2010 World Series of Poker

That's the end of Day 1 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Event #2 - $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. It was a day of late-registration confusion, a day of marked cards, a day of few eliminations and a day of odd blind levels.

116 players each came up with $50,000 to play this event. Among the busted today: Dan Shak, Tom Dwan, Andrew Brown, Marc Karam, Greg Mueller and Brian Townsend. Shak was the first one to go, when his set of nines ran into the nut straight in PLO. Dwan, the internet sensation, soon followed suit.

The overnight chip leader appears to be Erik Sagstrom, who bagged 329,100 chips. He's followed by David Oppenheim's 313,800. It appeared that no other player accumulated a stack bigger than 300,000 by the end of the night.

Play resumes tomorrow at 3pm local time. PokerNews will be there.

Until then, you can find us at the bar.

Razz:

We caught a big pot between Brett Richey and Phil Galfond on sixth street. Galfond led out with x-x / 2-8-3-A and was raised by Richey's x-x / 5-3-A-10. Galfond called and then checked the river dark. Richey squeezed his river card before betting. Galfond peeked and then check-raised. Richey's face screwed up in surprise as he contemplated his action. It took about a minute before Richey reluctantly tossed calling chips into the pot. Galfond turned up 6-4-7 on the hole for a 6-4 low. That was the winner.

Dan Kelly opened the action with a raise to 2,000 from middle position. Team PokerStars Pro Netherlands Noah Boeken reraised from the cutoff seat to 5,000. Team PokerStars Pro USA Greg Raymer flatted from the small blind and then Kelly made the call as well.

The flop came down and Raymer checked. Kelly also checked and then action moved back to Boeken. He fired a bet of 8,800 and both Raymer and Kelly folded rather easily allowing Boeken to scoop the pot.

No-Limit Hold'em:

Sometimes, even a small Italian man can see through Jesus' soul.

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson opened for 2,600 from late position, Dario Minieri called from the button, and the big blind called. The flop came down and the big blind checked to Ferguson, who bet 5,000. Minieri called and the big blind folded. The fell on the turn and Ferguson took another shot, betting 11,000. Once again, Minieri called. The river was the and Ferguson fired a third time, making it 25,000 to go. Minieri snap-called.

Betcha can't guess their hands.

Ferguson was on a stone bluff with , but Minieri made that insta-call on the river with -- nothing more than ace-high for the Italian Team PokerStars Pro.

The tournament clock is paused with 10 minutes to go. Each table will play six more hands and then bag the chips for tonight.

Pot-Limit Omaha:

Mike Matusow is known as a damn fine Omaha player. His early-position raise to 2,500 was called by Alex Kostritsyn from the cutoff. The two men got all of the chips in after a series of raises on a flop of . Matusow was the player at risk of elimination. He tabled the nuts with a full house re-draw, . Surprisingly, Kostritsyn also had the nuts with a flush re-draw, . Nothing changed after the turn and river missed both players, and . Chop it up. Matusow remains in the tournament.

Stud 8/b:

Tony G (X) (X) (X)
Joe Cassidy (X) (X) (X)

We picked this hand up on fourth street just as Tony G put out a bet. It earned folds from Phil Hellmuth and Robert Williamson III, but Joe Cassidy came along with a call. Cassidy check-called bets from The G on fifth and sixth streets, then paid him off on the river.

The G turned over for a seven-high straight. It was good for the high and the low and he scooped the pot. He's up to 75,000 while Cassidy fell to 165,000.

Omaha 8/b:

Abe Mosseri raised and Carlos Mortensen made the call. Chad Brown also called and then Daniel Harmetz called in the cutoff seat. Steve Billirakis called from the big blind as well to make for a five-way flop.

The flop came down and Billirakis led out. Everyone but Mosseri called. The turn was the and everyone left in the hand checked. The river completed the board with the and action was checked by Billirakis, Mortensen and Brown. Harmetz fired a bet and everyone quickly folded. Harmetz showed that he flopped quads jacks, revealing the from his hand and scooped in the pot.