2010 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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

Margolis Spikes Turn To Stay Alive!

Andrew Margolis saw the last of his chips enter the pot with John Dolan putting his tournament life at risk.

Margolis: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Dolan: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The flop fell down {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} to put Margolis on the edge of his seat at the prospect of being eliminated, but when the {8-Clubs} landed on the turn he was a near lock to win the pot unless one of the remaining Aces or Kings were too fall on the river.

Fortunately for Margolis the river peeled the {4-Diamonds} to see him double through to 135,000 as Dolan slips to 450,000 in chips.

Tags: Andrew MargolisJohn Dolan

Eighth Round of Payouts

The next group of eliminated players have all received $6,657 in prizemoney.

64 - Frederic Bussot
65 - Thupten Thondup
66 - Devin Porter
67 - E Moran
68 - William Criego
69 - Ronald Stanley
70 - Natacha Leduc
71 - Earnest Bell
72 - Henrick Antanesian

Channing On Fire!

Neil Channing should be a little happier now!
Neil Channing should be a little happier now!

After finding a double himself, Channing has gone one better by sending an opponent to the rail.

With all the money going in on a {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop, Channing held {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} against Roger Robinson's {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

The turn landed the {2-Diamonds} to give Channing his flush, and after the {A-Spades} fell on the river, Channing climbed to over 430,000 in chips.

Tags: Neil Channing

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Channing Doubles Through Sands

David Sands opened to 14,500 from the cutoff only to have Neil Channing three-bet to 36,500 from the big blind.

Sands moved all in and Channing made the call.

Sands: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Channing: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The {Q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop left Sands drawing dead to running quads, and after the {7-Diamonds} and {9-Clubs} fell on the turn and river, Sands slipped to 190,000 as Channing doubles through to 310,000 in chips.

Tags: Neil ChanningDavid Sands

Dolan Five-Bets Flop

On a flop of {A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} John Dolan fired out 21,500 only to get raised to 47,500 by Jean Gaspard to 47,500.

With the action back on Dolan, he three-bet to 83,500 only to have Gaspard make it four-bets to go; with this one totalling 133,500.

Dolan then decided to five-bet all in for an additional 190,000 to put Gaspard to a decision for all his chips.

After a few minutes of deliberation, Gaspard threw his hand into the muck to slip to 116,000 as Dolan climbs to over 490,000 in chips.

Tags: Jean GaspardJohn Dolan

Mortensen Flush'd With Chips

After losing a few pots during the middle stages of the level, Carlos Mortensen has managed to take one back after eliminating an opponent.

Holding {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, Mortensen called his opponent's preflop push with {J-Hearts}{6-Hearts} to see the {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Spades}{4-Spades}{5-Spades} board fall and send Mortensen back into contention with the chip leaders.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen

Kastler Four-Bet Victory

Facing a raise to 15,000 from the hijack player and then a three-bet to 50,000 from an opponent on the button, Christopher Kastler moved all in from the small blind.

With his 225,000 chip stack covering both players, they both took their time before mucking their hand as Kastler raked in the pot to move to over 300,000 while tabling his {A-Spades}{K-Spades}.

Tags: Christopher Kastler