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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #8: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,160,350
Entries
2,341
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Seif Tells the Truth
A player in middle position raised to 1,700 and Seif makes the call from the button. The flop comes 
and the original bettor leads out for 3,000. Seif raises to 8,000, prompting his opponent to ask, "Do you have queen-jack?"
The question led Seif to start talking about the hands that he could have. "I could have five-six," he said, "Its possible I could have a five-six with no club."
"No, you don't have that," responded the original bettor before throwing his hand in the muck.
Lo and beold, Seif shows 
.
Binger Makes Huge Call
On a board reading 
and around 4,000 in the middle, Nick Binger was faced with a bet of 2,725 which he called.
The river landed the 
and as Binger's eyes were locked directly on his opponent a bet of 3,350 followed. Binger continued his intense stare down for near on two minutes before making the call tabling his 
.
His opponent sighed, shook his head and tossed his cards into the muck as Binger raked in the pot to move to over 32,000 in chips.
Pezzin Up To 50k
On a board reading 
Pat Pezzin called a 4,000-chip bet from an opponent to see the 
land on the turn.
Now faced with a 9,075 all in bet, Pezzin made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Pezzin: 
Opponent: 
The river landed the repeat to see Pezzin climb to 51,000 and eliminate an opponent as play closes in on break.
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"I'm Phil Hellmuth"
A player at Table 92 decided to raise preflop to 1,200 and was called by none other than Phil Hellmuth. When action got back around to the small blind, an unknown reraised to 3,600. The original raiser folded and Hellmuth push all in for 1,225 more.
"I trapped ya," Hellmuth smirked.
"You trapped me?" was the reply.
"I'm Phil Hellmuth, you think I don't have a hand?"
The small blind then made the call and turned over 
. Hellmuth said, "Nice call kid," and turned over 
.
The flop came 
, giving both a pair of aces. The turn was the , leaving Hellmuth drawing thin. With one foot out the door, the hit on the river giving Hellmuth the best hand and more than doubling his chip count to over 19,000.
"You gotta give the kid credit, he got the money in with the best hand," Hellmuth graciously said in victory.
Batista Crippled
Chad Batista defended his big blind following a 2,400-chip preflop raise to see a 
flop fall.
Batista check-called 2,500 on the flop before checking the on the turn as his opponent fired out 4,500. Batista took the more aggressive line of check-raising to 14,200 only to have his opponent move all in for a few thousand more.
Making the call, Batista was drawing live with his for a flush draw against his opponent's 
, but when the 
fell on the river Batista was left crippled with just 6,500 in chips.
Brogdon Gets It Done
From the small blind, with one limper in front of him, Edward Brogdon moved all in for around 6,500. The big blind put in his last 1,100 without even looking at his cards while the limper got out of the way.
Brogdon confidently turned over while his opponent revealed one card at a time. The first was the 
, which wasn't looking good, but the second card was the , which he was clearly excited about.
Unfortunately, his excitement died down when the board ran out 
and Brogdon took the pot.
Jacks For Shulman
Facing a 1,650 preflop raise, Barry Shulman three-bet out of the small blind to approximately 8,000 only to have his opponent move all in.
Shulman made the call having his opponent slightly covered, and we were off to a showdown.
Shulman:
Opponent:
The board ran out 
to see Shulman eliminate his opponent while climbing to over 30,000 in chips.
Ramdin Flush'd With Chips
With around 10,000 in the middle and the board reading 
Victor Ramdin called his opponent's all in shove of roughly 11,000.
Ramdin tabled his 
, and when his opponent realised he was drawing dead, he flashed his and mucked his hand before heading to the rail.
The PokerStars Team USA Pro is now up to 50,000 in chips.