Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,960,100
Entries
3,289
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
"I'll Show You."
Alan Smurfit raised to 725 and was reraised to by an opponent to 1,725. Smurfit then moved all in, causing his opponent to mull it over.
"I love when they don't instantly call," Smurfit said, "It makes me feel better about my hand."
"I'm feeling better about your hand too," his opponent responded.
"I'll show you," Smurfit offered if his opponent folded. Sure enough, his opponent threw it away and Smurfit showed 
. He now has 8,400.
Ben Roberts Eliminated
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Ben Roberts moved all in from the small blind for 3,575. Action went back to the button who had raised to 700 and he tanked.
"I hope you have pocket sevens or something," said the button.
"Pretty good guess," replied Roberts.
After about a minute, the button decided to call. His guess was indeed good.
Showdown:
Roberts: 
Button: 
The board came 
and Roberts' tournament life came to an end.
Players Dropping Fast
Players are dropping fast since returning from the dinner break. The clock says we have 480 out of the original 1,931 remaining. As such, tables are breaking at a rapid pace. Only three more tables need to break before we are confined to the corner section of the Pavilion Room.
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Play Resumes
Players have returned from their dinner break and action is back under way.
Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Dinner Break
Level 6 has come to an end which means it is time for the dinner break. Players will return in 90 minutes and so shall we.
Say Goodbye to Pappas
"If I shove right now, 90 percent of the time someone will call," said Greg Pappas before the cards were dealt. He was sitting in the cutoff with only 1,125 left.
The cards were dealt and action was folded to Pappas. He moved all in. The big blind looked at his cards and called. Greg Pappas: 1 Scientific Method:0.
"90 percent of the time I'm ahead of him," said Pappas as he flipped over 
. His opponent showed 
. Pappas: 2 Scientific Method: 0.
The flop came 
and Pappas stayed in the lead. The turn was a safe 
, and then Pappas spoke. "Come on, flushcard, pair the board. Anything but a king!"
River.
River: 1 Pappas: 0
Pham Losses a Little
On a flop of 
, David "The Dragon" Pham called Seat 1's all in for 6,025. Pham showed 
but was behind the 
of Seat 1.
The turn was no help to Pham when it came 
. He was looking for one of the two remaining tens on the river, but missed when it came .
Pham doubled his opponent and dropped to around 13,000.