Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 4 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,737,800
Entries
3,042
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Final Table? Let's Do This!
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Five days after it started, Event #13 is just hours from coming to an end. At 2:30 local time, our final nine players are set to sit down and play to a winner. Oh yeah, there's also a $472,479 payday coming for whichever one of our contestants is able to outlast his opponents.
It was a huge playing field with 3,024 people ponying up $1,000 for a shot at a bracelet. Along the way, many big names, and many more amateurs would fall. So who do we have left? We've got a seasoned veteran in "The Original" David Baker. Matthew Vance has two cashes under his belt less than two weeks into the series, not to mention the four he made last year. Nicholas Heather won over $10,000 in a previous event this year, and is bound to collect the largest live win of his career.
Oh yeah, we've also got Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby looking to bag another win and add to his over $1 million in career winnings. Mats Gavatin is looking to improve on his second place finish in a recent WSOPE event and score his first big live win since the 2005 EPT Irish Masters.
Make sure to stay with us through the day as we see the final table through to a winner and another bracelet in this year's World Series of Poker
Here's how our players are looking heading into the day:
David Baker - 2,553,000
Matthew Vance - 1,731,000
Steven Gee - 1,540,000
Nicholas Heather - 993,000
Kyung Han - 613,000
Daniel Thomas - 602,000
Jared Hamby - 423,000
Mats Gavatin - 393,000
Jeffrey Gross - 281,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Cards in the Air
We've gone through introductions, learned that it's Daniel Thomas's birthday, and the dealers have been given that famous instruction to "shuffle up and deal."
Gavatin Takes First Meaningful Pot
Matt Vance was in the hijack when he bumped it up to 65,000 with David Baker in the big blind being the only taker.
The flop came: 
and both players checked through. When the 
came on the turn, Baker bet 93,000 and Gavatin called.
The river was 
and Baker made one more bet of 264,000. Vance called and showed 
for the second nuts, which was good enough to boost him to into the chip lead with 2,153,000, while Baker is left with 2,131,000.
Gross Doubles Through Vance
Matt Vance was in middle position when he raised to 65,000 only to have Jeff Gross push his last 392,000 into the middle. Vance called and the two went to the first all-in flop of the day.
Vance: 
Gross: 
Gross was in a good position to double up, and managed to do so when the board fell 
. After the hand Gross was up up to a much more comfortable 785,000.
Images of the final table
The final table.
Mats Gavatin Eliminated in 9th Place ($35,290)
After Jeff Gross' double up in the last hand, Mats Gavatin was left as the shortest stack at the table. He went all in for 358,000 from middle position and got a call from Nicholas Heather.
Heather:
Gavatin: 
Gavatin wasn't able to get any of the help he needed as the flop fell 
giving Gavatin a huge lead in the hand. A meaningless came on the turn, and a 
arrived on the river, which meant Gavatin was the first player to bust on today's final table.
Heather now has about 1,500,000 in chips.
Vance and Baker Tangle Again
Matt Vance made an under the gun raise to 65,000 and was met with a re-raise from David Baker, who was in the cutoff. Vance responded with a call.
Flop: 
When the came on the turn, Vance led out with a bet of 200,000 and Baker made the call. Both players checked the on the river and Vance showed 
with Baker mucking.
Jared Hamby Eliminated in 8th Place ($46,077)
Many people may have pegged Jared Hamby as a favorite heading into today's final table. Even though he started with a small number of chips, his experience has to count for something. The remaining seven players must have taken a collective sigh of relief when he was eliminated.
Baker was in middle position when he raised to 65,000. When action got to Hamby on the button, he went all in for 431,000 with Baker making the call.
Hamby:
Baker:
It was a classic race position with Hamby maintaining the lead through the 
flop. When the 
fell on the river, Baker collected some more outs with a straight possibility adding to his over cards.
The river was the 
, giving Baker the wheel and sending Hamby to the rail.
Baker is once again our chip-leader with 2,200,000.