Main Event Day 1 | 2010 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace

04-27-2010 12:24 UTC-12

Dinner Break

donpeters

The players are now on a one-hour dinner break. We'll see you back here just before 6:30 p.m.

04-27-2010 12:12 UTC-12

Haxton Gone

donpeters

Isaac Haxton was just eliminated by Blair Hinkle. All of the money went in on the river with Haxton holding a straight and Hinkle a flush.

Tags: Blair Hinkle Isaac Haxton

04-27-2010 12:04 UTC-12

Alvarado's Turn to Spike a Card

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There was a raise to 750 and two calls before J.C. Alvarado squeezed his cards in the big blind. What he saw persuaded him to move all in for 4,500. The original raiser folded, but a player behind him called to a showdown.

"Do you have a pair?" Alvarado asked as he opened {A-Hearts}

. His opponent did indeed have a pair, {7-Spades}

. Those hands both connected hard with a flop of {7-Clubs}

. Alvarado had top two pair; his opponent made a set of sevens. Both players improved to a full house with the {Q-Hearts}

turn but Alvarado's was best. The board blanked out {5-Spades}

.

The dealer inadvertently killed Alvarado's hand, not realizing that he had made queens full of aces. The table quickly corrected her and the pot was awarded properly. Christina Lindley claimed to have folded pocket eights, while a fourth player (the original raiser) claimed to have folded pocket tens.

Alvarado is up to about 11,000.

Tags: JC Alvarado

04-27-2010 12:00 UTC-12

Little Turning Things Around

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Burt Boutin and Jonathan Little got all of the money in on a board of {9-Diamonds}

. Little held the {K-Diamonds}

for a flush and Boutin a straight with the {J-Hearts}

. Boutin wasn;'t drawing stone dead just yet, as he did have the {6-Diamonds}

for the miracle out.

The river produced the {4-Diamonds}

though and that didn't do it for Boutin. After a final count of the chips, Little had Boutin covered and eliminated him. Little moved up to about 40,000 chips and it seems his day has begun to turn around.

Tags: Burt Boutin Jonathan Little

04-27-2010 11:50 UTC-12

Giang Ducks and Covers

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Chau Giang is up to 47,000 chips after ducking what seemed like half of the deck against James Mackey and another opponent. All three players checked the river of a {6-Hearts}

board. Giang's pair of jacks, {J-Spades}

, was good against Mackey's busted straight draw, {5-Diamonds}

, and the third player's busted combination draw, {7-Hearts}

.

Tags: Chau Giang

04-27-2010 11:46 UTC-12

Flack at 110k

donpeters

In this battle of multi-bracelet winners, Layne Flack checked the board of {A-Diamonds}

to Brock Parker. He fired 2,800 and Flack made the call. The river completed the board with the {8-Diamonds}

and Flack checked. Parker quickly checked behind.

Flack tabled {A-Hearts}

for two pair, making aces and eights on the river. Parker mucked his hand and Flack was pushed the pot. Flack's now sitting on a most-interesting 110,000 chips. Parker dropped back to 38,000.

Tags: Brock Parker Layne Flack

04-27-2010 11:40 UTC-12

Heimiller Snap-Folds the River

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We came to Scott Seiver's table just as Dan Heimiller was betting 1,500 on the turn, {Q-Spades}

. Seiver called to the {10-Hearts}

river. Heimiller checked, and then snap-folded to a Seiver's bet before anyone even had a chance to count how much it was.

Seiver is up to 55,000. Heimiller is down to 20,000.

04-27-2010 11:34 UTC-12

Dunst Loses to a Claimed Broadway

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Action was checked to Tony Dunst on the flop of {J-Spades}

. He fired 1,100 and his one opponent called.

The turn was the {4-Clubs}

and both players checked. The river was the {Q-Clubs}

and both players checked again. Dunst mucked after his opponent tabled the {K-Clubs}

, announcing that he had broadway. He didn't actually hold broadway, but rather a king-high straight. Either way, it was good enough to knock Dunst down to 29,000.

Tags: Tony Dunst

04-27-2010 11:20 UTC-12

Tough River for Boyd

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No matter how Dutch Boyd played his latest hand, it seems, he was destined to lose it. Pre-flop, he three-bet to 2,000 after the under-the-gun player raised. Action passed to the small blind. He called the 2,000 and was the monkey in the middle when the under-the-gun player four-bet to 7,000.

Boyd craned his neck to get a better look at both of his opponents' stacks before calling the 7,000. The small blind quickly exited the hand.

The rest of the chips went in on a ten-high flop, {10-Spades}

, with Boyd calling his opponent's last 9,900. Boyd had pocket kings; his opponent had pocket queens. Neither player had a diamond, which was bad news for Boyd when the board ran out {2-Diamonds}

and

to give his opponent a rivered set of queens.

Boyd is down to about 6,500 in chips.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25