Take a look at some of the players battling it out in Event #26!
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,863,500
Entries
1,245
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 1,245
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With the board reading 
, Ben Wilinofsky bet 3,000 into Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck. She moved all in and he called.
Showdown
Mayrinck: 
Wilinofsky: 
The 
on the turn was a horrible card for Maridu and all she could hope for was a chop. The 
on the river wouldn't suffice, and she slipped to 8,100 chips. Wilinofsky doubled to 14,000 chips.
A few hands later a Maridu got all her chips in holding aces after flatting an initial raise. and Wilinofsky called with jacks. The original raiser folded queens.
The board ran 
and Maridu doubled back to 16,250 chips. It was Wilinofsky's turn to slip, falling below starting stack to 6,500 chips.
With the board reading 
and about 1,500 in the middle, a player in the small blind led out for 500. Both Mark Vos and Phil Hellmuth called prompting the dealer to burn a card and deliver the 
on the river.
The action checked to Hellmuth who bet 1,600. Vos folded but the player in the small blind called. Hellmuth tabled 
for kings up and his opponent mucked.
Hellmuth is up to 8,450 chips.
Hevad Khan has been eliminated from the field. In a blind for blind battle with Dwyte Pilgrim he shoved with 
and Pilgrim called with 
. Pilgrim's hand held pushing his stack to 14,000 and Khan hit the rail.
Barry Greenstein had an opponent at risk preflop holding 
. His opponent opened 
and the board ran 
.
Greenstein is still very healthy with 20,000 chips though.
Here's a list of recent eliminations:
Carter Phillips, Shawn Buchanan, Carlos Mortensen, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jon Turner and Phil Galfond.
Jon Friedberg recently tripled through Scott Seiver and another opponent at their table.
Friedberg held , Seiver had 
and we did not catch the third player's hand.
The board was 
and Friedberg tripled to 24,500 chips.
"No way I wanted 70,000 in chips by Level 4," Seiver joked.
Thanks to a couple of running spades, Seiver doesn't have to worry about that problem.
Annette Obrestad opened to 450 from under the gun and Dwyte Pilgrim three-bet to 1,300 from the cutoff. Obrestad called.
Both players checked the flop and after the turned Obrestad led for 1,550. Pilgrim raised to 4,050, Obrestad moved all in and Pilgrim called.
Showdown
Obrestad: 
Pilgrim: 
Pilgrim was unable to find the case tre on the river hitting the rail and Obrestad chipped up to 28,000 chips.
Leo Margets called an opponent's all in holding to be in great shape against his 
.
The board ran out 
to see Marget's queens hold as she climbs to 19,000 in chips.
Edward Sabat opened to 600 on the button and a player in the small blind shoved for 4,000. Sabat called and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Sabat: 
Small Blind: 
The flop fell and Sabat started to get up from his chair seeing that he needed runner runner cards to survive.
The turned keeping Sabat alive and he took his seat again after the rivered completing the runner runner straight.
Sabat doubled to 8,200 and remains in his seat. For now.
