Event #44 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the ,500 Mixed Hold’em event.  This event is a mixture of fixed limit and no limit hands and this year 507 players registered all playing for a chance to win the top prize of 8,238 and a WSOP gold bracelet.  Only 69 players made it to the second day and those 69 were whittled down to the final nine by the end of the day.  This meant that by the start of day three the final table was already in place and it looked as follows:

Jarred Solomon                             748,000

Gavin Smith                                   745,000

Danny Hannawa                            542,000

Michael Michnik                            527,000

Timothy Finne                                331,000

Jamie Rosen                                  300,000

Daniel Idema                                 237,000

Dwyte Pilgrim                                196,000

Mike Santoro                                179,000

With Mike Santoro raising from the cutoff, it was left to Michael Michnik to call but he chose to raise with three bets and was then called by Santoro with his remaining chips.  Santoro had Ad-Jd while Michnik was holding 9h-8c.  The flop 7d-10s-Qh gave Michnik the chance to draw a straight but still left Santoro just in front.  Michnik did not get his straight but he did get a pair on the turn when another eight appeared (8s).  The 5s on the river meant that Santoro was the first player to leave the final table but his 9^th place finish gave him ,304 in prize money.

The next elimination saw Jamie Rosen raising from the small blind and being called by Dwyte Pilgrim from the big blind.  Rosen had Qc-7s and Pilgrim had Kh-3c, so when the flop Jc-8h-10c was revealed, Rosen checked and Pilgrim bet.  Rosen called and the turn saw Qd appear which gave Rosen a pair of ladies.  Again Rosen checked and again Pilgrim bet.  However Rosen decided to check raise this time and that led to the call from Pilgrim putting all his chips in the pot.  Pilgrim was waiting for a nine to give him a straight but it didn’t come on the river and the 7c which did appear only strengthened Rosen’s hand by giving him two pair and knocking Pilgrim out in 8^th place with prize money of ,438.

Daniel Idema was the 7^th place finisher.  He found himself all-in along with Timothy Finne and both were playing against Jamie Rosen.  Rosen was ahead with a pair of Jacks (Js-Jd).  Finne had Ac-Kh while Idema had Ad-Qd.  The flop was 4h-8d-3s and Rosen was still ahead with his Jacks.  When Kc appeared on the turn, the lead switched to Finne and the 7s on the river meant that Finne took the main pot while Rosen took the side pot.  So Idema left the game but with a paycheck of ,601.

Jarred Solomon and Danny Hannawa were involved in a betting war pre-flop with Solomon holding a pair of Queens and Hannawa holding Ad-Ks.  The flop Kc-5d-7d saw Solomon betting with Hannawa raising.  This was followed by a re-raise from Solomon which put all his chips in the pot and Hannawa called.  The Kd on the river gave Hannawa a set and the Jd on the river sent Solomon to the rail with a 6^th place finish which netted him prize money of ,562.

5^th place went to Jamie Rosen who had Ac-Jh in his hand and raised to 59,000 from the off.  This was re-raised by Danny Hannawa with an all-in bet from the small blind.  Rosen called by putting all his chips into the pot.  So both players turned over their cards and Hannawa’s Ad-Kc put him ahead at this stage.  The flop 3s-7c-8d gave neither player any help and the 4d on the turn and 10h on the river changed nothing so Rosen was out with ,441 in prize money.

Michael Michnik was holding Qc-Jh and went in with a raise from the button.  This was met with a three bet from Gavin Smith who had a pair of Kings in his hand (Kh-Kd).  With Smith and Michnik raising and re-raising each other, Michnik found himself all in before the flop even came down.  The board rand out 10h-7c-2c-6d and Michnik was out before the river appeared.  His 4^th place finish saw him take home prize money of ,871.

Ten minutes later the final two were revealed when Timothy Finne was eliminated in 3^rd spot.  Having gone all in from the small blind he found himself up against Danny Hannawa.  Finne had 6d-8c in his hand but Hannawa was holding As-Jh.  Hannawa caught the luck when the flop gave him another Ace (9h-2s-Ac).  The turn showed Js and the river 8h and this gave Hannawa two pair and meant Finne was out but he took home 0,324 for his efforts.  And that left heads up play between Danny Hannawa and Gavin Smith.

A little over two hours later we had our winner.  The final hand saw Danny Hannawa raising from the off and Smith decided to re-raise.  The call from Hannawa saw his remaining chips in the pot.  Smith had Ah-Qh while Hannawa had 10c-8d.  The flop Ad-Kh-2c gave Smith a pair for his Ace but the Jd on the turn meant that Hannawa only needed a Queen for a straight.  However another Jack appeared on the turn which saw Hannawa out in 2^nd place with a huge paycheck for 6,005.

So the champion of Event #44 was Gavin Smith who took home prize money of 8,238 and his long sought after first World Series of Poker gold bracelet.  Congratulations Gavin Smith!

