Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2010 World Series of Poker
WSOP Tournament of Champions
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
27
Level
19
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
T.J.'s Boat Floats
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Five players limped in and saw a 
flop. Bertrand Grospellier led out for 2,200 and only T.J. Cloutier called. The turn came the 
and both players checked. When the 
hit the river, Grospellier checked to Cloutier, who bet 3,100. Grospellier made the call.
Cloutier tabled 
for fours full of tens and raked in the pot.
Duke Donates Down Under
Annie Duke raised to 2,200 from early position, and both Joe Hachem and big blind Antonio Esfandiari called. Esfandiari checked the 
flop, and Duke c-bet 4,300. Hachem made the call while Antonio declined to put anymore chips into the middle. Duke checked the 
turn, and Hachem checked behind. Same action on the 
river, and Hachem turned over 
for third pair. That was good enough to move up to 56,000. Duke slipped to 25,000 and the position of table short stack.
Reverse Domination
Daniel Negreanu made it 1,800 to go from under-the-gun and Mike Matusow called from the big blind. Both players checked the 
flop. The turn was the and Matusow led out for 1,600. Negreanu called. The river fell the 
and Negreanu called Matusow's 2,100 bet.
Matusow showed the nut no-pair with 
, but Negreanu had flopped his kicker with and took it down with two pair.
Chan Folds a Boat
Scotty Nguyen raised to 2,400, and Johnny Chan called on the button to see the flop come out 
. Looked like an action flop, but both players checked it. The 
turn made things even more interesting, yet it got two more checks. The 
on the river got a bet of 4,000 from Nguyen. Chan said, "I flopped a full house," and somehow he folded 
face up.
"Only you can fold that, Johnny," Nguyen said. Scotty is up to 73,000, approaching Johnny's 76,000 stack.
Harman Rockets Up
Annie Duke raised to 2,200 from the cutoff, and Joe Hachem quickly made it 4,900 on the button. Jen Harman checked her cards a few times in the small blind and moved all of her chips across the line. Duke got out of the way, and when Hachem found out it was another 11,300 for him to call, he decided to risk it. But it wasn't exactly the flip he'd been hoping for.
Harman: 
Hachem: 
The board fell 
, and top set gave Harman a decisive victory. She went from short stack to 38,000 in short order. Hachem fell to 42,000.
Howard Lederer Doubles Through Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth opened for 1,600 from under-the-gun and Howard Lederer called from the big blind.
Both players checked the 
flop. When the hit the turn, Lederer bet 2,500, Hellmuth raised, and Lederer moved all-in for 14,700. Hellmuth called.
Lederer 
Hellmuth 
Hellmuth needed to pair the board in order to outdraw Lederer's nut flush. The , however, fell on the river and Lederer scored a double-up to 33,800.
Esfandiari Gives It Up
From the big blind, Antonio Esfandiari called an Allen Cunningham cutoff raise. The flop came down and Esfandiari led out 4,100 at the pot. Cunningham popped it to 10,500 and after a little bit of thought, Esfandiari threw his hand away.
Esfandiari: Down to about 35,000
Cunningham: Up to about 43,000
Dan Harrington Eliminated
Mike Matusow opened for 2,400, Daniel Negreanu flat-called from the hijack seat and Dan Harrington moved all-in for 17,000 from the small blind. Matusow folded and Negreanu called.
Harrington
Negreanu
Negreanu's pocket aces held up on the 
board and Harrington exited the stage to a round of applause.
End of Level 6 Chip Counts
From the ESPN featured table:
Huck Seed - 94,400
Chris Ferguson - 48,100
Mike Matusow - 48,000
Phil Hellmuth - 45,900
Daniel Negreanu - 32,400
T.J. Cloutier - 30,600
Bertrand Grospellier - 26,700
Howard Lederer - 21,000
Dan Harrington - 18,400