Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1 Completed
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,519,200
Entries
268
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
334,600 | |
|
236,300 | |
|
200,500 | |
|
199,200 | |
|
176,100 | |
|
171,400 | |
|
166,000 | |
|
136,400 | |
|
131,200 | |
|
128,000 | |
|
120,800 | |
|
116,500 | |
|
111,800 | |
|
110,700 | |
|
106,100 | |
|
104,800 | |
|
102,900 | |
|
102,400 | |
|
101,600 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
99,600 | |
|
98,000 | |
|
96,000 | |
|
95,800 | |
|
95,300 |
Book It: Day 1 is in the Bag
The chip bags are out on the tables, and that must mean that, like the stacks of the survivors, Day 1 is likewise in the bag.
A field of 268 turned up for today's Championship Event, just about the same size as last year's field. Last year's champion, John Kabbaj was in the house to try and defend his bracelet, seated with the 2008 champion Nenad Medic. Neither of the previous two champs would survive this opening day, though, and their names are just two on a laundry list of notable eliminations.
Tom Dwan came and went quickly, as did Eric Froehlich, Vanessa Rousso, Chino Rheem, Freddy Deeb, Erick Lindgren, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and too many other notable notables to name here.
Steve O'Dwyer managed to build himself a big stack early on before a couple cases of bad timing put him out the door midway through the day. The last beneficiary of O'Dwyer's downward trend was Tom Marchese when his pocket kings held against O'Dwyer's ace-king to steal all of his chips and secure the overall lead in the room. Marchese with chips is a dangerous thing, and he oppressed his table mates for the remaining few levels of the night. He ended the day with a commanding lead over the field, and Marchese's finishing count of 334,600 should be safe for a while tomorrow too.
We've got just less than half of our starting field still alive at the end of eight levels, and they'll be back here tomorrow to play down toward the final table. Marchese will be here defending his chip fortress, and faces the likes of Sirous Jamshidi, Dan Smith, Dani Stern, John Duthie, and Martin Kabrhel will be up there challenging for the top spot when the cards go flying. We've still got a stacked field left, and tomorrow figures to be an exciting day of cards.
Day 2 gets rolling at 3:00 p.m. Monday afternoon, and we'll be right back here to catch every pot and re-pot on the way to the final table. We hope you'll join us back here in about twelve hours, but until then, we wish you a very good night from the Rio.
End of Day Big Stacks
Negreanu Wins 100-1 Bet Against Liebert
Earlier in the evening, Daniel Negreanu laid 100-1 that he would make Day 2. Kathy Liebert took his action and put down $100. Well, it looks like Liebert is going to have to pay that one off.
Negreanu's last hand of the evening came in a three-way pot with 4,800 in the middle before the flop. The flop came down 
and the action checked to a middle position player who bet 8,600. The third player folded and Negreanu erupted into a fit of giggles, covering his mouth and snorting with laughter as he wondered what to do. After all, if he busted, he would have to give up the 10 large to Liebert.
Negreanu decided to raise to 20,000 and moved his opponent off the hand. He's bagging up his chips right now-- so Kathy, if you're reading this--ship the hundo!
Schoenberg Slips
Two players limped in and Erica Schoenberg made it 8,000 to go from the big blind. One limper called from early position. The flop was 
and Schoenberg led out for 12,000. The early position player called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river was the 
and the EP player fired out 15,000 Schoenberg folded and is down to 47,000.
Six to Go
The clock has been paused with ten minutes on the clock, and we'll play six more hands at each table before calling for the bags and the cart.
Mattern Snaps Off Greenstein's Aces
Barry Greenstein got his stack in the middle before the flop with 
against Arnaud Mattern's 
. The 
flop favored Greenstein, but Mattern hit the 
on the turn to make a set. The river was the and Mattern increased his stack to 45,000 while Greenstein fell back to 18,000.
Boeken Beats Boatman
Barny Boatman's tournament life just came to an end when he ran his pocket kings into Noah Boeken's pocket jacks. Boeken four-flushed on the river and took his stack up to 94,000.
Day 1 Photos