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The 2010 World Series of Poker Event #49 was the ,500 No Limit Hold’em event which saw 2,543 players register.  270 players were paid in this event and the top prize was 9,493 as well as a WSOP gold bracelet.  By the time day one was complete only 290 made it back for day two and play on the second day saw this number further whittled down to 23.  Day three saw four and a half hours of play before we had our final table of nine:

Michael Linn – Event #49 Winner

Taylor Larkin                              2,685,000

Mihai Manole                             1,812,000

Chadwick Grimes                       1,665,000

Tyler Cornell                              1,063,000

Michael Linn                               1,037,000

Justin Zaki                                  1,018,000

Erle Mankin                                   654,000

Benjamin Smith                              620,000

Alexander Kuzmin                         483,000

Tyler Cornell was the first player eliminated from the final table.  When he raised to 80,000 from the button he was called by Justin Zaki and Chadwick Grimes.  The flop 6c-5h-9s saw Cornell going all-in and this was called by both Grimes and Zaki.  The turn was Qh and the river was 3d.  Zaki mucked his hand but Cornell revealed Js-9s giving him a pair of nines while Grimes revealed Ks-Qs giving him the hand with his two ladies.  That meant Cornell was out in 9^th spot with ,247.

In the next elimination Erle Mankin found himself all-in with Ad-Jh against Taylor Larkin who had Ah-Kd.  The flop 2d-10d-Kh gave Larkin a pair of Kings but offered some outs for Mankin.  However with the 8c on the turn and the 10h on the river, Mankin was out in 8^th spot with a paycheck for ,082.

After an opening bet of 100,000 from Mihai Manole, Justin Zaki pushed all-in and was called immediately by Manole.  Zaki had 6c-5h and Manole had Ad-Ac.  The flop gave Manole a set when 8s-As-9d were turned over but Zaki could best him if he found a seven on either the turn or the river.  However when 9h appeared on the turn, Manole had a full house and not even a seven could save Zaki.  The river was Kh and confirmed Zaki’s exit in 7^th place.  However he did pick up ,067 for his troubles.

An all-in bet from Alexander Kuzmin from the button was called by Taylor Larkin from the big blind.  Larkin had a pair of Jacks (Jh-Jc) while Kuzmin was behind with Ah-Qh.  The board ran out 2d-8h-3s-6c-10s and the Jacks were enough to say farewell to Kuzmin who took 6^th place and a check for 4,364.

After a bet of 100,000 from Taylor Larkin, Chadwick Grimes called from the big blind.  The flop saw 4s-Ad-3d appear and the turn was Jd.  When the river showed 4d, Grimes went all in and Larkin made the call.  Larkin showed Qd-10d and this gave him a flush which sent Grimes packing.  He netted 1,235 for his 5^th place finisher.

Next out was Benjamin Smith who went all-in against Michael Linn.  Smith’s As-4h was up against the pair of eights (8h-8s) that Linn was holding.  The board ran out 5d-10d-Qd-Jd-8c and Linn now had a set.  So that was the end for Smith in this competition but he pocketed 3,418 as the 4^th place finisher.

3^rd place went to Mihai Manole after he pushed all in from the button and Michael Linn decided to make the call.  Linn had As-9h while Manole had a pair of deuces (2c-2h).  The flop Ac-Jh-4d put Linn ahead with a pair of Aces and left Manole needing another deuce.  It did not appear on the turn 5d and the river let him down too when Kh was revealed.  So Manole bowed out taking prize money of 8,189 with him.

That left Michael Linn and Taylor Larkin to fight it out for the gold bracelet.  And it took a little over an hour for the winner to be decided.  The chips were all in and Larkin had Qh-Js to Linn’s Ad-2c.  The flop 6c-10d-2s gave a pair to Linn and the turn 7d and river 4h couldn’t help Larkin who became the runner up in Event #49 with a paycheck for 8,905.

But it was Michael Linn who became the winner of Event #49 and picked up his first ever WSOP gold bracelet along with a check for 9,493.  Not bad for three days work!  Well done Michael Linn!

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Event #38 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the ,000 Pot Limit Hold’em World Championship event.  268 players registered for the event and by the end of the day there were only 122 players still in contention for a shot at the gold bracelet and prize money of 7,214.  Day two saw another ninety seven players leave the field with only 25 making it into day three with the hopes of making that final table.  And of those 25 players the final table was made up as follows:

Valdemar Kwaysser – Event #38 Winner

Tom Marchese                           1,500,000

James Calderaro                         1,205,000

Dani Stern                                  1,105,000

Valdemar Kwaysser                   1,090,000

Peter Jetten                                1,015,000

Matt Marafioti                               630,000

Konstantin Bucherl                        620,000

Blair Rodman                                565,000

Alexander Kuzmin                         310,000

Just over a quarter of an hour after the final table was revealed, we had the first casualty.  It was Alexander Kuzmin who had been trailing at the bottom of the chip leaderboard.  He raised from the off and was re-raised by Tom Marchese by enough chips to see him all in.  Kuzmin made the call with Kh-Jh in his hand.  Marchese was holding Ad-10s and the flop was kinder to him when As-Qc-5d appeared.  The turn gave Kuzmin a pair of Kings with Kc coming up but the river 7d was not enough to give Kuzmin anything to beat Marchese’s pair of Aces.  So Kuzmin finished in 9^th position and took home prize money of ,404.

