2010 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
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

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Day 3 Started

Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

(Table 260)
Seat 1: Espen Moen - 277000
Seat 2: Jason Jacintho - 58000
Seat 3: Raymond Bonavida - 350000
Seat 4: Mehul Chaudhari - 424000
Seat 5: David Peters - 594000
Seat 6: Martin Perez - 103000
Seat 7: Dustin Dorrance-bowman - 414000
Seat 8: Duane Blanchard - 79000

(Table 261)
Seat 1: Nathan Jessen - 230000
Seat 2: Henrik Tollefsen - 257000
Seat 3: James Locascio - 121000
Seat 4: David Galo - 151000
Seat 5: Jesse Rockowitz - 320000
Seat 6: Matthew Nieberg - 241000
Seat 7: Sean Prendiville - 559000
Seat 8: Matthew Lupton - 315000

(Table 262)
Seat 1: Benjamin Palmer - 394000
Seat 2: Carder England - 133000
Seat 3: Marcel Vonk - 169000
Seat 4: Tommaso Briotti - 118000
Seat 5: Daniel Harbaugh - 100000
Seat 6: Ognjen Sekularac - 265000
Seat 7: Christopher Vasquez - 167000
Seat 8: Dorlan Schick - 387000

(Table 265)
Seat 1: Srdjan Mitrovic - 67000
Seat 3: Johnny Kitchens - 257000
Seat 4: Kenneth Shei - 199000
Seat 5: Michael Kaufman - 265000
Seat 6: Michael Clees - 168000
Seat 7: Daniel Van - 405000
Seat 8: Yu Shen - 233000

(Table 266)
Seat 1: Raymond Stuwe - 222000
Seat 2: Daniel Hart - 243000
Seat 3: Miklos Zsuffa - 309000
Seat 4: Johan Ekerfelt - 368000
Seat 5: Anton Knutar - 125000
Seat 6: Paul Kerr - 131000
Seat 7: Matthew Waxman - 122000
Seat 8: Mike Allis - 266000

(Table 267)
Seat 1: Michael Brain - 260000
Seat 2: Matthew Schulte - 488000
Seat 3: Kenneth Smith - 107000
Seat 4: Shawn Rusch - 1
Seat 5: Micah Johnson - 309000
Seat 6: Jeremy Lordge - 118000
Seat 7: Alex Jacob - 163000
Seat 8: Takashi Ogura - 195000

Day 3 is About To Begin

We're just ten minutes from the kickoff of Day 3 of Event #54. Today the 47 players who made it through a grueling Day 2 will get ready for the next pivotal step in their quest for a WSOP bracelet - making a final table.

With only 47 players remaining, we're not sure just how long it will take to reach the final table. The big stacks are getting deeper and as more people get knocked out, the deeper stacks might slow play a little.

Our chip leader going into the day is David Peters, who has almost 600,000 chips in his stack. Sean Prendiville and Matthew Schulte are the closest contenders. Let's see what happen today.

Cards will be in the air shortly, so make sure to stick with us as we bring you all the action fit for print.

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Mitrovic Moves On

Srdjan Mitrovic open-raised all in from late position with his last 65,000, then Johnny Kitchens announced he was reraising all in behind him. The others folded, Mitrovic showed {Q-Spades}{8-Hearts}, and Kitchens tabled {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

The board came {7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, and Mitrovic is an early casualty here on Day 3. Kitchens moves up to 305,000.

Tags: Johnny KitchensSrdjan Mitrovic

Moen Eliminates Jacintho

Shortly after that double-up by Jason Jacintho came a hand in which Espen Moen opened with a raise from the button, then Jacintho pushed all in from the small blind for 50,000 more. The big blind folded, and Moen called.

Jacintho had {8-}{8-} and Moen {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. The flop came {2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}, giving Jacintho a set of eights. But the turn and river -- {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} -- gave Moen a runner-runner straight, and Jacintho is out.

Moen moves to 310,000.

Tags: Espen MoenJason Jacintho

Double Up for Jacob

Alex Jacob
Alex Jacob

The action folded to Alex Jacob on the button and he moved all in for about 140,000 chips. In the big blind, Michael Brain called and tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}. Bad news for Jacob and his {10-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

The {10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} board, gave Jacob 290,000 chips. Brain slipped to nearly 100,000.

Tags: Alex JacobMichael Brain

Brain Dead

We've seen a few more hit the rail here in the early going. The latest was Michael Brain, who after being cut short in that hand versus Alex Jacob, has now joined the line to the cashier.

Following a {J-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{A-Spades} flop, Takashi Ogura checked, Brain pushed all in with his remaining stack, and Ogura called. Ogura showed {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, while Brain had {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

The turn was the {J-Diamonds} and the river the {4-Spades}, and Brain is out. Ogura chips up to 374,000.

Tags: Michael BrainTakashi Ogura