After eight days of play and nearly 72 hours of cards, the 2011 World Series of Poker has officially reached the November Nine.
Leading the way into the four-month hiatus is the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko, who has a slight advantage over Ireland’s Eoghan O’Dea.
The final table will be a truly international affair, with seven different countries represented. The Americans will be the most prevelent at the Penn and Teller Theatre at the Rio, having three players in attendance. Matt Giannetti, Phil Collins and Ben Lamb also reside in third, fourth and fifth in the standings after some late night jostling.
Giannetti was handcuffed early on during the final table bubble, but picked up pocket jacks twice to give him a comfortable chip count entering November.
Barring a spectacular performance at the WSOP Europe series from Phil Hellmuth, Lamb has nearly locked up the WSOP Player of the Year honors. He has now earned nearly $2 million this summer and is in a great position to triple or quadruple that amount.
Badih Bounahra was at one point the shortest stack at the table, but he was able to pick up a big hand to double through, becoming the first player to represent Belize at the final table in WSOP history.
Germany’s Pius Heinz is certainly happy to have survived the bubble, especially after getting all in with K-J against a dominating A-K earlier in the day. Heinz would up making a straight to double, which was enough for him to advance.
The rest of the final table is rounded out by Ukraine’s Anton Makievskyi and the U.K.’s Sam Holden. Both players will have their work cut out for them in November, returning with less than 30 big blinds.
The unfortunate final table bubble boy was John Hewitt, who made a questionable call against Bounahra that saw his stacked crippled. He eventually lost a coinflip to O’Dea to see his Main Event run come to an end.
By surviving until November, Eoghan and his father, Donnacha O’Dea, have become the first father and son pair to make the WSOP Main Event final table. Donnacha finished ninth in 1991 and sixth in 1983.
Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts.
Seat 1 — Matt Giannetti — 24,750,000
Seat 2 — Badih Bounahra — 19,700,000
Seat 3 — Eoghan O’Dea — 33,925,000
Seat 4 — Phil Collins — 23,875,000
Seat 5 — Anton Makievskyi — 13,825,000
Seat 6 — Samuel Holden — 12,375,000
Seat 7 — Pius Heinz — 16,425,000
Seat 8 — Ben Lamb — 20,875,000
Seat 9 — Martin Staszko — 40,175,000
Lars Bonding got the last of his chips into the middle of the table when the flop read 7-4-3 and he held pocket aces in the hole. Unfortunately for the pro his opponent Konstantinos Mamaliadis held pocket fours. The set held and Bonding was the first player to be eliminated on day 8, falling in 22nd place, which was good for $302,005.
Featured Poker Tweet — Lars Bonding
Chris Moore Eliminated in 21st Place ($302,005)
Anton Makievskyi raised to 350,000 preflop and Chris Moore reraised to 1 million. Anton then moved all in and Moore made the all-in call. Their cards:
Anton: A 10
Moore: K-K
Board: A 8 3 6 Q
Anton won the hand and he grew his chip lead to 24 million. Moore was eliminated in 21st place and he took home $302,005 in prize money.
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov Eliminated in 19th Place ($302,005)
Sam Barnhart raised to 550,000 from the cutoff and Aleksandr Mozhnyakov reraised all in for his final 1.5 million. Barnhart made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Barnhart: A 10
Mozhnyakov: K Q
Board: 4 4 3 J 2
Mozhnyakov was eliminated in 19th place on the hand and he will now take home $302,005 in prize money. Barnhart grew his stack to 6,245,000 after the hand.
Sam Barnhart Eliminated in 16th Place ($378,796)
Sam Barnhart raised to 550,000 from middle position preflop and Pius Heinz reraised all in from the small blind for 5.51 million. Barnhart was then forced to make an all-in call for 4 million. Their cards:
Barnhart: 9 9
Heinz: K K
Board: J 4 3 10 8
Barnhart won the WSOP Circuit National Championship event at the start of the summer and he ends it with an impressive 16th place finish in the main event. He will take home $378,796 in prize money.
Anton Makiievskyi Eliminated in Eighth Place ($1,010,015)
Nov 06, '11
It seemed like Anton Makiievskyi was content to just grind his way up the pay ladder, having played very few hands at the World Series of Poker main event final table, but he was finally forced to put his short stack into the pot during a blind against blind confrontation.
The action folded to the 21-year-old Ukranian and he moved all in from the small blind holding K Q. Pius Heinz called from the big blind with 9 9 and the two went off to the races.
The flop came down K J J, pulling Makiievskyi into the lead, but the 9 on the turn left him drawing to some paint cards. The river was the 7 and he was eliminated in eighth place.
Makiievskyi earned $1,010,015 for his efforts, but had to be disappointed by the turn card that sealed his fate. With his elimination, Heinz moved into the chip lead with over 60 million in chips, roughly ten times the amount of the short stack.
Be sure to follow all of the main event action on Card Player’s official twitter page.
After eight days of play and nearly 72 hours of cards, the 2011 World Series of Poker has officially reached the November Nine.
Leading the way into the four-month hiatus is the Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko, who has a slight advantage over Ireland’s Eoghan O’Dea.
