2010 World Series of Poker

Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$559,371
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,663,400
Entries
965
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Allen All In

We didn't see whether he open-shoved or if he four-bet shoved his 61,500 chips into the middle, but either way, Travis Allen was all in before the flop with {A-Hearts} {5-Spades}. Sergey Lebedev woke up with {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades} in the big blind, and Allen was drawing slim.

The dealer wouldn't give him any lifeline on a board of {9-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {K-Clubs}, and Allen is out of chips. Lebedev does the deed, moving himself up to 215,000 chips with that knockout.

Tags: Sergey LebedevTravis Allen

Do Svidanya, Alexander Kravchenko

Alexander Kravchenko - eliminated
Alexander Kravchenko - eliminated

Alexander Kravchenko's final hand, unlike so many of the other eliminations occurring at this stage of the tournament, actually went to a flop. Kravchenko opened for 10,500 pre-flop from the cutoff. Akenhead, next to act, bumped it to 27,000 and Kravchenko called.

Kravchenko checked an ace-high flop, {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Akenhead fired out a bet of 28,500, then was put to a decision when Kravchenko raised all in for about 100,000 total. After spending some time carefully considering his decision (as has become his trademark), Akenhead called with a pair of aces, {a-Spades}{5-Hearts}. Kravchenko showed a pair of queens, {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}, and did not improve on the {7-Spades} turn or {5-Diamonds} river. He's now out of the tournament and sweating the $1,500 no-limit hold'em final table from the rail. Akenhead, meanwhile, is up to 330,000 in chips.

Tags: James AkenheadAlexander Kravchenko

More Queso Run-Goodness

Joe Tehan is out. He got into a pre-flop raising war with Jim Collopy that ended with Tehan all in. Tehan's {a-Clubs}{q-Spades} needed help against Collopy's {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}. Although neither player connected with an all-small flop of {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}, the hand ended up being a "suck, re-suck" sort of hand when Tehan turned a pair of queens, {q-Diamonds}, and then Collopy rivered a set, {j-Diamonds}.

Collopy now has about 215,000 in chips.

Tags: Jim CollopyJoe Tehan

Singer v. Langmann

We picked up the action on the flop of {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {3-Clubs} as Florian Langmann was checking to David Singer, his heads-up opponent. Singer bet 12,000 and Langmann called to see the {10-Hearts} turn. Singer made it 33,000 to go, Langmann moved all in, and Singer instantly called to put himself all in for a total of 106,300.

Langmann turned up his {A-Hearts} {10-Clubs}, but two pair was no good. Singer tabled {K-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}, having turned the nuts, Broadway. Langmann needed to fill up to tally the knockout, but the river {9-Diamonds} secured Singer's double up, moving up back to 240,000.

Langmann - 117,000

Tags: Florian LangmannDavid Singer

Oh the Gall!

Zsombor Gall delivered a bad beat that we suspect Steve Karp is going to remember for quite a while. Gall opened for 8,800 from middle position pre-flop and was called by small blind Daniel Buzgon. Karp, sitting in the big blind, then re-raised all in for 33,500. Only Gall called, and he didn't table the best hand in {q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. Karp must have felt confident with his {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}. But a flop of {9-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{k-Spades} gave Gall a king-high straight, and by the time the {5-Hearts} hit the turn, Karp was drawing dead.

Tags: Steve KarpZsombor Gall

O'Brien O'Busted

Dan O'Brien got himself all in with ace-king before the flop, hunting for another double up at the hands of Frank Rusnak and his {9-} {10-}.

O'Brien flopped his pair, but Rusnak ran down a king-high straight on fourth street to scoop the pot. That moves him up to 175,000 and O'Brien down to 0, the latter finally running out of chips after a two-day war with his short stack.

Tags: Dan O'BrienFrank Rusnak

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Thrilling Double-Up

Life's a little better for Will "the Thrill" Failla. He raised all in for 56,500 after Jim Collopy opened the pot for 7,500. It wasn't Collopy who took Failla on, however. It was button player Kirill Rabstov, who moved all in over the top of Failla for about 115,000. Rabstov's pocket tens were no match for Failla's pocket aces. After a board of {7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{k-Hearts}{3-Spades}{q-Spades}, Failla pushed forward his stack so that the dealer could count it down in preparation for a double-up. Failla's stack instantly doubled to about 128,000. Rabtsov slipped down to 59,000, which isn't yet a cause to panic, but certainly not a robust amount at this stage.

Tags: Will FaillaKirill Rabstov

Updated Chip Counts

Here's how the field stacks up right now:

Player Chips Progress
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
327,000
147,000
147,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jon Eaton
Jon Eaton
280,000
90,000
90,000
Koen de Bakker nl
Koen de Bakker
273,000
52,000
52,000
Michael Fong us
Michael Fong
270,000
-10,000
-10,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
250,000
45,000
45,000
Jason Helder us
Jason Helder
235,000
137,000
137,000
Ryan Welch us
Ryan Welch
210,000
-68,000
-68,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Zsombor Gall
Zsombor Gall
200,000
116,000
116,000
Michael Noda
Michael Noda
195,000
60,000
60,000
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
187,000
127,000
127,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Eric Haddad
Eric Haddad
178,000
102,000
102,000
Michael Skomac
Michael Skomac
170,000
109,000
109,000
Mark Leonard
Mark Leonard
163,000
-2,000
-2,000
Nicholas Mitchell
Nicholas Mitchell
160,000
33,000
33,000
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
160,000
20,000
20,000
Frank Calo
Frank Calo
150,000
-13,000
-13,000
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
150,000
-77,000
-77,000
Michal Wywrot ca
Michal Wywrot
148,000
-16,000
-16,000
Marcos Neves br
Marcos Neves
148,000
-12,000
-12,000
Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
145,000
-27,000
-27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joseph Kuether us
Joseph Kuether
138,000
88,000
88,000
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
136,000
18,000
18,000
Frank Rusnak us
Frank Rusnak
132,000
-23,000
-23,000
Brian Hawkins us
Brian Hawkins
130,000
-10,000
-10,000
Jeremy Menard us
Jeremy Menard
126,000
-6,000
-6,000
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Noyan Gets It Right

All of the community cards were out, {5-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Joseph Kuether moved all in against Ishak Noyan, covering Noyan and putting him to a difficult decision. A clock was eventually called, with time ticking almost all the way down before Noyan called. It was a great call. His {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} bested Kuether's unimproved {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} to collect the pot and double up. Noyan now has 180,000, while Kuether is on a short-stacked 50,000.

Tags: Ishak NoyanJoseph Kuether