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

Yes We McCann

Thomas McCann raised in early position only for the player in the small blind to go all in for around 60,000. McCann tanked up for a while, and then decided he'd take a shot at it.

All-in player: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}
McCann: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

Board: {7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

"Are you kidding me?" said the newly busted player upon McCann making a straight. "Nice catch."

He paced the floor for a little while, the steam almost visibly coming out of his ears, before returning to hand his details to the floorman and then heading for the cage.

McCann is at 400,000.

Tags: Thomas McCann

Every Damn Time

With 35,000 in the middle and the board reading {3-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts}, Dana Kellstrom was faced with an all-in bet of 88,000 chips in front of him.

“Every time,” Kellstrom muttered. “Every damn time.”

Evidently Kellstrom and his opponent have some history today, and after a few minutes in the tank he decided to take a stand against him and call.

“You’re way ahead,” his opponent announced tabling {6-Clubs}{5-Spades} for a pair of fives and a gut-shot straight draw.

Kellstrom opened a pair of black jacks and held when the turn and river came {Q-Hearts}, {A-Spades}.

With that knockout Kellstrom moved to over half a million chips and now sits with 560,000 chips.

Tags: Dana Kellstrom

Joanides Still in the House

Thomas Joanides
Thomas Joanides

Thomas Joanides, who has had a very up-and-down sort of day, has doubled up to 200,000.

The chips all went in preflop, Joanides holding {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} against his opponent's {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}. The board rolled out a full-house-tastic {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Clubs}, and the pot was shipped to Joanides.

Tags: Thomas Joanides

Misstep For Aguiar

Jonathan Aguiar found a way to win from behind in his last blind-for-blind shove, this time he wasn't so fortunate.

Action folded to Aguiar in the small blind who tanked momentarily. His opponent was staring at him with his mouth wide open for at least half a minute before Aguiar announced, "All in."

His opponent sweated his cards and quickly called. Aguiar tabled {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and his opponent let out a quick yell while slamming {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} onto the table.

The dealer burned a card then fanned {3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{A-Spades}, a terrible flop for Aguiar. The {K-Hearts} on the turn sealed the deal making the {2-Hearts} on the river but a formality.

Aguiar sent 121,000 chips directly to his left and now only has about 110,000 chips to his name.

Tags: Jonathan Aguiar

Double for Dover

Grant Dover open-shoved from under the gun and another player moved all-in as well from middle position. The rest of the action folded and the hands were tabled:

Dover: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Middle Position: {A-Clubs}{10-Spades}

The board ran {2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Dover's stack grew to 140,000 chips.

Tags: Grant Dover

Newman is Nomore

Clayton Newman moved all-in for his remaining 80,000 chips or so and was called by William "Bart" Davis.

Race time:
Newman: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Davis: {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}

Davis jumped to a lead on the {7-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{A-Clubs} flop and Newman couldn't find a nine on either the turn ({Q-Spades}) or the river ({3-Hearts}). Newman hit the rail and Davis increased his stack to 520,000 chips.

Tags: Clayton NewmanWilliam Davis

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Break Time # 1,000,000

As Jon Aguiar said, "Welcome to the World Series of Breaks."

Yup, it's time for another 10 minutes of standing in the hallway. The plan is to play one more level when we get back and then call it a night.

Tags: Jon Aguiar

Gandhi Doesn't Go Hungry

Nick Gandhi raised in mid position and then called the shove from the short-stacked player in the big blind.

Showdown!

Gandhi: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Big Blind: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Flop: {8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{j-Hearts} putting the all-in player ahead

Turn: {10-Clubs}

"King!" shouted Gandhi.

River: {k-Diamonds}

Gandhi eliminated his opponent and increased his own stack to 125,000.

Tags: Nick Gandhi

This One's For The Kellstrom Fan Club

After taking down a big three-way all-in, all Dana Kellstrom cared about was shouting out his fan club back home.

"They know who they are," he told us.

Kellstrom held {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} against {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}.

The board ran {10-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and a wave of chips were pushed towards Kellstrom. He now sits with about 470,000 chips.

Tags: Dana Kellstrom