Not long after, the eighth place finisher was decided.  Valdemar Kwaysser opened from the small blind with a bet of 120,000 and was called by Blair Rodman. The flop appeared Jc-Kh-7s and saw Kwaysser again betting, this time with 135,000.  This resulted in Rodman going all-in and Kwaysser making the call.  With Kwaysser holding Kd-Ks, he was out in front of Rodman with a set of Kings.  Rodman’s hand of Kc-Js gave him two pair.  The turn 7c gave Kwaysser the full house and the 9s on the river could not save Rodman from elimination.  His 8^th place finish netted him ,754.

Next to leave was Peter Jetten.  He was holding As-5d in his hand and opened for 175,000.  He was raised by Valdemar Kwaysser who had Ad-10h, so he then went for an all-in bet.  The board ran out Kh-Ks-4c-2h-Kd and it was goodbye to Jetten who left in 7^th place and took home ,394 in prize money.

James Calderaro raised to 150,000 from the off and was re-raised by Tom Marchese.  Calderaro then re-raised himself leading to Marchese going all-in with 9h-9d in his hand.  However Calderaro was holding the lead with his pair of Kings (Ks-Kh).  Unfortunately for Marchese the flop gave Calderaro a full house when 7c-7h-Kd appeared.  The turn 4c and the river Ac did not improve things for Marchese and he was leaving the game with a 6^th place finish and 3,264 in his pocket.

Dani Stern and Valdemar Kwaysser were betting against each other pre-flop and Stern ended up all-in with a pair of tens (10d-10c).  He was called by Kwaysser who had Ac-2c in his hand.  With Stern in front pre-flop, the cards that were turned over were definitely more favourable for Kwaysser when Ah-As-3s were revealed.  Now Kwaysser was ahead with a set of Aces but the turn 5d left Stern drawing for a straight.  However instead of a four, the river showed 6c and sent Stern to the rail with 1,934 for his 5^th place finish.

Another pre-flop betting war between Konstantin Bucherl and Valdemar Kwaysser resulted in Bucherl being all in when the flop was revealed.  Bucherl had Ac-Qh in his hand while Kwaysser had As-Ks when the flop 3d-Kh-10h appeared.  This gave Kwaysser a pair of Kings but saw Bucherl only needing a Jack for a straight.  But it wasn’t to be when 8d appeared on the turn and 4h came on the river.  Bucherl’s hand could not beat the pair of Kings held by Kwaysser so he left the game in 4^th spot but took home a consolation prize of 4,106.

James Calderaro was all-in against Valdemar Kwaysser with As-Kc.  Meanwhile Kwaysser was out in front with two Jacks (Jc-Jh).  The board ran out 6s-5h-4s-3d-3c and the pair of Jacks coupled with the pair of threes from the board gave Kwaysser the pot and sent Calderaro to the rail in 3^rd place with prize money of 4,845.

That meant it was heads up between Valdemar Kwaysser and Matt Marafioti.  The final hand saw Marafioti raising pre-flop to 200,000 which was called by Kwaysser.  Marafioti was holding Kc-6c while Kwaysser’s hand consisted of Jd-8d.  The flop however put Kwaysser in front when Jc-6s-10c appeared but when he checked, Marafioti raised and then was re-raised by Kwaysser.  Marafioti was soon all-in.  The Qs on the turn gave Marafioti a straight draw but the 7s on the river did not complete the draw and he was eliminated in second place taking 1,507 with him.

So the winner was Valdemar Kwaysser who took home prize money of 7,214 and more importantly, his first ever WSOP gold bracelet.  Congratulations to the winner of Event #38 – Valdemar Kwaysser!

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Event #39 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the ,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout event which had a cap on entrants set at 2,000.  The number of entrants however was 1397 who were all fighting it out to make it to day three to be in with a chance of a gold bracelet and prize money of 1,922.  Day two started with 14 tables of ten and there was to be one winner from each table to make the total number of players heading into day three 14.  Day three saw the 14 players shortened to nine for the final table which looked as follows:

Steven Kelly – Event #39 Winner

Derric Haynie                             1,378,000

Steven Kelly                                  926,000

Dustin Dirksen                               832,000

Brett Shaffer                                  789,000

Reagan Leman                               750,000

Paul Varano                                  598,000

Jeffrey King                                   580,000

Michael Cooper                            298,000

Justin Scott                                    149,000

The first player to leave the final table was Justin Scott who went all in pre-flop and was called after a while by Michael Cooper.  Scott was holding a pair of sevens (7s-7c) and was ahead of Cooper who had Ah-Jc.  But the flop saw the positions flip when 9c-Jh-2h appeared putting Cooper ahead now with a pair of Jacks.  The turn was 6s and the river 2c which meant that Scott was out first in 9^th position with prize money of ,575.  The eight remaining players had never won a gold bracelet so it would be first time win for one of them.

