2010 World Series of Poker

Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$609,493
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,433,050
Entries
2,543
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Manuel Cadilhe Eliminated in 17th Place ($21,765)

Manuel Cadilhe opened to 55,000 and Taylor Larkin made the call.

The flop fell down {J-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and Cadilhe continued with a bet of 85,000 before Larkin moved all in.

"How much?" asked Cadilhe.

"He has you covered" responded the dealer.

The players then forced the dealer to count the amount of chips that Larkin had as it possibly effected the decision that Cadilhe had to make.

As the dealer shook his head in frustration, he cut down Larkin's stack to amount to 903,000 before Cadilhe made the call for his 505,000-chip stack.

Cadilhe: {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Larkin: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

The {2-Spades} on the turn sealed the deal, and when the {K-Spades} landed on the river, Cadilhe hit the rail in 17th place for a $21,765 payday as Larkin soared to 1,530,000 in chips.

Tags: Manuel CadilheTaylor Larkin

Grimes Early On The Trigger

Chadwick Grimes opened to 60,000 from the button only to have Erle Mankin announce raise.

Mankin adjusted his chip stack and moved a stack forward of 150,000, but never putting it past his cards.

Grimes immediately announced all in thinking that the 150,000 was indeed Mankin's intended raise.

Mankin sat back, threw his arms in the air and put his hands on his head as he went deep into the tank.

Two minutes went by before Mankin made it an additional 40,000 and then promptly folded his handed.

Tags: Erle MankinChadwick Grimes

David Versus Goliath

David Ventura had let himself blind down to just 34,000 at the time, but when it folded aorund to him on the button, he decided to make his move and trickled in his remaining chips. Monster stack Taylor Larkin dipped into his ocean of chips to make the call.

Larkin: {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Ventura: {Q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

Board: {A-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}

A deuce on the river keeps Ventura alive; he's back up to the 90,000 mark.

Tags: David VenturaTaylor Larkin

Karl Fenton Eliminated in 16th Place (21,765)

Taylor Larkin raised the minimum on the button and Karl Fenton defended his big blind. On the {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop, Larkin continuation bet 53,000 and, after a brief pause, Fenton made the call.

After both players had checked the {5-Clubs} flop, Fenton reached out for a column of orange chips on the {Q-Clubs} river and bet what appeared to be 150,000, although I think the dealer announced it as 125,000 as there was one green 25,000 chip concealed a couple of chips down.

With little hesitation, Larkin announced all-in.

Perplexed by the move, Fenton exhaled and sat back in his chair before glancing back down at his chips. It didn't take him too long to make the call, however, clearly believing that his opponent's line didn't make sense for the rivered flush. However, although Larkin didn't have clubs, he did reveal {K-Spades}{5-Spades} for turned trips, which was more than enough to pick up both the pot and scalp. He is now your new chip leader with 2,150,000.

Tags: Karl FentonTaylor Larkin

Ventura Flushes Double

David Ventura moved all in for his last 93,000 from middle position, and after some deliberation, Tyler Cornell made the call from the big blind.

Ventura: {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Cornell: {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} to see Ventura make a flush to double to over 205,000 as Cornell slips below the 400,000-chip mark.

Tags: Tyler CornellDavid Ventura

Complete Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Larkin
Taylor Larkin
2,150,000
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
2,105,000
225,000
225,000
Michael Linn us
Michael Linn
1,430,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ronald Chaves
Ronald Chaves
975,000
150,000
150,000
Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
705,000
5,000
5,000
Justin Zaki us
Justin Zaki
560,000
195,000
195,000
Chadwick Grimes
Chadwick Grimes
520,000
-110,000
-110,000
Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Smith
475,000
-10,000
-10,000
Joel Bidnick
Joel Bidnick
465,000
-55,000
-55,000
Jonathan Spinks
Jonathan Spinks
395,000
-35,000
-35,000
John Myung
John Myung
350,000
40,000
40,000
Tyler Cornell us
Tyler Cornell
335,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Erle Mankin us
Erle Mankin
270,000
-130,000
-130,000
Benjamin Eilers us
Benjamin Eilers
270,000
-150,000
-150,000
David Ventura
David Ventura
105,000
-100,000
-100,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 2,000