Joshua Gibson Takes Huge Lead
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Joshua Gibson has built his stack to an impressive 720,000, putting him well ahead of the pack, with his closes competitor, Stephen Buchanan, sitting at 572,000
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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
Michael Deloach Eliminated in 36th Place
Michael Deloach got the last of his chips into the middle with 
and was called by Huy Nguyen who was ahead from the start with 
. Deloach was unable to improve on the 
board and was the first to go post-break.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Last Break of the Evening
We're on the last break of the evening and plan to play two more levels before breaking until tomorrow
Matthew LaGarde Comes up With the Worst of it
Matthew LaGarde found himself all in and going to the flop against current chip leader Alexander Carr.
Carr: 
Lagarde: 
LaGarde was behind from the outset, and stayed that way when the cards came 
Ahuja Slips to 125k
Sarang Ahuja provided some new life to an opponent at his table when he called an all-in raise preflop.
Ahuja:
Opponent: 
The board left Ahuja hanging dry when it came 
and he is down to 125,000 chips
Nice Pot for Joshua Gibson
Scott Vener opened the pot with a raise to 20,000 and Joshua Gibson popped it to 55,000 on the button. Vener called.
Flop:
Vener check-called a 73,500 bet from Gibson and saw a 
on the turn.
Both players checked.
River: 
Gibson led out with a 80,000 bet and Vener eventually folded.
Gibson has now 450,000 chips and Vener is down to 300,000.
Bansi Gets a Boost from Jacques
Praz Bansi was in the button and raised to 18,000, getting called by Vincent Jacques in the small blind. Bansi made a continuation bet of 23,500 after Jacques checked the 
flop. Both players checked the 
turn and Jacques made one more check-call for 28,500 when the river came 
.
Martin showed for top pair, while Jacques' 
gave him the second-best hand.
Bansi is now sitting with 375,000 chips while Jacques fell to 185,000.
Scott Vene Eliminated
Scott Vener went all in preflop and got called by Kyle Knecht who had him covered.
Scott Vener: 
Kyle Knecht:
Board: 
and Vener was eliminated from the tournament. Knetch now has 430,000 chips.
Martin Takes Carr for a Ride
It was a classic battle of the blinds when Jesse Martin and Alexander Carr saw a flop in the small and big blind respectively. The flop came 
and Martin check-called Carr's bet of 10,000.
The 
fell on the turn, and this time Martin led out with a bet of 20,000 and was called by Carr. Things went similarly on the river when the fell and Martin bet 22,000. Carr called and mucked when Martin showed for a queen-high flush.