Spinks Thinks Then Binks
Another double up for Jon Spinks after he repushed with 
from the big blind against the small blind's 
. The board came 
and the young Brit has moved up to 7,000.
| Jonathan Spinks | 7,000 | 4,000 |
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’emOne Shark in the Field
In the midst of all these unknown faces, we do have one shark. We just spotted Humberto Brenes for the first time today.
Humberto is chewing gum today. Loudly. And that damn plastic shark just never gets old...
Missen Aborted
Kevin Vandersmissen raised to 325 from the hijack before the button moved all in for 1,225. Jeff Kimber called out of the small blind and Vandersmissen also made the call to see a flop of 
.
Kimber fired out 1,600 and Vandersmissen sighed and folded, Kimber showed 
against the all-in's 
- holding on the 
turn and 
river.
| Jeff Kimber | 10,000 | |||
| Kevin Vandersmissen | 8,000 |
The Busto List
A moment for the recently eliminated:
| Theo Tran | Ausgeschieden | |||
| Blair Rodman | Ausgeschieden | |||
| David Williams |
PokerStars Team Pro (USA)
|
Ausgeschieden | ||
| Bill Gazes | Ausgeschieden |
Spinks or Swims
One of the many late registrations is Jonathan Spinks in an event he pretty much has stated as a lottery.
"If you can make it past the first five levels or so then you actually have a chance do go deep in this event..."
At that point he then pushed his last 1,500 all in and got a call from the cutoff's 
. Spinks turned over 
and doubled up after a board of 
to remain in the hunt.
| Jonathan Spinks | 3,000 |
The Big One
Registration is still open for almost another hour, and the field is getting thick. We've ticked up to 2,644 entrants today, bringing the total combined field to an eye-catching 4,576 and counting. If that doesn't impress you, take a look at the history of the $1,000 events since 2009. There were also $1,000 events in 2006 and prior, but none of them generated comparable fields to these:
Former $1,000 NLHE Champions
| Year | Event | Winner | Entrants | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Event #4 | Steve Sung | 6,012 | $771,106 |
| 2010 | Event #3 | Aadam Daya | 4,345 | $625,872 |
| 2010 | Event #13 | Steven Gee | 3,024 | $472,479 |
| 2010 | Event #24 | Jeffrey Tebben | 3,289 | $503,389 |
| 2010 | Event #36 | Scott Montgomery | 3,102 | $481,760 |
| 2010 | Event #47 | Shawn Busse | 3,128 | $485,791 |
| 2010 | Event #54 | Marcel Vonk | 3,844 | $570,960 |
| 2011 | Event #8 | Sean Getzwiller | 4,178 | $611,185 |
| 2011 | Event #20 | Jason Somerville | 3,175 | $493,091 |
| 2011 | Event #34 | Mark Schmid | 3,144 | $488,283 |
| 2011 | Event #45 | Kenneth Griffin | 2,890 | $455,356 |
This is the second-largest $1,000 event ever (next to 2009's notable "Stimulus Special"), and -- we think -- the second-largest non-Main-Event field in WSOP history. We'll check a little more thoroughly before we print that, though. Er... wait.
Doubling With Doyle
We didn't see how it went down, only walking up in time to see Andre Akkari receiving a double-up. The board showed 
, and Akkari was all in for 4,675. His opponent's cards were mucked, because Akkari's 
was the winner. Just like that, he's close to 10,000 with about 9,800 or so.
More Counts
| Erica Schoenberg | 8,000 | 5,000 | ||
| Lars Bonding | 7,500 | |||
| Jonathan Aguiar | 6,200 | 3,200 | ||
| Maria Mayrinck |
PokerStars Team Pro (Brazil)
|
3,000 | ||
| Kevin MacPhee | 2,200 | -5,800 | ||
| Jimmy Fricke | 900 | -2,100 |
A Few Counts
| Rob Hollink | 7,000 | 4,000 | ||
| Lauren Kling | 6,900 | 3,900 | ||
| Praz Bansi | 6,700 | 3,700 | ||
| Greg Raymer | 6,300 | 3,300 | ||
| Dwyte Pilgrim | 6,100 | 3,100 | ||
| James Mackey | 5,600 | 2,600 | ||
| Vitaly Lunkin | 4,700 | |||
| Nick Binger | 3,900 | 900 | ||
| Maxim Lykov |
|
3,200 | 200 | |
| Vanessa Peng | 3,000 | |||
| Shane Schleger |
PokerStars Team Online
|
2,800 | -200 | |
| David Williams |
PokerStars Team Pro (USA)
|
1,825 | -1,175 | |
| Ylon Schwartz | Ausgeschieden |
Level 4 begonnen
- Level:
- 4
- Blinds:
- 75/150
- Ante:
- 0