2010 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$197,470
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$877,500
Entries
650
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Basebaldy Strikes Out

Eric Baldwin
Eric Baldwin

Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin opened the pot to 350, and he found just one caller to go heads up the rest of the way.

The flop came out {5-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}, and Baldwin continued out with a bet. His opponent pushed back with a raise, and Baldwin moved all in on a three-bet shove. He was snap-called by {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades}, and Baldwin sheepishly tabled his not-there-yet {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}.

Needing two running cards to stay alive, Baldwin's day was done by the time fourth street dropped a blank {8-Diamonds}. Good game, sir.

Tags: Eric Baldwin

Thiago Nishijima Takes it

We caught up with the action on the {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{a-Clubs} flop and Thiago jut called the 825 chip-bet from the opponent.

With more than 2,000 chips in the pot, we saw a {j-Spades} fell on the turn.

Both players checked.

River: {9-Clubs} and the action was checked again.

Nishijima tabled {a-}{q-} and takes the pot. He's now up to 6,500 chips.

Tags: Thiago Nishijima

Leah, Cada Knocked Out

Mike Leah
Mike Leah

We didn't see what happened to Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah, or exactly when he stood up and walked out of the room. But what we can see is that his chair is now empty and there are no chips in front of his vacant space. We think it's safe to add his name to the list of early bustouts.

We also see that Joe Cada's chair is empty, and we can confirm that he too has been relieved of the remainder of his short stack.

Tags: Joe CadaMike Leah

Smith Sent Home

Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith was just knocked out by Steve Yea in a quick and decisive pot. Smith got his chips in with {K-} {Q-} on a {K-} {J-} {7-} flop. Yea looked him up with {Q-} {10-}, and his draw came through when a {9-Clubs} landed on fourth street.

Smith was drawing dead to the {J-} river, and he has been sent home as another early victim.

Breaking Things

We've got two full levels of action under our belts, and that means it's time for a little break. We'll see you in twenty minutes when the players return to the tables.

Official Registration List

Player Chips Progress
Davis Aalvik us
Davis Aalvik
4,500
Mads Aamot
Mads Aamot
4,500
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
4,500
Adam Adler us
Adam Adler
4,500
Al Adler us
Al Adler
4,500
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
4,500
Jon Aguiar
Jon Aguiar
4,500
Saifuddin Ahmad
Saifuddin Ahmad
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Bahador Ahmadi ca
Bahador Ahmadi
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Shayan Ahmed
Shayan Ahmed
4,500
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
4,500
Rob Akery gb
Rob Akery
4,500
Tomas Alenius se
Tomas Alenius
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Allis us
Mike Allis
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Alvarez us
Jason Alvarez
4,500
Nicholas Andricopulos us
Nicholas Andricopulos
4,500
Rene Angelil
Rene Angelil
4,500
Mickey Appleman us
Mickey Appleman
4,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Patrick Arena us
Patrick Arena
4,500
Jorge Arias
Jorge Arias
4,500
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
4,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
N/A Aron
N/A Aron
4,500
Harminder Aujla
Harminder Aujla
4,500
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
4,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Mark Babekov us
Mark Babekov
4,500

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Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

A Few Chippies

Returning from the break, we're working our way around the room counting down some stacks. Here's the first batch for your statistical amusement.

Player Chips Progress
13,200
8,700
8,700
12,500
8,000
8,000
9,500
5,000
5,000
7,300
2,800
2,800
7,000
2,500
2,500
6,500
2,000
2,000
5,200
700
700
5,100
600
600
4,500
4,500
4,500
4,500
4,200
-300
-300
3,900
-600
-600
3,500
-1,000
-1,000
2,700
-1,800
-1,800
2,000
-2,500
-2,500

Dave Ulliot Eliminated

David Ulliott
David Ulliott

We caught the action on the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop. David "Devilfish" Ulliott bet out 500 chips and Lex Veldhuis made the call.

Turn: {7-Hearts} and both players checked.

River: {10-Diamonds} and all the chips went in, Lex tabled {a-Spades}{10-Spades} and knocked out Devilfish.

Lex is now up to 7,000 chips.

Tags: David UlliottLex Veldhuis

Uhhhh, Good Game, Jeff

Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen

Jeff Madsen just came bounding over to our media desk where his iPhone was being so graciously charged by our own BlocaDaBarra.

"Uhhhh, good game," said Madsen, unplugging his phone, waving his hand at us, and running through the door and off to somewhere more important than here. He's out.

Tags: Jeff Madsen