From the cutoff seat, Marc Hodge raised and the big blind called. On the first draw, the big blind drew three and Hodge drew two. After the draw, the big blind check-called a bet from Hodge.
For the second draw, the big blind drew one and Hodge stood pat. Hodge fired another bet after his opponent checked. He was called again.
For the third and final draw, the big blind drew another single card and Hodge stood pat. Hodge fired after his opponent checked and won the pot, inducing a fold.
Shortly after that, Hodge won another sizable deuce-to-seven hand and now has about 14,000 in chips.
On the flop of , both Phil Ivey and his opponent checked. The turn brought the and the first player fired into Ivey. Ivey raised and his opponent called.
The river completed the board with the and the first player bet. Ivey raised, his opponent reraised and Ivey called.
Ivey tabled the and his opponent slammed the table before showing that his two aces got cracked. Ivey's now up to 9,200 in chips.
The rule at the 2010 World Series of Poker is that if you expose your hand at any point with pending action, you will receive a penalty of one round.
Over on Table 283, the floor was summoned because a player mistakenly exposed his hand after the second draw of deuce-to-seven. The hand was completed and then the player who turned over his hand before he was supposed to was issued a penalty of one round. On the very next hand, another player did the same thing and the floor was summoned again to issue the penalty. What makes this funny is that the player who exposed his hand the second time around was the opponent of the player who exposed his hand in the first one.
Greg Mueller raised from early position and the small blind made it three bets. Greg Raymer was in the big blind and made the call before Mueller came along as well. For the first draw, the small blind drew one and Raymer and Mueller took two. After the draw, the small blind checked, Raymer called and then Mueller raised. Both players called the raise.
On the second draw, everyone took a single card. The small blind then fired with Raymer and Mueller both calling.
For the third and final draw, the small blind stood pat and Raymer and Mueller drew one apiece. The small blind fired after the draw and both pros folded.
Raymer dropped to 8,000 and Mueller dropped to 9,500.
A player under the gun raised and then Chino Rheem reraised from the button. His opponent called and the two saw a flop of . Rheem fired after his opponent checked the flop and he was called.
After the fell on the turn, Rheem got check-raised. He three-bet and his opponent called.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked.
Rheem showed the for eights and sevens with a queen and won the pot.
With registration now closed and the numbers worked out, tournament officials have told us that of the 453 players who have signed up, 48 will leave with more money than they came with. A min-cash will be worth $4,573, but first place is set to pay a hefty $260,497.
On the flop of , Ylon Schwartz bet, the next player called and then Roland de Wolfe raised. Schwartz and the other player called.
The turn brought the and the action was checked to de Wolfe. He fired and Schwartz folded. The other player called.
The river completed the board with the and a bet was fired into de Wolfe. He made the call, but mucked when his opponent tabled the for a rivered pair of aces.
, both Phil Ivey and his opponent checked. The turn brought the 
and the first player fired into Ivey. Ivey raised and his opponent called.
and the first player bet. Ivey raised, his opponent reraised and Ivey called.
. Rheem fired after his opponent checked the flop and he was called.
fell on the turn, Rheem got check-raised. He three-bet and his opponent called.
for eights and sevens with a queen and won the pot.![[user123189]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, Ylon Schwartz bet, the next player called and then Roland de Wolfe raised. Schwartz and the other player called.
and a bet was fired into de Wolfe. He made the call, but mucked when his opponent tabled the 
for a rivered pair of aces.
