The latest of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em champions at the 2011 World Series of Poker is Ukrainian Arkadiy Tsinis, who outlasted a field of 2,192 players to win his first gold bracelet and take home $540,000 in prize money.
Tsinis, who currently resides in Las Vegas, is the third player of Ukrainian origin to take home a title this summer. Eugene Katchalov got the ball rolling in the $1,500 seven-card stud, and Oleksii Kovalchuk followed it up by winning the $2,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em.
With the win Tsinis brings his lifetime earnings to an impressive $800,000. His win was his 11th cash at the WSOP, an accumulation of six years of experience at the summer Series.
Here are the elimination hands, as featured in Card Player’s live updates:
Christopher Homan Eliminated in 9th Place ($39,756)
Ryan Laplante Eliminated in 8th Place ($51,711)
It took quite a while to get the first elimination at this final table, and it resulted in a double-knockout.
Christopher Homan opened for 90,000, Arkadiy Tsinis moved all in from the button, Ryan Laplante re-shoved from the big blind and Homan called all in.
Homan: K
K
Laplante: A
K
Tsinis: Q Q
Homan was ahead before the flop, but the board came Q 10 7 10 8, giving Tsinis top set on the flop and a full house on the turn to eliminate both players in the same hand and take the chip lead for 2.3 million. Based on their chip counts entering the hand, Christopher Homan was eliminated in 9th place ($39,756) while Ryan Laplante was eliminated in 8th place ($51,711).
David Rounik Eliminated in 7th Place ($68,209)
Randolph Lanosga opened for 150,000, David Rounik moved all in from the small blind for 570,000 and Lanosga called.
Rounik lead with A 9 against Lanosga’s Q J.
The board came K J 8 9 3, giving Lanosga middle pair on flop to win the pot. David Rounik was eliminated in 7th Place ($68,209).
Perry Lin Eliminated in 6th Place ($91,010)
Perry Lin moved all in before the flop for 475,000 and Randolph Lanosga called.
Lanosga lead with J J against Lin’s A 9.
The board came 10 8 2 10 7, no help for Perry Lin who was eliminated in 6th place ($91,010).
Paul Nash Eliminated in 5th Place ($123,028)
On a flop of 8 7 3, Paul Nash bet 160,000, Arkadiy Tsinis raised to 365,000, Nash moved all in for about 1,000,000 and Tsinis called.
Tsinis flopped top pair with A 8 and was in the lead against Nash’s A J.
The turn and river were the Q and the A, no help to Paul Nash who was eliminated in 5th place ($123,028).
Pim De Goede Eliminated in 4th Place ($168,334)
Randolph Lanosga button-raised to 125,000 before the flop, Pim De Goede moved all in for 770,000 and Lanosga called.
De Goede had A Q against Lanosga’s 10 8.
The board came 9 8 7 2 8, giving Lanosga middle pair on the flop and trips on the river to win the pot. Pim De Goede was eliminated in 4th place ($168,334).
Randolph Lanosga Eliminated in 3rd Place ($233,732)
Arkadiy Tsinis called from the button, Michael Blanovsky raised to 300,000 from the small blind, Randolph Lanosga moved all in for about 1,150,000 from the big blind, Tsisnis folded and Blanovsky called.
Blanovsky lead with 8 8 against Lanosga’s 6 5.
The board came Q 7 2 8 A, no help for Randolph Lanosga who was eliminated in 3rd place ($233,732).
With the elimination of Randolph Lanosga in 3rd place, Arkadiy Tsinis took the chip lead going into heads-up play with 5,915,000 to Michael Blanovsky’s 3,960,000.
Michael Blanovsky Eliminated in 2nd Place ($336,253)
Arkadiy Tsinis started the final heads-up match yesterday with a chip lead of 3:2 over Michael Blanovsky. Blanovsky lost quite a bit of those chips by the end of the night, but hung in there to force an unscheduled fourth day for this event.
The two players came back this afternoon and once again, Tsinis held the lead with roughly 7.1 million to 2.7 million. Despite facing nearly a 3:1 chip deficit and choking blinds, Blanovsky managed to even out the stacks at one point, and even went on to steal the chip lead for himself with a pair of kings, essentially trading starting stacks with Tsinis. Tsinis almost instantly doubled back through to regain the chip lead and Blanovsky went downhill from there.
Shortly after, he found himself calling all in for 2,000,000 before the flop with A 10 against Tsinis’ Q J.
The board came 10 9 5 8 8, giving Tsinis a straight on the turn to win the pot. Michael Blanovsky was eliminated in 2nd place ($336,253) while Arkadiy Tsinis won the gold bracelet in Event #38 and the $540,136 grand prize.
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