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

Out the Durrrr

"Enough with the durrrr puns already, guys!"
"Enough with the durrrr puns already, guys!"

Tom Dwan opened for a raise and Mark Klecan called. Both players checked the {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop. The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and Klecan check-raised Dwan's bet. Dwan called, then looked up Klecan when he bet the {8-Spades} on the river.

Klecan showed {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and Dwan mucked.

With 10,000 left, Dwan committed the rest of his chips to the pot with {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and got two callers, including Klecan. They checked down the {A-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}{A-Spades}{K-Diamonds} board.

Klecan showed {K-Spades}{10-Clubs} and took down the pot as Dwan hit the rail.

Ivey Set Up, Spiked Out

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

Kenny Hsiung was the first raiser preflop, and Phil Ivey made it three bets to go. Brock Parker promptly four-bet it, and Hsiung went ahead and capped it at 20,000 preflop. Both Ivey and Parker put in the calls to go to an expensive flop.

It came down {10-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {7-Hearts}, and Parker checked from the small blind. Hsiung bet, and Ivey made the call to put himself all in. Parker called as well.

That put them onto the {2-Diamonds} turn, and Parker check-raised this time, with Hsiung calling the extra bet. The river {4-Clubs} filled out the board, and Hsiung called one more bet from Parker. Cards up, gents:

Parker: {7-Clubs} {7-Spades}
Hsiung: MUCK
Ivey: {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}

Ivey's nines looked good preflop, but Parker's set of sevens was hard to beat, and he has eliminated Mr. Ivey from our event. That moves him up to 195,000 in the process, while Hsiung takes a step back to about 175,000.

Tags: Phil IveyBrock ParkerKenny Hsiung

Eli Elezra Eliminated

Christoph Kwon led off the action with a raise from UTG, Eli Elezra three-bet from UTG+1, and Jameson Painter made it four bets to go from the small blind. Kwon called and Elezra called all-in.

Painter led out on the {K-Spades}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop and Kwon called. The turn was the {A-Spades} and Painter led again. Kwon called. The river fell the {5-Clubs} and Painter made a third bet. This time, Kwon folded.

Painter showed {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}, winning the side pot, then collected the main when Elezra showed {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Elezra hit the rail, Painter is up to 210,000 and Kwon is down to 125,000.

Tags: Eli ElezraChristoph KwonJameson Painter

So Long, Schulman

Nick Schulman was all in for his last 10,000 before the flop with {5-Hearts} {5-Spades}, and he ran smack into Ugur Marangoz just-better {6-Diamonds} {6-Spades}.

The board ran out {J-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {7-Spades} {K-Diamonds}, and that's no help at all for the underpair. Out-pipped and now out the door, Nick Schulman has been eliminated.

Tags: Nick SchulmanUgur Marangoz

Five on the River

Phew!
Phew!

Bill Chen opened for a raise from middle position, Justin Bonomo called from the small blind and Barry Greenstein called from the big blind. The flop came down {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and the action was checked around to Chen, who bet. Bonomo called, Greenstein raised all-in for his last 8,500, Chen folded and Bonomo called.

Greenstein {A-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Bonomo {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Greenstein was looking for a miracle five on the river to stave off elimination and he got it, the {5-Spades} falling to give him the 50,000 pot.

Tags: Barry GreensteinBIll ChenJustin Bonomo

It's Good to Be Russian

Evan Shapiro got his chips into the pot preflop on a four-bet shove against Vitaly Lunkin. When the cards were turned up, Shapiro saw that his {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} was racing for double or nothing against the Russian's {K-Spades} {Q-Spades}.

The flop was kind to Shapiro as it came down {9-Spades} {7-Clubs} {J-Hearts} to give him a strong grip on the pot with his set of jacks. Just as quickly as it had come, though, the {10-Clubs} appeared on fourth street, bringing Lunkin into a big lead with his king-high straight. Shapiro needed to fill up or better to stay alive, but the river {5-Hearts} was a blank and a miss.

Shapiro is out just after dinner, and Lunkin is now sitting with 120,000 in front of him.

Tags: Vitaly LunkinEvan Shapiro

Greenstein Getting Short

Barry Greenstein raised before the flop, and Darren Woods made it three bets to go. Greenstein called, and the two men took a heads-up flop of {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}.

Greenstein check-raised on that flop, and both he and Woods put in two small bets going to the turn. It brought the {7-Hearts}, and Greenstein's big bet was quickly called. The river came the {J-Hearts}, and Greenstein fired again. This time, Woods stuck in a river raise, and Greenstein called the extra bet to see the cards.

Woods tabled {K-Spades} {K-Hearts} for the set, and it was plenty good enough to win him that nice pot. He's up to about 130,000 now, while Greenstein has been crippled all the way back down to 28,000.

Tags: Barry GreensteinDarren Woods