Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 3 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,403,305
Entries
2,521
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Bracelet #42 Getting Served Out Today!
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Welcome back to the 2010 World Series of Poker for the final day of Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em!
Of the original 2,521 starters only twenty-five remain; all having an equal shot at taking down not only the coveted gold bracelet and $604,222 first prize, but also have the title of champion on their poker resume.
James Schaaf is in the greatest position to collect his second bracelet as he sits with a 1,258,000 chip stack. Snapping right on his heels however is Ryan Hemmel who played the big stack for the majority of the day yesterday to accumulate 1,080,000 in chips.
Everyone loves a Jack Strauss-esque comeback story, and Dean Hamrick may be the man to do so after being crippled to just a few antes deep into the money, the near-November Niner fought hard to amass a 858,000 chip stack. 1,080,000 5 hours 33 mins. 0
Throw in the lovable Humberto Brenes (764,000), Niccola Caramatti (412,000), Mike Sowers (327,000), Michael Swick (213,000), Craig Bergeron (161,000) and short-stack ninja Bernard Lee (48,000) and it is truly anybody's tournament!
PokerNews will be here providing continuous live updates of every rivered flush, turned straight and flopped set live at 2:30 pm PST for Event #42 from the 2010 World Series of Poker!
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Play Underway
The cards are in the air!
Where's My Seat?
We've been moved to the orange section here in the Amazon Room, here are the seating arrangements.
Table 308
Seat 1: Peter Granlund
Seat 2: Humberto Brenes
Seat 3: -empty-
Seat 4: Jose Obadia
Seat 5: Daniel Buzgon
Seat 6: Ian Wiley
Seat 7: Niccolo Caramatti
Seat 8: William Prieto
Seat 9: Dean Hamrick
Table 309
Seat 1: -empty-
Seat 2: David Zeitlin
Seat 3: Brett Michael
Seat 4: Thomas Johnson
Seat 5: Mike Sowers
Seat 6: James Schaaf
Seat 7: Bernard Ko
Seat 8: Craig Bergeron
Seat 9: Michael Swick
Table 316
Seat 1: Andrew Rosskamm
Seat 2: Michael Vaccarello
Seat 3: Bernard Lee
Seat 4: Ryan Hemmel
Seat 5: Aaron Gustavson
Seat 6: Thomas O'Neal
Seat 7: David Siegel
Seat 8: Aaron Kaiser
Seat 9: Dustin Pattinson
Lee Double Double
Andrew Rosskamm opened to 50,000 from the button and Bernard Lee committed his 46,000 from the small blind.
Rosskamm: 
Lee: 
The board ran out 
to see Lee double through to 115,000.
The very next hand as the action folded to Lee in the small blind and he moved all in with Ryan Hemmel making the call from the big.
Hemmel: 
Lee: 
The board ran out 
to gift Lee back-to-back double ups to 246,000.
With his second double, Lee leapt from the chair and slapped our PokerNews reporter hard on the butt . . . excited much?
Obadia Straightens Out Hamrick
Dean Hamrick opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and Jose Obadia moved all in for 180,000 with Hamrick making the call.
Hamrick: 
Obadia: 
The board fell 
to see Obadia river a straight to double through to 375,000 as Hamrick slips to 665,000 in chips.
Johnson Doubles
From the cutoff, Thomas Johnson made it 40,000 to go before the big stack at the table, James Schaaf moved all in. Johnson made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Johnson: 
Schaaf: 
The flop brought just what Johnson needed when it came down 
and the turn, 
and river, 
kept his tournament hopes alive.
Schaaf has 1,090,000 and Johnson is at 450,000.
Ko Not KO'd
James Schaaf made it 45,000 to go before Bernard Ko moved all in for 324,000. Schaaf made the call and tabled 
. Ko showed 
.
The board rolled out 
and that was good enough for a Ko double to 690,000. Schaaf, our chip leader coming into the day is down to 870,000.
Schaaf Flushed
Craig Bergeron has just doubled through James Schaaf.
Bergeron:
Schaaf: 
The board ran out 
to see Bergeron double through to 270,000 as Schaaf slips to 740,000 in chips.