2010 World Series of Poker

Event #5: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$515,501
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,824,200
Entries
2,092
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Hasta La Vista Humberto

Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes

Humberto Brenes waited patiently to hit the money, but wasted no time getting his money into the middle once he was safe. In his final hand he shoved preflop with {a-Hearts}{10-Spades} and was called by {a-}{k-}. The board came down {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Had it not been for the king on the flop, Brenes may have chopped, but alas, it was not to be.

Humberto made his 53rd cash and is now tied with Erik Seidel for the fifth most WSOP cashes in history.

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I Tried to Warn You

Before play on this hand had started, a player at Shaun Deeb's table turned to the player on the button and said, "I might not know how to play, but this guy next to me does."

Nevertheless, the button player raised to 3,600 preflop and was called by Deeb. The flop came down {9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{6-Clubs}. Deeb checked and the button bet out for 4,000. Deeb took the opportunity to check-raise to 11,200 and the button folded. Deeb is now sitting at 77,000 in chips.

After the hand was over, the player who had warned that Deeb could play, turned to the button and said, "I tried to warn you."

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Easy Sailing for Van Fleet

Jonathan Van Fleet raised to 3,600 from early position and got a call from a player in middle position. The button moved all in and Van Fleet, having him covered, four-bet for his entire stack. The middle-position player folded and Van Fleet was headed to the flop with just one opponent.

Van Fleet: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The board came down {6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{j-Spades}, allowing Van Fleet's aces to hold up. After the hand Van Fleet had close to twice the number of chips he had started with - about 65,000.

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Up is the Way

Lauren Kling
Lauren Kling

A player in late position opened the pot with a raise to 4,000. The player on the button made the call and Lauren Kling in the small blind popped it to 15,000.

The initial raiser tanked for five minutes and eventually folded followed shortly by the player on the button.

Ms. Kling is now up to 80,000 chips.

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Deeb Bows Out

Shaun Deeb was up to over 70,000 in chips, but when we went to check out how he was going to play his stack, we saw he was gone. Maybe this time he'll stay retired, though we doubt it.

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