2010 World Series of Poker

Event #55: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7655
Prize
$780,599
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,252,400
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

Hellmuth Hangs Tough

After limping and then folding to raises on the two previous hands, Phil Hellmuth decided to come in for a raise from under the gun to 47,000. Blair Rodman made the call in the cutoff and Alessio Isaia came along in the big blind.

They took a flop of {7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Isaia checked to Hellmuth who moved all in for his last 140,000 chips. Rodman went into the tank before folding as Isaia also let it go.

"Very close Phil," remarked Rodman.

"I had the aces that hand!" replied an excited Hellmuth. He's up to 239,000.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Dinner Break

The players are now taking a ninety-minute dinner break. The extended break is to help assist the circus that is developing over at the TOC and the involvement of Phil Hellmuth in that tournament.

Updated Chip Counts At Dinner

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Miguel Proulx ca
Miguel Proulx
1,966,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dmitry Stelmak ru
Dmitry Stelmak
1,108,000
Profile photo of Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
830,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Ville Mattila fi
Ville Mattila
799,000
228,000
228,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
794,000
Profile photo of Danny Wong us
Danny Wong
644,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
634,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Matthew Wheat
Matthew Wheat
562,000
Profile photo of Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
501,000
GTO Wizard
Profile photo of Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
455,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Ben Blackmore
Ben Blackmore
404,000
-56,000
-56,000
Profile photo of Stephen Pierson
Stephen Pierson
374,000
Profile photo of Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
335,000
-30,000
-30,000
Profile photo of Trevor Uyesugi
Trevor Uyesugi
280,000
-55,000
-55,000
Profile photo of Blair Rodman us
Blair Rodman
260,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Lester us
Jason Lester
214,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
181,000
-58,000
-58,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Profile photo of Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
133,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 0

The Show Must Go On

After an extended dinner break that, in the end, didn't achieve much other than queues at the dessert buffet, we're now back underway with a full two tables still in action.

Post-Dinner Lull

Well, if the first twenty minutes of this level are any indication, then we could be here a while just trying to reach the final table, let alone playing down to a winner.

There hasn't been much to report on at all as the chips are being passed around the table.

Dwan Shown Fourth Pair

Tom Dwan raised to 53,000 under the gun and Stephen Pierson was the lone caller, doing so from the cutoff.

The flop came {8-Clubs}{A-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Dwan checked. Pierson checked behind and the turn fell the {2-Clubs}. Dwan bet 83,000, but Pierson made the call.

The river fell the {4-Hearts} and Dwan checked. Pierson bet the pot and Dwan gave it up pretty quickly.

Pierson showed {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, just fourth pair and now has about 525,000. Dwan is down to about 250,000.

Tags: Stephen PiersonTom Dwan

Blair Rodman Eliminated in 18th Place ($31,288)

Blair Rodman - 18th Place
Blair Rodman - 18th Place

The table folded around to Trevor Uyesugi who completed from the small blind. Blair Rodman was in the big blind and he announced a raise to 60,000. Uyesugi made the call.

They saw a flop of {3-Spades}{J-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Uyesugi checked to Rodman who potted for 120,000. Uyesugi made the call.

The turn brought the {7-Clubs} and Uyesugi open-shoved into Rodman who called all in for his last 35,000.

Uyesugi: {J-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Rodman: {7-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

The river was the {A-Hearts} as Uyesugi's full house collected the pot and eliminated Rodman in 18th place for $31,288 in prize money.

Tags: Trevor UyesugiBlair Rodman

Raise and Take It

Pot-Limit Omaha is supposed to be a gambling game. At the moment, it appears to be a game of patience. These guys are just not giving an inch, as most pots on the outer table are being won by the preflop aggressor with barely a flop to be seen.

Not exactly entertaining viewing for the fifty or so people who are clambering on the rail in the hope of capturing a tantrum from the "Poker Brat".