Salt in Juanda's Wound
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Poor poor John Juanda. After bubbling this event last night, he drew a Day 2 $10K Pot-Limit Omaha table directly adjacent to where Dan Kelly and Shawn Buchanan are seated. Oh, what might have been...
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
Day: 3
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
Top Pair Good for Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu and Frank Kassela were heads up with the board reading 
. Both players checked, and the turn brought the 
. Negreanu led for 85,000 from the big blind and Kassela called.
Negreanu fired 200,000 after the 
rivered and Kassela looked him up. Negreanu opened 
for a pair of kings and Kassela mucked his hand.
Kassela dipped to 530,000 chips while Negreanu increased his stack to 1,200,000.
Vadim Trincher Eliminated in 16th Place ($58,699)
Vadim Trincher got his money in with 
but could not improve against Shawn Buchanan's pocket kings. Trincher hit the rail in 16th place and Buchanan is up to just over a million in chips.
Three Tables Left
Heather Sue Mercer Eliminated in 15th Place ($58,699)
The action folded around to Martins Adeniya on the button. He raised to 58,000 and Heather Sue Mercer moved all-in from the small blind for 221,000. Isaac Haxton reshoved from the big blind and Adeniya folded.
Mercer 
Haxton 
Mercer's hand was dominated, and she did not improve on the 
board. She hit the rail in 15th place, collecting her largest-ever career tournament cash while Haxton moved up to 1.24 million in chips.
Kelly Goes from Short Stack to Contender
In less than one level, Dan Kelly has gone from 260,000 chips to nearly a million.
Brian Hodhod opened for 54,000 from the cutoff and Dan Kelly moved all-in for 456,000 from the big blind. Hodhod made the call.
Kelly 
Hodhod 
Kelly was looking good on the 
flop, but the 
hit the turn, giving Hodhod command of the hand. However, Kelly hit the 
on the river to make a set and instead of hitting the rail, he doubled his stack to 930,000.
Billy Jordanou Eliminated in 14th Place ($58,699)
Billy Jordanou opened to 55,000 from the cutoff before Dan "djk123" Kelly three-bet to 155,000 from the small blind. Jordanou moved all in for just 145,000 more and Kelly made the call.
Jordanou:
Kelly:
The 
flop was disastrous for Jordanou, and he shot up out of his chair in disgust. He put one arm in his jacket as the 
fell on the turn and it was fully on as soon as the 
rivered. Jordanou quickly exited shaking his head in disappointment.
With the knockout, Kelly is now up to 1,300,000 chips.
Eugene Katchalov Doubles Through Brian Hodhod
Brian Hodhod opened for 52,000 from the button, then called Eugene Katchalov's 358,000 shove from the small blind.
Katchalov 
Hodhod 
Katchalov flopped his kicker on the 
board and doubled to 752,000. Hodhod is down to 1.73 million.
Shallow Stacks for Deep Buy-In?
The always-outspoken Daniel Negreanu wandered over to our table between hands and commented about how disappointed he was in the structure of this event. And while a pro voicing displeasure with a tournament structure is certainly nothing new, Negreanu may have a point here.
At the moment, the average stack is about 1 million in chips, which amounts to a little over 40 big blinds. It goes a long way toward explaining why a lot of the hands we've reported thus far are pre-flop three-bet shoves and all-ins on the flop. There simply isn't a ton of room for play right now.
Mosseri Folds to Trickett's Shove
Isaac Haxton opened for 55,000 from the button and Sam Trickett called from the small blind. Abe Mosseri raised to 155,000 from the big blind. Both Haxton and Trickett called.
The flop came down 
. Trickett checked, Mosseri bet 200,000, Haxton folded and Trickett moved all-in for 825,000. Mosseri tanked for several minutes before folding.
"I had two sevens. He could have had two nines," Mosseri said. He's down to 920,000 while Trickett is up to 1.5 million.