Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 3 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
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
Day 3 Table and Seat Draw
Table 259
Seat 1: John Tolbert - 423000
Seat 2: Brian Kennish - 57000
Seat 3: Edgar de la Torre - 399000
Seat 4: Jonas Mackoff - 219000
Seat 5: --empty--
Seat 6: Thanh dat Tran - 407700
Seat 7: Anthony Damore - 193000
Seat 8: Andras Kovacs - 213000
Seat 9: --empty--
Table 260
Seat 1: Gary Hurst - 232000
Seat 2: Greg Pohler - 698000
Seat 3: Holger Kanisch - 364000
Seat 4: David Cai - 129000
Seat 5: --empty--
Seat 6: Eugene Castro - 308000
Seat 7: Christophe Benzimra - 133000
Seat 8: James Jeffrey - 656000
Seat 9: --empty--
Table 261
Seat 1: Michael Gross - 265000
Seat 2: Yordan Mitrentsov - 373000
Seat 3: Jeffrey Tebben - 381000
Seat 4: Jean Santoni - 168000
Seat 5: Laura Cantero - 164000
Seat 6: Blake Kelso - 111000
Seat 7: Frederic Bussot - 140000
Seat 8: Denis Murphy - 781000
Seat 9: --empty--
Table 262
Seat 1: Jaymes Rosenthal - 472000
Seat 2: Alexis Belanger Lebel - 191000
Seat 3: John David McNamara - 230000
Seat 4: Dean Schankin - 135000
Seat 5: Conrad Monica - 224000
Seat 6: Joseph Grenon - 857000
Seat 7: Gordon Johnson - 402000
Seat 8: Grantland Hillman - 414000
Seat 9: --empty--
Will We Crown A Champion Today?
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We're back in the Amazon Room of the Rio Hotel and Casino for our coverage of Day 3 of Event #24 of the 2010 World Series of Poker. Yesterday we reduced our field from 507 to 30. Today, our goal is to get from 30 to just one. It's likely to happen today with the fast-paced action of this tournament, but just in case the guys decide to nit it up, then we do have a reserve day tomorrow to use, just in case.
Our field will be led by Joseph Grenon who bagged up 857,000 chips after a fine day on the felt yesterday, just narrowly ahead of Denis Murphy and Greg Pohler. Will he be able to carry that momentum all the way to a WSOP bracelet?
We'll kick things off at 3pm local time and we look forward to your company!
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
We're Underway!
The cards are being flung around the tables at break-neck speed which means this one is underway! Looking through the chip counts and we have fifteen players with twenty big blinds or less, so expect some fireworks early!
Short Stack Doubles Early
Our short stack of the field, Brian Kennish has found an early double up at the expense of Andras Kovacs.
Kovacs opened to 27,000 from the cutoff position before Kennish moved all in for 43,000 from the small blind. Kovacs made the call.
Kovacs: 
Kennish: 
The board ran out 
and the sevens hold to double Kennish to 100,000. Kovacs slips to 170,000.
Brian Kennish Eliminated in 30th Place ($11,870)
No sooner had Brian Kennish doubled up, that he found his chips in the middle once again. Kennish moved all in from early position, but Edgar de la Torre moved all in over the top. The table folded around and the cards were tabled.
Kennish: 
de la Torre: 
The board fell 
and de la Torre takes it down to eliminate Kennish as our first bustout of the day in 30th place for $11,870.
Cantero Finds Creative Double Up
Laura Cantero moved all in from the cutoff for her last 165,000 and found a call in the small blind from Denis Murphy.
Cantero: 
Murphy: 
The board fell 
and Cantero spikes a king on the turn to double up to 340,000. Murphy slips to 595,000.
Tran Gets It Straight
Thanh dat Tran moved all in for 120k, and Gary Hurst called him out of the small blind. Hurst was ahead with 
, and Tran would have to get lucky to survive with . The 
flop was a step in the right direction. "That's a bad flop," Hurst said. And he was right. The 
on the turn gave Tran a six-high straight, and after the 
on the river, Tran doubled to 245,000. Hurst is now the short stack with just 75,000.
Bussot Beneficiary of Murphy's Law
Denis Murphy started the day with 781,000, and his tablemate, Frederic Bussot, was on the short side with 140,000. But how quickly these things change. First, Bussot doubled through Murphy when his 
held against Murphy's .
A few hands later, Murphy raised to 27,000 from early position. Bussot called from the cutoff, and Laura Cantero came along in the big blind. The flop fell 
, and Cantero checked. Bussot moved all in for 173,000, and Murphy called to put him at risk again. Cantero folded, and it was on to showdown. Murphy showed for a straight-flush draw, and Bussot had flopped a set with . "Please, please!" begged Bussot, and he had reason to cheer when the on the turn and on the river bricked all of Murphy's draws.
After doubling twice, Bussot is up to 440,000. Murphy, on the other hand, has fallen all the way to 285,000.