Michael Cooper went all in from the off and was called by Dustin Dirksen so it was time to reveal the hands.  Cooper had Ah-Qd while Dirksen had Ad-10d.  The board ran out with the flop showing 3h-6d-10h giving Dirksen a pair of tens.  The turn 7d and the river 9d improved Dirksen’s hand by providing him with a flush and Cooper was sent to the rail in 8^th place but was picking up a check for ,119.

Next to go was Paul Varano who was all-in before the flop and who was called by Steven Kelly.  Although Varano was holding As-Qh, he was behind Kelly who had a pair of Aces (Ah-Ac) in his hand.  The board ran out 4c-4s-10c-7s-Qc and Kelly’s Aces were enough to give him the pot and eliminate Varano in 7^th position for which he picked up prize money of ,887.

Pre-flop betting from Brett Shaffer of 80,000 saw Jeffrey King calling.  King had Qc-9c and Shafer had Ac-3c but the flop of 8c-7c-Js saw both of them drawing a flush.  King checked but Shaffer decided to bet 150,000.  With that, King put enough chips in the pot to make sure Shaffer had to go all-in, which he did.  The flush never came when the turn Kh appeared and the river Qd meant that King now had a pair of ladies and it was enough for him to take the pot.  Shaffer was out with a 6^th place finish and a paycheck for ,446.

When Reagan Leman decided to go all in from the button with Ac-5h, he was called by Jeffrey King who had Ah-Qc in his hand.  The flop was Qh-9d-8h and saw King out in front with a pair of Queens and when another eight appeared on the turn (8s), Leman had to hope for an Ace.  He was disappointed however, when the 2h was rivered and sent him to the rail with ,361 for his 5^th place finish.

The fourth place spot was being fought between Derric Haynie and Dustin Dirksen who were both all in from the off.  Haynie had Qs-10h and Dirksen had Ad-10d.  The flop 10c-Qh-6c gave Haynie the lead with two pair.  The 7d on the turn and Kh on the river changed nothing for Dirksen and he was out in 4^th with prize money of 2,214.

Haynie went all in pre-flop and was called by Steven Kelly.  Kelly had a pair of eights (8s-8c) while Haynie had Qs-Js.  Haynie did not get anything from the flop 9c-2h-Ad nor the turn Ac and when the river showed Kc it was clear that the pair of eights held by Kelly was enough to see Haynie to the door but not before he picked up a 1,117 check for his 3^rd place finish.

So it was left to Steven Kelly and Jeffrey King to fight it out in heads up play.  The final hand saw King go all-in from the off and Kelly had to think for a while before making the call.  Kelly was holding Ah-9d while King had Ks-Qd.  The flop 3s-Js-9c gave King a straight draw but the turn 2c and river 3h meant that Kelly won the hand and the title of champion with a pair of threes, Ace kicker.  King walked away in the runner-up position and pocketed 6,819 for his troubles.

But for Steven Kelly it was a first World Series of Poker bracelet and to top that off, he also picked up 1,922 in prize money.  Congratulations to Steven Kelly the winner of

Event #39 in the 2010 World Series of Poker!

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Event #56 of the 2010 WSOP was ,500 NL Holdem event, the last preliminary event of this WSOP. Day 1 of this event started with 1,941 players, all looking to take down the last bracelet prior to the Main Event.

Tomer Berda – Event #56 Winner

The money bubble was reached during Day 2 of this event with 198 players finishing in the money. Among those that finished in the money were 2007 Main Event Champion Jamie Gold, Victor Ramdin, Dan Heimiller, David Singer, David Baker, Dan Shak, Jon Turner, and James Mackey. Day 3 saw the final table reached with Salvatore Bonevena chip leader going into the final table. The following players made the final table:

Seat 1: Mike Wattel – 365,000
Seat 2: Salvatore Bonavena – 4,505,000
Seat 3: Ali Alawadhi – 670,000
Seat 4: Joseph Curcio – 1,205,000
Seat 5: Tomer Berda – 3,410,000
Seat 6: Bryan Porter – 740,000
Seat 7: Alfonso Amendola – 910,000
Seat 8: Hungcheng Hung – 740,000
Seat 9: Vladimir Kochelaevskiy – 2,025,000

Alfonso Amendola was the first player eliminated from the final table. He moved all-in pre-flop with Ah-10d and was called by Tomer Berda holding Ac-Kc. The flop fell with a king to put Berda in the lead. Amendola was drawing dead after the 7h hit the turn and Alfonso Amendola was our 9th place finisher. He took home ,580 for his strong finish.

