2010 World Series of Poker

Event #8: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j6
Prize
$568,974
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,160,350
Entries
2,341
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

All In and Call!

"All in and call table 8!"

"All in, call, all in and call!"

This is what you hear on several occasions as you walk from one end of the room to the other.

Although $1,500 might not seem much to some - and also plenty for others - it is no means to just donk off your chips.

With hour-long levels, a ninety big blind starting stack and a potentially half a million dollar payday on the line for the winner, the forty or so people that have already been eliminated are probably regretting their strategic approach to Event 8.

Obrestad Lays Down a Set

After the turn, with the board showing {2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, Seat 4 check and Annette Obrestad bet 100. Seat 4 made the call and then led out for a bet of 350 when the {9-Hearts} hit the river.

Obrestad raised to 1,050 only to be reraised to 3,350. After a moment's hesitation, Obrestad flipped over pocket nines and folded. She is now left with a stack of 3,500.

Tags: Annette Obrestad

Aces Up For Bellande

Jean Robert-Bellande
Jean Robert-Bellande

Twitter is by far the biggest fad to have swept the floors of the WSOP since it's movement to the Rio.

One of the social networking and microblogging service's biggest tweeters is Jean-Robert Bellande under the handle of 'BrokeLivingJRB' who details the crazy swings he experiences on a daily basis playing poker.

Bellande - and of course all of his fans - will be happy to hear that Bellande has made a great start to Event 8.

Three players put 225 into the pot preflop to see a {7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} flop fall and checks follow from all three players. The turn lande the {6-Hearts} and Bellande fired out 600 which was called by just one of his opponents as the other casually tossed in his hand.

The river landed the {K-Hearts} and after some deliberation Bellande tossed in a bet of 2,100. His opponent quickly made the call tabling his {K-Spades}{7-Spades} for two-pair, but it would be Bellande's {A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} for a better two-pair enough to take the pot down as see 'BrokeLivingJRB' chip up to just under 10,000 in chips.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande

Check Out Table 35

In a tournament that features over 2,200 players it is tough to find a table with more than a few notables, but over on table 35 we definitely have a table to watch.

James Mackey, Danny Wong, Jennifer Tilly, Shaun Deeb, Jorge Arias and Thor Hansen are seated together - and most importantly - on a table that isn't going to break today.

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Negreanu Chipped Down

On a flop of {9-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} Daniel Negreanu was faced with a bet of 600.

After some deliberation he bumped it up to 1,200 only to have his opponent three-bet to 3,000. Negreanu moved all in and his opponent made the call for his final 900.

Negreanu: {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Opponent: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}

With Negreanu needing to catch the remaining two in the deck to eliminate his opponent, the {6-Spades} on the turn and {8-Spades} on the river saw the Team PokerStars Canada Pro slip to around 1,300 in chips.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

The Maven Busts

David Chicotsky
David Chicotsky

According to a player who witnessed the action, David "The Maven" Chicotsky made a small raise and was reraised by an unknown opponent. The reraise was enough to put Chicotsky all in for around 1,200, and he made the call.

Chicotsky: {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {7-}{7-}

The board didn't bring Chicotsky any help and he was eliminated early in Level 2.

Tags: David Chicotsky

Liebert Doesn't Mind Early Exit

"I won't be upset if I get knocked out early today" stated Kathy Liebert.

We are not sure if she has somewhere to be, but what we can tell you is that there are no new events on today.

Maybe Liebert just needs to rest up after getting knocked out on the bubble of yesterday's Event 6: $1,500 No Limit Holdem Shootout by close friend Chris Ferguson.

Tags: Chris FergusonKathy Liebert