2010 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$617,214
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,519,200
Entries
268
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Negreanu Flushes Liebert

That's called THE NUTS
That's called THE NUTS

Kathy Liebert opened from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu made the call from the big blind. The flop was 9-4-2 with two hearts. Liebert led out and Negreanu called. The turn came the {Q-Hearts} and Liebert bet 5,000. Negreanu called and they went to the river which was another baby heart. Liebert checked, Negreanu set her in for the rest of her chips and Liebert called.

Negreanu showed {A-Hearts}{10-} for the nut flush and Liebert hit the rail. He's up to 87,000.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuKathy Liebert

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

Shaun Deeb Doubles Through Danny Wong

With 15,000 in the pot on a {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{8-Hearts} board, Danny Wong bet 10,000, Shaun Deeb raised to 28,400 and Wong called. The river was the {7-Clubs} and Deeb shoved for his remaining 32,000. Wong called.

Deeb turned over {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for the second-nut flush, besting Wong's third-nut flush with {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. The pot pushed Deeb's stack up to the 119,000 mark while Wong fell to 42,000.

Tags: Danny WongShaun Deeb

Deeb's Top Pair Holds

Wafflecrushing
Wafflecrushing

The action was folded around to the small blind, who limped in. Shaun Deeb made it 1,200 to go from the big blind and the small blind called. Deeb asked the small blind how much he was playing.

"About 15k," was the response.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. The small blind checked, Deeb bet 2,200, the small blind shoved and Deeb called.

Small blind {2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Deeb {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The turn was the {3-Diamonds}, the river was the {4-Diamonds}, and Deeb's top pair held up to eliminate his opponent and take his stack up to 48,000.

Tags: Shaun Deeb

Juanda Most Certainly Not Busto

We lost him in the sea of familiar faces, but John Juanda has just been broken onto the table directly in front of us. He's got 24,200 chips in front of him, and he's now sitting with Pat Pezzin, Ted Lawson, and chip leader Tom Marchese.

Tags: John Juanda

Hellmuth Sticks Around

Phil Hellmuth told us that he was about to play a pot with {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts} when his phone rang. It was his parents calling from the rail, so Hellmuth ditched his hand to go chat with the folks. When he returned to the table, the board showed {Q-} {8-} {9-} {Q-} {10-}, and a player with jack-nine had made a straight on the river. Hellmuth said he would have gone broke in that pot.

On the next hand, Hellmuth played pocket deuces in a heads-up pot. The flop came {Q-} {9-} {2-}, and Hellmuth was able to stack a player who got it in with queen-jack.

Rather than going broke with queen-trey, Hellmuth has knocked out a player and nearly doubled his way up to 43,000, his high point since joining the field about an hour ago.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Lellouche Mauls Mizzi

There was already 12,000 in the pot on the river, the board reading {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. Antony Lellouche checked from the small blind and Sorel Mizzi bet 10,800. Lellouche raised to 25,000 straight and Mizzi made the call.

Lellouche turned over {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} for tens full of eights and raked in a pot worth more than 62,000. He is up to 81,000 while Mizzi was left with only 3,600 in chips.

Tags: Antony LelloucheSorel Mizzi

Kabrehl KOs Cousineau

Martin Kabrhel opened from middle position, Phil Hellmuth called, David Baker called on the button and Tony Cousineau made it 8,000 to go from the small blind. Kabrhel reraised to 14,400, both Hellmuth and Baker folded and Cousineau called all-in.

Cousineau {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Kabrehl {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{6-Spades} and Cousineau was eliminated. Kabrehl is the new chip leader with 190,000.

Tags: Martin KabrehlTony Cousineau