Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$324,450
Entries
721
Level
22
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Dinner Break
The players are now on a 90-minute dinner break. Let's eat!
Matt Hollinger Quietly Making Moves
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Though we haven't made note of any huge hands he's been involved with, Matt Hollinger is now sitting with about 34,000 in chips.
We recently saw him take 1,000 off an opponent in the big blind. Hollinger raised in second position to 1,000 and was called by the player in the big blind. On a flop of 
. Hollinger bet 1,500 after the big blind checked. The big blind folded to Hollinger, who added another small collection of chips to his growing stack.
Ruby Eliminates Davis
Chris Ruby checked to Rachel Davis with the board reading 
. Davis bet 2,700 and Ruby min-raised to 5,400. Davis tanked momentarily before moving all-in. Ruby snapped, and the hands were tabled:
Ruby: 
Davis: 
Davis found no help from either the 
on the turn or the 
on the river and was sent to the rail. Ruby raked in his winnings and is now sitting with 22,000 chips.
An Ace on the River Does it for Mckellar
Kenyon Mckellar raised to 800 from late position, when the player to his left re-raised to 1,800 with about 3,000 behind. Mckellar called and they were headed to the flop.
The flop was 
. Mckellar checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Mckellar raised, putting himself all in, though he had his opponent, who called, well covered.
Mckellar showed 
while his opponent proudly turned over 
. Things were looking good for Mckellar's opponent, but when the 
followed the 
, Mckellar found himself with one more victim to add to his list.
Escano Hero Calls Farmer
Although we're unsure of all of the exact action, all of the money went in between Chris Escano and Chris Farmer on a board of 
to create a pot worth about 35,000 chips. Escano called Farmer's shove with pocket queens. Farmer held the 
. The river blanked off and Escano won the big pot to put himself over the 40,000-chip mark. Farmer was eliminated on the hand.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Larger Population in Paris
Justin Paris is now amongst our chip leaders after taking down a pot worth 7,000 chips on a board of 
. Paris held pocket kings and was paid off by an opponent holding the 
. Paris is now up to 37,000 chips.
No Friendly Pots For Jonathan Kotula
Over at Table 20 three players limped and Jonathan Kotula checked in the big blind for a four-way pot. Things were friendly when all players checked the flop of 
as well as the turn, which was . However, when action checked around to Kotula on a 
river, he fired out a small bet of 600 and took the pot down. It may have been small, but it sent a message.
Zakaria Eliminated
Ramy Zakaria, who started the hand with 13,625, was involved in a big hand at Table 17. With blinds at 150-300, the player under the gun raised to 900, only to have Zakaria reraise to 3,000. At that point, a woman in the small blind committed her last 2,150 and the original raiser went all-in himself for a total of 9,950. Zakaria made the call and all three players turned over their cards.
Zakaria: 
Small blind: 
Under-the-gun player: 
With the pot at over 22,000, the flop came 
, giving the lady in the small blind a flopped set and an excellent chance to triple up. The turn sealed the deal on the main pot when the hit, but there was still around 15,000 in the side. The hit the river and Zakaria was left with a little over 3,000. Unfortunately, he couldn't recover and was eliminated a few hands later.