2010 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$581,851
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,231,900
Entries
2,394
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Wilkinson Doubles Through Jacobson

Wilkinson - making moves and getting paid
Wilkinson - making moves and getting paid

We at the bloggers' desk had been amusing ourselves by noting down the number of times David Wilkinson had shoved preflop, much the way that prison inmates scratch the number of days they've spent inside on the wall. We'd reached three, when he got a call.

Wilkinson had been on the button when he'd shoved this time. Martin Jacobson had called from the big blind.

Wilkinson: {q-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Jacobson: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

Board: {7-Spades}{5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{3-Spades}

To some cheering from Wilkinson's rail, he doubled to 2.1 million. Jacobson dropped down to 2 million.

Said Wilkinson afterwards, we think to Mike Ellis: "Question is why did I make a move on the rock? That was a good call with ace-jack."

Tags: David WilkinsonMike EllisMartin Jacobson

Double Up for Ellis

Mike Ellis
Mike Ellis

Mike Ellis opened the pot with a 240,000-chip raise and David Wilkinson moved all in. Ellis tanked and eventually called.

Showdown
Wilkinson: {j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Ellis: {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}

The board {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{a-Spades} gave Ellis a full double up. While Wilkinson slipped to 890,000, Ellis moved up to 2,290,000 chips.

Tags: David WilkinsonMike Ellis

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Ellis Shoves Again

Ellis - shoveaments
Ellis - shoveaments

David Wilkinson raised, and Mike Ellis did what seems to have become his entire modus operandi - he shoved. Wilkinson folded, and Ellis has done a rather nice job of upping his stack to a million or so without showing a hand.

Tags: David WilkinsonMike Ellis

For Example

Billy Griner raised from the button. Both Martin Jacobson and Mike Ellis folded their respective blinds, and Griner picked up said blinds and the antes.

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Mike Ellis open-shoved, but got no callers and got the blinds and antes instead.

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Billy Griner raised under the gun and it folded all the way around to David Wilkinson in the big blind who folded {2-}{7-}.

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Mike Ellis shoved again, but once more no-one called.

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Mike Ellis shoved again the next hand, but once more no-one was interested.

Play continues, slowly.

Slowdown

Exits are like buses, and after our crazy half-hour bustathon, the action has slowed to a snail's pace. Players are occasionally getting involved, but we rarely see a flop and although the players are starting to look a little sleepy, they are so far giving us every indication that they're in here for the long haul.

It could be a while yet.