2010 World Series of Poker

Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k2
Prize
$503,389
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,960,100
Entries
3,289
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Sarwer Runs Into Aces Again

With a late position raise in front of him, Jeff Sarwer pushed all in from the small blind but his opponent snap-called.

Sarwer: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}

"Aces again?!?" exclaimed Sarwer as the board of {K-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} didn't assist his cause. After a count down of chips it was discovered that both players had the same chip stack of 19,300 and Sarwer was sent to the rail.

"That's the eleventh time I've run into aces at the World Series this year!" contined Sarwer on his way to the exit.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

Donkcommited

With an early position shove and a call in middle position in front of him, David "donkcommited" Miscikowski decided to commit his last 17,900 from the button. His live opponent made the call and we had ourselves a three-way all in.

Short Stack: {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Middle Position: {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Miscikowski: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} to give the MP player two pair and the pot to send two to the rail.

Tags: David Miscikowski

Sarwer Spared

Jeff Sarwer
Jeff Sarwer

After a player raised to 2,600 from the cutoff, Jeff Sarwer moved all in for another 6,000. Andrew Chen thought for a moment in the small blind, then minraised. It was just about enough to put the cutoff all in, and it only took him a second or two to fold his {a-}{k-} face up. It took him even less time to jump out of his seat in frustration when Sarwer tabled {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and Chen showed {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}. "You know, raise, all in, reraise," said Mr. Cutoff. "I assumed I had to be beat."

The flop came {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, giving Sarwer a flush draw to go with his better kicker. The {9-Hearts} turn and {5-Diamonds} river were uneventful, and Sarwer more than doubled to 22,000. After doubling Jeff, Chen was left with 38,000.

Tags: Andrew ChenJeff Sarwer

Some Random Counts From Around The Room

Player Chips Progress
Victor Nacim
Victor Nacim
130,000
83,700
83,700
Herman Eisele
Herman Eisele
110,000
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
88,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jeffrey Tebben us
Jeffrey Tebben
87,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
66,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
65,000
26,000
26,000
PokerStars
Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly
65,000
23,000
23,000
Ping Yung
Ping Yung
59,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
54,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
40,000
3,000
3,000
Dan Dasilva
Dan Dasilva
37,000
-25,000
-25,000
Michael Schneider us
Michael Schneider
17,000
-7,000
-7,000
Veronica Dabul ar
Veronica Dabul
16,000
-1,000
-1,000
PokerStars
Jim Mcmanus us
Jim Mcmanus
15,000
-1,000
-1,000
Jeffrey Sarwer
Jeffrey Sarwer
9,000
-2,000
-2,000
George Lind us
George Lind
Busted
PokerStars

Chen Gets More Respect Than He Wants

An under-the-gun player raised to 3,000, and Andrew Chen called from middle position. The woman next to act called as well, and they were three-handed to a {j-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop. The original raiser checked, and Chen bet 4,500. The next player folded, and the under-the-gun man tossed {a-}{k-} into the muck face up. Chen groaned at their folds, showing {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} as he took a smaller-than-hoped-for pot.

Tags: Andrew Chen

In the Money!

They have just announced all remaining players are in the money. There was some quiet cheering and few victory dances, and things quickly got back to normal. Players are back in action, sans headphones and iPods. Expect a flurry of busts and a line at the payout desk in a few moment.s

Bubble Time!

As the players return from their break, the announcement is made that we are now on the money bubble! We need one more elimination before we're in the money and play is now hand-for-hand across all tables.

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Durrrr'd

Tom Dwan eliminated
Tom Dwan eliminated

On the last hand before the break, Tom "durrrr" Dwan was involved in a three-way pot that has left his quest for his first bracelet to wait for another day.

Each player threw 2,000 into the pot to see a flop of {5-Spades}{J-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. Action checked to the Grayson Ramage who was the preflop aggressor and he fired 3,700. Dwan added another 4,700 to the bet to force the third player from the pot, but his Ramage made the call.

The turn brought the {5-Hearts} and play checked to Dwan who moved all in. Ramage made the call.

Dwan: {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Ramage: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

Top pair, top kicker for Dwan wasn't enough as Ramage showed the overpair, and Dwan couldn't improve on the {9-Diamonds} river. Dwan bubbles this event and Ramage is at 76,000 as the players head off to their break.

Tags: durrrrTom DwanGrayson Ramage