Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$324,450
Entries
721
Level
22
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Jack McClelland Making Moves
Jack McClelland just knocked out two players in consecutive hands.
In the first hand, action was folded to McClelland, who was on the button, and he raised to 900. The small blind folded and the big blind called.
The flop came 
. The player in the big blind checked and McClelland responded with a bet of 1,000. His opponent called.
The turn delivered the 
and the big blind went all in for his remaining 2,450 chips. McClelland tanked for a few minutes before calling. The big blind showed 
for bottom pair. Meanwhile McClelland turned over 
.
The 
on the river was no help to the big blind player who was sent packing.
In the very next hand, the player acting under the gun went all in for 2,250. Action was folded to McClelland in the cutoff who called with and was behind his opponent's 
. The flop brought a board reading 
and things didn't look too good for McClelland. The 
on the river was no help, but he completed a straight on the river with the 
.
McClelland is now up to over 20,000 in chips.
Big Stacks at Table 15
In a recent hand over at Table 15, Sam Sperrazza raised to 750 and was called by Nicholas Dipalo. When action got back around to the big blind, an unknown player pushed all-in for 5,000 more. Sperrazza made the call and Dipalo opted to get out of the way.
Sperrazza tabled 
while his opponent sheepishly turned over 
. The board ran out 
and Sperrazza increased his stack to 33,475 while eliminating another player. He'll have to look out for Dipalo though, who is sitting directly to his left with 21,300.
Saito Shops at Sears
Isaac Sears raised to 825 from middle position before Dean Saito called from the small blind. The two players took a flop of and Saito checked. Sears fried a continuation bet of 1,025 and Saito made the call.
The turn card added the 
to the board and both players checked. After the 
fell on the river, Saito fired 2,000. Sears took some time mulling over the decision and then mucked his hand. Saito improved to 13,700 chips while Sears dropped a little and is back at 22,000.
Kevin Chong Climbing Up
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When we arrived at Table 12, Kevin Chong, who was under the gun, had 5,000 in the pot preflop when the player on the button reraised all in for another 5,000. Chong called, having the other player covered by a few thousand.
Chong's weren't looking in the best of shape against his opponent's 
, though his fortune changed when the flop brought 
. The turn was 
and the river was 
, and Chong was left with about 27,000 in chips.
Zakaria Eliminated
Ramy Zakaria, who started the hand with 13,625, was involved in a big hand at Table 17. With blinds at 150-300, the player under the gun raised to 900, only to have Zakaria reraise to 3,000. At that point, a woman in the small blind committed her last 2,150 and the original raiser went all-in himself for a total of 9,950. Zakaria made the call and all three players turned over their cards.
Zakaria:
Small blind: 
Under-the-gun player: 
With the pot at over 22,000, the flop came 
, giving the lady in the small blind a flopped set and an excellent chance to triple up. The turn sealed the deal on the main pot when the 
hit, but there was still around 15,000 in the side. The 
hit the river and Zakaria was left with a little over 3,000. Unfortunately, he couldn't recover and was eliminated a few hands later.
No Friendly Pots For Jonathan Kotula
Over at Table 20 three players limped and Jonathan Kotula checked in the big blind for a four-way pot. Things were friendly when all players checked the flop of as well as the turn, which was . However, when action checked around to Kotula on a river, he fired out a small bet of 600 and took the pot down. It may have been small, but it sent a message.
Larger Population in Paris
Justin Paris is now amongst our chip leaders after taking down a pot worth 7,000 chips on a board of 
. Paris held pocket kings and was paid off by an opponent holding the . Paris is now up to 37,000 chips.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Escano Hero Calls Farmer
Although we're unsure of all of the exact action, all of the money went in between Chris Escano and Chris Farmer on a board of 
to create a pot worth about 35,000 chips. Escano called Farmer's shove with pocket queens. Farmer held the . The river blanked off and Escano won the big pot to put himself over the 40,000-chip mark. Farmer was eliminated on the hand.