2010 World Series of Poker

Event #29: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
$425,969
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,607,400
Entries
171
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 150,000
Ante
0

Chen Cripples Ivey

Bill Chen raised from the small blind and before his chips even hit the felt, Phil Ivey three-bet from the big blind. Chen called and they saw a {7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop. Chen check-called Ivey's bet, then check-raised when the {A-Clubs} hit the turn. The river was the {2-Spades} and Chen bet out. Ivey called.

Chen showed {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} for aces and deuces with a queen kicker. Ivey mucked, and is down to 14,500.

Tags: Bill ChenPhil Ivey

Lisandro Painted into a Corner

We walked up too late to see all of the action, but we did see a pot of more than 100,000 chips get pushed to Jameson Painter. They were pushed away from Jeffrey Lisandro, the Aussie losing that big pot after turning a set of tens. Painter had flopped a set of aces, though, and a healthy exchange of bets and raises dropped Lisandro all the way down to just 12,000.

Painter figures to be in the top five now as he stacked up 149,000 chips after that hand.

Tags: Jeffrey LisandroJameson Painter

Lunkin Lets it Go

Vitaly Lunkin
Vitaly Lunkin

Kyle Ray raised preflop, and Vitaly Lunkin defended his big blind.

The two men took a flop of {K-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}, and Lunkin check-called a bet. He check-called another one when the {K-Clubs} paired the board on fourth street, and that brought out the {A-Clubs} on the river. Lunkin checked again, and this time he decided to save a few chips as he folded to one last bet from Ray.

Lunkin is at 48,000 after that hand.

Tags: Kyle RayVitaly Lunkin

Simon Morris= Your New Chip Leader

Simon Morris opened for a raise from UTG+1 and Tom Dwan called from the big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts} and Dwan check-called a bet from Morris. Dwan checked again when the {K-Hearts} hit the turn, Morris bet, and Dwan called. The river was the {J-Hearts} and Dwan check-called one more time.

"Top set," said Morris as he table {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds} for the win. He's up to 196,000 and the new chip leader while Dwan is down to 56,000.

Tags: Simon MorrisTom Dwan

Ivey Runs into Rockets

Christoph Kwan raised from early position, and Phil Ivey was the lone caller, matching the extra bet from the big blind to see a flop.

It came out {6-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {J-Hearts}, and Ivey check-raised a Kwan bet. Kwan called, and the turn came the {K-Diamonds}. Ivey fired out the full bet, Kwan raised to two bets, and Ivey called. Mr. Ivey check-called one last bet on the {2-Spades} river.

Kwan showed up {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} for the overpair, and it was good. Ivey rechecked his cards, then checked them again and flung them high into the air and straight onto the muck. That slip moves him back to 50,400.

Tags: Phil IveyChristoph Kwon

Family Feud

Todd and Doyle Brunson have just been broken onto the same table again, for the second day in a row. They weren't very happy about it yesterday, and they're not particularly thrilled today either.

Still, the table breaks are random, and for now we get the watch the Brunson Duo playing together again.

Tags: Todd BrunsonDoyle Brunson

Benyamine Busto

Vitaly Lunkin raised in early position, and David Benyamine called from the button.

The two of them went to a flop of {3-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {8-Hearts}, and Benyamine got the rest of his very short stack into the pot with a meager {4-Clubs} {9-Spades}. Lunkin looked him up with {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds}, and Benyamine was drawing dead by the time the {3-Diamonds} hit fourth street. The river {2-Spades} ushered him out the door, and Lunkin picks his way up to about 72,000.

Tags: David BenyamineVitaly Lunkin

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,300/2,500

Ante: 0

Break Dance

We've played our first two levels, and the players have been sent out of the room for their first twenty-minute break of the day.