Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
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
Break Time
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We're now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Hold, One Time!
Ryan Hicke moved all in from under the gun for about 12,000 chips, and Zachary Lee moved all in too, for an additional 11,000 chips.
Showdown
Hicke: 
Lee: 
The board ran out 
and Hicke is now up to 25,000 chips. Lee slipped to 11,000 chips.
A WSOP Snapshot
Faraz Jaka was recently eliminated, and on his way out stopped to talk with Phil Hellmuth who had come over following the conclusion of play at the WSOP Tournament of Champions.
Their conversation was paused momentarily, though, when a player in our tournament got up and asked Hellmuth if he could get a photograph with him. Never too shy around cameras, Hellmuth complied, and the photo was taken before the player's next hand was dealt.
The scene highlighted one of the interesting contrasts one sometimes encounters at the WSOP, with amateurs taking their one big shot in a low buy-in event playing on one side of the Amazon Room, while the game's top players compete just a few yards away in the Tournament of Champions.
And then there's Antonio Esfandiari, competing in both the WSOP TOC and Event #47. Esfandiari ended play with the short stack over in the TOC, 16th of 17 players left. Here he has an above-average stack 43,000, to which he can now devote his full attention.
Peter Traply is Losing Gas
Peter Traply opened the pot with a 2,700-chip bet and was called by the player in the cutoff seat. In the big blind, Jason Lower moved all in for about 12,600 chips. Traply moved all in too and the player in the cutoff seat said "I fold your too good to stack off!".
Showdown
Traply: 
Lower: 
The board 
gave Lower a full double up, is now up to 30,000 chips. Peter Traply slipped to 104,000 chips.
Larsen Out
Christian Larsen was just now all in for his tournament life with 
and hoping to outlast Brandon Becker's 
.
Larsen was okay through the flop -- 
-- but the fell on the turn, pairing Becker. The river was the 
, and Larsen is out.
Becker is up to 55,000.
Akkari Flopping Well
When we arrived at the table the board read 
and Jason James fired a 3,900-chip bet into a pot with about 10,000 chips. In the other side of the table, Team PokerStars Pro André Akkari check-raised to 10,500. James called.
The turn card was a 
and both players checked. The river brought a to the table and Akkari check-called a 10,100-chip bet from James.
James tabled 
for king high and Akkari showed , pot for the Brazilian player.
Akkari is now up to 86,000 chips.
When "Open Seat!" Becomes "Payout!"
Now that the cash bubble has burst, the eliminations have picked up once again, with more than 50 having made their way to the cashier already. Only now the dealer calls out "Payout" rather than "Open Seat," no doubt much nicer for the busted player to hear.
Among those was Michael Paulle, former WSOP Media Director Michael Paulle, who barely snuck into the cash with a 318th place finish. Indeed, Paulle was that player to whom we alluded to at the start of the day announcing his desire to cash. He began the day with less than 10,000 chips, but made it through and got his wish.
Nice Pot for Amarula
With the board reading 
, Jacob Liddell fired a 8,000-chip bet into a pot with about 15,000 chips.
Leandro Amarula Balotin tanked and eventually called. Liddell tabled 
for a pair of sevens, Balotin showed and took the pot.
Liddell slipped to 25,000 and Balotin is now up to 60,000 chips.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100