Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
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
Break Time
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Players are off on the last break of the night while a few stay behind to observe the color up of the T25 green chips.
PokerStars Pros Moving Up or Moving Out
Two Team PokerStars Pros left us in the last level. Nichoel Peppe and Gualter Salles couldn't hang on any longer. At the other end of the spectrum, Team Costa Rica, aka Humberto Brenes, turned up the heat after dinner and built his stack to 55,000. He still couldn't catch fellow Stars pros Arnaud Mattern and Jude Ainsworth, who are vying for the top spot on the leader board. Ainsworth is up to 71,000, and Mattern has 62,000.
Heimiller Caught in Sticky Situation
Christopher Goo moved all in for 7,275 from the small blind, and in the big blind, Dan Heimiller was only too happy to call the 12 bb shove with 
. Too bad for him, Goo held the premium 
. The 
flop gave Goo the lead but kept the door open for Heimiller to resuck. But the 
turn and 
river didn't do it. Heimiller sank to 5,800 as he doubled Mr. Goo.
Phillips Crushes Another Dream
Carter Phillips raised from late position before the big bling shoved all in. He shoved for 9,850 more than Phillips' raise and gave Phillips a price of just over two-to-one on making a call. After some time in the tank, Phillips called with the monster 
. HIs opponent held the real monster with pocket aces.
Phillips went on to smack not one, but two sevens on the flop and from there his trips held up and he eliminated the shorter-stacked player. The player wasn;t too happy about his exit and tossed his card protector under Phillips' chair after another player reminded him that he left it on the table and also cursed his way out the Pavilion as he walked past the satellite area and cash games while people turned their heads.
Klingon, Klingout
Lauren Kling was down to ten big blinds, which she got in well with 
against 
. But the 
board had other things in mind, kicking Kling to the curb.
Lynch on the Rize
Eric "Rizen" Lynch had his opponent covered when all the chips went into the middle in a race. Lynch's 
needed to improve to knock out the guy with 
. And improve he did on the 
board. After the bust, Lynch is up to 32,000.
Phillips Gets a Little from a Lot
Carter Phillips was loving life when two other players did his job for him, getting their stacks all in so all he had to do was call with . He had Justin Ogden and his 
well covered, and both of them had bigger stacks than Laurence Grondin. She got her 5,000ish stack in with 
.
But it was Grondin's turn to love life when the flop came 
, giving her a set. The 
on the turn filled her boat, and on the river saw her safely tripling up to 17,000. Phillips knocked out Ogden and picked up enough chips in the side pot to move up slightly to 55,000. A minute later, we turned around to see Grondin stacking 36,000 after doubling a second time.
Burrrr (Says) Boutin
Burt Boutin is cold, like pretty much every player who's been in the Pavilion room in the last few weeks. He called the floor over to ask if they could do anything about the cold air blowing on his table. They apologized and said they couldn't, but not to worry, it would break in about 40 minutes. But unless they break him to a table outside, he's likely to be cold in his new seat too.
Phillips Has the Goods
A new player was just seated at Carter Phillips' table when he raised to 900. Phillips reraised to 2,300, and his opponent made it 5,300. Then Phillips min-five bet. Apparently the guy didn't get the message that Phillips had a hand, because he moved all in for about 20,000. Phillips snapped with pocket queens and was well ahead of the other player's pair of fives. The ladies held for Phillips, and he's up to 54,000 now.