Failla Outlasts Todd
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Eugene Todd may have busted, but his buddy hand man Will Failla is still alive and kicking with 46,000 chips. Our only regret is having taken this long to find him.Eugw
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $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
$4,180,950
Entries
3,097
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Cold as Ice
There have been constant complaints over the Series about the temperature in the Pavillion; only Eskimo Clark seems content. Passing one table recently, I overheard UK player David Tighe comment with a Midland twang, "It's freezing in here, my nipples have gone erect." Erect nipples didn't stop him from raising, however, picking up the blinds and antes with a raise to 900. He currently has 14,000.
King Kong
Before the dinner break we reported that Alex Outhred was monster chip leader, but since then, he's turned into an even bigger monster with 75,000 and is rampaging through the Rio like King Kong on Red Bull. At time of writing, no one even comes close to matching his stack.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Cagey Finish
With the 90-minute break just moments away, players have tighened right up, even the short stacks keen to Twitter that they survived two thirds of the field to make it to dinner rather than gambling on a double-up.
In fact, as I write, the half-time whistle blows and it's time to get some tucker. Rejoin us at around 20.20 for the final four levels.
Never Ending Story
I'm not sure why, but, this year, I have witnessed more floors called than any other Series before, and if the tournament directors haven't been using the gym at their hotel, they should at least have calves of steel from all the floor space they've covered in the Pavillion Room.
On this occasion, we joined the debate prior to the T.D's arrival, the dealer telling a player: "If you stop staring at me, I'll explain it to you again, or we can get a floor over here. In fact, let's do that. Floor on 61!"
The stoppage on this occasion was a result of that forever greying area of showing cards at a showdown. "If a winning hand gets called," started the T.D.," and wants to see the other player's hand, it's a live hand and has to be shown. Whoever bets and calls, that player must show his hand."
"What if he mucks his cards?" inquired the player. "And they go into the muck?"
"If the cards go into the muck, and they are irretrievable, there's nothing we can do about it... Guys, we can do 'ifs' all day... If a winning hand is called, the player has the right to see the other player's hand. That's the bottom line."
666 Crushes Phan
John Centero had raised in early position and was re-raised by John Phan to 2,575. Centero four-bet to 6,200 with 15,000 behind and Phan responded by going all in for 30,000.
At this time the dealer started to run out the flop and had to be stopped by the other players at the table. Eventually Centero did make the call.
Centero: 
Phan: 
The flop was crushing for Phan when it came 
giving Centero trips. When the turn came 
Phan was left drawing dead. The dealer threw out the 
for good measure, but it was no use to Phan who is down to 16,700.
Ngoc Tran Finds Miracle River
On a board reading 
we arrived to see Jimmy Ngoc Tran betting with his opponent raising all in. Ngoc Tran made the call and it looked like it was going to be a chop when the cards were turned up.
Ngoc Tran:
Opponent: 
But as you may have guessed, the river was huge for Ngoc Tran, coming down 
and giving him a better two pair. He's now up to 29,000 while his opponent is bust.
Brock Bottom
Brock Parker, Adam Levy and Lee Childs are just a handful of notable names who suffered early exits today. We're cutting through the field today like a chainsaw through butter; 1,140 of an initial 3097 remain.
Battle of the Headphones
It may come as no surprise that the poker world can be an insular one, something that is apparent at the World Series. When scanning the room it's not uncommon to see many players wearing a certain brand of jeans or t-shirt. The biggest observation we've (or at least I) have made so far is the domination of two types of headphones, those being Beats by Dre and Quiet Comfort by Bose. There are a few iPod stock sets here and there, and Ivey wears Sony, but the two frontrunners are clearly Dre and Bose.
If things ever slow down enough, we might actually do a scientific (counting) survey, because we know you're dying to know.