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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,663,400
Total Entries
965
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 965
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While the rest of the tournament turtles and tries to eke ino the money, the deep-stacked play continues on Red 374. David Singer opened for 6,500 and was called only by big blind James Akenhead. Akenhead checked and called a bet of 10,000 on a flop of 
.
Both players then checked the 
turn. That prompted Akenhead to fire out 26,500 on the river. Singer gave the matter about thirty seconds of thought before calling. It was the wrong decision. Akenhead showed 
for two pair, aces and eights. He collected the pot to climb to about 190,000 while Singer, who started the day as one of the chip leaders, is down to about 120,000.
Timothy Finne's final stand came with 
. Another player at his table had been dealt 
, which was bad news for Finne on a board of 
. His one pair of tens was not enough to avoid the axe. He's out of the tournament with less than one table remaining until the money bubble bursts.
Counts from a little chunk of the room:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
220,000 | |
|
198,000
15,100
|
15,100 |
|
175,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
156,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
151,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
146,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
|
142,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
139,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
130,000
71,200
|
71,200 |
|
117,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
|
||
|
109,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
105,000
48,500
|
48,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
41,500
|
41,500 |
|
95,000
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
94,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
83,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
76,000
12,300
|
12,300 |
|
73,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
|
72,000
50,100
|
50,100 |
|
71,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
70,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
||
|
67,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
64,000 | |
|
61,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
You'd be forgiven for thinking that James Akenhead's table might be playing a different event than the rest of this tournament. With the average stack at roughly 90,000 chips, there are only three players at the table below par. Every single other player has between 125,000 and 225,000 chips, making for some surprisingly deep-stacked play for this juncture of the tournament.
That's what one of our hand runners said as he handed in the details of Andrew Rosskamm's elimination hand. Koen Debakker opened pre-flop with a raise to 5,100 from middle position. Action passed to Rosskamm in the big blind, who made a massive over-shove for about 89,000 total. Debakker, with about 100,000 total in his stack, called with 
. He was racing Rosskamm's 
and dragged the pot on a 10-high board, 
.
Debakker now has about 200,000 chips.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Peter Traply was all in for 63,000 before the flop with 
. His shove was a response to aggression from Jim Collopy, and "Mr_BigQueso" put Traply to the test with 
. The board doubled Traply up as it came 
, and Collopy fell back under 30,000.
Maybe two hands later, Collopy open-shoved for 28,700, and Joel Casper quickly called with . "Really?!" Collopy said, standing from his chair and turning up . The flop was a big swing and a miss for the at-risk WSOP rookie, coming 
. "Higher," he commanded.
Turn:
That is indeed higher, and a good hit for Queso. The river 
made him two pair just for good measure, and he's doubled back to about 60,000 now.
Jared Hamby is the fly in the ointment at James Akenhead's and David Singer's table. Hamby called a bet (we didn't see the amount) from Singer on a board of 
. When the river came , Singer slowed down and checked. Hamby fired out a bet of about half the pot, 13,000 total. Singer thought for two minutes before folding.
