2010 World Series of Poker

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$71,424
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$324,450
Entries
721
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Araujo Triples Up

Marcelo Araujo got his short stack all in preflop against two opponents. Both active players checked all streets as the board ran out {8-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

Araujo turned over {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} for top two pair and the other players mucked. Araujo tripled up in the hand and is back up to over 10,000.

Tags: Marcelo Araujo

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Breaking Things

The players are on another 20-minute break. During the break, all the green T25 chips will be removed via race-off from the tournament staff.

McClelland Still Holding On

Jack McClelland was in the big blind for 800 and was facing a raise to 2,000. McClelland made the call and the two checked all streets of the {4-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} board.

McClelland turned over {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a rivered pair of tens, which was good enough to take down the small pot. McClelland has a little over 10,000 in chips as we approach the money.

Tags: Jack McClelland

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Shaun Harris Can't be Tamed

A woman in second position opened to 2,300. Shaun Harris was the only caller for a flop reading {7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{10-Clubs} which both players checked.

The turn was the {a-Diamonds}. The woman in second position bet 3,000 and Harris announced he was all in. His opponent folded and Harris added over 6,000 more chips to his monster stack.

Motoyama Puts a Cooler on the Cutoff

The player in the cutoff position raised to 2,500 preflop. Yuta Motoyama re-raised to 6,000, and Jack McClelland thought deeply for a moment before folding. The cutoff called and the two players were off to the flop.

The flop delivered {2-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. Motoyama checked and the cutoff went all in for close to 10,000. Motoyama called and his {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} were well ahead of the cutoff's {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. The cutoff couldn't improve and was left empty handed, sending Motoyama up to about 42,000 in chips.

Tags: Yuta Motoyama

Updated Chip Counts

Here are some updated chip counts from the Pavilion Room.

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Harris
Shaun Harris
98,000 36,000
Kent Washington
Kent Washington
75,000
Christopher Reider
Christopher Reider
72,000 27,000
Kenyon Mckellar
Kenyon Mckellar
50,000 -2,000
Justin Paris
Justin Paris
45,000 -1,000
Matthew Hollinger
Matthew Hollinger
31,000 28,000
Kevin Chong
Kevin Chong
30,000 4,000
Cary Lucier
Cary Lucier
24,000 5,400
Zhen Cai us
Zhen Cai
15,000 -19,000
Cindy Aly
Cindy Aly
15,000
Jack McClelland us
Jack McClelland
Poker Hall of Famer
13,000 2,000
Douglas Macpherson
Douglas Macpherson
4,000 -6,000

Reider Keeps on Rolling

All the money got in preflop between Chris Reider, who had {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}, and his opponent who held pocket aces over at Table 2.

The pot was around 70,000 as the flop came {Q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and the table erupted in disbelief. The {4-Spades} on the turn and {J-Spades} on the river changed nothing.

Reider has been on a heater this level and is now sitting on a massive chip stack.

Tags: Chris Reider

Reider Takes Down a Monster Pot

A monster pot just occurred at Table 2. With about 5,000 in the pot preflop, the flop came {5-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Spades}. Reider moved his entire stack, about 15,000, into the middle and was called by the player in Seat 3, who had a similar chip stack. When they flipped over their cards, Reider was ahead with the {Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} but his opponent had a lot of outs with the {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. The turn was the {4-Clubs} and the river {10-Diamonds}, giving Reider the pot and one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Tags: Chris Reider