2010 World Series of Poker

Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
72
Prize
$721,373
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,180,950
Entries
3,097
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Chop Chop

Thiago Nishijima opened to 95,000 from under the gun and was called by Shaun Malough (hijack) and Michael Goldfarb (button).

The dealer flopped {7-Spades}{j-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Nishijima led for 155,000. Malough called and Goldfarb folded.

The turn was the {a-Hearts} and Nishijima led again - this time for 285,000. Again Malough called.

The {7-Diamonds} on the river paired the board and Nishijima fired a third bullet worth 460,000. Malough moved all in for 780,000 and Nishijima unhappily called.

Malough opened {a-Spades}{j-Clubs} and Nishijima showed him something similar; {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}.

The pot was chopped much to the relief of both parties.

Tags: Shaun MaloughThiago Nishijima

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Odell Sets Trap, Gets Some

Our chip leader Kevin Odell gets tricky.
Our chip leader Kevin Odell gets tricky.

Thiago Nishijima opened to 95,000 from early position and was called by three players including Kevin Odell (hijack), Shaun Malough (button) and Michael Goldfarb (big blind).

The flop fell {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{a-Hearts}. Goldfarb checked, Nishijima checked and Odell fired 200,000. Only Nishijima called.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and Nishijima checked to Odell who quickly bet 350,000. Nishijima thought a bit before folding and Odell opened {a-}{a-} for top set.

Odell tried to trap Nishijima by just calling preflop, and pulled in a nice sized pot.

Tags: Thiago NishijimaKevin OdellShaun MaloughMichael Goldfarb

Justin Conley Eliminated in 8th Place ($70,365)

Justin Conley - 8th Place
Justin Conley - 8th Place

Michael Goldfarb opened to 150,000 from early position and Justin Conley moved all in for 640,000 in the hijack seat. The action folded back to Goldfarb who went deep into the tank before calling.

Showdown
Goldfarb: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Conley: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The {k-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop was about as ugly as it could get for Conley and he needed a lot of help to catch up. The turn was paint, but the {q-Clubs} would not suffice and after the {6-Clubs} bricked on the river Conly was eliminated.

Thanks to the fortuitious flop, Goldfarb is now up to 1,900,000 chips.

Tags: Michael GoldfarbJustin Conley

"Ray of Hope"

With Shaun Malough making it 135,000 from under the gun, Raymond Coburn announced all-in for a total of 795,000 from the next seat down and, after pitching up tent in the tank, Malough made the call.

Coburn: {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}
Malough: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Board: {8-Clubs}{K-Spades}{5-Spades}{J-Clubs}{9-Spades}

"Ray of hope!" screamed the Coburnites on the rail.

Tags: Ray CoburnShaun Malough

Shaun Malough Eliminated in 7th Place ($92,900)

Shaun Malough - 7th Place
Shaun Malough - 7th Place

Action folded to Shaun Malough who moved all in for 225,000 from the small blind. Raymond Coburn made the call from the big, and the hands were tabled:

Showdown
Malough: {k-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Coburn: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop was horrible for Malough, and after the {7-Spades} turned that was all she wrote. A meaningless {j-Clubs} rivered and Malough was off to the cage to collect $92,900 for his 7th place finish.

Coburn is now up to 2,050,000 chips.

Tags: Raymond CoburnShaun Malough