2010 World Series of Poker

Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$482,774
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,245,050
Entries
1,663
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Bergeron Double through Phillips

Craig Bergeron
Craig Bergeron

Carter Phillips opened the pot with a 80,000-chip raise in the button and Craig Bergeron went all in, for an additional 270,000 chips, from the big blind. Phillips called.

Showdown
Phillips: {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Bergeron: {q-Clubs}{j-Spades}

Flop: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Turn: {6-Diamonds}
River: {3-Clubs}

Full double up for Bergeron how is now up to 750,00 chips. Phillips slipped to 3,700,000.

Tags: Carter PhillipsCraig Bergeron

Gerber Doubles Up Against King-High

Samuel Gerber - riding high
Samuel Gerber - riding high

The action had gotten pretty lethargic here at our final table, but Samuel Gerber and Craig Bergeron just played a huge pot that had many in the gallery arching their eyebrows in shock and surprise.

Samuel Gerber and Craig Bergeron took a raised flop of {10-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}. Gerber led for 110,000 and Bergeron called behind him. The turn {9-Spades} paired the board but didn't slow Gerber down. He fired again, making the price of poker 200,000. Bergeron called a second time.

The river came down {6-Diamonds}. Gerber paused slightly before moving all in for 907,000 total. Bergeron thought things through and then called, creating a pot worth approximately 2.6 million chips. Gerber tabled {j-Clubs} {9-Hearts} for trip nines, a hand that caused Bergeron to slam the table in frustration. He opened {k-Clubs} {q-Spades} and then paid Gerber off.

When the stacks were adjusted, Gerber had climbed to 2.6 million in chips, while Bergeron settled into fourth chip position with just 365,000.

Tags: Craig BergeronSamuel Gerber

Lack of Action, Lack of Spectators

Even though we moved to the final table area in the Amazon Room (formerly the Milwaukee's Best Lounge, now plastered with ads for Jack Link's Beef Jerky), the size of the rail hasn't increased notably. There are roughly twenty people watching this final table with varying levels of interest.

Slow Down?

Flops are starting to dwindle in numbers and we've had a couple of walks in the last ten minutes, almost (it seems) for the first time all tournament. With big money on the line and the stacks of three of our competitors quite deep, we might be witnessing a slow down as those three wait for the super-short stack, Hugo Perez, to bust.