2010 World Series of Poker

Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$625,872
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,910,500
Entries
4,345
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Taking It Bryan Down

We don't know the exact circumstances, but Bryan Devonshire is presumably busted as he was spotted limping over to the payout desk on what we think was a broken leg.

We do not think this tournament and the broken leg are connected.

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Paging James Farley

James Farley left the tournament area during the bubble thinking that he was the bubble boy himself.

Farley was partially right because his stack did burst the bubble of the first pay level, but there is still $1,877 with his name on it at the cage.

We hope Mr. Farley returns to collect his earnings.

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Deck is Kind to Vitkind

We found Dmitry Vitkind moving in for 24,000 on the turn of a {2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} board. He sat there looking very alert, while his buddy and fellow Dmitry, Dmitry Stelmak, stood behind his chair like a relatively harmless bodyguard.

Eventually Vitkind's opponent, who'd spent a while stacking a re-stacking chips, announced call. He turned over {a-}{9-} for a pair of nines, but Vitkind triumphantly tabled {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for a higher pair. The river was a blank {10-Diamonds} and Vitkind doubled to what looked like a huge pile of unstacked random chips even five minutes later, but we suspect was well over 60,000.

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Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

Mo' Money

We are down to 369 players already, meaning that we've made our first money jump - everyone still in the tournament is now guaranteed $2,150.

The TDs have decided that this would be a great time to go on break. Level 2 will happen shortly, and there'll just be a 10 minute break after that.

Mohsin On Down

Mohsin Charania got his last in with pocket jacks, but had smacked right into another player's pocket queens. He received absolutely no assistance from the board, and busted out in 386th place.

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As the Crow Flies

We arrived just in time to see a three-way preflop all-in showdown.

Player 1: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Player 2: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Justin Crow: {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Board: an exciting but ultimately no-one-hit-anything {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

The two gents with the queens chopped it up, and Crow was eliminated, despite shouting, "King!" and latterly, "Deuce!" at the felt. He made a face like somehow that had been a bad beat, but had cheered up somewhat by the time he joined the huge queue for the payout desk. "It was my 21st birthday on Saturday," he told us with a smile. Many happy returns from PokerNews and the WSOP! Crow will be taking home a small cash from his first ever WSOP - not a bad result by any means.

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Not a Phan of Ace-King

Tim Phan opened to 1,800 from under the gun and was called by a woman in middle position and another player on the button.

The flop fell {J-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and Phan led for 4,400. The woman in middle position moved all-in for 11,500, the button folded and Phan called.

Woman in MP: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Phan: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The turn brought the {5-Spades} and the river was the {10-Clubs} sending the pot to Phan's opponent.

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Huge Double for Aguiar

Jonathan Aguiar doesn't need music to stack heaps.

Aguiar opened to 1,200 from under the gun and the action folded to Benjamin Lefew who re-raised to 6,300. The blinds folded and Aguiar made the call.

The dealer flopped {A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Aguiar checked to Lefew who continued for 8,000. Aguiar tanked momentarily before raising to 19,400.

"How much do you have behind?" Lefew asked after thinking for a minute or so.

Aguiar counted his stacks of blue T100 and purple T500 chips before answering, "About 31 (thousand)."

Lefew moved all-in and Aguiar's eyes lit up as he blurted, "Call."

Aguiar tabled {4-Hearts}{4-Spades} for bottom set and Lefew opened {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} for just a pair of aces. The turn ({2-Spades}) and river ({7-Hearts}) blanked and Aguiar held the winner.

After counting the stacks officially, Aguiar actually had 43,600 and after that hand he sits with about 110,000.

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