2010 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$8,944,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Official Day 2B Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Assouline
David Assouline
387,800
387,800
387,800
Profile photo of Ricardo Fasanaro
Ricardo Fasanaro
380,000
380,000
380,000
Profile photo of Matthew Reed us
Matthew Reed
337,800
337,800
337,800
Profile photo of Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
303,100
174,272
174,272
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Charles Sylvestre ca
Charles Sylvestre
292,300
292,300
292,300
Profile photo of Jon Van Fleet us
Jon Van Fleet
290,600
174,300
174,300
Profile photo of Jeff Banghart us
Jeff Banghart
280,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Sasha Rosewood
Sasha Rosewood
279,500
232,675
232,675
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
278,200
220,550
220,550
Profile photo of Ali Aljenabi
Ali Aljenabi
275,100
275,100
275,100
Profile photo of Chris Tipper
Chris Tipper
270,600
214,950
214,950
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
265,000
212,725
212,725
Profile photo of Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
264,600
183,200
183,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Marko Doljevic us
Marko Doljevic
263,400
204,225
204,225
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
260,000
260,000
260,000
Profile photo of Randy Lorensen
Randy Lorensen
258,900
218,200
218,200
Profile photo of Jani Mikkola
Jani Mikkola
258,000
207,875
207,875
Profile photo of Jordan Cristos us
Jordan Cristos
255,900
188,500
188,500
Profile photo of Robert Miller us
Robert Miller
255,300
255,300
255,300
Profile photo of Jean-Paul Pasqualini fr
Jean-Paul Pasqualini
253,900
253,900
253,900
Profile photo of Mike (Musa) Mustafa
Mike (Musa) Mustafa
251,500
251,500
251,500
Profile photo of Max Casal
Max Casal
245,000
245,000
245,000
Profile photo of Marc Sander
Marc Sander
244,400
196,700
196,700
Profile photo of Archie Karas us
Archie Karas
242,700
104,925
104,925
Profile photo of Gabriel Walls
Gabriel Walls
241,300
100,250
100,250

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Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 2b Completed

We're Out of Day 2s

Collopy's late charge gave him about 300,000 for Day 3.
Collopy's late charge gave him about 300,000 for Day 3.

After eight hours of play, the second of the two Day 2 flights has come to an end. It was a comparatively short day in WSOP terms but it produced plenty of action.

Perhaps the most talked-about hand to emerge from Day 2b was a hand between Prahlad Friedman and Ted Bort. As was related to us after the fact, Bort shoved against Friedman, then eventually called a clock when Friedman was slow to decide what to do. With a floor person counting down the final ten seconds of the clock, Friedman appeared to call all in at the count of "One." Neither the dealer nor the floor heard him, however, and immediately killed his hand at the zero count. The entire table protested that Friedman had called, especially Bort -- who tabled what was the best hand. Friedman would have been eliminated. Instead Friedman remains alive heading into Day 3, as does Bort.

Otherwise the theme of the day was the elimination of many of the notable names. George Danzer. Phil Ivey. Todd Brunson. David Baker. John Phan. Gavin Griffin. J.C. Tran. Doyle Brunson. Jon Little. The list of eliminations goes on and on.

There were a few well-known name making waves near the top of the counts. Bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst was zeroing in on 300,000 chips before settling at 265,000 chips to end the day. The same was true of Gabriel Walls, who spent large portions of the day as the chip leader with 400,000 before falling back to 241,000 by the end of the night. The opposite was true of Jon van Fleet and Jim "Queso" Collopy, who both chipped up at the end of the night to settle just south of 300,000.

The overall leader for the day appears to be David Assouline, who bagged up 387,800. So far we haven't seen any bigger end-of-Day 2b stack. If that count holds, it will make Assouline the overall leader heading into Day 3 on Monday, when the entire field will consolidate for the first time.

Tomorrow is a day off for the World Series of Poker, the first and only day off the entire seven weeks of the festival. Survivors will spend the day trying their best to rest and relax in preparation to re-join the fray on Monday. It's unlikely that we'll hit the money by the end of the day Monday. All of these players are going to have to go through another full day of play without being assured a return on their $10,000 investment.

We'll return at noon on Monday. Until then, you can find us at the bar.

Tommy Vedes Eliminated

Tommy Vedes opened for 4,000 from the button and Matt Reed three-bet to 12,000. Vedes called and they saw a {A-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop. Reed set Vedes all-in and he made the call.

Vedes {Q-Spades}{3-Spades}
Reed {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

Vedes was looking for a spade to survive, but couldn't get there, the turn and river falling the {J-Clubs} and the {K-Hearts} to send him to the rail while Reed stacked up 337,800 in chips.

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Nice Ending for Van Fleet

Jon Van Fleet has had an adventurous day, and ended it on a high note after getting it all in with another big stack on one of the last hands of the night. Van Fleet's {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} held up against the {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} of his opponent, hitting quads on a {4-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} board.

Van Fleet will end the day with 295,600.

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Jumping Jack Flash

Dealing cards must not pay too well or something - the extremely entertaining Charles Sylvestre just now offered his dealer $20 to do 20 jumping jacks by the table. The dealer took him up on it, and although he slowed a little at 16 and stumbled on 18, we are pleased to say that he made it and Sylvestre cheerfully paid up.

Everybody at the table cheered.

Tags: Charles Sylvestre

Kelly Criterion

Kelly Kim
Kelly Kim

Kelly Kim, who I believe was only the second ever November Nine player to be eliminated from a final table, has just doubled up courtesy of a classic {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} versus {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} encounter.

It was Kim who held the ladies, his push from the button over the top of an early position open leading to an immediate call. "Nine nine," requested his opponent with a smile after the {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades} hit the felt, but his demands fell on stony ground as the turn and river came {J-Spades} and {J-Hearts} respectively.

That's how you get to WSOP finals - win those coin flips. Kim back up to 70,000.

Tags: Kelly Kim