Joseph Curcio was out in 8th place. He moved all-in from the small blind and was called by Vladimir Kochelaevskiy. Curcio held jacks and Kochelaevskiy held aces. The board missed both players and Joseph Curcio hit the rail ,705 richer.

Tomer Berda raised to 200,000 under the gun and Ali Alawadhi made the call from the big blind. On a flop of Ac-5d-3d, Alawahdi moved all-in and was instantly called by Berda. Berda showed As-6s for top pair and Alawadhi showed Kd-9d for the nut flush draw. The turn fell the 9c to give Alawadhi more outs, but the river fell the Jh to give Berda the pot. Ali Alawadhi took home 3,527 for his strong finish.

The Tomer Berda show continued as Hungcheng Hung moved all-in pre-flop for 760,000 with Qc-Jc and Berda made the call with As-Kc. Hung picked up a flush draw by the turn, but the river brought a heart, and Hung went out in 6th place, good for 7,496.

We went from five players to three players in just one hand. Mike Wattel moved all-in under the gun for 685,000 with As-Jd. Salvatore Bonavena then moved all-in for 915,000 with pocket eights. Bryan Porter looked down to pocket jacks and then also moved all-in. The board fell 2-2-5-6-4, missing all players, and allowing Porter’s jacks to knock out Mike Wattel in 5th place and Salvatore Bonevena in 4th place. Wattel took home 6,250 and Bonavena took home 4,777 for their strong finishes.
Bryan Porter later moved all-in with Qs-9s pre-flop and Tomer Berda made the call with Ad-10h. The flop fell with an ace to give Berda top pair and another ace on the turn left Porter drawing dead. Bryan Porter finished in 3rd place, good for 3,260.

At the start of heads-up play, Vladimir Kochelaevskiy led Tomer Berda 9.8 Million to 4.8 Million. The lead changed hands numerous times during heads-up play with the stacks of both players fluctuating wildly. Finally, it was a huge suckout that turned the tide. Berda was all-in with A-10 against the pocket nines of Kochelaevskiy. The flop fell A-J-9 to give Kochelaevskiy a set and Berda needed a lot of help. Help came on the turn in the form of an eight to ive Berda an open ended straight draw. Unfortunately for Kochelaevskiy, the river was a queen to give Berda a straight and a 11.95 Million to 2.6 Million chip lead.

With only around 10 big blinds remaining, Vladimir Kochelaevskiy moved all-in pre-flop with 10c-6c and was called by Berda with Ad-4c. The flop fell A-2-6, giving Berda a stranglehold on the bracelet. The turn fell the 3h and river the 7c and Tomer Berda is our champion. Vladimir Kochelaevskiy is our runner-up finisher, taking home 0,939.

Tomer Berda is the Event #56 Champion. In addition to his first WSOP bracelet, Berda took home 5,976. Only the Main Event remains and it should be a real barnburner with over 7,000 players expected. Stay tuned to theWSOPblog.com as we bring you recaps from the Main Event of the 2010 WSOP.

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Matt Keikoan – Event #29 Winner

By the time play finished on day two there were only thirteen players left and after two hours of play on day three we had the final table of nine players left which looked as follows:

Jameson Painter                          1,209,000

Kyle Ray                                       903,000

Daniel Idema                                 829,000

Brock Parker                                619,000

Matt Keikoan                                505,000

Zvi Groysman                                500,000

Michael Mizrachi                           243,000

Simon Morris                                233,000

David Chiu                                      75,000

With his limited stack, it was no surprise that the first to go from the final table was David Chiu after just minutes.  Going head to head with Matt Keikoan and with all his chips in the pot, Chiu held a pair of sixes (6s-6d).  Keikoan however had the lead with a pair of Kings (Ks-Kd).  The flop was kinder to Keikoan when Kh-9d-Jc appeared giving him a set.  The turn saw 8h and 3c appeared on the river leaving Chiu with nothing but his two sixes.  Chiu was eliminated in 9^th place and took home prize money of ,760 for his efforts.

We saw another two hours of play before another player left the game.  This time it was Michael Mizrachi.  He went all in against a bet from Simon Morris and Morris decided to call.  Mizrachi was holding Kh-Kc and Morris had 8h-9h.  But with the flop showing 10d-3c-Jc, things were looking up for Morris.  Luckily for him the turn saw 7h appear to give him the straight while the river showed Ks and although Mizrachi had a set it was not enough to stop him from going out in 8^th position with ,732 in his pocket.

Having eliminated Michael Mizrachi, Simon Morris was the next player to head for the rail.  A raising war with Matt Keikoan saw Morris going all in pre-flop.  Morris was already holding Kd-8d and Keikoan had Ac-Kc.  When the cards fell 10s-7s-4h-10h-6d, Keikoan was the winner with his Ace and Morris was out in 7^th position which netted him ,897.

