Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 4 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,910,500
Entries
4,345
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Let's Do This Thing
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Good afternoon and welcome back to the Amazon Room where in around 15 minutes' time our final nine will be setting out on the final leg of their bid for a bracelet.
Aadam Daya probably had the best night's sleep of all our finalists - he was our chip leader by a half-million margin as players bagged up last night, giving him the right to rest easy. However this is by no means a done deal yet, as every player who's made it this far has already proved themselves forces to be reckoned with.
Bags are at the table, and players are due to arrive any minute. Watch this space.
Seat 1: Dash Dudley -- 1,355,000
Seat 2: William "Bart" Davis -- 1,355,000
Seat 3: Nicholas Mitchell -- 1,280,000
Seat 4: Deepak Bhatti -- 400,000
Seat 5: Gabe Costner -- 1,830,000
Seat 6: Richard Rice -- 700,000
Seat 7: Aadam Daya -- 2,855,000
Seat 8: Isaac Settle -- 970,000
Seat 9: Cory Brown -- 2,315,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Shuffle Up & Deal!
With 14 minutes left of this level, cards are in the air.
Good luck, all!
Cagey Start
As expected, it's been a cagey start with no flops seen. Bart Davis, Nicholas Mitchell and Richard Rice (all in) have all taken it turns to snap up the blinds, but the main aggressor seems to be chip leader Aadam Daya who is hs either decided to come out firing, or is simply finding hands.
Brown Shows Resistance
Cory Brown may have decided that Aadam Daya was stepping out of line, as within one orbit, Daya made his third raise (this time to 100,000) and Brown called. On the 
flop, Daya checked, Brown bet 200,000, and Daya relinquished his hand.
Despite his chip lead, Daya might rue having Brown to his left.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Tales from the Rail
There are plenty of interested parties here, but the gent with the most vocal rail, at least, is Nick Mitchell. Mitchell just turned 21, and this is his first ever WSOP event. Not a bad result for him however it turns out.
"Nick Mitchell, you wanna beer?" came the cry from the corner. Mitchell sniggered a little, but declined.
Then next hand, "Nick Mitchell on the but-ton!" The rail wasn't treated to any Mitchell action that time, though.
A couple hands later, and Mitchell raised to 110,000 in the hijack. Small blind Richard Rice eyed him up amusedly, but eventually folded; big blind Aadam Daya folded too and the blinds and antes went to Mitchell uncontested.
"Card rack!" cried a member of Mitchell's beered-up rail.
Bhatti Below Average
Deepak Bhatti, our short stack at the start of the day, had been blinded and anted down to just 280,000 when he open-shoved from the hijack.
Cutoff and button folded swiftly, but small blind and chip leader Aadam Daya thought about it for a long time. Eventually, though, he passed. Big blind Isaac Settle also gave it the tank treatment, but he folded too and Bhatti stayed precariously in the game.
The Postman Delivers
After over 30 minutes of play, our first big pot finally arrived with Dash Dudley raising to 110,000 from the hijack and Gabe Costner making the call in the big blind.
The flop came 
, and with his hands clenched in front of his jaw in true Phil Hellmuth style, Costner checked. Dash was less hospitable, however, and made a continuation bet of 140,000, which Costner called.
On the 
turn, both players checked, leading to a 
river where Costner turned aggressor by sliding 350,000 across the felt. As Dudley mulled over his options, Costner remained as cool as the other side of the pillow and it was tough to know if he wanted a call or not. In the end, we found our answer as Dudley matched the bet, only to be shown 
for "the second nut flush", as the announcer correctly observed.