Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,231,900
Entries
2,394
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Time For Some Hold'em!
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Welcome back to the 2010 World Series of Poker for Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em!
In the subsequent event last year, over 2,000 players took to the felt with Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin proving victorious and capturing his first bracelet and a $521,991 first prize.
With numbers on the high side this year for all of the No-Limit Hold'em events, there is no doubt that today's event could exceed the 2,000-player mark.
It's tough to say who is going to be in the field - but one can only assume our chip counts page will feature both the big name stars, tournament veterans, online phenoms and amateurs.
Make sure to stay locked onto PokerNews from 12:00 pm PST for continuous live updates of all the action from Event #30!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Play Underway
The cards are now in the air for Event #30!
Players all begin with 4,500 in chips and will be playing ten one-hour levels.
Spotted So Far
John Juanda, Justin Young and Jonathan Little have taken up seats nearby the PokerNews blogging desk while Dennis Phillips, Chad Batista, Lisa Parsons, Martin Cardno and Alex Bolotin have also been spotted nearby.
More Notables in the Field
More famous names in the field: Johannes Strassmann, Martin Hruby, Carlos Oliveira, Tiffany Michelle, Ryan D'Angelo, Dave Sands, Scott Montgomery, David Chicotsky, Andrew Lichtenberger, Martin Kahbrel, Nicolas Levi, Dragan Galic, Andrew Chen.
Still Arriving
Nicholas Brancato, Alexandre Gomes, Jim Sachinidis, Clark Hamagami, Scott Seiver, Nikolay Evdakov, Jason DeWitt and WSOP Champion Joe Cada have all arrived.
While the lovely looking ladies of Trishelle Cannatella, Liv Boeree and Lauren Kling are also in the field.
Queso? No Más!
When we arrived at the table a player on the button opened the pot with a 250-chip raise. In the small blind, Jim "Mr.BigQueso" Collopy re-popped it to an additional 425 chips. The button made it 1,500 and Collopy went all in for about 3,800 chips. The player on the button called and tabled 
of hearts. Collopy tabled two black queens.
Board: 
and Collopy is out of the tournament.
They Just Keep Rolling In
Jon Turner, Paul Wasicka, Hevad Khan, Nam Le, Jonathan Aguiar, Tuan Le, Carter Phillips, Mandy Baker and Neil Channing have just taken their seats in today's event.
Hinkle Flushed
On a flop of 
, Grant Hinkle put his opponent all in for his last 1,550 as he obligingly made the call.
Hinkle: 
Opponent: 
The turn of the 
put Hinkle in front, but when the 
landed on the river, Hinkle would be club-flushed own to just 2,200 in chips.