Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2010 World Series of Poker

06-18-2010 21:57 UTC-7

Round 2 Match-Ups (1 of 2)

Shamus

Jason Somerville vs. Amit Makhija
Tobias Reinkemeier vs. Mark Muchnik
Julian Herold vs. George Lind
Jason Rosenkrantz vs. Craig Bergeron

Leo Wolpert vs. Martin Kabrhel
Fabrizio Baldassari vs. Ryan Young
Alexander Benovski vs. Justin Smith
Darren Woods vs. Michael Banducci

Blair Hinkle vs. Gavin Smith
Dustin Woolf vs. Gabe Kaplan
Jamie Brown vs. Josh Arieh
Maxim Lykov vs. Mathieu Clavet

Antoine Berube vs. Ashton Griffin
James Mackey vs. Anton Kozlovskiy
Victor Ramdin vs. Phil Ivey
Kido Pham vs. Brendan Murphy

Andrew Feldman vs. Jochanan Flink
Jamie Shaevel vs. Nicholas Rampone
Jeffrey Schnettler vs. Michael Leah
Thomas McNamara vs. Faraz Jaka

Steven Gross vs. Carlos Mortensen
Amritraj Singh vs. Evan Roberts
Brock Parker vs. Annette Obrestad
Phil Gordon vs. Benjamin Sulsky

Brian Rast vs. Kyle Brossia
Alfio Battisti vs. Aaron Been
Dennis Bejedal vs. Antonio Esfandiari
Owen Crowe vs. Mattias Bergstrom

Nathan Doudney vs. Ayaz Mahmood
Paul Wasicka vs. James Collopy
Alioscia Oliva vs. Jonathan Aguiar
Brian Hastings vs. Kevin Saul

06-18-2010 21:56 UTC-7

Round 2 Drawing Near

Shamus

We are about five minutes from the start of the second round of the $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Here come a couple of posts listing our match-ups for the second round.

06-18-2010 21:07 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Amit Makhija	60,000	30,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	60,000	30,000
Craig Bergeron	60,000	30,000
Mark Muchnik	60,000	30,000
Julian Herold	60,000	30,000
George Lind	60,000	30,000
Jason Rosenkrantz	60,000	30,000
Leo Wolpert	60,000	30,000
Justin Smith	60,000	30,000
Fabrizio Balsassari	60,000	30,000
Brendan Murphy	60,000	30,000
Martin Kabrhel	60,000	30,000
Ryan Young	60,000	30,000
Darren Woods	60,000	30,000
Alexander Venovski	60,000	30,000
Michael Banducci	60,000	30,000
Blair Hinkle	60,000	30,000
Gavin Smith	60,000	30,000
Dustin Woolf	60,000	30,000
Gabe Kaplan	60,000	30,000
Jamie Brown	60,000	30,000
Josh Arieh	60,000	30,000
Maxim Lykov	60,000	30,000
Clavet Mathieu	60,000	30,000
Antoine Berube	60,000	30,000

Ding Ding

[user4144]

After an opening round that was quicker than a cheetah on roller skates, we've been treated to a slightly longer dinner break than expected with players due to return in 100 minutes time.

We don't have an official fixture list at time of writing, but as soon as we receive the necessary spreadsheet, we'll let you know and publish all those second round line-ups. Returning will be Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier, Annette Obrestad, Tom Dwan and Vanessa Rousso, so join us at 10pm sharp. It's going to be a slobberknocker.

06-18-2010 20:19 UTC-7

Boatman Sunk, Round 1 Complete

Shamus

The last match of Round 1 is complete, done as we crossed the halfway point of Level 9 (blinds 1,000/2,000).

Evan Roberts had chipped up into the lead when Barny Boatman open-shoved his stack of 25,000 from the small blind/button, and Roberts called.

Boatman {K-Spades} {7-Diamonds}
Roberts {4-Spades} {4-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} , and Boatman is out. Roberts joins the other 127 winners of Round 1 who will be returning at 10 p.m. local time for tonight's second round of action.

Tags: Barny Boatman Evan Roberts

06-18-2010 20:18 UTC-7

Good Evans

[user4144]

Like a couple of cacti in a desert, just two stubborn players remain in the opening round of today's $10,000 Heads-Up Championship event: Barny Boatman and Evan Roberts.

Moments ago, Boatman had Evans by the short and curlies with {A-Spades} {8-Clubs} versus {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} , but Evans spiked a second knave on a {2-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {7-Hearts} board to stay alive.

Evans back up to 25,000.

Tags: Barny Boatman Robert Evans

06-18-2010 20:13 UTC-7

Naujoks' Bummer, Lost to Ummer

Shamus

Team PokerStars Germany pro Sandra Naujoks has been defeated, knocked out by Per Magnus Ummer.

Naujoks was all in versus Ummer with {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} against Ummer's {A-Spades} {K-Spades} . The board ran out {4-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Spades} , and Ummer moves on to the next round.

Tags: Per Magnus Ummer Sandra Naujoks

06-18-2010 20:06 UTC-7

Round 1 Nearing Conclusion

Shamus

The room has emptied rapidly here, with most matches having been completed as we begin Level 9. In fact, we're looking at just three matches currently. When those complete, there will be a break until 10 p.m. when the second round begins.

06-18-2010 20:02 UTC-7

Everybody Loves Raymond

[user4144]

... especially Gavin Smith, as despite a dogged, back and forth battle, he has now advanced to Round 2 courtesy of Raymond Dandrea.

The final hand saw Smith call a preflop raise of 3,000 before checking the {5-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} flop. Dandrea bet 5,000, Smith raised to 10,000, Dandrea moved all in and Smith made the call.