2011 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold��em
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$825,604
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,839,000
Entries
817
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Greim and Young Play an Interesting One

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Paul Greim announced that he was all in from under the gun. He had 65,000 left but slid out just one stack of about 15 yellows representing his shove. Ryan Young was in the cutoff and said, "Call." However, he didn't realize that it was an all in bet and was made aware of it immediately by the rest of the table. By rule of verbal declaration, he was forced to put in 65,000 regardless of the mistake. Ben Volpe, who was in the big blind, seemed torn about the decision he was faced with but eventually folded.

Amazingly, Young was ahead with his {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} against the {j-Clubs}{4-Clubs} of Greim. The flop would change things though when it fell {a-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. The turn {a-Spades} and river {5-Spades} brought Young no help. The pot allowed Greim to double up and left Young with only 210,000.

Afterwards, the table debated whether Volpe would have been correct to move all in from the big blind with {8-Spades}{7-Spades}. In an attempt to isolate while getting better than 2 to 1 on his money, Volpe would have made a flush. The table appeared generally in favor of it and it leaves Volpe, who has 690,000 in chips, wondering if he should have more.

Tags: Ben VolpePaul GreimRyan Young