Sixth place went to Zvi Groysman who had raised pre-flop and was called by Daniel Idema.  Groysman had Ah-9h in his hand while Idema had Jd-9c.  The flop saw 8h-Qc-Js turned over and Idema’s pair of Jacks put him in front.  Groysman needed a ten to give him a straight and when the turn saw Qs appear, he could have also benefited from another Ace to give him two pairs.  But the river showed 6h and Idema’s two pairs was enough to send Groysman to the rail with prize money of ,884.

Brock Parker decided to go all in against Jameson Painter with Kd-3d in his hand.  Meanwhile Painter was holding Ad-Qc.  The flop did not help anyone when 8s-6h-5d appeared and the turn and river were not much better with 5d and 9c being turned over.  Painter took the pot with Ace-high, leaving Parker out in 5^th place and pocketing prize money of 5,783.

When Matt Keikoan decided to raise pre-flop, he was re-raised by Jameson Painter.  Keikoan called the bet with a pair of threes in his hand (3d-3s).  Painter was holding Ad-7c.  The flop saw another ace appear but a three was also turned over (10c-3h-Ac), giving Keikoan the edge over Painter.  With the pair of them raising and re-raising each other, Painter ended up going all in.  The turn 6s and the river 8h meant the Keikoan’s set of three’s was enough to win him the pot and send Painter to the rail in 4^th position with 0,760 in prize money.

The final three remained with Daniel Idema showing an impressive chip lead.  Players and chip counts were as follows:

Daniel Idema                              3,825,000

Matt Keikoan                             1,025,000

Kyle Ray                                       250,000

Lagging far behind in the chips was Kyle Ray and he was the next player to be eliminated.  Ray and Keikoan began to get involved in a raising war pre-flop and Ray saw all of his remaining chips sitting in the pot.  He had Qs-8c in his hand while Keikoan was holding Ad-Jd.  The flop gave Keikoan a pair of Jacks (Jh-9c-3c) and left Ray hoping for a 10 to give him a straight.  The Ks which appeared on the turn did not change Ray’s need for a 10 but it never appeared on the river and the 4d which did show meant that the pair of Jacks which Keikoan had was enough to see Ray eliminated in 3^rd place for which he picked up 0,702.

The final two battled long and hard with the chip lead passing from one to the other for almost five hours.  Having been holding the chip lead for a long time, the final hand saw Daniel Idema with only 145,000 chips left and they were all in the pot pre-flop.  Idema’s hand was 2c-4d while Keikoan held Ah-7h.  The flop showed Jh-Qh-Qc which did not do much for Idema’s chances and left Keikoan needing one more heart for a flush.  The turn showed Kd and the river saw Qd appear which meant that Keikoan’s Ace was enough to eliminate Idema in second position with 3,244 in prize money.  Keikoan was the last man standing and was the winner of the ,000 Limit Hold’em Championship event gold bracelet along with prize money of 5,969.

Well Done Matt Keikoan!

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Event #30 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the 00 No Limit Hold’em event.  2,394 players entered this event with a top prize of 1,851 up for grabs as well as a highly desirable WSOP gold bracelet.  And with a guaranteed ,790 on offer just for reaching the final table, everyone was playing to win.

Mike Ellis – Event #30 Champion

After a day of play, 261 players were left to battle it out to make it to the final table and by day three the final nine were revealed.  The names at the final table and their chip counts were as follows:

Christopher Gonzales                  2,705,000

Christopher Kastler                    1,810,000

David Wilkinson                         1,345,000

Martin Jacobson                         1,185,000

William Kakon                           1,150,000

Jason Hallee                               1,075,000

Mike Ellis                                      560,000

Billy Griner                                    525,000

Jeff Cohen                                     330,000

Jeff Cohen who was bottom of the chip leader board was the first one to leave the final table.  When Cohen decided to go all in pre-flop in one hand, he won the pot as everyone else folded.  However when he decided to do the same again in the next hand, he was re-raised by David Wilkinson who also went all-in.   Everyone else folded so it was left for the two of them to fight it out.  Cohen was holding Ah-Kh while Wilkinson was ahead at this point with a pair of nines (9s-9h).  The flop revealed 6s-10h-9c, giving Wilkinson a set and when the Qd appeared on the turn followed by Kd on the river, Cohen was the first to hit the rail in 9^th position with prize money of ,790.

Christopher Kastler went all in from a bet of 235,000 from Christopher Gonzales who then decided to make the call.  With each of them holding a pair – Kastler a pair of Jacks (Js-Jh) and Gonzales a pair of nines (9s-9d), the flop was kinder to Gonzales when 2c-5d-9c appeared.  Neither the turn 3c nor the river Ad helped Kastler out so he was out of the game in 8^th place taking ,814 with him.

Jason Hallee was next to go after going all-in with a pair of threes (3c-3h).  He was called by Gonzales who also had a pair (Kh-Kd).  The flop Js-Ac-10d did not change anything and when the turn saw another Jack appear Jc, with 2d following on the river, Hallee’s pair of threes could not beat the two Kings held by Gonzales.  So Hallee departed in 7^th place with a nice ,719 in his pocket.

