2010 World Series of Poker

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

Hansen Halted

Thor Hansen opened to 350 from middle position and was called by an opponent in the small blind before the big blind bumped it to 1,650.

Hansen moved all in for his last 2,650 and the small blind took nearly four minutes to fold his {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} before the big blind made the call.

Hansen: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} to see Hansen eliminated courtesy of an unkind river.

Tags: Thor Hansen

Neilson Chips Up

Daniel Neilson opened to 400 from the hi-jack and was called by an opponent on from the cutoff.

Neilson fired out 575 on the {2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop with his opponent making the call to see the {10-Hearts} peel on the turn.

Neilson checked and his opponent fired out 850 with Neilson making the call before both players checked the {J-Spades} on the river.

Neilson tabled his {8-Spades}{5-Spades}, and once his opponent open-mucked his {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, Neilson climbed to 17,500 in chips.

Tags: Daniel Neilson

Ryan Eliminates Opponent

Rich Ryan, who is a top notch poker blogger for PokerNews, raised to 325 from the cutoff. The small blind folded and the big blind threw out a raise to 1,150. Ryan, who we understand is of no relation to legendary baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan, took his time before making the call.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and the big blind led out for 2,150, leaving himself 2,025 behind. Ryan grabbed a big stack of chips and deposited them in the pot for a raise. The big blind did not look happy and tanked for awhile before making the call. Ryan proudly turned over {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} for a set while the big blind sheepishly revealed {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}.

The turn was the {J-Clubs} giving Ryan a full house and the win. After the {K-Hearts} was put out on the river, Ryan shook hands with his defeated foe and stacked his newly won chips with the grace and elegance of a champion. He is now sitting with around 15,000.

Tags: Rich Ryan

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Phan Exits

John Phan during earlier WSOP action
John Phan during earlier WSOP action

John 'The Razor' Phan has recently hit the rail when he found himself all in preflop holding {J-}{10-} against an opponent with {A-}{10-}.

The board blanked out and Phan hit the rail.

Tags: John Phan

Andy Bloch's Scrabble Adventure

Andy Bloch is notorious for carrying his iPad to tournaments. He has been spotted numerous times playing Scrabble in between hands during events throughout the series.

Today is no different. Bloch is over at Table 35 enjoying a game of Scrabble. We didn't catch them all, but here are a few words we noticed as we walked by: joys, variole, lounge, creation, pray, larked, hung, habitus and dip. He'd better just hope his chip stack doesn't take a "dip" while he is preoccupied.

Tags: Andy Bloch