2010 World Series of Poker

Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$1,559,046
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,568,000
Entries
116
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
30,000

Hand #36 - David Baker

Mikael Thuritz has the button in Seat 2. Michael Mizrachi opens for 125,000 and David Baker three-bets to 350,000 from the cutoff. Thuritz, who has 15,000 of his 100,000 chips committed in the ante, thinks for quite a while before folding, both blinds fold and the action is back on the Grinder. He folds and Baker wins the pot.

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 15,000

End of Level 23 Chip Counts

Vladimir Schmelev - 3,170,000
Robert Mizrachi - 2,850,000
Daniel Alaei - 2,725,000
John Juanda - 2,455,000
David Baker - 2,280,000
David Oppenheim - 2,235,000
Michael Mizrachi - 1,575,000
Mikael Thuritz - 100,000

Break

The players are now taking their first break of the day. It was an exciting level with several all-in clashes, a brutal cooler and zero eliminations. Expect more when we return in twenty minutes.

Hand #35 - Thuritz and Mizrachi Chop

The button is with David Baker in Seat 1. On the final hand before the break, Michael Mizrachi opens for 100,000 and David Oppenheim makes the call. Mikael Thuritz is all in for less from the small blind, as Vladimir Schmelev comes along in the big blind.

They see a flop of {9-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and action checks to Mizrachi who tosses out 100,000. Oppenheim folds but Schmelev makes the call. The turn is the {6-Spades} and this time Schmelev checks, then folds to the 225,000-chip bet from Mizrachi.

Mizrachi: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}
Thuritz: {K-Clubs}{4-Hearts}

The crowd roars as Grinder tables the nuts, leaving the Swede drawing to just three queens for a chop. You couldn't have written a better script as incredibly the river was the {Q-Hearts} and the players chop it up!

Hand #34 - Mikael Thuritz Quadruples Up

Robert Mizrachi has the button in Seat 8. Daniel Alaei, Michael Mizrachi, and David Oppenheim all limp in and David Baker completes the small blind. Mikael Thurtiz, in the big blind, is all-in for 5,000.

The flop is {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}. Baker and Alaei check to Mizrachi, who bets 50,000. Oppenheim and Alaei call and Baker folds. The turn comes the {10-Spades} and Mizrachi leads out for 125,000. Oppenheim makes it an additional 300,000 to go and Mizrachi calls. The river is the {3-Diamonds} and Mizrachi checks to Oppenheim who bets 550,000. Mizrachi folds.

Oppenheim shows {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and wins the side pot while Thuritz wins the 20,000-chip main pot with {J-Spades}{3-Clubs}.

Hand #33 - Vladimir Schmelev Doubles Through Mikael Thuritz

Vladimir Schmelev
Vladimir Schmelev

The button is with David Oppenheim in Seat 7.

Mikael Thuritz raises it up to 110,000 from under the gun, before next to speak, Vladimir Schmelev makes it 325,000 to play. The table folds around and Thuritz quickly moves all in and Schmelev insta-calls!

Thuritz: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Schmelev: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}

The classic cooler on one of the biggest final tables at the WSOP. Ouch!

The dealer spread the board {4-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{4-Spades}{A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and after a count down of chips it appears that Thuritz is left with just 5,000 in chips as Schmelev doubles to around 3.3 million!

Tags: Vladimir SchmelevMikael Thuritz