2010 World Series of Poker

Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$1,315,518
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$4,536,250
Entries
191
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Juanda Scores a KO

John Juanda opened for 2,600 from middle position, the cutoff three-bet to 6,500, Juanda four-bet to 16,500 and the cutoff moved all-in for an additional 18,200. Juanda made the call.

Cutoff {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Juanda {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

Juanda turned a full house on the {7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} board and sent his opponent on his way. He's up to 134,000.

Tags: John Juanda

Sam Stein Eliminated

Sam Stein opened for 2,000 from the hijack seat. Phil Galfond, Davidi Kitai, and the small blind all made the call before Isaac Haxton bumped it up to 10,000 from the big blind. Stein and Galfond called while Kitai and the small blind folded.

Haxton led out for 14,000 on the {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop. Stein shipped his remaining 55,000 in the middle, Galfond folded and Haxton called.

Stein {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Haxton {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}, the river was the {7-Diamonds} and Stein hit the rail while Haxton climbed to 198,500 in chips.

Tags: Sam SteinIsaac Haxton

Faraz Jaka Eliminated

Faraz Jaka limped in on the button and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier put in a raise from the big blind. Jaka responded with a shove for his remaining 20,000 or so and Grospellier made the call.

Jaka {A-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Grospellier {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}

Jaka couldn't catch ElkY on the {2-Clubs}{J-Spades}{5-Spades}{10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} board and was eliminated. ElkY is up to 205,000.

Tags: Faraz JakaBertrand Grospellier

Running Eights Trips Mortensen

Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen

A raise to 3,200 from a player in the cutoff position was met with three callers including Carlos Mortensen on the button and Daniel Negreanu in the small blind.

They saw a flop of {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and action was checked through to Mortensen who fired 10,000 into the middle. Negreanu was the only voice as he made the call.

The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and both players checked to see the {8-Hearts} repeat on the river. Negreanu took a cheap shot at the pot with a bet of 8,500 with Mortensen looking him up. Negreanu opened {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for running trips which Mortensen couldn't better as his cards hit the muck.

Negreanu is up to 278,000 with Mortensen slipping to 139,000.

Tags: Carlos MortensenDaniel Negreanu

No Helppi

Isaac Haxton raised to 2,200 on the button before Juha Helppi moved all in over the top for his last 14,400 in the small blind. John Racener made the call in the big blind as Haxton got out of the way.

Helppi: {A-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}
Racener: {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

A nice read and call by Racener which was rewarded on the {10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{4-Spades} board. Helppi is out with Racener now up to 85,000.

Tags: Juha HelppiIsaac Haxton

Mizzi-ed a Level

Apparently, Sorel Mizzi thought that dinner break was scheduled for after Level 4 rather than after Level 6. Mizzi just returned to his table a few moments ago after a hearty meal and was thoroughly shocked that he had just missed an hour of play!

Tags: Sorel MizziDarren Elias

Oliver Makes a Big Call

When we got to the table, Chris Oliver had a bet of 24,800 laid out in font of him and David Baker raised all in. The final board was {10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} and after a couple minutes in the tank, Oliver called.

Oliver tabled the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Baker mucked his hand. Oliver was all in for 88,700 total and now has about 185,000 chips. Baker was left with just 16,000.

Tags: Chris OliverDavid Baker

Haxton Doubles Kitai

David Kitai
David Kitai

Isaac Haxton raised from middle position and John Racener flatted on the button. Davidi Kitai was in the big blind and shoved all in for 23,700. Haxton called and Racener folded.

Haxton held the {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} against the all-in Kitai's {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}.

The board ran out {10-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Kitai successfully doubled up back over 50,000. Haxton dropped to 210,000.

Tags: Davidi KitaiIsaac HaxtonJohn Racener

Deeb's Superior Kicker

Freddy Deeb
Freddy Deeb

Masa Kagawa raised from early position to 2,400 before Freddy Deeb reraised from the next seat to 8,000. Kagawa made the call and they were off to a flop together.

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Kagawa check-called a bet of 11,000 from Deeb. The turn added the {K-Spades} to the board and both players checked. The river was the {5-Hearts} and Kagawa fired 25,000. Deeb called.

Kagawa held the {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}, but lost to Deeb's {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}. Deeb's superior kicker allowed him to take down the pot and move up to 175,000 in chips.

Tags: Freddy DeebMasa Kagawa

On The Draw

With the flop reading {6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} play was checked to Scott Montgomery who fired 5,000. Antoine Saout made the call before Thomas Bentham popped it up to 26,000. Montgomery responded by re-raising to around 100,000 which was enough to put both of his opponents to a decision for their entire stack.

Saout gave it up but Bentham made the call for his last 45,000.

Montgomery: {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Bentham: {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

Both players tabled flush draws, although Bentham did also have a straight draw. The turn was the {6-Spades} missing both, but the river was the {9-Spades} to pair up Bentham as he collected the sizable pot. Bentham is up to 145,000 with both Saout and Montgomery down to around 44,000.

Tags: Antoine SaoutThomas BenthamScott Montgomery