2010 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$630,031
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,863,500
Entries
1,245
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Final Level of Play

This will be the last level of play for the remaining 180 players.

There is a slight possibility of reaching the money, but it will be expected that play will tighten up as we close in on that magic number of 126.

King-High

The board read {5-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{J-Hearts} and there was about 5,500 in the pot when a player in the small blind checked to Jon Friedberg who bet 3,800. A player on the button called and the player in the small blind released.

Both players checked the {a-Diamonds} on the turn and the {4-Diamonds} on the river.

Friedberg tabled {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} for king-high and his opponent mucked. Friedberg is now up to 47,000 chips.

Tags: Jon Friedberg

Sabat Keeps Doubling

Action folded to a player in the small blind who raised to 2,200. Edward Sabat re-raised to 9,200 and his opponent moved all in. Sabat snapped in off.

Sabbat was racing with {A-}{K-} against his opponent's {7-}{7-}, and when the board came {J-}{10-} X X {Q-} he doubled to 54,000 chips.

Tags: Edward Sabat

Negreanu About To Ship It?

Phil Hellmuth exiting another tournament early!
Phil Hellmuth exiting another tournament early!

"I feel like I'm still supposed to be in this tournament!" stated Phil Hellmuth as he stood alongside Daniel Negreanu.

"I feel like I'm going to get it in this hour!" added Negreanu.

"I'll bet a lot of money you do . . . oh wait . . . only 50 minutes left . . . actually not" continued Hellmuth.

"Just ship it! Any flush draw, any pair . . . even a pair of threes is enough!" stated Negreanu.

Negreanu does however have over fifty big blinds as he sits with 51,000 in chips.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuPhil Hellmuth

Fish and Chips

With the board reading {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and about 20,000 in the middle, Darryll "DFish" Fish led for 7,200. His opponent called but mucked when Fish showed {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} for a pair of queens.

Fish has dropped a bit the past few levels, but is still strong with 45,000 chips.

Tags: Darryll Fish

Moor Chips

There was 7,000 in the middle after a series of preflop raises when Chris Moorman and Allan Sass took a flop of {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}.

Sass led for 4,200 and Moorman called.

Both players checked the {9-Spades} on the turn and the {10-Spades} on the river.

Moorman opened {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} for wired queens and Sass folded. With the win Moorman is up to 60,000 chips and Sass is down to 45,000 chips.

Tags: Alan SassChris Moorman

Bye-Bye Berry

Berry Johnston in earlier action
Berry Johnston in earlier action

Facing a raise to 2,500, Berry Johnston moved all in for his last 16,500 only to have Darryll Fish move all in from the small blind.

The original raiser folded as we were off to a showdown.

Johnston: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Fish: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} to see Johnston hit the rail as Fish climbs to 75,000 in chips.

Tags: Berry JohnstonDarryll Fish

Williams Crippled

When we reached his table, David Williams was heads up with an opponent named Martins Adeniya. The board read {Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{5-Spades}{K-Spades}.

Williams led out for 10,000 and Adeniya moved all in for 41,000.

Williams went deep into the tank, riffling chips with one hand while spinning the wheels in his head. He was receiving a massage and asked the masseuse to stop for a moment. Williams paid her and then sat back down to think it out some more.

Finally he made a crying call and Adeniya turned over {J-Spades}{8-Spades}. Williams mucked, falling to just 1,300 and was eliminated a few hands later by Adeniya himself.

Adeniya is now up over 80,000 chips, and in good shape for tomorrow's restart.

Tags: David WilliamsMartins Adeniya

Flushed Down The-Toilet

Faraz "The-Toilet" Jaka was once the chip leader of Event #26 with 150,000 chips. But after a few tough hands he is now eliminated.

According to his Twitter, Jaka got his last few chips in against Taylor Caby and was behind holding {A-}{9-} against Caby's {Q-}{Q-}.

The queens held and Jaka hit the rail.

Tags: Faraz JakaTaylor Caby