World Series of Poker 2011

The World Series of Poker 2011 was the 42nd edition of the Poker World Championship and took place on May 30, 2011 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . It ended with the final table of the Main Event , which was played on November 6th and 9th, 2011.

Tournaments

structure

A total of 58 poker tournaments in the variants Texas - and Omaha Hold'em , Seven Card Stud , Razz , 2-7 Triple Draw as well as in the mixed variants HORSE , 8-game and 10-game were on the tournament schedule. The buy-in was 500 to 50,000 US dollars . For a tournament victory, the players received a bracelet in addition to the prize money . Marsha Wolak was the only woman to be successful, Brian Rast was the only player to secure two bracelets .

Tournament schedule

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Brian Rast won tournaments # 15 and # 29

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $ )
1	00.500	Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em	May 31, 2011	0850	Sean Drake		0.082.292
2	25,000	Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	May 31, 2011	0128	Jake Cody		0.851.192
3	0.1500	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	June 1, 2011	0925	Francesco Barbaro		0.262.283
4th	0.5000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 2, 2011	0865	Allen Bari		0.874.116
5	0.1500	Seven Card Stud	June 2, 2011	0357	Eugene Kachalov		0.122.909
6th	0.1500	Limit Hold'em	June 3, 2011	0675	Harrison Wilder		0.205.065
7th	10,000	Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship	June 3, 2011	0249	Amir Lehavot		0.573.456
8th	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 4, 2011	4178	Sean Getzwiller		0.611.185
9	0.1500	2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)	June 4, 2011	0275	Matt Perrins		0.102.105
10	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	June 6, 2011	1920	Geffrey Klein		0.544,388
11	10,000	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship	June 6, 2011	0202	Vyacheslav Zhukov		0.465.216
12	0.1500	Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em	June 7, 2011	1340	David Diaz		0.352,808
13	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	June 8, 2011	1440	Andrew Badecker		0.369.371
14th	0.3000	Limit Hold'em	June 8, 2011	0337	Tyler Bonkowski		0.220.817
15th	0.1500	Pot Limit Hold'em	June 9, 2011	0765	Brian Rast		0.227.232
16	10,000	2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit)	June 9, 2011	0126	John Juanda		0.367.170
17th	0.1500	HORSE	June 10, 2011	0963	Aaron Steury		0.289.283
18th	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 11, 2011	3157	Foster Hays		0.735,400
19th	0.2500	Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	June 11, 2011	0354	Darren Woods		0.213,431
20th	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 12, 2011	3175	Jason Somerville		0.493.091
21st	10,000	Seven Card Stud Championship	June 12, 2011	0126	Bertrand Grospellier		0.331,639
22nd	0.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha	June 13, 2011	1071	Elie Payan		0.292.825
23	0.2500	Eight Game Mix	June 13, 2011	0489	John Monnette		0.278.144
24	0.5000	No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	June 14, 2011	0387	Mark Radoja		0.436,568
25th	0.1500	Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better	June 14, 2011	0606	Chris Viox		0.200,459
26th	0.2500	No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	June 15, 2011	1378	Oleksiy Kovalchuk		0.689.739
27	10,000	Limit Hold'em Championship	June 15, 2011	0152	Daniel Idema		0.378,642
28	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 16, 2011	2500	Andy Frankenberger		0.599.153
29	0.2500	10-Game Mix / Six Handed	June 16, 2011	0431	Chris Lee		0.254.955
30th	0.1000	Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship	June 17, 2011	3752	James Hess		0.557.435
31	0.3000	Pot-Limit Omaha	June 17, 2011	0685	Sam Stein		0.420,802
32	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 18, 2011	2828	Kirk Caldwell		0.668.276
33	10,000	Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship	June 18, 2011	0168	Eric Rodawig		0.442.183
34	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 19, 2011	3144	Mark Schmid		0.488.283
35	0.5000	Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed	June 20, 2011	0507	Jason Mercier		0.619,575
36	0.2500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 21, 2011	1734	Mikhail Lachitov		0.749.610
37	10,000	HORSE Championship	June 21, 2011	0240	Fabrice Soulier		0.609.130
38	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 22, 2011	2192	Arkadiy Tsinis		0.540.136
39	0.2500	Pot-Limit Hold'em / Omaha	June 22, 2011	0606	Mitch shock		0.310.225
40	0.5000	No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	June 23, 2011	0732	Matt Jarvis		0.808,538
41	0.1500	Limit Hold'em Shootout	June 24, 2011	0538	Justin Pechie		0.167.060
42	10,000	Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	June 24, 2011	0361	Ben Lamb		0.814.436
43	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 25, 2011	2857	André Akkari		0.675.117
44	0.2500	Seven Card Razz	June 25, 2011	0363	Rep Porter		0.210.615
45	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 26, 2011	2890	Kenneth Griffin		0.455.356
46	10,000	No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed Championship	June 27, 2011	0474	Joe Ebanks		1,158,481
47	0.2500	Omaha / Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better	June 27, 2011	0450	Owais Ahmed		0.255.959
48	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 28, 2011	2713	Athanasios Polychronopoulos		0.650.223
49	0.2500	2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)	June 28, 2011	0309	Leonard Martin		0.189,818
50	0.5000	Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em	June 29, 2011	0817	Antonin Teisseire		0.825.604
51	0.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better	June 30, 2011	0946	David Singontiko		0.268.235
52	0.2500	Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No-Limit)	June 30, 2011	0580	Matt sailors		0.303.501
53	0.1000	Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship	July 1, 2011	1055	Marsha Wolak		0.192.344
54	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	July 2, 2011	4576	Maxim Lykov		0.648.880
55	50,000	The Poker Player's Championship	July 2, 2011	0128	Brian Rast		1,720,328
56	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	July 5, 2011	3389	Alexander Anter		0.777.928
57	0.5000	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better	July 5, 2011	0352	Nick Binger		0.397.073
58	10,000	No-Limit Hold'em Championship	July 7, 2011	6865	Pius Heinz		8,715,638

