Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,519,200
Entries
268
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
I will not go all-in with king-queen, I will not go all-in with king-queen, I will not go all-in with king-queen...
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Sam Simon just hit the rail after committing the rest of his stack with king-queen and running into Mikael Thuritz's aces on an ace-king-rag flop.
Thuritz is up to 120,000.
Breaking the Lawson
Ted Lawson was in a coinflip for his tournament life, and it ended up poorly. Lawson had either 
or 
(we were too far away to tell when the dealer killed his hand), and he was trying to hold against an opponent's ace-king.
There was an ace on the flop and nothing resembling a set for Lawson, and he has now joined Mrs. Lawson on the rail.
Just No Action
The field has really battened down the hatches here in the last level. There are very few contested pots being played right now, and the vast majority of the hands are being won with a single raise pre-flop or a single continuation bet post-.
Even the short stacks have really shut it down with an eye towards limping into Day 2.
Day 1 Photos
Boeken Beats Boatman
Barny Boatman's tournament life just came to an end when he ran his pocket kings into Noah Boeken's pocket jacks. Boeken four-flushed on the river and took his stack up to 94,000.
Mattern Snaps Off Greenstein's Aces
Barry Greenstein got his stack in the middle before the flop with 
against Arnaud Mattern's 
. The 
flop favored Greenstein, but Mattern hit the 
on the turn to make a set. The river was the 
and Mattern increased his stack to 45,000 while Greenstein fell back to 18,000.
Six to Go
The clock has been paused with ten minutes on the clock, and we'll play six more hands at each table before calling for the bags and the cart.
Schoenberg Slips
Two players limped in and Erica Schoenberg made it 8,000 to go from the big blind. One limper called from early position. The flop was 
and Schoenberg led out for 12,000. The early position player called. Both players checked the on the turn. The river was the 
and the EP player fired out 15,000 Schoenberg folded and is down to 47,000.
Negreanu Wins 100-1 Bet Against Liebert
Earlier in the evening, Daniel Negreanu laid 100-1 that he would make Day 2. Kathy Liebert took his action and put down $100. Well, it looks like Liebert is going to have to pay that one off.
Negreanu's last hand of the evening came in a three-way pot with 4,800 in the middle before the flop. The flop came down 
and the action checked to a middle position player who bet 8,600. The third player folded and Negreanu erupted into a fit of giggles, covering his mouth and snorting with laughter as he wondered what to do. After all, if he busted, he would have to give up the 10 large to Liebert.
Negreanu decided to raise to 20,000 and moved his opponent off the hand. He's bagging up his chips right now-- so Kathy, if you're reading this--ship the hundo!