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

Chip Counts

A somewhat comprensive list of the players we're tracking today:

Player Chips Progress
Danny Estes
Danny Estes
38,000
33,500
33,500
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
22,000
17,500
17,500
PokerStars
Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
14,000
9,500
9,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
12,500
8,000
8,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
10,500
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
10,000
5,500
5,500
Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
9,500
5,000
5,000
Dewey Tomko us
Dewey Tomko
9,000
4,500
4,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
8,500
4,000
4,000
Jeff Williams us
Jeff Williams
7,500
3,000
3,000
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
7,000
2,500
2,500
Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
6,500
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
6,500
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nishijima Thiago
Nishijima Thiago
6,500
2,000
2,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
6,000
1,500
1,500
Chad Batista
Chad Batista
6,000
1,500
1,500
Tom McEvoy us
Tom McEvoy
6,000
1,500
1,500
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
6,000
1,500
1,500
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
6,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
5,500
1,000
1,000
David Sklansky us
David Sklansky
5,500
1,000
1,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Lisa Hamilton us
Lisa Hamilton
5,400
900
900
WSOP 1X Winner
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
5,000
500
500
WSOP 2X Winner
Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
Busted
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Theo Tran Eliminated

Theo Tran
Theo Tran

After a 600-chip bet from a player in middle position, Theo Tran bet the pot. Seated next to him, Michael Binger re-popped it and put him all in. Tran called.

Showdown:

Tran: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Binger: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Board: {k-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

Tran is out of the tournament and Binger is now up to 12,000 chips.

Tags: Michael BingerTheo Tran

Pilgrim Doubles to Six

On a flop of {5-Spades} {K-Spades} {9-Clubs}, we saw Dwyte Pilgrim call a bet of 1,000 chips from his opponent, committing nearly half of his remaining stack.

Fourth street was the {A-Clubs}, and the unknown opponent bet the 1,100 chips required to put Pilgrim to the ultimate test. Dwyte called all in with {K-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}, and he was in good shape against his opponent's {5-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}. The river was a blank {4-Spades}, and that secured Pilgrim's double up, putting him on about 6,000 chips.

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim

Seebs is Out

Joe Sebok
Joe Sebok

Joe Sebok was watching his stack dwindle for the last several, and he finally mustered the gumption to shove preflop with king-queen. He was looked up by an opponent with pocket sevens, and Seebs seemed content to race for double or nothing.

It ended up being nothing.

The board blanked off for Sebok, and he has been eliminated from our event.

Tags: Joe Sebok

Nice River for Kopp

Billy Kopp
Billy Kopp

When we arrive at the table the board was reading {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{6-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Kulicki told us that he bet pot in all the streets and the opponents just called.

Dominik Kulicki tabled aces, another player tabled aces too, and Billy Kopp tabled pocket eights.

The pot went to Kopp who now has 8,000 chips, Kulicki slipped to 4,500.

Tags: Dominik KulickiBilly Kopp

Moorman on His Bike

Chris Moorman has just been eliminated after shoving his {J-Hearts} {2-Hearts} into an opponent's {A-Clubs} {K-Spades}. The flop was a miss ({Q-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}), but he actually managed to find his {J-Clubs} on fourth street. That card opened up a lot of dangerous possibilities though, and the {10-Spades} on the river re-improved his opponent to the winning Broadway straight, signaling the end of Moorman's day.

Tags: Chris Moorman

Ramdin Plays One, Busts

Victor Ramdin
Victor Ramdin

Victor Ramdin has been a dead stack for most of the day, and he finally returned to play his remaining 375 little chips. The one hand he took was {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades}, plenty good enough to get his stack in there. Unfortunately for Ramdin, he ran into both {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} and {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}, putting him in bad shape to stay alive.

The flop was a good sweat, though, coming {9-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} to leave Ramdin open-ended for a triple up. "Oh, I love you baby," he said to the dealer, but she would not provide him any further assistance. The turn and river came {9-Clubs} and {5-Diamonds} respectively, blanks for everyone, and Ramdin's day has come to a close.

Tags: Victor Ramdin