With Billy Griner going all in after the flop of As-Ac-8c, he was called by William Kakon who had Kd-Kc in his hand.  However with Griner’s Ad-Qd, it looked as though Kakon would be heading for the door.  The turn came with Jc, followed swiftly by another Jack (Js) and Griner’s set of Aces saw Kakon hit the rail.  His 6^th place finish earned him a cool ,605.

David Wilkinson went all-in and it was left to Billy Griner who was down to his last 500,000 chips to make the call.  Wilkinson’s hand was Qd-7d while Griner had Jh-7h.  The flop revealed 9h-Qs-8d, putting Wilkinson ahead with a pair of ladies.  And it was this pair of ladies that gave him the pot when the turn saw 9c and the river showed 3c.  That meant Griner was out in 5^th place but he picked up 3,574 in prize money for his troubles.

Martin Jacobson and David Wilkinson battled it out in a hand where Jacobson was all in with Kc-Qc.  Wilkinson meanwhile held Ad-10d and the board was favorable to him when the flop revealed another ten (10c-8s-4s).  The turn and the river did nothing to help Jacobson when they showed 5h-2c and he left the game in 4^th place with prize money of 3,345.

Having been the chip leader when Jacobson was eliminated, it was David Wilkinson who was next to go.  When Gonzales bet 275,000, Wilkinson decided to go all in and was called by Gonazales.  Wilkinson held 9c-7c, while Gonzales had Ac-Qs in his hand.  The flop showed 3c-6c-5s while the turn saw Qd and the river showed 3d.  This left Gonzales with two pair and meant that Wilkinson was out in third taking home prize money of 4,996.

Heads up play saw Gonzales with a considerable chip lead holding 2,850,000 over Ellis’s 775,000.  However in less than an hour Ellis had chipped away at Gonzales’ chip lead and actually took the lead.  It was almost two hours later before the final hand was played, with the chip lead passing from one player to the other in that time.

With Gonzales holding As-Ah and Ellis holding Ad-10d, betting began.  Ellis raised, was re-raised by Gonzales and then called before the flop.  The flop of Jd-7s-6d left Ellis needing one more diamond for a flush so when Gonzales bet 1,255,000 Ellis had to make the decision on whether to call or not.  He decided to go for it and was not disappointed when the turn revealed 5d.  Gonzales went all in and Ellis called and when the river showed 7h, the game was over with Ellis’ flush taking the pot and making him the winner.  Gonzales took home 0,906 for his second place finish but for Mike Ellis a WSOP gold bracelet and 1,851 were awarded for his top finish in the 00 No Limit Hold’em event.
Congratulations to Mike Ellis!

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William Haydon – Event #26 Winner

By day 3 there were only 15 players left from the 1245 entrants playing at three tables of five.  The players at these tables and their chip counts looked like this:

Table 308

Andrey Danilyuk                            335,000

Eddy Scharf                                  211,000

Steve Cowley                             1,279,000

Martins Adeniya                            823,000

Taurean Davis                               690,000

Table 309

Erik Cajelais                                  345,000

Jeffrey Papola                                797,000

Patrick Ricci                                  284,000

William Haydon                             776,000

Joe Baldwin                                   707,000

Table 310

Javier Etayo                                   505,000

Tyler Witteman                              326,000

Justin Smith                                   641,000

Jarred Solomon                             542,000

Alexander Ivarsson                        105,000

At this stage the chip leader was Steve Cowley with his 1,279,000 chips, while trailing behind at the bottom of the count was Alexander Ivarsson holding 105,000 chips.

The first player to be eliminated from the three tables was Erik Cajelais who went all-in with two red nines preflop.  This was against the two jacks held by William Haydon.  The board of K-c, 4-d, 2-s, J-s, 10-s, gave Haydon three of a kind and Cajelais was out with prize money of ,537.  Out in 14^th position was Andrey Danilyuk, followed by Patrick Ricci in 13^th.  They also pocketed prize money of ,537.

A classic tournament situation saw Alexander Ivarsson eliminated in 12^th position when he was all-in preflop holding A-c, Q-c against Joe Baldwin who had 8-s, 8-c.  After the flop it looked as though luck was on Ivarsson’s side when Q-h, 10-h, 9-s appeared.  However the turn brought 8-h, followed by 6-d on the river and Ivarsson was eliminated with prize money of ,524.  Baldwin for his part carried on with 1,275,000 chips.

Joe Baldwin’s next hand again saw a big raise preflop.  This time Baldwin himself had raised to 57,000 from the small blind with Taurean Davis following suit and raising to just over 500,000 from the big blind.  Baldwin made the call holding A-s, J-c.  Davis had the A-c, 10-s.  Davis was leading after the flop which saw Q-h, 10-d, 6-h, hit the table and gave Davis a pair of tens.  The turn saw 9-c which left Baldwin with some hope and when the river showed K-d it was goodbye to Davis who crashed out with an 11^th place finish for which he picked up ,524.

