2010 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$825,976
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$4,464,300
Entries
1,941
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Brought to His Neess

Danny Neess open-shoved his short-stack, and Isaac Baron re-shoved behind. Everyone else got out of their way, and it was a clinical end for Neess.

Neess: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Baron: {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

Baron: {10-Spades}{7-Spades}{j-Spades}{5-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Baron is back up to a still short but somewhat more manageable 200,000 or so.

Tags: Isaac BaronDanny Neess

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Kamran Up, Hawkins Down

Maurice Hawkins opened the pot and was shoved on by Michael Kamran. Kamran had around ten big blinds (80,000) and Hawkins felt he was priced in, so he called.

Kamran: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Hawkins: {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The board ran {2-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and Kamran doubled to 178,000 chips. Hawkins is in trouble, sitting with just 30,000 now.

Tags: Maurice HawkinsMichael Kamran

Double Bust-Out for Berda

Weisner
Weisner

We arrived just in time to see a three-way all-in showdown between three relatively short-stacked players.

Melanie Weisner: {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}
Viliamu Amitoelau: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Tomer Berda: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Board: {8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}

Berda's kings held up, and he had both players covered. They hit the rail in tandem, while Berda himself is no longer really in short stack territory, on a respectable 380,000.

CAprA Doubles

Tyler Bonkowski opened to 22,000 before Sam Capra moved all in for 79,500 from the small blind. Bonkowski called having Capra at risk.

Bonkowski: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}
Capra: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

Capra's aces held as the board ran {10-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, doubling him to 173,000 chips.

Tags: Tyler BonkoskiSam Capra

Weis Beyond Her Years

We're not sure when the chips went in, but either way the {5-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop and {3-Diamonds} turn can't have been that much fun for Melanie Weisner who was all in with {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} against Enrique Leigue's {a-}{7-}. The {9-Hearts} on the river must have tasted like tournament ambrosia, though, and Weisner doubled to stay in the game on 95,000.

Tags: Melanie WeisnerEnrique Leigue