Devo Doubles
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In a blind-for-blind battle, Devonshire and an opponent got all the chips in the middle preflop. Devonshire was ahead with 
against his opponent's 
.
The board ran 
and Devonshire doubled to 28,000 chips.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,890,000
Entries
1,397
Level
9
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Pikappraider > BigRiskky
Steven "pikappraider" Burkholder and Scott "BigRiskky" Clements were heads up for a seat and a chance to advance.
Burkholder had Clements all in and at risk preflop folding 
, but Clements had him dominated with 
.
The flop was dangerous, 
, and the 
on the turn sealed the deal. The river blanked and Clements hit the rail.
Burkholder will return tomorrow for Day 2.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow
Manuel "darsy" Darsigny, Terrence Chan, Rob "veerob" Pearlman, Adam Schoenfeld and Paul Folton can all be added to the list of survivors.
The Chip Lead is Not Enough
Tony "Bond18" Dunst had a massive chip lead entering heads up play, but his opponent has doubled twice.
The last hand Dunst had his opponent all in for his tournament life and was ahead with 
. His opponent had 
and connected with the 
flop, Dunst didn't improve on the turn (
) or the river (
) and his opponent doubled to about 10,000 chips.
Dunst is still comfortably ahead with 35,000 chips.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Rags to Riches
Adam "Roothlus" Levy started Level 5 with just ten big blinds (4,000 chips). He found wired queens early in the level, but when he shoved an opponent looked him up with two kings.
The board brought a queen.
Now Roothlus has a massive chip lead heads up after rivering two pair against his opponent. The board read 
when Levy moved all in and was called. Levy opened 
and his opponent mucked.
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tony "Bond18" Dunst closed his heads up match a few minutes ago. All the chips were in the middle preflop and the hands were opened:
Showdown
Dunst: 
Opponent: 
Dunst made a pair when the flop fell 
. The turn and river bricked for Dunst's opponent, sending him to the rail and sending Dunst into tomorrow.
We'll Meet Again
Paul Varano eliminated Kathy Liebert heads up. Liebert was all in with but trailed Varano's and never improved.
Across the room Annette Obrestad won her heads up match as well. She opened to 7,000 with the button and her opponent called all in.
Showdown
Obrestad: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop gave Obrestad the lead, and the on the turn sealed the deal. The on the river was but a formality and Obrestad advanced.
Robert Mizrachi and Ylon Schwartz are also winners today and will return for Day 2.
Who's On First?
After a very bizarre last hand, Ben Zamani has advanced to Day 2.
We went to the table after the hand had played out because the player he defeated was shouting at the dealer, tournament directors and anyone who would listen.
"I said 'do you call?'" he kept repeating. "Not 'I call.'"
The board was 
and on the river the player in question put out a bet. Zamani moved all in, pushing a large stack out in front of him and the player in question said something with "call" in it turing over 
for just queen high.
Zamani opened for two pair and won the hand and the table.
The dealer claims that he heard the word "call" and a tournament director explained to the player that once he opened his hand after Zamani moved in, his chips were committed.
The player in question was baffled, but the ruling is official and cannot be reversed.
De Win for De Melo
Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima de Melo will return tomorrow for Day 2 after winning her table. She won a huge flip heads up holding against her opponent's 
. The board was all low and she won, doubling to 40,000.
A few hands later, she busted her opponent.