2010 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$184,950
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$739,800
Entries
548
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Yu Have Aces

On a flop of {10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Javier Torresola, in the small blind, checked. Ben Yu, from the big blind bet, and Tyler Bonkowski made it two bets on the button. Torresola made it three bets and both Yu and Bonkowski called.

The {5-Clubs} fell on the turn. This time, Torresola bet, and both Yu and Bonkowski called.

When the {6-Spades} hit the river, Torresola checked to Yu, who tossed in a bet. Bonkowski made the call and Torresola got out of the way.

Yu tabled aces and Bonkowski tossed his cards in the muck.

Tags: Javier TorresolaBen YuTyler Bonkowski

Steicke Takes One from Taylor

David Steicke made it two bets to go and Thomas Taylor called from the big blind.

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. Taylor check-called Steicke's bet.

The turn brought the {8-Spades} and Taylor checked to Steicke once more. Steicke through in a bet and Taylor made the call.

Both players checked the {4-Clubs} river.

"King-high," said Taylor. Steicke showed {j-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} or a pair of jacks to take the pot.

Tags: Thomas TaylorDavid Steicke

Level: 5

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 0

Stone Walled

Gabriel Walls raised from the cutoff. Claudio Rinaldi raised it up from the big blind. Walls tossed in one more raise, and Rinaldi made the call.

The flop came down {7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Rinaldi check-called Walls' bet.

The turn brought the {k-Hearts} and again Rinaldi checked, but this time folded to Walls' bet.

Tags: Gabriel Walls Claudio Rinaldi

Table Counts

Here are some table counts from the eight tables:

Table 308
Mitch Schock - 86,000
Matthew Kelly - 63,000
Terrence Chan - 57,000
Blake Cahail - 46,000
Thomas Taylor - 45,000
David Steicke - 35,000

Table 309
Brian Tate - 140,000
Sebastien Sabic - 90,000
Bahador Ahmadi - 66,000
Marcel Luske - 29,000
Feming Chan - 16,000
Andrew Petersen - 14,200

Table 310
Gabriel Walls - 80,000
Claudio Rinaldi - 73,000
Daniel Idema - 53,000
Chau Giang - 43,000
Robert Kovar - 41,000
Pat Pezzin - 29,000
Jonathan Little - 28,000

Table 311
Brendan Taylor - 110,000
Jonathan Tamayo - 48,000
Russell Cooper - 38,000
John Esposito - 46,000
Dash Dudley - 41,000
Sean Deacon - 40,000
Chris Farmer - 24,000

Table 312
Javier Torresola - 54,000
Ben Yu - 43,000
Jonathan Aguiar - 74,000
Jason Bellamy - 60,000
Tyler Bonkowski - 113,000

Table 313
Theo Tran - 105,000
Timothy Vansant - 72,000
Cameron Kazemi - 71,000
Mike Schneider - 68,000
Steve Stolzmann - 30,000
Steve Vanzadelhoff - 18,000

Table 314
Daniel Didech - 77,000
Sijbrand Maal - 49,000
Bradley Libson - 30,000
Brandon Gerson - 72,000
Brian Aleska - 108,000

Table 315
Robert Beveridge - 140,000
Gregg Merkow - 53,000
Omar Mehmood - 50,000
Cornel Cimpan - 26,500
Jimmy Shultz - 25,000
Joseph McGowan - 20,000

Two Pair for Kovar

From under the gun, Jonathan Little made it two bets and Robert Kovar in the small blind made the call.

The flop came down {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts} and Kovar bet. Little two bet and Kovar made the call.

The {q-Diamonds} turn was checked by both players.

On the {2-Clubs} river, Kovar bet and Little called, only to be disappointed when he saw Kovar {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for two pair.

Tags: Jonathan LittleRobert Kovar