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The cards are back in the air following Jeff Papola's bracelet ceremony.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $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
$3,433,050
Entries
2,543
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
20 Minute Break
Players are now on their first 20 minute break.
Chicotsky Culled
David Chicotsky has just been eliminated in a blind-on-blind battle.
With the action folding to Chicotsky in the small blind he raised it up only to have the big blind three-bet him. Chicotsky immediately four-bet jammed all in and was snapped off by the big blind.
Chicotsky: 
Opponent: 
The board blanked out and Chicotsky made his way to the rail.
Running with Dabul
There were three limpers to a flop of 
. The big blind checked, prompting the under the gun player to bet 200. Veronica Dabul, who had limped from late position, raised to 450.
The under the gun player surprised Dabul by reraising to 1,175, sending her into the tank. She counted out her chips, about 4,800 behind, and decided to hold on to what she had. She folded and gave up on the hand.
Williams Stacks Opponent
Facing a raise to 250 and a three-bet to 800, Jeff Williams four-bet to 2,250 from the big blind.
The original raiser folded but the the three-better five-bet shoved all in for roughly 6,000.
Williams made the call tabling his 
to be in great shape against his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
to see Williams eliminate his opponent while climbing to 16,000 in chips.
PokerStars in the Field
Team PokerStars has a number of pros participating in today's event. Vanessa Rousso, Pierre Neuville, Fatima De Melo and Veronica Dabul are all in action. Unfortunately, two PokerStars pros have already been eliminated in Gavin Griffin and 2008 Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov.
Flack Doubles, Still Short
Layne Flack was all in for his last 1,200 or so on a flop of 
and received a call from Seat 7.
Flack: 
Seat 7: 
When the turn came 
, Flack said to Chau Giang, who was watching the action, "We're not out of the woods yet."
The river was the 
and Flack managed to survive and double to around 2,600.
Boeree Sticks It In
On a board reading 
Liv Boeree was faced with a bet of 1,225.
Thinking for some time, Boeree eventually slid her stack with her opponent making the call for his last 2,925.
Boeree: 
Opponent: 
The river blanked out with the 
to see Boeree bust her opponent and move to 9,000 in chips.
Yang On the Up and Up
Jerry Yang was all in of a board reading 
and received a call from a single opponent. Yang showed 
and was ahead of his opponent's .
Yang needed to avoid an ace, king or three on the river and managed to do so when it fell the . Yang doubled on the hand and is now sitting with 9,000.