Next out was Tyler Witteman who went all in and was called by Eddy Scharf.  So it was Scharf’s A-c, J-d against Witteman’s 10-h, 8-h.  When the board revealed A-s, Q-h, 2-d, K-h, 5-c, Witteman was heading out of the event with a 10^th place finish and prize money of ,547.

Also taking home prize money of ,547 was Martins Adeniya who was eliminated in 9^th position after his all-in bet was called by Javier Etayo.  With both players holding a pair – Etayo had 10-c, 10-D and Adeniya held Q-s, Q-d – the flop of 7-c, 6-h, 2-s made no change and Adeniya was still leading.  However on the turn Etayo leapt in front when 10-h appeared, giving him a set.  The river did not do Adeniya any favours when it showed 9-h and he crashed out with Etayo’s chip count rising to 1,850,000.

8^th position went to Justin Smith who was taken out by Joe Baldwin who held A-d, K-d, to Smiths J-d, 10-h.  The flop showed J-h, 9-d, 6-d which gave Smith the edge and he was still leading when the turn saw 8-h hit the table.  But Baldwin’s luck was in when the river saw K-h appear giving him a set and leaving Smith down and out with ,236 in prize money.  Baldwin’s chip count at this stage exceeded two million.

When Javier Etayo went all in with 641,000 chips it was left to Jarred Solomon to call the bet and the two of them went to battle with Etayo holding A-h, K-s and Solomon with a pair of Queens – Q-s, Q-c.  Solomon kept his lead after the flop of 10-s, 4-c, 2-h, and again after the turn of 10-s.  When the river saw another ten (10-c), Etayo was out, beaten by Etayo’s pair of ladies.  Etayo’s 7^th place finish netted him ,236 in prize money.

Play broke for dinner break and at this stage there were six left in the game.  Players left fighting for the gold bracelet and their chip counts were as follows:

Joe Baldwin                                2,812,000

Jarred Solomon                          1,779,000

Steve Cowley                             1,730,000

Eddy Scharf                               1,321,000

Jeffrey Papola                             1,000,000

William Haydon                             799,000

The first player eliminated after the break was Steve Cowley who came up against Jeffrey Papola.  The flop saw J-s, 6-c, 3-d hit the table and the two players continued to bet.  The turn saw 10-h and Papola decided to check.  But Cowley raised 215,000 and from this Papola went all-in.  Cowley called and the river saw 8-c appear.  With Papola holding J-h, 10-h, Cowley’s A-d, J-d saw him eliminated in 6^th position and Papola taking the pot with his two pair.  Cowley took home prize money of ,228.

When the time came for the next bathroom break the five remaining players were still in the game but the chip leader had shifted.  Jeffrey Papola now held the lead with William Haydon close behind in second place having pulled himself off the bottom of the board a position which was now held by Jarred Solomon.  So it was no surprise to see Solomon eliminated next in 5^th place.

When Solomon went all-in with K-s, 10-s, he was called by Joe Baldwin who had A-c, Q-h in his hand.  The flop came down with A-s, J-h, 6-h which left Baldwin with a pair of Kings and Solomon needing a Queen for a straight.  But luck was not with Solomon when the turn 4-h, followed by 2-h on the river saw him eliminated with 0,903.

Next out was Eddy Scharf who crashed out in 4^th place losing out to Jeffrey Papola’s hand.  Scharf held Q-h, J-h, while Papola held A-d, A-c and when the flop revealed 8-d, 4-h, J-d, with 9-c on the turn, Scharf only needed a ten or a Jack.  But the river was not kind to him and the 5-h which appeared left Papola with the winning hand and Scharf eliminated with 3,649.

With just three players left, William Haydon was increasing his chips and was the out and out chip leader with more than double the chips of both Jeffrey Papola and Joe Baldwin.  The next player to fall was Joe Baldwin who went against William Haydon when Haydon went all in from the small blind.  Baldwin’s hand gave him a pair of Kings – Kc, K-h, while Haydon held A-s, 7-s.  The flop fell kindly for Haydon when it revealed A-h, Q-s, 3-d and his pair of Aces now saw him leading.  Haydon was praying for K-d but was disappointed when the turn showed 8-s and the river saw 9-d appear.  His third place finish saw him pocket 8,265 with only Haydon and Papola left fighting for the bracelet.

The final hand saw Papola with an all-in bet holding A-s, 6-h.  Haydon decided to call with his A-c, J-h and the flop showed K-s, Q-s, 4-h giving Haydon a slight edge.  The 9-c on the turn did not do much for either player but when the river revealed 10-d, it was clear that Haydon had won the hand and a gold bracelet for event #26 with his straight.  Papola earned 1,068 for his second place finish but for Haydon, his win saw him earn the top prize of 0,031.

Well done William Haydon, winner of Event #26.

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