Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,663,400
Entries
965
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Four Times the Fun for Hachem
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On the last hand of the previous level, a player in the cutoff seat opened for a raise to 1,800, and Tony Hachem called all in for his last lonely 900 chips, yelling, "Allllll in!" loudly as he did so. The big blind reraised to 4,200, and Hachem started rubbing the shoulders of dealer Ronnie. After about a minute of tank time, the original raiser folded, and Hachem was heads up with a chance at a quadruple up.
The big blind turned up 
, and Hachem had only looked at one card. He turned over his 
and squeezed his other card slowly, but the dealer was already starting to run the board. It was 
for Hash, and the flop came 
. "All right, let's have a four!" Hachem said enthusiastically. The turn was a blank 
. The river, however, was indeed a 
, and Hachem's come-from-behind straight earns him a chip boost from 900 all the way to a still-quite-short 3,600.
Tran Can't Find a Fold
Jim Collopy found himself at the river of a 
board, heads-up against Theo Tran. With about 10,000 in the pot, Collopy bet 6,900. Tran squirmed in his seat, clearly not happy with Collopy's bet. He finally forced himself to throw calling chips into the pot, but had to muck his hand when Collopy turned over 
for a rivered two pair. Collopy is up in the counts to about 49,000, while Tran's 21,500 is starting to look a little on the short side.
Hachem Goes Under
Well it was a tall task to expect Tony Hachem to mount a comeback from 900 chips. He quadrupled once an orbit or so ago, but we've just spotted him wishing his table luck and heading out the side door.
That's the end of the Hachems for Event #51.
Day 1 Photos
Chan's Bluff Called
With the board showing 
, Terrence Chan led out from the big blind with a bet of 12,000. His lone opponent actually threw 16,000 chips into the pot with a call, then said, "Well now you know I was willing to call 16. I guess you got a read."
The river was the . Chan fired again, this time for 20,000. His opponent tanked for about a minute before taking a stack of yellow (T1,000) chips and thrusting them into the center of the table. Chan didn't say a word as he turned up 
, a stone bluff. His opponent showed 
to take the pot with a pair of aces.
"Hell of a call," said a player from a neighboring table observing the hand.
Chan is down to 53,000.
Seven to Go
We're at that magical ten-minute mark in the last level, and the clock has been paused. A seven was plucked from the mystical deck, and we'll play that many hands at each table before calling it a night.
A Good Finish For Vedes
A player in late position opened with a raise to 2,500, and Tommy Vedes reraised to what looked like 10,200 total. In the big blind Andrea Piva squeezed his cards and tanked for a couple minutes before moving all in for about 18,000 total. The initial raiser ducked out, and Vedes quickly called to put his man at risk.
It was rockets for Tommy V, 
, and Piva shrugged and turned up his 
. There was an eight on the river, but it was already too late for Piva. The board ran 
, and Vedes' set is bigger than Piva's.
That elimination pot moves Vedes up to 146,000 and up near the top of the scoreboard as the day nears completion.
Scratch That. A Fantastic Finish for Vedes!
Okay, so Tommy Vedes.
One hand after eliminating Andrea Piva with pocket aces, Vedes found them again on the final hand of the night. There was heavy preflop raising action, and Vedes ended up getting a player with pocket queens to fold. It was a good fold, too; the third player couldn't get away from his pocket kings, and Vedes was poised for another knockout.
There was no funny stuff on the board full of blanks, and Vedes has sent this day out with quite a bang. That final pot shoots him up to 237,000 and that's going to be good enough to snatch the overnight chip lead from David Singer barring some last-minute fireworks on another table.
End-of-Day Big Stacks
