Day 1a Draws 2,601
We're hearing 2,601 as the total number of entrants for today's Day 1a.
There are about 1,200 signed up so far for tomorrow's Day 1b, and there's plenty of room for more (about 2,500 more, in fact).
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
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
Getzwilling and Able as Fricke Blows Up
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Jimmy Fricke, possessor of a relatively huge stack earlier in the day, has lost the lot after mistiming a squeeze with air against Sean Getzwiller's set of fours and a third player's flush draw. The set held and both Fricke and the failed flusher headed home.
On the up side, Getzwiller now has almost 30,000 in chips.
Teng Decides Against
Andrew "golfpro699" Teng opened for 475 but looked less than happy when the gentleman in the small blind made it 1,500 to go. The reraiser counted out the rest of his stack at Teng's request - it amounted to around 6,000 - and left the counted chips out in front of him while Teng dwelled up. "Can I take them back now?" he asked eventually, but Teng continued to tank while he re-stacked his chips.
"Come on man, I just moved," said the still waiting opponent - presumably he meant to that table, rather than to a nice new house somewhere. Either way, Teng eventually decided that he wasn't interested and made the fold.
Teng dipped to 9,500 and made a little sound like, "Tchh."
Level: 6
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
River Not Nice for Nichoel
Nichoel Peppe, 75th-place finisher in last year's Main Event, opened with a raise to 500 from under the gun and got one caller from the button.
The flop came 
. Peppe continued for 800, and her opponent called. The turn brought the 
. This time Peppe checked, and the player on the button bet 1,400. Peppe thought a beat, then called.
The river brought the 
and a couple of checks. All those spades on board had stifled any river action, as neither player held one. Peppe turned over 
, but her opponent held 
for jacks. That river had taken it away from Peppe. She now has 6,000.
Small Beat for Baxter
Following a flop of 
, seven-time WSOP bracelet winner Billy Baxter checked, and his short-stacked opponent pushed his last 1,300 in the middle. Baxter made the call, turning over 
, but was behind his opponent's 
.
The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Baxter's opponent survived. Baxter still has 7,500.
Stellar Performance
Dmitry Stelmak has been having a pretty good year so far - he started it off by taking 8th place at the PCA High Rollers Event in January, and then continued with a 10th place finish at EPT San Remo.
Right now (yes, we know it's Day 1, but humor us) he's looking pretty good to pick up a little something here at the Rio, as he's currently sitting on a rather nice 17,000 stack and shows no sign of slowing down.
Run Good Continues for Rousso
After doubling her stack to 17,000 during Level 4, it has been more of the same for Vanessa Rousso here in Level 5.
There was 2,200 in the pot already when the flop came 
. Rousso, sitting under the gun, bet 1,100, and her opponent in middle position called. Both then checked the 
turn.
The dealer burned and turned the river card -- the . Rousso counted out some chips, then pushed out 3,500. Her opponent folded, and Rousso decided to show her hand, anyway. It was a nice one, after all -- 
for a flopped boat.
“So sick!” said Rousso. “I’m running the best I ever have!” She’s now up to 24,000.
No Joy for Jacob
Alex Jacob raised to 500 on the button with 3,000 behind, and when Frank Calo shoved from the big blind to cover him, Jacob called all in. He was ahead...
Jacob: 
Calo: 
...but not for long. Calo spiked an ace on the flop, and after failing to re-suck, Jacob hit the rail.
Shorr No More
We reported Shannon Shorr was “healthy” recently, but after a big hand things rapidly took a turn for the worse for him. And how.
Some preflop back-and-forthing between Shorr and an opponent had already started the pot-building when the flop came 
. Shorr bet 675, and his opponent called. The turn was the , and this time Shorr bet 1,625. His opponent again was there with the call.
The river brought the 
and an all-in shove from Shorr. When his opponent called yet again, Shorr winced. “Aces?” he asked. His opponent wordlessly responded by showing his 
. Having been slightly covered, Shorr was eliminated and soon was making the long walk out of the Pavilion.