Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Rincon
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Rincon
Prize Pool
$270,720
Entries
188
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Breaking a Table
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Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We've just broken another table (Table Dennis Phillips), and we're down to just nine tables left in play. That leaves us with 81 players, if our monkey math is correct.
Phillips' relocation finds him joining Table Phil Hellmuth now.
Big Stacks in the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | -5,000 |
|
127,000 | |
|
102,000 | 39,000 |
|
|
81,000 | -14,000 |
Hellmuth's Hand
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Phil Hellmuth and the player across the table from him tangled up in a preflop raising war. It looked like Hellmuth had opened, and the short-stacked player three-bet all in for an additional 9,200. When it came back to The Brat, he tanked for a while before splashing the call into the pot.
At showdown, the shorty had Hellmuth's hand, 
, and he was racing for his tournament life against the 
of The Brat.
The 
flop missed Hellmuth, but the 
turn certainly didn't. The at-risk player couldn't find his two-outer on the 
river, and Hellmuth has claimed another victim to move to about 47,000.
Morton Leading
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A player in late-middle position limped and Eddy Sabat raised to 2,300. Eric Morton called from the button and the big blind also called. The limper came along as well. The flop came 
and action checked all the way to Morton. He bet 3,500 and won the pot.
Morton is leading the field with about 95,000 in chips as 85 players remain.
Four-Bet Shoving
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Action folded to the player on the button and he raised to 2,500. Garry Gates three-bet to 6,200 from the big blind. The button came back with a four-bet shove, which had Gates covered. Gates mucked, mumbling something to himself.
Phillips Folds
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With about 18,000 chips already in the middle, a player bet 6,700 on the board of 
into Dennis Phillips. Phillips is most known for placing third in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event for $4,517,773 and was tanking long and hard on this hand. Phillips had about 30,000 chips behind and eventually gave it up. His opponent showed the 
and Phillips claimed to have laid down two tens.
All Those Chips... and a Hat Too!
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Floorman Jordan just walked around the room with a stack of hats with the brand River Card on the front. They're logod with Harrah's Rincon as well, and Jordan just handed one to the chip leader on each table. We're not sure what River Card is, and it appears not many people are. At one of the tables, the chip leader slipped the hat on and then questioned what he was wearing.
"Wait, what are we endorsing here?" he asked.
"River Card," Jordan answered as he walked to the next table.
"River Card?" the player was still puzzled. "You mean, like, we're promoting the fifth card on the board? The last community card? I'm cool with that."
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
A Little More For GG
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Under the gun, Steve Nixon opened the pot to 1,600, and he fount four callers. The dealer ran out a flop of 
, and they all checked to see the land on fourth street. When it checked to Nixon a second time, he took his cue to bet 3,000 at the pot, folding the next two players in line. Garry Gates had checked from the small blind, and now he snuck in a raise to 7,000 total. Nixon called, and the 
filled out the board. Gates took his pause for just a moment before sliding out one final bet, a small one of 6,000. Small though it was, it was too big for Nixon, and he surrendered his cards into the muck.
Gates is back up to about 40,000.