The final table will be a truly international affair, with seven different countries represented. The Americans will be the most prevelent at the Penn and Teller Theatre at the Rio, having three players in attendance. Matt Giannetti, Phil Collins and Ben Lamb also reside in third, fourth and fifth in the standings after some late night jostling.
Giannetti was handcuffed early on during the final table bubble, but picked up pocket jacks twice to give him a comfortable chip count entering November.
Barring a spectacular performance at the WSOP Europe series from Phil Hellmuth, Lamb has nearly locked up the WSOP Player of the Year honors. He has now earned nearly $2 million this summer and is in a great position to triple or quadruple that amount.
Badih Bounahra was at one point the shortest stack at the table, but he was able to pick up a big hand to double through, becoming the first player to represent Belize at the final table in WSOP history.
Germany’s Pius Heinz is certainly happy to have survived the bubble, especially after getting all in with K-J against a dominating A-K earlier in the day. Heinz would up making a straight to double, which was enough for him to advance.
The rest of the final table is rounded out by Ukraine’s Anton Makievskyi and the U.K.’s Sam Holden. Both players will have their work cut out for them in November, returning with less than 30 big blinds.
The unfortunate final table bubble boy was John Hewitt, who made a questionable call against Bounahra that saw his stacked crippled. He eventually lost a coinflip to O’Dea to see his Main Event run come to an end.
By surviving until November, Eoghan and his father, Donnacha O’Dea, have become the first father and son pair to make the WSOP Main Event final table. Donnacha finished ninth in 1991 and sixth in 1983.
Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts.
Seat 1 — Matt Giannetti — 24,750,000
Seat 2 — Badih Bounahra — 19,700,000
Seat 3 — Eoghan O’Dea — 33,925,000
Seat 4 — Phil Collins — 23,875,000
Seat 5 — Anton Makievskyi — 13,825,000
Seat 6 — Samuel Holden — 12,375,000
Seat 7 — Pius Heinz — 16,425,000
Seat 8 — Ben Lamb — 20,875,000
Seat 9 — Martin Staszko — 40,175,000
Lars Bonding got the last of his chips into the middle of the table when the flop read 7-4-3 and he held pocket aces in the hole. Unfortunately for the pro his opponent Konstantinos Mamaliadis held pocket fours. The set held and Bonding was the first player to be eliminated on day 8, falling in 22nd place, which was good for $302,005.
Featured Poker Tweet — Lars Bonding
Chris Moore Eliminated in 21st Place ($302,005)
Anton Makievskyi raised to 350,000 preflop and Chris Moore reraised to 1 million. Anton then moved all in and Moore made the all-in call. Their cards:
Anton: A 10
Moore: K-K
Board: A 8 3 6 Q
Anton won the hand and he grew his chip lead to 24 million. Moore was eliminated in 21st place and he took home $302,005 in prize money.
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov Eliminated in 19th Place ($302,005)
Sam Barnhart raised to 550,000 from the cutoff and Aleksandr Mozhnyakov reraised all in for his final 1.5 million. Barnhart made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Barnhart: A 10
Mozhnyakov: K Q
Board: 4 4 3 J 2
Mozhnyakov was eliminated in 19th place on the hand and he will now take home $302,005 in prize money. Barnhart grew his stack to 6,245,000 after the hand.
Sam Barnhart Eliminated in 16th Place ($378,796)
Sam Barnhart raised to 550,000 from middle position preflop and Pius Heinz reraised all in from the small blind for 5.51 million. Barnhart was then forced to make an all-in call for 4 million. Their cards:
Barnhart: 9 9
Heinz: K K
Board: J 4 3 10 8
Barnhart won the WSOP Circuit National Championship event at the start of the summer and he ends it with an impressive 16th place finish in the main event. He will take home $378,796 in prize money.
Anton Makiievskyi Eliminated in Eighth Place ($1,010,015)
Nov 06, '11
It seemed like Anton Makiievskyi was content to just grind his way up the pay ladder, having played very few hands at the World Series of Poker main event final table, but he was finally forced to put his short stack into the pot during a blind against blind confrontation.
The action folded to the 21-year-old Ukranian and he moved all in from the small blind holding K Q. Pius Heinz called from the big blind with 9 9 and the two went off to the races.
The flop came down K J J, pulling Makiievskyi into the lead, but the 9 on the turn left him drawing to some paint cards. The river was the 7 and he was eliminated in eighth place.
Makiievskyi earned $1,010,015 for his efforts, but had to be disappointed by the turn card that sealed his fate. With his elimination, Heinz moved into the chip lead with over 60 million in chips, roughly ten times the amount of the short stack.
Be sure to follow all of the main event action on Card Player’s official twitter page.
After eight days of play and nearly 72 hours of cards, the 2011 World Series of Poker has officially reached the November Nine.
Giannetti was handcuffed early on during the final table bubble, but picked up pocket jacks twice to give him a comfortable chip count entering November.
Germany’s Pius Heinz is certainly happy to have survived the bubble, especially after getting all in with K-J against a dominating A-K earlier in the day. Heinz would up making a straight to double, which was enough for him to advance.
Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts.
Note: Play will continue until the field reaches 9 players.
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It seemed like Anton Makiievskyi was content to just grind his way up the pay ladder, having played very few hands at the World Series of Poker main event final table, but he was finally forced to put his short stack into the pot during a blind against blind confrontation.