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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
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
Hellmuth Out, Almost Not Even Fair
Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth nursed his short stack through most of the first couple of levels today. But his situation was precarious throughout -- made more so by the fact that he was sharing a table with Dani Stern, Ashton Griffin, and chip leader Tom Marchese who recently moved to Hellmuth's left.
Finally came a hand in which Hellmuth and Griffin exchanged a couple of raises to get the last of Hellmuth's 25,000 in the middle. Hellmuth had 
and Griffin 
. The board went 
, and Hellmuth is out. Griffin is now up to 126,000.
"That's almost not even fair," said Hellmuth afterwards as Mike Matusow again wandered over from the next table. "Mike, I had the tens and he had the queens!"
"Tens don't beat queens," Matusow sagely observed.
The Mouth speaks the truth.
Duthie Dominates Lunkin
Mike Matusow opened for 4,100 from under-the-gun, and both john Duthie and Vitaly Lunkin called.
The action checked around on the 
flop. The turn was the 
and Lunkin led out for 6,000. Matusow folded and Duthie called. The river was the and both Lunkin and Duthie checked.
Lunkin showed 
, but Duthie had him out-kicked with 
and raked in the pot. He's up to 190,000, Lunkin is on 217,00 and Matusow (who told the table he folded two queens) is down to 86,000.
Wiiliams, Duke Out
A couple more recent eliminations to report -- Annie Duke and Jeff "yellowsub86" Williams are out.
We're now down to 86 players.
Images of a Championship
Negreanu No More
Daniel Negreanu got the last of his chips in the pot on a 
flop against Vitaly Lunkin. Negreanu turned up 
and was in dire shape against Lunkin's .
The turn was the 
, giving Negreanu a flush draw, but the river blanked out with the 
and he hit the rail. Lunkin is up to 215,000 in chips.
Phil Ivey Eliminated by Arnaud Mattern
During the short break for the re-draw to two tables in the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, Phil Ivey slipped over to his $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em table to tend to his dwindling stack. With only 6,200 left, Ivey moved all-in pre-flop, Arnaud Mattern called from the button, and Burt Boutin called from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Boutin check-folded to Mattern's 10,400 bet.
Ivey
Mattern 
The turn was the 
, the river was the and Ivey headed back to the H.O.R.S.E. event. Mattern is up to 86,000.
Ulliott Up
With the board showing 
, David "Devilfish" Ulliott checked, and Craig McCorkell bet 4,100. Ulliott then check-raised to 16,600, leaving himself 15,000 behind. McCorkell reraised again, and Devilfish called with his remaining chips
McCorkell showed while Ulliott tabled 
. The turn was the 
and river the , and Ulliott is now up to 68,000. McCorkell has 50,000.
Sandra Naujoks Doubles Up
On a 
flop, Carlos Mortensen checked from the small blind and Sandra Naujoks bet 5,000. Mortensen raised to 15,000 and Naujoks moved all-in for 22,000 total. Mortensen called.
Naujoks
Mortensen 
The turn was the 
, the river was the and Naujoks scored a double-up to 52,000. Mortensen is down to 12,500.
"Well done!" offered her tablemate and fellow Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu by way of congratulations.
Five-Betting With a Four
John Dwyer opened with a raise from the hijack seat, and Brian Powell reraised to 7,100 from the button. It folded back to Dwyer who made it 21,000 to go, then Powell pushed it up to 50,100.
Dwyer considered the situation, then decided he'd had enough and tossed his cards dealerward. As he dragged the pot, Powell cheekily showed one of his cards -- the 
. Doh!
Powell chips up to 135,000. Dwyer has 145,000.