2011 World Series Of Poker Event 14

USA Poker WSOP 2011 WSOP 2011 WSOP Event 14 Limit Hold Em

  • Status: Completed
  • Winner: Tyler Bonkowski
  • Buy In: $3,000
  • Winner's Take: $220,817
  • 2nd Place: Brandon Demes

Limit hold 'em is the name of the game going into event 14 of the 2011 World Series of Poker. The 14th event may use the most popular format of poker, but it uses the less common betting structure of using limits. This should prove to be an exciting event solely because of the betting structure. We have found that this tournament does correlate to one from last year, though it was event 12 rather than event 14. There are a few differences amongst the two different tournaments.

Looking at the 14th event, players will have to buy into the event with $3,000 in cash. This 3 day event will kick off on June 8th, and it will be the second event of the day. Starting at 5 PM, this event will likely bring in several hundred players at the very least. Last year's correlating tournament attracted 625 players, albeit with a lower buy-in. Although the buy-in is slightly higher this year, it is likely to be a fairly significant bet regardless.

Tournament Updates
(New Updates Posted Daily During Event)

Day 1 Update - Event 14, the Limit Hold 'em tournament, attracted only 337 entries into a $3,000 buy-in tournament. Players will begin to battle for their piece of the $920,010 prize pool. The limit hold 'em event watched as Todd Witteles, Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan, Michael Mizrachi, Ted Forrest, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Laak, David Benyamine, and Matt Hawrilenko. Justin Bonomo, Dwyte Pilgrim, Maria Ho, Jason Mercier, Matt Glantz, Jeff Shulman and Shaun Deeb are al making their way to the second day. Marco Traniello was in first place at the end of the first day, with 54,000 chips in his stack. Victor Ramdin had 44,000 chips, with Casey McCarrel holding 42,000 chips. the lowest chip stacks belong to 41st to 46th place, with under 5,000 chips in each person's stack.

Day 2 Update - Though 337 players entered the $3,000 limit hold 'em tournament, only 18 remain. The second day of the event was fairly exciting, as players had begun to battle down to the prize pool. Only 36 people would be paid, and half of them are still in the running. Shawn Keller ended the day on a high note, with 520,000 chips in his stack. He will have to battle with Jeff Shulman at his table, and Shulman holds 197,000 chips going into this table. On the cusp of defeat are three players with less than 60,000 chips. On the other table we have Sorel Mizzi, though he is dismally short stacked at 88,500 chips.

Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier, Maria Ho, Dwyte Pilgrim and Victor Ramdin are some of the fallen pros in this event. A minimum prize of $8,850 is up for grabs by the final two tables, with a top prize of $220,817 available along with the bracelet. The 920,010 prize pool has been built off of a $3,000 buy-in, with substantial returns on investment available to those who win big.

Day 3 Update - A total of 337 players came out to the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold 'em tournament, and now only one remains "Alive" - the winner, Tyler Bonkowski. It took nearly two and a half hours of heads up play for Bonkowski to win, all in a day worth 12 hours of poker, but Bonkowski stayed alive to earn his bracelet and a payday of $220,817. He entered into a final day of 18 other players, including a dominant Sorel Mizzi, and he managed to stay alive. Bonkowski and Brandon Demes had a gruelling fight in heads up play, with chips going back and forth between the two men. Bonkowski ended upwinning with Kd-10c to Demes's Ks-Qh, as a ten had spiked on the turn to give Bonkowski the win.

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