2010 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$825,976
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$4,464,300
Entries
1,941
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Jamming Through the Night

It was all in preflop for Jon Turner and his opponent. Turner was ahead and not at risk with his {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} against his opponent who tabled {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {j-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs}{8-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and Turner stacked his chips to 300,000 while his opponent hit the rail.

Tags: Jon Turner

Don't Mess with the Big Stack

James Mackey got to stacking quite a few more chips when he and an opponent got all the chips in the middle preflop. Obviously Mackey's tournament life wasn't at risk. His opponent however had committed his remaining 220,000 with {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}. Mackey showed {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

The board brought no help to the at risk player. It came down {4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. Mackey is the monster chipleader now with 850,000.

Tags: James Mackey

Yep for Jeppsson

Christian Jeppsson is now above the half million mark after getting somewhat lucky and knocking out another relatively big stack.

The soon-to-be-busted unfortunate opened for 17,000 on the button and Jeppsson called in the small blind. Dan Shak called in the big blind as well, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

Jeppsson bet out 28,000 and Shak folded; the button however raised to 60,000. Jeppsson went all in, his opponent called all in for 228,000 total, and they were on their backs.

Button gent: {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for top pair, top kicker
Jeppsson: a rather speculative {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Turn: {9-Spades} - no help there

River: here's some help -{k-Clubs}

The unfortunate gent on the button got nothing but a payout slip. Jeppsson meanwhile rivered his way to big stack status.

Tags: Christian Jeppsson

Slip on the Court

From the cutoff, Court Harrington opened for 13,500. The player in the big blind made the call and the flop came down {a-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. Both players checked to the {7-Diamonds} river. The player in the big blind made it 15,500 and Harrington made the call.

The {6-Spades} fell on the river and both players checked again. When Harrington saw the {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} of his opponent, he flicked his cards into the muck. Harrington is sitting on 110,000.

Tags: Court Harrington

Mackey's Million

We caught the action on the flop in this hand that James Mackey was involved in. The flop read {k-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and from under the gun, Mackey made it 18,000. His opponent in the cutoff reraised to 42,000 and Mackey made the call.

The {j-Clubs} fell on the turn and Mackey check-called the 46,500 bet of his opponent.

On the {5-Diamonds} river, Mackey checked once more, as did his opponent.

Mackey tabled {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for trips and has surpassed the one million mark in chips.

Tags: James Mackey

Day 2 Bagged Up

James Mackey - chip daddy
James Mackey - chip daddy

It's been another long day in the Amazon Room, but not quite as much poker has been played as we hoped. We were scheduled to play 10 levels today, but owing to a late start and a brief hiatus when the payout computer went a bit mad, it's 3am and we've only got through nine full levels.

Nevertheless, we've done rather well in terms of decimating the field. We came back today with a daunting 502 players, and are now down to just 75 or so. Leading the field is James Mackey, On an astounding 1,011,000 - that'll be around 126 big blinds when play resumes tomorrow - Mackey is looking in pretty good shape to bag himself his second bracelet.

This bracelet is not looking likely to be awarded tomorrow though - like our friends over in the PLO Championship, this tournament is almost guaranteed to run to four days at this point. Still, the blinds are getting big and anything can happen. Either way, we will be back in the Amazon Room at 3pm tomorrow, when we will be playing at least down to a final table. See you then.

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em

Day 2 Completed

Official Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of James Mackey us
James Mackey
1,011,000
-19,000
-19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christian Jeppsson se
Christian Jeppsson
548,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Alfonso Amendola it
Alfonso Amendola
480,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Michael Abdoulah
Michael Abdoulah
475,500
434,100
434,100
Profile photo of Peter Kaemmerlen us
Peter Kaemmerlen
446,000
381,200
381,200
Profile photo of Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
428,500
243,500
243,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sebastian Winkler de
Sebastian Winkler
378,000
333,100
333,100
Profile photo of Viet Vo us
Viet Vo
370,000
347,800
347,800
Profile photo of Davor Lanini it
Davor Lanini
334,000
290,400
290,400
Profile photo of Joseph Curcio us
Joseph Curcio
302,500
274,900
274,900
Profile photo of Viliamu Amitoelau
Viliamu Amitoelau
297,000
255,500
255,500
Profile photo of
288,000
Profile photo of Kevin O'Connell
Kevin O'Connell
274,500
Profile photo of Wesley Pantling ca
Wesley Pantling
261,000
209,500
209,500
Profile photo of Bryan Porter
Bryan Porter
252,500
176,400
176,400
Profile photo of Jean Larosiliere
Jean Larosiliere
250,500
25,500
25,500
Profile photo of Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
242,500
202,500
202,500
Profile photo of Jason Boyes
Jason Boyes
225,000
185,000
185,000
Profile photo of John Apostolidis
John Apostolidis
222,000
102,000
102,000
Profile photo of Warren Wooldridge
Warren Wooldridge
218,000
-32,000
-32,000
Profile photo of
217,000
197,500
197,500
Profile photo of Kyle Knecht us
Kyle Knecht
216,500
-53,500
-53,500
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
215,500
-44,500
-44,500
Profile photo of Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
201,500
184,100
184,100
Profile photo of Viktor Wessman
Viktor Wessman
199,500
149,900
149,900

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