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Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The field is at the second feature table and have redrawn seats.
1. Oleksii Kovalchuk
2. Dan O'Brien
3. Ionel Anton
4. Mazin Khoury
5. Will Failla
6. Anthony Ruberto
7. Chris Moorman
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 3
Event Info
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The field has been trimmed to seven players and they have moved to the secondary feature table.
Chris Moorman opened for 45,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Anthony Ruberto in the small blind. Ruberto called and Oleksii Kovalchuk raised to 125,000 from the big blind. Moorman then reraised to 250,000, Ruberto got out of the way and Kovalchuk shoved. Moorman called and the hands were tabled.
Showdown:
Moorman: 
Kovalchuk: 
Board: 
Kovalchuk flopped the straight and Moorman's rail gasped at the sight. They called for a seven on the river but didn't get it. Moorman slid to the bottom of the leaderboard and Kovalchuk is one of the top three stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,140,000
1,160,000
|
1,160,000 |
|
||
|
380,000
-420,000
|
-420,000 |
|
||
Ionel Anton raised it to 42,000 from the cutoff and Eric Hettinga shoved all in on the button. Anton called.
Anton: 
Hettinga: 
The flop was good for Hettinga with 
but the turn 
gave Anton the straight and the 
on the river secured the knockout.
Anton now has 2,250,000 after the hand and is just barely our chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
Busted |
We came into this hand on the turn when there was already at least 300,000 in the pot.
The board read out 
and Anton bet out 231,000 from middle position. Khoury called.
The river came 
and Anton only bet out 125,000 this time, but Khoury called again.
Anton flipped over 
for a turned straight and Khoury could not believe it as he painfully mucked his hand and fell to only 600,000.
Anton is up around 1,700,000 after the hand and is now second in chips
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
600,000
379,000
|
379,000 |
Benjamin Pollak and Ionel Anton got it all in preflop. Anton held 
and Pollak had 
. The board ran 
. Pollack couldn't connect and Anton's two pair was good enough to send Pollak to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,320,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
Busted |
We don't know how the betting went down, but Antony Lellouche got it all in preflop with 
against the of Anthony Ruberto.
The board ran out 
and Ruberto scored another knockout. Lellouche hit the rail and Ruberto continues to grow his chip lead as he is now over 2,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
Busted |
From under the gun Jesse James opened for 34,000 and Dan O'Brien raised to 81,000. Action folded back around to James who asked the dealer to cut out the 34,000 from O'Brien's raise. James took a moment and announced all in and O'Briend insta-called, tabling . James already looked defeated as he turned over 
.
The board ran and James was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
Busted |
We missed the prefelop action, but according to the table, Daniel Morgan raised, Ionel Anton re-raised and Morgan called to see the flop.
The flop came and Morgan pushed in his remaining chips, Anton called.
Anton: 
Morgan:
The turn and river were and Anton completed his flush to take out Morgan in 12th place. Anton has close to 1,000,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
624,000
|
624,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000