David Skalnsky Heads Home
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David Sklansky has headed home for the evening when his 
failed to surpass his opponent's 
. He may be bust, but at least he's about even in Sklansky bucks.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $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
$2,824,200
Entries
2,092
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
David Chicotsky Eliminated
David Chicotsky called an all in preflop with 
and saw 
on the other side of the table for his opponent.
The board 
did the rest and Chicotsky is out of the tournament.
And the Chipleader is...
Mr. Peter Leung with 80,000 chips.
Typical Hand Plays out Typically...Not
Getty Mattingsley got himself on the best side of a crazy pot over at his table. The player acting under the gun made it 1,200 to go. The player to his left made it 4,200 and Mattingsly shoved his entire 7,800 into the middle. Yet another player after him made it 14,000 to go. Two other players tanked before folding before the first two to act folded. The under the gun player said he folded 
while the original re-raiser folded face up.
Mattingsley showed 
and his opponent tabled 
. The flop came 
. Mattingsly was ahead on the flop, but pulled back in the race when the river came . However, in the spirit of this crazy hand, a 
fell on the river, giving Mattingsley a king-high straight and claim to all the chips.
Mattingsly now has about 21,000 in chips.
Christian Harder Doube Up
When we arrived at the table Christian Harder was all in (15,850) and an opponent was mulling over a call, before finally deciding it was go time. The hands:
Harder: 
Opponent:
Board: 
Double up for Christian Harder (45,000).
Kling Takes a Hit
The action was folded around to the player in the cutoff who bet 1,050. The player on the button went all in (6,000) and Lauren Kling ask for a chipcount on the initial raiser. Kling made a big raise and the initial raiser eventually folded.
Showdown:
Kling:
Button: 
Board: 
and the button doubled up.
King Nathan
Ryan Nathan was treading close to the 10 big blind threshold when he went all in preflop with about 5,400 and was called by an opponent. Nathan showed while his opponent tabled 
. The board of 
allowed Nathan to double up. He is currently sitting with about 11,000 chips, enough to play some flops with.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Chris Moorman: To the Moon!
Chris Moorman has rocketed towards the chip lead after getting mixed up in a big pot with Zak Gilbert. When we arrived, Gilbert had either limped or raised into the pot, which was followed by Moorman re-raising to 7,700. Action got back to Gilbert, who re-raised all in for his entire stack of 32,000. Moorman only had 29,000, but made the call.
Moorman:
Gilbert: 
Gilbert was in trouble, and the dealer didn't provide any help. The cards came down 
.
Not a bad spot in which to pick up aces. Gilbert was left crippled with just 2,000 in chips, while Moorman has amassed a collection of 60,000.
Kling joins Esfandiari
Lauren Kling (40,000) just moved to Antonio Esfandiari's (50,000) table, let's see what happens...