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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,536,250
Entries
191
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
"That's Why He's John Juanda"
With the board reading 
on the turn, John Juanda led out for 25,000 from the big blind and Alexander Roumeliotis made the call from the cutoff. The river was the 
. Juanda bet 42,000 and and Roumeliotis called.
Juanda showed 
for the rivered flush and as Roumeliotis mucked, Abe Mosseri broke into song.
"That's why he's John Juanda," he warbled.
Mercer Gets Value from Negreanu
Heather Sue Mercer opened for a 6,000 raise from under-the-gun and Daniel Negreanu flat-called from the small blind.
Negreanu checked the 
flop over to Mercer who bet 8,000. Negreanu called and they went to the turn which fell the . Negreanu checked and Mercer checked behind. The river was the 
and Negreanu again checked to Mercer. She bet 20,000 and Negreanu called.
Negreanu showed 
but Mercer had the winner with 
and increased her stack to 217,000. Negreanu is still near the top of the leaderboard with 422,000.
ElkY Exits
Isaac Haxton opened for 4,700 from under-the-gun, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all-in for 37,000 from the hijack and Haxton made the call.
Grospellier 
Haxton 
ElkY couldn't catch up on the 
board and hit the rail. Haxton is up to 340,000.
Praz Bansi Doubles Through Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein opened for 5,100 and Praz Bansi reraised all-in for 34,000. Greenstein made the call.
Bansi 
Greenstein 
Bansi paired his kicker when the flop came down 
. The turn was the 
, the river was the and Bansi doubled up to 75,000. Greenstein was left with 102,000.
Short Stack Action
A couple of our big stacks have just taken a hit as they've doubled up their short-stacked opponents.
Sam Trickett snap-called in the big blind when he found an ace against an under-the-gun player who moved all in for 34,300. Trickett showed 
but he was dominated against his opponent's 
and didn't improve on the 
board. He's back to 400,000.
Meanwhile Antonio Esfandiari went to war with 
against a short stack's . Esfandiari received no help on the 
board and slipped back to 155,000.
Two short stacks who were unable to survive elimination were Andrew Lichtenberger and Nikolay Evdakov who were both recently sent to the rail.
Kevin MacPhee Eliminated
Alex Roumeliotis opened for 4,500, Phil Ivey called on the button and Kevin MacPhee moved all-in for 25,100 from the small blind. Scott Seiver called from the big blind and both Roumeliotis and Ivey folded.
MacPhee
Seiver
The 
flop favored MacPhee, but the turn gave him pause as the fell, giving Seiver the nut flush draw. He filled it on the river with the and Seiver took down the pot, eliminating MacPhee. Seiver is up to 265,500 in chips.
Play Resumes
The players are back and ready to play their final two levels of the evening before we wrap things up and call it a day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Break Time
The players are on their final 20-minute break of the evening.