Back At It
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We've got two more levels to push through tonight, and we'll do it without the services of the green T25 chips. Those have been raced off and colored up, and we'll have to manage without them from here on out.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$883,200
Entries
384
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Level: 7
Blinds: /
Ante:
Hold Everything
We've played another two levels of poker, and it's time for the last pesky twenty-minute break of the day. We'll be back in just a bit to finish this thing out properly.
Vengrin Takes Chip Lead
Matt Vengrin raised from the small blind, and the big blind made the call. The flop was 
, and Vengrin bet dark, and got called by the big blind. The turn was the 
, and Vengrin bet, got raised, three-bet, got raised again and decided to just make the call.
The river was the 
, and both players checked. Vengrin flipped over the 
and his opponent mucked. He's now up to 39,000
Vedes Out
Tommy Vedes is out after getting his chips in good against JC Tran. Vedes' 
wasn't ahead of Tran's 
for very long, though, as the flop came nine-high. There wasn't anything else for Vedes to sweat on board, and his day has come to a close.
Smith Back in the Game
We picked up the action just as the dealer was running out a board of 
. Gavin Smith was betting the whole way, and his lone opponent called him down on every street.
Gavin's hand revealed 
, and it was the winner. That pot pushes him back up over his starting stack to 9,500.
A New Champ
We'll have a new champion for this event this year; Brock Parker has just been eliminated.
Gallagher Gives a Few Back
A player in middle position raised to open the pot, and Patty Gallagher called in position to see a heads-up flop.
It came a very red and diamond-y 
, and Gallagher called a bet. The black 
on the turn drew a check from both players, and they checked again on the black river.
The middle-position player showed up 
, and his ace-high was good as the lady sent her hand into the muck.
She's down to a still-quite-healthy 30,400.
Bellande Calls it Like He Sees It
There was just a bit of a disruption at Table 303 right near us, involving none other than Jean-Robert Bellande. We don't have all of the details, but it centered around an older gentleman who was either shooting an angle or was a bit late on noticing the blind increase. Something happened with his entry into the pot where he announced a reraise but didn't put enough chips out in front of him. Bellande went off.
"I see what you're doing. You're angling. You were going to raise, and then he raised under the gun and you tried to make it a call. Don't think you can fool me, I've seen your type before."
From the next seat over, Al Barbieri shot us a sideways glance and a smirking shrug. When Bellande's banter continued for another several minutes, Barbieri did the same move again, almost finding comic relief at Bellande's spectacle, but mostly just embarrassment.
Bellande continued to call the "angle shooter" a variety of names. "Get Russ Hamilton out here. Bring the whole family. You're shady. Everyone should know you're shady, I've seen your type before. Angle shooter. I know what you're doing." By now, Bellande was kneeling on his chair and leaning over the rail to get some leverage for his arguing posture.
It finally drew the attention of an adjacent table and another gentleman stood up to complain.
"Hey, get a floor over! He's making too much noise. I'm trying to fall asleep here."
Dwan's Done for the Day
After peaking at close to 20k after making quad jacks, Dwan has been on a continuous slide for the past few levels. We didn't catch the action, but Dwan was in for his tournament life with pocket sevens vs. the 
of his opponent. Dwan was unable to fade as his opponent hit a flush on the river sending Dwan to the rail.