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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #9: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$877,500
Total Entries
650
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 650
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Gavin Smith was just knocked out by Steve Yea in a quick and decisive pot. Smith got his chips in with 
on a 
flop. Yea looked him up with 
, and his draw came through when a 
landed on fourth street.
Smith was drawing dead to the river, and he has been sent home as another early victim.
We didn't see what happened to Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah, or exactly when he stood up and walked out of the room. But what we can see is that his chair is now empty and there are no chips in front of his vacant space. We think it's safe to add his name to the list of early bustouts.
We also see that Joe Cada's chair is empty, and we can confirm that he too has been relieved of the remainder of his short stack.
We caught up with the action on the 
flop and Thiago jut called the 825 chip-bet from the opponent.
With more than 2,000 chips in the pot, we saw a 
fell on the turn.
Both players checked.
River: and the action was checked again.
Nishijima tabled 
and takes the pot. He's now up to 6,500 chips.
Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin opened the pot to 350, and he found just one caller to go heads up the rest of the way.
The flop came out 
, and Baldwin continued out with a bet. His opponent pushed back with a raise, and Baldwin moved all in on a three-bet shove. He was snap-called by 
, and Baldwin sheepishly tabled his not-there-yet 
.
Needing two running cards to stay alive, Baldwin's day was done by the time fourth street dropped a blank 
. Good game, sir.
Davidi Kitai, pretty short, ended up all in on a 
board.
His opponent tabled and that's all for Kitai as he was unable to turn over anything better than top pair.
We caught up with the action on the flop just as the dealer was spreading out a flop of 
. Heads up, the player in the big blind put out a pot-sized bet of 700. Joe Cada was in position, and he bumped it up to 2,000. The big blind then moved all in over the top, and Cada called with the covering stack to put his opponent at risk.
Showdown
Big Blind: 
Cada:
Cada was on the draw, but he wouldn't find much to flush about. The 
on the turn gave him two more outs to hope for, but the blank 
that rivered sent the pot to the man with the ace, knocking Cada down to a lonely 600 chips.
It's short-stack ninja time for the World Champ.
Photos from the field.
Annette Obrestad opened the pot to 250 from middle position, and she was called in three places as unknown players in the cutoff, button, and big blind came along with her to the flop.
The dealer spread out 
, and Obrestad followed up her preflop aggression with a bet of 500. This time the cutoff player was the only caller, and they went heads up to the 
turn. Both of them checked, and the 
filled out the board on fifth street. Obrestad took the chance to fire another bet, 850 this time, and her opponent quickly called.
Obrestad tabled 
, out-kicking her opponent's to move her up to about 8,000.
Gavin Smith opened with a raise to 150, and he was called by the button and the blinds.
Flop: 
Smith fired up a 450 chip-bet and just got called by the player on the button.
Turn: 
and Smith went all in for 1250 chips and got called.
Smith: 
Opponent:
The river was a 
and Simth now has about 3,500 chips.
