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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,568,000
Entries
116
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 116
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Seven-Card Stud:
Tony G completed the bring-in before Robert Williamson III raised it up. The G called, and the two men were heads up the rest of the way.
Tony G: (X) (X) 
(X)
Williamson: (X) (X) 
(X)
Williamson kept the betting lead on fourth street, but Tony G made a raise, and Williamson smooth called. On fifth street, Williamson's ace drew another bet from him, and Tony G just called there, and he did the same on sixth street. Both players checked seventh street.
Tony G flipped up (
) for two pair, and that was good enough to take down the pot and get him right back to his starting stack.
Triple Draw:
Robert Mizrachi isn't in as bad shape as the now-eliminated Dan Shak, but he had been trending downwards into five-figure land for a while. He recently re-raised the button in triple draw after Tuan Le opened under the gun with a raise. Le called and drew two; Mizrachi took one.
Le check-raised Mizrachi after the first draw but couldn't shake his opponent. Mizrachi called to the second draw, taking one after Le rapped pat. Le bet, then faced a raise from Mizrachi. Le called. Both players rapped pat on the last draw and then checked. Mizrachi's 8-6-5-4-2 was enough to drag the pot. Mizrachi inched back above 100,000 with that win.
2-7 Triple Draw:
Daniel Alaei opened for a raise, Ted Forrest called and Alex Kostritsyn called from the big blind. Kostritsyn and Alaei each drew two while Forrest drew one. The action checked around to Forrest who bet out. Kostritsyn folded and Alaei called. Alaei drew two again and Forrest drew one. Alaei checked, Forrest bet, Alaei raised and Forrest called. Alaei rapped pat and Forrest drew one. Forrest check-called one more bet, but Alaei had him, turning over 7-6-4-3-2 for the second nuts.
Alaei is up to 185,000.
Seven-Card Stud:
A player in early position brought it in with the 
, and Tony G made the call. Todd Brunson made it two bets to go, and both the bringer-in and Tony G matched the bet to see fourth street.
Bring-in: (X) (X) 
(X)
Tony G: (X) (X) 
(X)
Brunson: (X) (X) 
(X)
On fourth and fifth streets, Brunson was doing the betting with both opponents calling at both times. On sixth, another Brunson bet folded the bring-in player, but Tony G called once again. He and Brunson checked it down on seventh street.
Brunson revealed ( 
) for tens up, and it was good. Guoga's down cards (
) gave him the inferior fives over fours, and he has slipped to about 110,000. Brunson is back to his starting stack of 150,000.
Pot-Limit Omaha:
Earlier we were discussing on media row what it would take for the first player to bust. I predicted the bust-out would come in PLO rather than in NLHE. Not to pat myself on the back, but...
Dan Shak and Dan Kelly went to war on a flop of 
. Shak checked, then check-raised Kelly's bet of 10,800 to 40,000. Kelly responded by moving all in and Shak quickly called. It was the first all in of the day.
Shak: 
, a set of nines, draw to a full house
Kelly: 
, a queen-high straight, draw to higher straights and a flush
Shak needed a board pair but didn't get it. The turn and river rolled out 
and .
When the stacks were counted down, Shak had Kelly covered by just 1,100 chips. Those chips went into a pot a short time later and didn't come back out in Shak's direction. He is the first player eliminated today.
Two players that have entered the $50,000 Players' Championship every year since its inception in 2006 are missing from the field this evening-- Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson. They still have until the end of the dinner break to get in on the action, but something tells us that they won't be here this year.
Limit Hold'em:
The rhythm of bets and raises is what really defines limit hold'em. In a hand at Table 333, the bettors and raisers were Scotty Nguyen and David Benyamine. Nguyen opened pre-flop under the gun for a raise before Benyamine re-raised the button. Nguyen called.
The flop came down 
. Nguyen checked, then check-raised Benyamine's bet. Benyamine called there, and called another bet on the turn. At the river , Nguyen slowed down with a check. He called Benyamine's last bet, then mucked when Benyamine showed a set of aces, 
.
"If I raise, I lose you, right?" Benyamine asked after the hand.
"Right, baby."
Benyamine is up to 155,000. Nguyen is back to the starting stack of 150,000.
Table 310 just switched to 2-7 Triple Draw, and two players simultaneously stood up from the table and meandered to the rail, and they weren't the two early-position players that are forced to skip each hand. One of the stander-uppers was Tad Jurgens, and someone on the ropes engaged him in some quick banter. "What's the matter?" asked the spectator. "Not a good deuce-to-seven player?"
Jurgens' response was a quick one: "Not against these players."
Pot-Limit Omaha:
Eli Elezra limped in from under-the-gun, Alex Kostritsyn raised to 2,300, Ted Forrest called from the cutoff and Mike Matusow called from the big blind. Matusow led out for 9,500 on the flop, Elezra called, and both Kostritsyn and Forrest folded. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river was the and Matusow took a shot at the pot, betting 12,700. Elezra called, turning over 
for sixes full. Matusow could only show 
for top pair and a busted wrap draw and Elezra took down the pot. He's up to 177,000 while Matusow fell to 110,000.
