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

Waxman Rubbed Out

Raymond Stuwe opened with a raise to 24,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Matthew Waxman on the button who shoved all in for 97,000. The blinds got out, and Stuwe quickly made the call.

Stuwe showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and was ahead of Waxman's {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. The community cards came {8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, and Waxman was eliminated.

Stuwe adds some to his stack, moving to 328,000.

Tags: Raymond StuweMatthew Waxman

We Prefer Pools

The action folded to Michael Clees in the cutoff seat, and he opened the pot with a 50,000-chip raise. On the button, Raymond Stuwe asked for a count.

Clees had 150,000 chips behind and Stuwe tanked...tanked...and after seven or eight minutes he finally folded.

The blinds released and this is how we are spending our fourth of July.

Tags: Michael CleesRaymond Stuwe

Ekerfelted

Preflop action between Daniel Hart (button) and Johan Ekerfelt (big blind) had already built a pot of around 150,000 when the flop came {9-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Ekerfelt immediately pushed all in with his remaining chips. Hart thought a bit, then exhaled and said "All right, I call." Hart had {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, but was behind Ekerfelt's {K-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

The tables turned, however, with the {Q-Hearts} turn card, which put Hart way out in front. The river was the {6-Clubs}, and Ekerfelt is out.

Hart didn't have Ekerfelt covered by much, and so has made a nice jump up to 402,000.

Tags: Daniel HartJohan Ekerfelt

Knutar Knocked Out

Raymond Stuwe opened with a raise to 22,000 from middle position, and it folded to Anton Knutar who reraised all in for 125,000 from the small blind. The big blind skedaddled, and unlike on that previous hand, Stuwe didn't take too much time before making the call. Knutar showed {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Stuwe {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}.

The dealer then spread out the flop... {3-Spades}... {10-Clubs}... {7-Hearts}! Stuwe stood up in surprise, the move causing a half-filled can of Red Bull sitting on the floor beside him to turn on its side and empty its contents onto the Amazon floor. The turn was the {A-Clubs} and river the {J-Clubs}, and Knutar is out.

After gathering those chips, Stuwe chips up to 477,000.

Tags: Anton KnutarRaymond Stuwe

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Updated Chip Counts; 33 Remain

After one level of play, we're down to 33 players. Here's what the top of the leaderboard looks like at the moment:

Dustin Dorrance-Bowman -- 635,000
Dorian Schick -- 620,000
Michael Kaufman -- 615,000
Johnny Kitchens -- 592,000
Henrik Tollefsen -- 580,000

One For Tollefsen

When we arrived at the table the board spread {8-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Matthew Nieberg check-raised to 140,000 a 69,000-chip bet from Henrik Tollefsen in the button.

Tollefsen moved all in and Nieberg folded. "Take your present!", said Nieberg.

Tollefsen is now up to 560,000 chips, Nieber slipped to 140,000.

Tags: Henrik TollefsenMatthew Nieberg