Main Event

Pius Heinz (2011)

→ Main article : 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on November 6th and 9th, 2011. In the final hand, Heinz won with A ♠ K ♣ against Staszko with 10 ♣ 7 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Age *	Prize money (in $ )
1		Pius Heinz	22nd	8,715,368
2		Martin Staszko	35	5,433,086
3		Ben Lamb	26th	4,021,138
4th		Matt Giannetti	26th	3,012,700
5		Phil Collins	26th	2,269,599
6th		Eoghan O'Dea	26th	1,720,831
7th		Badih Bounahra	49	1.314.097
8th		Anton Makievskyi	21st	1,010,015
9		Sam Holden	22nd	0.782.115

^* Age at the beginning of November Nine

Expansions

From October 7 to 19, 2011, the World Series of Poker Europe 2011 was held at the Casino Barrière Le Croisette in Cannes, France , with seven bracelets being played.

Player of the Year

Ben Lamb (2011)

The Player of the Year award goes to the player who collects the most points across all tournaments. These are based on the calculations of the Global Poker Index and also include the WSOPE tournaments. Winner Ben Lamb won a bracelet and finished third in the main event. In total, he reached four final tables and placed five times in the money.

space	origin	player	Points
1		Ben Lamb	909.05
2		Phil Hellmuth	755.25
3		Chris Moorman	753.95
4th		Shawn Buchanan	631.74
5		Pius Heinz	570.00
6th		Brian Rast	550.00
7th		Bertrand Grospellier	545.75
8th		Jason Mercier	449.08
9		Martin Staszko	446.00
10		Jake Cody	445.23

Web links

Commons : World Series of Poker 2011  - Collection of Images

• World Series of Poker 2011 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 2011 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tournament Results on wsop.com, accessed November 11, 2015
2. ↑ World Series of Poker 2011 at wsop.com, accessed November 11, 2015
3. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2011 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 11, 2015 (English).
4. ↑ WSOP 2011 - Who are the November Nine? on pokerolymp.com on July 20, 2011, accessed November 8, 2015.
5. ↑ 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year ( Memento from January 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on bluff.com, accessed on January 23, 2016 (English)