2010 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$234,065
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$883,200
Entries
384
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Boeken Breaks Mizrachi

Michael Mizrachi was all in before the flop with {7-Hearts} {10-Hearts}, and he was racing for double or nothing against Noah Boeken and his {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}.

The flop was a beautiful sight for The Grinder as it came out {10-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} to give him a big lead with trip tens. He thought he only needed to fade a five, but in reality, he needed to be worried about running diamonds. The {8-Diamonds} on fourth street was the first nail, and the {3-Diamonds} that filled out the board sealed Mizrachi's fate, four-flushing him out the door just after dinner.

Boeken is up to 14,500.

Tags: Noah BoekenMichael Mizrachi

Haxton Hacked

Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton

A short-stacked Isaac Haxton doubled up on the first hand back from break, but it wasn't enough to stave off elimination for long.

A still-short-stacked Haxton got his chips in with {5-Hearts} {8-Hearts} against {K-Spades} {9-Diamonds} on a flop of {3-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {10-Spades}. A brick apiece on the turn and river ({6-Clubs} and {K-Diamonds} respectively) failed to find Haxton, and his day is done before his dinner had a chance to settle.

"At least I doubled before I busted," Haxton said as he gathered his belongings.

Apparently nobody has told him you shouldn't bust from a tournament for at least thirty minutes after eating.

Tags: Isaac Haxton

Level: 5

Blinds: /

Ante:

Four By Four

We've got four levels behind us, and the players have retired for a sixty-minute dinner break. We'll be back just after 10:20 p.m. local time to play another four.

Black Binks the Turn

Andy Black, in the small blind limped and then called a raise from Rob Hollink, sitting in the big blind. The two saw a {4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop, and Black check-called a bet from Hollink.

The {3-Clubs} dropped on the turn, and it got Black firing for the first time, however Hollink quickly put in a raise, and Black just called. The river dropped the {6-Clubs} bringing a fourth club on to the board, and Black led again and was called by Hollink who saw that his {8-Clubs}{8-Spades} was no good against, Black's {q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

Andy Black is now up to 11,000 while Rob Hollink is now at 20,000.

Tags: Andy BlackRob Hollink

La Pirata Italiana

Max Pescatori was all in for 725 before the flop, and he was in good shape with {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} against an opponent's {K-Spades} {Q-Hearts}.

There was a queen on the flop, but the board of {Q-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {6-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} was not enough to get rid of Pescatori just yet. He's back to about 1,700 after roping that double.

Tags: Max Pescatori

Team PokerStars Pro Pushing Hard

Andre Akkari - 8,800
Andre Akkari - 8,800

Today's field has been absolutely stacked with Team PokerStars Pro's. Here's a look at how they are all sitting:

Greg Debora - 13,000
Chad Brown - 12,600
JP Kelly - 12,500
Noah Boeken - 11800
Daniel Negreanu - 8,400
Andre Akkari - 8,800
Lex Veldhuis - 5,300
Bill Chen - 5,800
Vanessa Rousso - 3,800
Barry Greenstein - 2,000

Tags: PokerStars

Ivey Eliminated

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

It looked like it was going to be a remarkable comeback for Phil Ivey as he worked his way from 50 little chips all the way back to 4,400. His comeback bid has come to a close, though; Ivey was just eliminated.

Tags: Phil Ivey