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

Adam & Leave

Edward Croffut
Edward Croffut

Quicker than a machine gun, Adam Croffut moved all in from the button, Thomas Bichon called in the small blind and we had a showdown: Bichon requiring assistance with {A-Spades}{9-Hearts} versus {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}

The {K-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Hearts} flop made little difference, but the {9-Spades} turn did, and by the {10-Spades} river it was all over.

"Yes!" exclaimed Croffut as he leapt into the air.

"He's got a spade," informed the players at the table in unison.

Croffut went to fist-pound Jimmy Fricke on the rail who, although obliged, tried to inform him that the other guy had a spade, but the information didn't seem to register.

Finally, and after being told one more time, Croffut realized and his face went sour. From thinking he'd doubled through and was still in with a shot at a bracelet, he was now heading to the rail in 16th place.

Tags: Adam CroffutThomas Bichon

Odell Extends His Lead

Thomas Bichon raised to 60,000 from the button, only for Kevin Odell to make it 162,000 from the small blind. After a long dwell, Johan Jakobsson called in the big blind. Bichon folded.

On the {J-Spades}{7-Spades}{A-Diamonds} flop, Odell made a small bet of 100,000. Jakobsson raised to 315,000, but quickly folded as Odell slid in a stack of green 25,000 chips for a total raise to 815,000.

Odell has extended his lead to 2,625,000 whilst Jakobsson has dropped to 1,045,000.

Tags: Johan JakobssonKevin OdellThomas Bichon

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Remaining Counts

Here are the remaining counts:

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Odell
Kevin Odell
2,700,000
75,000
75,000
Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
2,200,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Raymond Coburn
Raymond Coburn
1,350,000
150,000
150,000
Jesse Rockowitz us
Jesse Rockowitz
1,080,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Johan Jakobsson
Johan Jakobsson
1,060,000
15,000
15,000
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
900,000
-175,000
-175,000
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Shaun Malough
Shaun Malough
850,000
-200,000
-200,000
Rafal Michalowski us
Rafal Michalowski
815,000
350,000
350,000
Steven Brown us
Steven Brown
670,000
85,000
85,000
Justin Conley us
Justin Conley
510,000
-140,000
-140,000
Michael Goldfarb
Michael Goldfarb
410,000
Douglas Gord
Douglas Gord
375,000
Andrew Ferguson
Andrew Ferguson
330,000
-410,000
-410,000
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
210,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Edward Yoo
Edward Yoo
200,000
-15,000
-15,000

Andrew Ferguson Eliminated in 14th Place ($32,653)

Andrew Ferguson - 15th Place
Andrew Ferguson - 15th Place

Action folded to Andrew Ferguson who raised to 70,000 in the small blind. Brazilian Thiago Nishijima went deep into the tank in the big blind before raising all in for effectively 520,000. Ferguson snapped it off and the hands were tabled.

Showdown
Ferguson: {a-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Nishijima: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Ferguson did not improve with the {4-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} board and reported to the rail. Meanwhile, Nishijima is among our chip leaders with 2,385,000 in front of him.

Tags: Andrew FergusonThiago Nishijima

The Plight of Thiago Nishijima

Thiago Nishijima
Thiago Nishijima

At the start of the level, Thiago Nishijima was second only to Kevin Odell in chips, but now, and despite heavy support from the Brazilian fan base on the rail, he's slipped down the charts after losing two coin flips.

The first came courtesy of short stack Douglas Gord, who open-shoved all in for 303,000. Nishijima came over the top with {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and everyone folded. Gord tabled {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}, and following a {9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Hearts} board, doubled through to around the 650,000 mark.

Moments later, Nishijima was subjected to a second right hook as he doubled Justin Conley up to a million in chips. Nishijima opened the action with a raise to 57,000 from early position, Shaun Malough made the call on the button, and Conley announced all-in from the blind.

After requesting a count - "489,000," came the precise reply - Nishijima once again moved all in. With Malough side-stepping out of the way, we had ourselves another showdown, Nishijimi with the pair this time: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} versus {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

The window card was the {A-Spades}, and the other community cards were of no help either as the dealer dropped an ensuing {2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} onto the felt.

As a result of this double whammy, Nishijima is down, but still in decent shape with circa 1,500,000 in chips. His confidence, however, will be black and blue.

Tags: Douglas GordJustin ConleyKevin OdellShaun MaloughThiago Nishijima

Yoo Doubles

Johan Jakobsson opened to 58,000 in the hijack seat and Edward Yoo moved all in for 194,000 on the button. The blinds released and Jakobsson made the quick call.

Showdown
Jakobsson: {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Yoo: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Yoo had him dominated and successfully doubled when the board ran {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}.

Jakobsson slipped to 920,000 chips and Yoo is up to 410,000.

Tags: Johan JakobssonEdward Yoo