Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #29: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,607,400
Entries
171
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 150,000
Ante
0
Break Time
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We're on our last 20-minute break of the evening.
Table Talk
Tom Dwan has just been broken to a table over here near our media desk, and he and Shaun Deeb (at an adjacent table) went right to work on a last-longer bet. Both men counted down their stacks, Dwan muttering, "You better give me a great price," while he counted down his much smaller stack of 25,200.
The two were trying to settle on a number, and Dwan was polling Deeb's table mates.
"Greg!" Dwan yelled at Greg Mueller. "How bad is he?!" The table shared a chuckle at Deeb's expense.
They're still trying to settle the details of the bet, but we expect this to rage on for a while after the break.
Day 1 Photos
Champ v. Champ
Phil Hellmuth raised from the cutoff seat, and Carlos Mortensen made the call from the button.
The two former Main Event champions took a flop of 
, and Mortensen check-called a bet. On the 
turn, Mortensen check-raised, only to see Hellmuth raise it right back at him. "The Matador" called the extra bet there, and he checked again on the 
river. When Hellmuth fired the final bullet, Mortensen said, "If you have king-queen, it's good," and tossed in the calling chips. He showed 
, and Hellmuth, sure enough, showed the winning 
for the better two pair.
After that win, Hellmuth moves up to 32,500, while Mortensen is down to just about 10,000.
Robert Mizrachi Doubles
David Baker opened for a raise from middle position, Robert Mizrachi three-bet from late position and Baker made the call. Baker led out on the 
flop and Mizrachi looked him up. The turn came the 
and Baker checked to Mizrachi, who bet all but his last 200 in chips. Baker raised and Mizrachi called all-in.
Baker 
Mizrachi 
The river was the 
and Mizrachi doubled up to 10,000 while Baker was down to only 5,200.
Kellstrom KOs McNulty
We picked up the action after an action flop of 
. Terrence Chan checked, and Chantel McNulty put out a bet. Dana Kellstrom raised, Chan folded, and McNulty called, leaving herself just 1,100 chips behind.
That led to the 
turn, and the rest of McNulty's chips went into the pot. Kellstrom quickly called with , and McNulty was an eight-outer away from being out the door as she tabled 
.
The river was a blank though, and McNulty is headed home. Kellstrom raked in the pot, pushing his way up to 49,800.
Checking on Brown
On a flop of 
, Chad Brown check-called a bet from William Jensen, and the two men watched the turn bring the 
. Brown checked again, and he snuck in a raise after Jensen bet again. Jensen called the extra bet, and both players check-checked the river.
Brown showed up 
, and his overpair was good enough to take it down, moving his stack to about 34,000.
Jensen is down to 11,500 after that little loss.
Evdakov Gone But Still Here
Nikolay Evdakov was just eliminated from the event, but he can't seem to get away from us that easily. Evdakov liked his table so much that he's now opened up his laptop on an empty table adjacent, and he's punching away on spreadsheets and trolling the forums as we speak.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0