brandon Meyers reraised from the small blind. Hawrilenko called and the flop came . Meyers bet and Hawrilenko called to see the turn fall . Meyers bet again and Hawrilenko called. The river came and both players checked.
Meyers held but Hawrilenko had him beat holding . Hawrilenko is up to 750,000 and Meyers slipped to 900,000.
Brian Smith open raised from the hijack and action folded to Matt Matros in the big blind, and he called. The flop came and Matros check-called a bet from Smith. The turn came and both players checked. The river fell , Matros checked, Smith bet and Matros called.
Smith tabled for a king high flush and Matros mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Smith |
690,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Matt Matros |
667,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
The table has switched to Limit Hold'em and from under the gun Brandon Meyers raised and Matt Matros raised from the cutoff. Action folded back to Meyers and he called.
The flop came and Meyers check-raised a bet from Matros. Matros called and the turn came . Meyers bet and Matros called. The river came and both players checked. Matros tabled for aces up and Meyers mucked.
Brian Smith opened from the hijack for 17,000 and Aalok Arora moved in for 228,000. Action folded around back to Smith and he called. Smith tabled and Arora held .
The board ran and Smith paired his ace off the flop and sent Arora to the cashier's cage to collect eighth place money.
Adam Sanders raised to 17,000 from middle position and Matt Hawrilenko raised to 45,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Sanders and he moved all in for around 175,000. Hawrilenko called and they were off to the showdown.
Hawrilenko:
Sanders:
The board ran and Hawrilenko's big slick held up sending Sanders home first from the final table.