Recent Eliminations
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Brett Jungblut and Ben Fineman have gone missing in action and since their tables haven't broke we unfortunately have to assume they've been eliminated.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,960,100
Entries
3,289
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Phil Gordon Looking To Get KO'd?
Phil Gordon recently lost a big pot when his 
was dominated by his opponent's 
. Upon seeing that he wasn't totally out of chips, Gordon said "Hurry and bust me so I can catch my plane."
One of the other players at his table jokingly replied, "What chapter of your book is that in?"
Nice Guys Finish Last
Ain't it the truth?
Chad Batista raised to 450 from early position and a player in middle position moved all in for 2,500. Action folded back to Batista who paused for a second.
"You're a nice guy," Batista said before calling.
Showdown
Batista: 
Nice Guy: 
The 
gave Batista's opponent counterfeit outs and the 
on the turn brought even more outs. The river bricked however and Batista KO'd the nice guy, chipping up to 15,000.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Break it Up
With four levels in the books it's time for another 20-minute break.
Cya then!
DeWitt is DeOut
Recent bracelet winner Jason DeWitt has been eliminated from todays action. We unfortunately missed the hand but he was kind enough to recap it for us.
DeWitt was all in with 
on 
flop and his opponent held . He couldn't find a jack on the turn or river and was busted.
The Numbers Are In
With registration now closed we are able to tell you that 1,358 people signed up to play today. Put them in a room with yesterday's crowd of 1,931 and we have a total field of 3,289.
So far we are down to 708 in today's field. We can expect that number to continue to fall as the blinds keep rising.
As for prize pools, first place is going to pay a whopping $503,389. How's that for a return on investment? In total, 342 people are going to take home a piece of the $2,960,100 prize pool.
Silver and Gold
PokerStars Team Pro Brazil member Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck is sporting some new bling today, but it's not hers.
Her current significant other, David "Bakes" Bakes, is letting her borrow his new WSOP bracelet for the day. Maybe it will bring her luck, maybe it will not. Maridu was kind enough and let one of our tournament reporters look at it as well.
"It's the closest you'll ever get to one," she joked.
PokerStars Team Online Pro George Lind just sat next to Maridu at Table 76. Lind has already cashed at this World Series finishing 10th in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 Championships for $43,833.
Two Pair Provides a Double For Black
We arrived at this hand just in time to see Andy Black go all in for about 1,000 into a pot with 1,200 in it and a board of 
.
His opponent thought about it for a while before making the call.
Black: 
Opponent: 
The river bricked and Black found himself up to about 3,200.
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0