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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,824,200
Entries
2,092
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Elliot Smith Unable to Fade Multiple Outs
Chris Moorman raised things preflop to 5,300 from early position. The button re-raised all in to 36,200. Elliot Smith, in the big blind, three-bet and shoved for his stack of 53,700. Moorman is playing a huge stack, but opted to get out of the way.
Smith: 
Opponent: 
Smith stayed ahead on the 
flop, but his opponent picked up a ton of outs when the 
fell on the turn. The 
brought one of those outs, giving Smith's opponent a queen-high straight.
Smith is now sitting at about 17,500
Yuval Bronshtein Got Lucky
When we arrived at the table the player in the small blind was all in for 15,200 and the action was on Yuval Bronshtein.
Bronshtein took his time to decide, the clock was called, and he eventually made the call.
Showdown:
Yuval Bronshtein: 
Small Blind: 
Flop: 
Turn: 
River: 
Bronshtein is now up to 150,000 chips.
Mattingsley Sinks Van Fleet
Jonathan Van Fleet raised on the button and was three-bet by Getty Mattingsley in the big blind. Van Fleet responded with another raise, this time for his entire stack. Mattingsley made the call and the two were headed for a showdown. When Mattingsley turned over his 
, Van Fleet grimaced and showed 
.
The flop of 
gave Mattingsley a set and Van Fleet a straight draw, though he was unable to make it on both the 
turn or the 
river.
Not So Lucky Chewy
We caught up to Andrew Lichtenberger's fatal hand after the action had played out. Lichtenberger was all in with against his opponent's 
and was unable to get any love from a board that read 
.
Lichtenberger will have to wait a little while longer to make his first deep WSOP run of the year.
Praz Bansi Eliminates Lauren Kling
Praz Bansi is doing well in his quest for a final table. He's been picking up blinds and antes with aggressive preflop play. He also just eliminated Lauren Kling. She re-raised his 5,000 preflop bet, putting herself all in. When Bansi made the call they flipped their cards up, revealing:
Bansi: 
Kling: 
Kling caught top pair when the flop came 
and remained ahead with the 
on the turn. However, the 
on the river gave Bansi a set, sending Kling to the rail.
After the hand was over, one player told Bansi he was "lucky," while another said "We don't want her out of here, we want to look at her, not you."
The hand saw Bansi's stack rise to 260,000.
Nice Call for the Greek
When we arrived at the table we saw Georgios Kapalas considering his options looking at a 
board with almost 30,000 in the pot.
His opponent bet out 17,000 and the Greek tanked for a while.
He eventually called and with his pair of fours took the pot.
Kapalas is now up to 80,000 chips.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Goods from the Floor
Photos in the midst of the action.
