Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $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
$3,433,050
Entries
2,543
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Day 3 Table and Seat Draw
(Table 331)
Seat 2: Elliott Harrah - 266000
Seat 3: Justin Zaki - 265000
Seat 4: Ronald Chaves - 442000
Seat 5: Karl Fenton - 368000
Seat 6: David Ventura - 53000
Seat 7: Erle Mankin - 442000
Seat 8: Clint Coffee - 449000
(Table 336)
Seat 1: Michael Linn - 1410000
Seat 2: Manuel Cadilhe - 447000
Seat 3: Benjamin Smith - 604000
Seat 5: Roberto Stamerra - 207000
Seat 6: Thomas Gruber - 167000
Seat 7: Jonathan Spinks - 703000
Seat 8: Alexander Kuzmin - 462000
Seat 9: Chadwick Grimes - 591000
(Table 337)
Seat 1: Anthony Spinella - 535000
Seat 2: Tyler Cornell - 423000
Seat 4: Joel Bidnick - 298000
Seat 5: John Myung - 386000
Seat 6: Sean Prendiville - 574000
Seat 7: Taylor Larkin - 570000
Seat 8: Benjamin Eilers - 560000
Seat 9: Mihai Manole - 1253000
Welcome Back for the Final Day!
![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Welcome back to the Rio and the 2010 World Series of Poker for the final day of Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em!
The 2,543 starting field has been whittled down to just twenty-three as Michael Linn holds the overnight chip lead with an amassed 1,410,000 in chips. Snapping at his heels however is Mihai Minole (1,253,000) before daylight exists between the rest of the pack Jonathan Spinks (703,000) leads the secondary group of players.
Playing down to a winner tonight, one of these players will be walking home with $609,493 in first prize money, a coveted gold bracelet and title of champion!
PokerNews will again be providing continuous live updates of every rivered flush, turned straight and flopped set live from the floor of the Rio and the Event #49 final day!
Cards in the Air
Unlike the 1993 Grand National, we're off and underway.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
"Bad Start" for Spinks
Just spotted Jonathan Spinks mucking on the river of an 
board after being shown 
. The pot cost Spinks around 100,000. "Bad start," he mumbled to himself.
"WTF" Exit for Spinella
Mihai Manole opened to 31,000 from the cutoff only to have Anthony Spinella three-bet to 100,000 from the button.
Manole made the call as the 
flop fell down and Manole checked it over to Spinella who fired out 100,000. Manole made the call to see the 
peel on the turn, an he check the action again.
After pausing for a few minutes to deliberate, Spinella moved all in for 205,000 and was double-fist-pump-snap called by Manole.
Spinella: 
Manole: 
"What the f**k!" screamed Spinella as he just left the table without waiting for his payout slip.
The meaningless 
landed on the river and Manole raked in the pot to move to 1,780,000 in chips.
Harrah Has Left the Building
Players rising from their seat signified a big hand, and when we arrived it was cards on their back with a shorter stacked Elliott Harrah all in with 
on a 
flop versus the 
of Mihai Manole. The 
turn and 
river were both blanks and Harrah hit the rail. Manole, meanwhile, is now your new chip leader with 1,780,000.
Larkin Flushed With Chips
Sean Prendiville opened to 36,000 only to have Taylor Larkin three-bet to 95,000 next to act. Prendiville then moved all in and Larkin made the call for his 537,000 total.
Prendiville: 
Larkin: 
The flop left Larkin in great shape to double, but when the 
landed on the turn, he would have to fade the board pairing to remain alive.
Fortunately for Larkin the river fell the to see him double through to just under 1,100,000 as Prendiville slips to just 73,000 in chips.
Small Acorns
With just 53,000, David Ventura was the shortest stack heading into the final day, but from the small acorns, mighty trees grow, and Ventura's stack is already showing sign of growth.
The opponent looking to deroot him from the tournament was the man who started the day as a giant redwood, Michael Linn. With Ventura pushing all in from late position with , Linn made the call in the big blind and flipped onto the felt.
The board, however, favored Ventura, the dealer laying out an 
board and awarding the short stack the pot with the turned straight. Consequently, Ventura is now up to 150,000, but still short.