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Berry Johnston, the 1986 World Champion, has been eliminated from the tournament. We didn't catch the action but Johnston had been clinging to a short stack for the past couple levels.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1b
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,737,800
Total Entries
3,042
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 3,042
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Tournament Director Jack Effel grabbed the mic and announced to the room, "We've been hearing some other casinos are hosting events that players would rather be playing here."
He went on to announce that the Rio would now be hosting deep stack tournaments with $200 buyins where players would get 15,000 in chips and play 30 minute levels, starting at 25/50. The tournaments will be held every day at 1:00pm and continue on for as long as there is interest.
David "The Dragon" Pham was all in for his last 2,650 with 
. Burt Boutin made the call holding 
. A player in Seat 4 then went all in himself with 
, for only 225 more.
The flop was good for Boutin when it came 
, but the 
on the turn put Seat 4 in the lead. Neither Pham nor Boutin were helped by the 
on the river. Seat 4 tripled up while Pham was eliminated.
We don't know if they've played together since, but the last time we saw Kelly Kim and Ylon Schwartz play together was at the 2008 Main Event final table. Either way, they've found their way to the same table again today. We'll keep you posted on how things develop.
Phil Hellmuth raised under the gun to 450 and was reraised by the player in Seat 7 to 1,150. The player in Seat 8 then made it 2,525 to go.
Action folded back to Hellmuth who started to give one of his infamous speeches. Hellmuth then looked at our field reporter and flashed 
. "That is why they pay me the big bucks here," he said before tossing them into the muck.
Hellmuth is now down to abround 2,800.
John "The Razor" Phan called an opponent's all in bet for about 1,600. Phan held 
and was racing against his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
and Phan took down the pot. He is now up to 6,900.
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
We heard Phil Hellmuth yell "Deuce" after he and another player checked the turn and ran over to see a board reading 
. Sure enough, the river was the . Hellmuth said "wow" before firing 675 into the pot. The player in the cutoff called, but mucked when Hellmuth turned over 
.
The hand saw Hellmuth climb to 4,000.
When we got to the table the board read 
. Sam "KingKobeMVP" Stein checked and his opponent shoved for 8,025 into a pot of only 2,500. Stein made a huge call, as we'd see when the cards were turned.
Cutoff: 
Stein: 
Stein had a lot of catching up to do. The turn was the 
, which didn't change much. However when the came on the river, Stein made a better two pair and is now up to 17,500 chips.
Phil Hellmuth recently called from the small blind with a limper in front of him. The big blind checked and the three of them saw a flop of 
. Hellmuth checked, the small blind bet 600, and the player in the cut off folded.
Hellmuth called the 600 and then moved all in for 1,225 when the hit the turn. The big blind thought about it but decided to fold. Hellmuth is now up to 3,025.
