Day 2a completed
Posted 07-10-2010 17:08 GMT-8 by donpeters
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 2a completed
One of the chip leaders Randy Dorfman
After eight levels of intense tournament poker, Day 2a has come to a close in Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship!
At midday, 2,412 wide-eyed and poker-ready players walked eagerly through the doors of both the Amazon and Pavilion Rooms to see what fate awaited them throughout the course of the day.
Corwin Cole began the day as the tournament chip leader, but only saw his stack slide downward as many around him began closing ground. Multiple WSOP bracelet holder Jesper Hougaard, cash game specialists Patrik Antonius and Cole South along with Robert Mizrachi were just a few of those that rose up the leaderboard.
Unfortunately, many would find themselves on the rail including previous champions Carlos Mortensen, Berry Johnston, Tom McEvoy and Bobby Baldwin, along with 2010 bracelet winners Dutch Boyd and Daniel Alaei. The international brigade shrunk slightly with James Akenhead, Marcel Luske, Rob Hollink and Luca Pagona a few to book their flight home early.
Approximately 1,260 players have booked themselves a place on Monday for Day 3, and currently it seems as though Boulos Estafanous will be leading the charge with an amassed 344,100 in chips. Snapping on his heels however will be Randy Dorfman (337,000) Jesper Hougaard (316,200), Rodney Sherry (316,000), Sam Abueid (314,000) and Cole South (304,200).
Throw in a chipped-up Sammy Farha and Patrik Antonius, the dangerous Jason Somerville and Carter Phillips, along with previous champion Johnny Chan and a load of tournament veterans and amateurs, and it is truly still every players tournament to win!
Make sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team tomorrow from 12:00 p.m PST as the cards hit the air for Day 2b where players will again begin jostling for a position where they can mount a challenge for the prize everyone is chasing; the coveted gold bracelet, title of champion and $8,944,138 in first prize money!
Posted
07-09-2010 21:36 GMT-8 by
Shamus
"All in and a call," came the cry from Annie Duke's table. The camera crew and others quickly gathered. Curious, we went over, too.
Duke had an opponent all in for his last 55,000 or so. The board read 
. Duke held 
for the wheel and a flush draw. And her opponent had 
for two pair.
Once given the go-ahead from the camera crew, the dealer burned a card and dealt the turn -- 
. A collective pause. Then, action.
Down came fifth street -- the 
. "Ooooh!" went the crowd at the sight of the board pairing. "I have the straight flush," said Duke calmly, and all realized that indeed she had not been outdrawn.
Another hits the rail. Duke's still stacking, though appears to have something in the neighborhood of 165,000 now.
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Annie Duke.
and was in bad shape against his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
against the 
. Esfandiari's opponent made a straight on the turn and river and he eliminated Esfandiari on one of the last hands of the night.
was met with his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
for top pair, while his opponent tabled 
, and Chan has sent another player packing.
Jonathan Duhamel
