Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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
Duthie's Small Blind Special
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Queens in the big blind-- sort of what you dream of when the small blind raises you, right? Well, not if the small blind has pocket kings, like John Duthie did just a few moments ago. All the money went in before the flop and Duthie's cowboys held, putting him on a very comfortable 154,000 in chips.
Veldhuis Out
Lex Veldhuis four-bet shoved with pocket eights and was called by John Conkright holding 
. The coin didn't land right side up for Veldhhuis on this one and Conkright hit to send Veldhuis home early.
Neuville Snaps off Jesus' Aces
Chris Ferguson opened for 2,000 from middle position and Pierre Neuville called on the button. The flop came down 
and Ferguson led out for 3,000. Neuville called. The turn was the 
and Ferguson bet 6,000. Neuville raised to 16,000, Ferguson reraised to 51,000 and Neuville called all-in.
Neuville 
Ferguson 
The river was the 
and Neuville doubled up to 75,000. Ferguson was left with 39,000.
Deeb Busts Losing a Flip
Shaun Deeb opened from under the gun plus one before action folded to the small blind where Tim Begley three-bet to 6,900. Shawn Buchanan four-bet from the big blind to 17,000 and then Deeb shoved for 37,800. Begley tank-folded, but Buchanan made the call, wishing Deeb good luck as the hands were tabled.
Deeb held pocket tens and was up against the 
from Buchanan.
The board ran through 
and neither player held a club. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Buchanan was able to spike a king on the flop and hold from there to send Deeb to the rail.
Prizepool Information
The players have been tallied and the money has been counted for the prizepool and the total of $4,536,250 will be dispersed out to the top 18 finishers in this elite event. First place is worth a cool $1,315,518. To give you an idea of how that ranks amongst some of the largest tournaments in the world, take a look at the first-place prizes for some of these other elite events.
- 2010 EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo Main Event - $2,263,166
- 2010 PokerStars PCA Main Event - $2,200,000
- 2009 WSOP $40,000 NLHE - $1,891,018
- 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event - $1,845,921
- 2010 WPT Championship - $1,530,537
- 2010 EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo High Roller - $1,272,698
That's not too shabby for a field of only 191 runners during a World Series that already had one event costing $50,000 to buy into.
Here are the complete payouts.
1st - $1,315,518
2nd - $812,941
3rd - $556,053
4th - $386,125
5th - $272,084
6th - $194,559
7th-8th - $141,168
9th-10th - $104,651
11th-12th - $77,569
13th-18th - $58,699
Presto Works for Eli
The player under-the-gun opened for 2,000 and the action folded around to Eli Elezra in the small blind. He raised to 5,400 and Gavin Smith came over the top for 12,700. The UTG player folded and Elezra called.
Both players checked the 
flop. The turn came the 
and Elezra led out for 5,400. Smith called, and both players checked the 
on the river.
Elezra showed 
for the win and Smith mucked. Elezra is up to 105,000 while Smith is down to 45,000.
Mercer Making Moves
The button opened for 2,000, Heather Sue Mercer three-bet to 7,000 from the small blind and the button called. Mercer led out for 8,000 on the 
flop, the button raised to 24,000 and Mercer shoved all-in. That move got a fold and Mercer took down the pot. She's up to 160,000.
Wahlbeck Jacked
Heather Sue Mercer and Ville Wahlbeck both committed their chips on a flop of 
with Wahlbeck all in for his tournament life. He opened for an overpair but Mercer held 
for top set.
The turn was the and river the 
and Mercer makes a full house to move up to 220,000 and eliminate the Finnish superstar from the tournament.
Chris Moorman Eliminated
On a 
board, Martins Adeniya set Chris Moorman all-in for 43,000 with 45,000 already in the pot. Moorman tanked for a few minutes before making the call.
Moorman turned up for two pair, but Adeniya had just a slightly bigger two pair with 
. Moorman was eliminated and Adeniya is up to 151,000.