2010 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$570,960
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$3,459,000
Entries
3,844
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Rockowitz Doubles Up

Jesse Rockowitz just open-raised all in for his last 81,000, and the table folded back around to the player in the small blind who called. Rockowitz showed {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and his opponent {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}.

The flop came {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}, putting Rockowitz out in front. The turn was the {5-Clubs} and the river the {5-Hearts}, and Rockowitz doubled back to 170,000.

Tags: Jesse Rockowitz

Peters Scores Double KO

David Peters opened with a raise to 16,000, Kima Kimura reraised to 32,000, and a third player pushed all in behind. Peters responded by reshoving his big stack, and Kimura called with her remaining chips.

Peters showed {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}, Kimura {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}, and the third player {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}. The flop came {2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{J-Clubs}, putting Kimura in front. The turn was the {5-Hearts}. Then came the river -- the {A-Hearts} -- giving the advantage back to Peters and giving him the big pot.

Two more knockouts there, and Peters moves up over 600,000.

Tags: David PetersKima Kimura

Jesse Rockowitz Up to 300,000

A player moved all in middle position for about 76,000 chips and the action folded to Jesse Rockowitz in the small blind. Rockowitz eventually called.

Showdown
Rockowitz: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

The {2-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Spades} board gave Jesse Rockowitz 300,000 chips and his opponent a passport to the rail.

Tags: Jesse Rockowitz

Johnson's Spades Down Hart

We heard about this one after the fact. A player opened with a raise to 21,000, then Dan Hart made a minimum reraise to 34,000. Micah Johnson then made it 120,000 to go from the button.

The original raiser folded -- pocket queens, he said afterwards -- and Hart, who had Johnson covered, made the call. Hart showed {10-}{10-} and Johnson {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}.

The flop came {10-Spades}-X-X, giving Hart a set. But the turn and river brought two more non-pairing spades, and Johnson's flush was best. Johnson moves to 340,000, while Hart slips to 240,000.

Tags: Dan HartMicah Johnson

Some for Ogura

Takashi Ogura has added a few to his stack while knocking out a competitor here in the late stages of play. His opponent was all in with {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} against Ogura's {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}. The flop came {8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Ogura was still behind. But the {A-Clubs} came on the turn, giving him a better pair. And the {2-Clubs} on the river gave his opponent a set, but completed a club flush for Ogura, knocking out his opponent.

He's at 195,000 now.

Tags: Takashi Ogura

Shepsky Ships It, Is Shipped Out

Matthew Shepsky had a big stack earlier today, though had slipped back to the middle of the pack as the field began to shrink.

Just now he found himself in a hand in which an opponent raised, he reraised, his opponent shoved, and Shepsky called with the rest of his stack.

Shepsky was in decent shape with {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades} against his opponent's {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. But the board came {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, giving his opponent the straight and sending Shepsky home just before we wrap it up tonight.

Tags: Matthew Shepsky