2010 World Series of Poker

Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$614,248
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,460,050
Entries
2,563
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

McMahon's Four Horsemen

Jeff Hakim was all in for about 75,000 before the flop with {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts}, and he was in very immediate danger of elimination at the hands of William McMahon's {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades}.

If his peril wasn't immediate enough, the flop of {K-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} made things quite clear. Quads are unbeatable on that flop, and the meaningless turn and river sent Hakim to the payout desk here in the final level of the night.

McMahon - 256,000

Tags: Jeff HakimWilliam McMahon

McMahon is McBusto

William McMahon and Scott Hamilton got all the chips in the middle preflop and it was time for another race.

Showdown
McMahon: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Hamilton: {A-Hearts}{K-}

The {K-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop was was terrible for McMahon and he couldn't find a ten on the turn ({A-Clubs}) or the river ({9-Clubs}).

McMahon is busto and Hamilton is up to 593,000 chips.

Tags: Scott HamiltonWilliam McMahon

Final 27

There are just three tables left, and after the redraw they look like this:

Table 368
Seat 1: Harsukhpaul Sangha
Seat 2: Jason Taus
Seat 3: Michael Smith
Seat 4: Austin McCormick
Seat 5: Joseph Brattole
Seat 6: David Newcomer
Seat 7: Kyle Winter
Seat 8: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan
Seat 9: Waylon Frey

Table 369
Seat 1: Jacobo Fernandez
Seat 2: Simon Watt
Seat 3: Jeremy Fendelet
Seat 4: Venkatesh Gupta
Seat 5: Yat Cheng
Seat 6: Scott Hamilton
Seat 7: Antoine Amourette
Seat 8: Nick "ISpewChips" Phillips
Seat 9: Jody Fayant

Table 372
Seat 1: Marvin Rettenmaier
Seat 2: Eric Ladny
Seat 3: Kyle Julius
Seat 4: Jason Young
Seat 5: Christopher Giddings
Seat 6: Ryan Huntley
Seat 7: David Randall
Seat 8: Rodrigo Horvath
Seat 9: Alex Bolotin

Chip Counts

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Player Chips Progress
Harsukhpaul Sangha ca
Harsukhpaul Sangha
940,000
605,000
605,000
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
845,000
252,000
252,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
735,000
-25,000
-25,000
Austin McCormick us
Austin McCormick
730,000
303,000
303,000
Simon Watt nz
Simon Watt
640,000
190,000
190,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nicholas Phillips
Nicholas Phillips
550,000
118,000
118,000
Jacobo Fernandez us
Jacobo Fernandez
510,000
148,000
148,000
Jason Taus
Jason Taus
390,000
220,000
220,000
Michael Smith us
Michael Smith
375,000
140,000
140,000
Jeremy Fendelet us
Jeremy Fendelet
230,000
170,000
170,000
Joseph Brattole
Joseph Brattole
210,000
45,000
45,000
Venkatesh Gupta us
Venkatesh Gupta
200,000
-111,000
-111,000
David Newcomer
David Newcomer
180,000
-5,000
-5,000
Kyle Winter
Kyle Winter
140,000
-43,000
-43,000
Antoine Amourette fr
Antoine Amourette
136,000
77,000
77,000
Jody Fayant ca
Jody Fayant
115,000
86,500
86,500
Yat Cheng
Yat Cheng
65,000
-95,000
-95,000

Rettenmaier Gets There

Under the gun, Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 29,000, and Kyle Julius made the call to see a flop.

It came an exciting {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}, and fireworks ensued. Rettenmaier fired out a continuation bet of 42,000, and Julius called to see the {7-Spades} land on fourth street. Another bet came from Rettenmaier, 101,000 this time, and Julius came right along with another call.

The river was the {A-Diamonds}, and Rettenmaier fired a third bullet 113,000 chips strong. After some quick deliberation, Julius made a covering raise to 300,000 total, and Rettenmaier made the call all in. He tabled {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}, and his jacks full of aces was the best hand. A frustrated Julius slid his cards into the muck, decimating his stack all the way down to 455,000 from his once lofty position.

Rettenmaier is now the one doing all the chip stacking; he's up to about 900,000 after that double.

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierKyle Julius

Three-Way All-In

After a series of preflop raises, Jacobo Fernandez, Yat Cheng and Venkatesh Gupta got all the chips in the middle and turned their hands over:

Showdown
Gupta: {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}
Cheng: {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Fernandez: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

The {10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} was a great sweat for Chung, and the {8-Diamonds} on the turn gave him the lead. Gupta picked up a diamond draw though, and the {4-Diamonds} spiked on the river giving him the winning flush.

Cheng is eliminated and Gupta is up to 180,000 chips while Fernandez slipped to 343,000.

Tags: Jacobo FernandezVenkatesh GuptaYat Cheng