2010 World Series of Poker

Event #5: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$515,501
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,824,200
Entries
2,092
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Foutty us
Stephen Foutty
207,400 400
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
202,000 102,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
161,400 41,400
Trevor Savage
Trevor Savage
125,600 121,100
Jesse Fulmer
Jesse Fulmer
121,400 -27,600
Taylor Mcfarland us
Taylor Mcfarland
118,900 114,400
Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
WSOP 2X Winner
118,700 8,700
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
106,600 102,100
Dustin Pattinson us
Dustin Pattinson
103,300 98,800
Matthew Schwarmann
Matthew Schwarmann
102,200 -17,800
Tomer Berda us
Tomer Berda
WSOP 1X Winner
102,000 97,500
Christopher Petrick
Christopher Petrick
101,900 97,400
Markus Gonsalves us
Markus Gonsalves
99,000 94,500
Georgios Kapalas gr
Georgios Kapalas
96,900 92,400
Scott Vener us
Scott Vener
94,000 89,500
Getty Mattingsley
Getty Mattingsley
90,900 69,900
Louis Lau
Louis Lau
90,800 86,300
Kobi Waldfogel
Kobi Waldfogel
90,400 85,900
Joseph Gotlieb
Joseph Gotlieb
88,400 83,900
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
WSOP 1X Winner
84,300 -15,200
Vincent Jacques ca
Vincent Jacques
83,700 79,200
David Tuthill us
David Tuthill
83,600 -3,400
Benjamin Kleyman
Benjamin Kleyman
79,400 74,900
Lawrence Sharp
Lawrence Sharp
78,400 73,900
Donald Offord
Donald Offord
77,000 -3,000

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Event #5: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

So Long Day 1!

We've played through 10 levels in the Pavilion today and Day 1 of Event No. 5 is already becoming a distant memory - especially for the 1,856 players who won't be returning to try making the money tomorrow.

It was a real back and forth race for the chip lead during the last level. That was until Stephen Foutty won a 90,000 pot in a QQ vs. AK race.

The tournament brought out a large field, featuring a number of big name pros, but as statistics gurantee, a large percentage of those pros didn't make it to the end of the day. Some, such as Humberto Brenes, Chris Moorman, Praz Bansi, Yuvai Bronshtein and Andrew Lichtenberger, Zack Clark, Lauren Kling and Jason Somerville will be back tomorrow for Day 2.

Players will return at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, hoping to make the money and then play down to the final table. With over $500,000 coming to the tournament's eventual winner, it'll be worth the effort.

Foutty Surges to 209,000

With no time to spare, Stephen Foutty has rocketed to a commanding chip lead. He had been facing a preflop raise of 2,300 when he three-bet to 6,400. Foutty's opponent shoved all in for 90,000 and Foutty took a few minutes to think, saying "I am 99% sure I have you beat here." Fouty did indeed make the call.

Foutty: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board came down {3-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and Foutty is now sitting on 209,000 chips. Not too bad.

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Don't Tank Too Hard

Joe Bartholdi and Yuval Bronshtein had seen a flop of {8-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} when Bartholdi bet 4,200 and was called by Bronshtein. The two checked around on the {5-Hearts} turn and Bartholdi checked the {6-Hearts} on the turn. Bronshtein didn't realize that Bartholdi had already checked and appeared to go into the tank for quite a long time. Eventually Bronshtein caught on and checked.

At this point, Bartholdi said "I thought I was about to get bluffed so hard," to which Bronshtein replied, "I thought you were tanking."

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So Long Champ

Joe Cada has vacated his seat and his chips are nowhere to be seen. None of us have worked for special investigations units, but we're left to assume that Cada has been eliminated from today's event.

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Daniel Negreanu Doesn't Live to See Day 2

Daniel Negreanu got his money all in with {3-}{3-} and was unable to stay ahead of his opponent's {k-}{9-}. He finished about 75 players from the money as the bubble quickly approaches. We expect play to tighten up somewhat as players try to make Day 2 and earn a paycheck in the process, but so far eliminations have been coming steady.

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