2011 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$488,283
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,829,600
Entries
3,144
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Chip and a Chair

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Robbie Verspui is Marching Back in a Hurry
Robbie Verspui is Marching Back in a Hurry

Just moments ago, Robbie Verspui was cut down to 120,000 chips, just four big blinds at the time. However, less than an hour later he has just doubled again to 1.2 million!

Our chip leader, Mark Schmid, raised from middle position to 90,000. Verspui was waiting on the button and quietly told the dealer he was all in. The blinds got out of the way and Schmid had it counted down. It was 555,000 which was apparently a good price for Schmid as he decided to risk about a fifth of his stack.

Verspui: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Schmid: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}

The flop was a clean {3-Spades}{4-Spades}{9-Diamonds} but it did give Schmid a backdoor flush draw that became much more powerful when the turn was the {10-Spades}. Any spade or Jack would send home Verspui but it bricked with the {9-Clubs} and the comeback is on.

Tags: Mark SchmidRobbie Verspui