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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,815,200
Entries
3,128
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Easy for Harder
Chris Harder opened the pot with a 350-chip raise, and the player next to speak called.
Flop: 
Harder fired a 375-chip bet and was called.
The turn card was the 
and Harder took the pot after he fired a 600-chip bet.
Harder is now up to 3,500 chips.
Brenes Out
Humberto Brenes raised to 350 from early position, leaving himself only 550 behind. A player in middle position then raised to 1,100 and Konstantin Puchkov four-bet to 2,500.
Brenes called for his tournament life and the middle position player moved all in for 5,600 total. Puchkov went into the tank before folding.
Brenes: 
Middle Position: 
Brenes was in big trouble and couldn't catch as the board ran out 
. He has been eliminated from the tournament.
Phil Ivey Busted . . . Again
Phil Ivey recently busted from the Tournament of Champions and made his way over to the $1k event. He took his seat at Table 10 right next to Matt Hawrilenko and hadn't been there long when the following hand developed.
A player in middle position raised to 375 and was called by the cutoff. Ivey then moved all in for a total of 1,800 from the big blind. The middle position player called while the cutoff got out of the way.
Middle Position: 
Ivey: 
The board ran out 
and Ivey was eliminated from his second tournament of the day.
Go Go Baker
From under the gun, a player opened the pot and was called by the player in the cutoff seat. On the button, David Baker re-popped to an additional 1,475 chips. The initial raiser folded and the cutoff moved all in for a few more chips. Baker called.
Showdown
Baker: 
Opponent:
The 
board gave Baker 11,000 chips.
Maridu Busto
A player in the cutoff seat opened the pot with a 400-chip raise, and Team PokerStars Pro Maria Mayrinck moved all in for an additional 125 in the big blind. She was called.
Maridu tabled 
and her opponent showed pocket sevens. The 
board knocked out the Brazilian player.
Gobo-Gobo
On a board of 
, Jimmy Fricke moved all in and was called by a single opponent.
Fricke:
Opponent: 
Fricke was in big trouble but found some help when the appeared on the river. Fricke increased his stack to around 3,800.
Jason Mercier Hits the Rail
When we arrived at the table we saw a player in middle position fired a 850-chip bet. In early position Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier moved all in for about 5,000 chips, and the initial raiser called.
Showdown
Mercier:
Opponent:
A board full of blanks leaved Mercier with just 800 chips.
In the very next hand, Mercier moved all in with 
under the gun and was called by a player with 
.
The board 
split the pot.
While we were here updating the blog we saw Mercier hit the rail.
Bye-Bye Vedes
Tommy Vedes limped in early position only to have a player in middle position move all in for 1,250. The button then reshoved and Vedes called all in for 1,450.
Vedes: 
Button: 
Middle Position: 
The board ran out sending Vedes to the rail.
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0