Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,245,050
Entries
1,663
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Roger Teska Eliminated
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Roger Teska started the day 1st in the counts of the 146 remaining players. He's now out with six tables left in the tournament. In a hand that went five minutes into the break, Teska and Russell Thomas got it all in on a board of 
. Thomas tabled a set, 
. Teska was drawing very, very slim with 
but Thomas was still worried.
"Do NOT do this to me. Jesus Christ!" he said. The poker gods didn't "do it" to him. The river blanked 
. The stacks were counted down; Thomas had Teska covered.
Break Time
It's that time again. Out the door they go. Back in 20 minutes.
A Good Time for Kings
To be honest, it's almost always a good time for kings. It's only a bad time for kings if your opponent has aces or if someone with a naked ace spikes an ace on board. Regardless, Russell Thomas opened for 14,000. He was raised by Steven Tabb to 32,000. Thomas shoved with 
; Tabb called with 
. The river was actually a pretty good sweat for Thomas, as the board developed 
. But it came a safe 
. Tabb fell to 75,000 in the counts, while Thomas is now quite robusto with 260,000.
Viox Up, Monica Down
Chris Viox and Conrad Monica go all in preflop. Monica has Viox covered, but Viox has the better hand. He shows 
, a large favorite over Monica's 
.
The board didn't change this and Viox doubled up to 95,000. Monica is now sitting behind a 190,000 stack.
JP Kelly Eliminated
It's improbable that Dorlan Schick would lose with ace-queen every time he's dealt it. A few hands after his encounter with Milad Jorshari, Schick was dealt . He raised to 11,500 and was called by button player JP Kelly. Schick continued on a flop of 
, with Kelly once again called. The rest of the money went in on the 
turn, with Kelly only able to muster up 
. The river blanked to send Kelly off in search of the cage.
Martin Holds
David Diaz was chipping up something fierce early in the day. But since then he hasn't been able to continue the accumulation process. He tried to take out a short-stacked Jesse Martin, who moved all in for about 70,000. Diaz called with 
but was dominated by Martin's . A paired flop, 
, didn't improve either player but wasn't the best flop for Martin. It raised the specter of a chopped pot. The turn bricked 
and Martin caught an unnecessary queen on the river to double up.
Diaz is down to about 195,000.
Jorshari and Schick: Round 2
Milad Jorshari and Dorlan Schick got it all in once again. But this time it was preflop, and Jorshari was the one at risk.
Jorshari moved all in from the cutoff for 51,000 and Schick called. Instantly. Jorshari sighed, leaned back on his chair and said, "I hope I can suck out. An instant call is never good."
Showdown:
Schick:
Jorshari:
Flop:
Turn:
Suckout:
Jorshari's wish was granted in the form of a river card and he doubles up to 115,000. Shick still has a sizable stack of 230,000.
Dudley Dashing for the Exit
Dash Dudley shoved his short stack with . Darren Wong decided to take a flip and looked Dudley up with presto, pocket fives. Presto was good on a board of 
. That was all she wrote for Dudley. Wong, meanwhile, still has work to do with a stack of about 120,000.
Finally, a Slow Down!
It took a day and a half, by the pace of the tournament has finally started to slow down. In the 80 minutes since we came back from dinner we've only lost 11 players, or 20% of the remaining field. That may seem like a lot, but when you consider that this tournament burst the money bubble late last night on Day 1, it seems pokey by comparison. Part of it is no doubt a function of evenly spread chips; part of it is that as we get deeper into the money the stakes go up; and part of is (no doubt) that the six-handed players that have survived this long may be less prone to shove all the chips in pre-flop than the players who busted out already.
Whatever the reason, with 7 tables left we're definitely slowing down. Will we get down to a final table in the next four-and-a-half levels? Time will tell.