2010 World Series of Poker

Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$667,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,669,600
Entries
568
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

First Hand

Erick Lindgren opened the pot from middle position and Jeffrey "jpapola" Papola defended his big blind.

The flop fell {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Papola checked to Lindgren who continued for 130,000. Papola folded.

Ship the first pot at the final table to Lindgren.

Tags: Erick LindgrenJeffrey Papola

Big Day for Men the Master

The announcer is reading the bios for all six players. Men Nguyen stopped to correct her that today will mark his 68th cash. Only Phil Hellmuth has more with 76 cashes.

Nguyen won a bracelet two weeks ago in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, earning just under $400,000 for his seventh career bracelet. He'd love to be the first double bracelet winner of the series. A win would also put him in first place in the WSOP Player of the Year race. With a runner-up finish, he'd make it a three-way tie between himself, Michael Mizrachi, and James Dempsey.

Tags: Men Nguyen

Official Final Table

Here's what the official final table looks like:

Seat 1: Orlando De La Cruz - 860,000 chips
Seat 2: Men "The Master" Nguyen - 1,570,000 chips
Seat 3: Jeffrey "jpapola" Papola - 2,280,000 chips
Seat 4: Bruno Launais - 850,000 chips
Seat 5: Erick Lindgren - 1,827,000 chips
Seat 6: Mark Radoja - 1,140,000 chips

Family Bonding

We've never seen this one before. Organized by Men Nguyen's family, all six players gathered together for a group photo, mostly captured by their families' cell phone cameras. At first, Erick Lindgren seemed uninterested in getting in on the moment, but after a minute, he joined the Kodak moment.

Taylor McFarland Eliminated in 7th Place ($59,291)

Taylor McFarland - 7th Place
Taylor McFarland - 7th Place

Two hands after doubling Erick Lindgren, Taylor McFarland moved all in when it folded to him in the hijack. Mark Radoja called on the button with {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and had McFarland]s {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} dominated. The {j-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} board missed both players, and Radoja took the pot with his ace. "Good game guys," McFarland said on his way out.

"You're the best player I've played all tournament," acknowledged Lindgren.

With McFarland's exit, we're down to the official final table. The last six players remaining bagged up their chips and are currently moving to the main final table stage. They'll play out the remainder of the level before taking an hour-long dinner break.

Tags: Taylor McFarlandMark RadojaErick Lindgren

McFarland Crippled

Taylor McFarland raised to 60,000 on the button, and Erick Lindgren three-bet to 215,000 out of the small blind. McFarland shipped it in, and Lindgren called all in for 792,000. "Nice call," McFarland said to Lindgren, who has been his primary sparring partner all day.

It was Lindgren's {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} against McFarland's {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. The board fell {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades}, and McFarland was suddenly down to just 115,000 while Lindgren was up to 1.6 million.

Tags: Erick LindgrenTaylor McFarland