On a board reading 
Jimmy Fricke moved all in as Robert Radziemski made the call for his tournament life.
Fricke: 
Radziemski: 
The river landed the 
to send Radziemski up to 53,500 while Fricke slipped down to 4,000 in chips.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left 1 / 7,319
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Rui Cao was heads up on a 
board with about 8,500 already in the middle. Cao's opponent bet out, and he moved all in for 11,300 total. The other player snap-called with a jack, but Cao turned over pocket fours to double up with a boat.
Jimmy Fricke moved all in over one middle-position limper for his last 3,050. Everyone folded back to the limper, who thought for a moment and then flung his cards in.
"No balls," he said after he mucked.
On the next hand, there was a board laid out in the middle of 
. One payer fired a bet of 1,500 into Soren Kongsgaard. Kongsgaard raised the bet to 4,400 and his opponent mucked, moving Kongsgaard to about 56,000 in chips.
Facing a raise to 800, Jimmy Fricke moved all in from the button for his last 3,350 only to have the small blind isolate to 6,500. The original raiser folded and we were off to a showdown.
Fricke: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
to see Fricke eliminated.
After a player raised from middle position, Grayson Physioc reraised to 2,700 from late position. His opponent made the call and the flop came down 
.
Both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. The first player checked and then Physioc fired 3,600. His opponent called. The river completed the board with the 
and Physioc fired 5,200 after his opponent bet. He was called.
Physioc tabled the 
for top pair and won the pot, moving to 39,000 in chips.
Andre Akkari's stack has slipped below the starting 30,000 after a recent pot. He was one of three players in the pot to turn, 
. After an unknown player and Akkari both checked, the third player bet 3,500. Only Akkari called. He and his opponent both checked the river. Akkari's opponent showed down 
for two pair, jacks and nines, to take the pot.
With 2,750 in the pot on a 
flop, Dennis Scott checked and Johannes Strassman moved all-in. Scott called off the 15,425 he had behind and turned up for bottom set. Strassman was looking to fill his open-ended straight draw with .
The turn, however was the and the river was the . Strassman missed and was left with 4,300 in chips while Scott raked in the substantial pot.
John O'Shea raised from under the gun to 850 and was called by the player on the button. The first three community cards came down 
and both players checked.
The turn added the to the board and both players checked again. The fell on the river and O'Shea checked. His opponent fired 1,200 and O'Shea made the call.
O'Shea tabled the 
and it was good, moving him up to 29,000 in chips.
2003 Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker is back down to 33,000 after being unable to beat pocket kings. On the turn of a fairly innocuous board, 
, Moneymaker checked to his opponent -- the same player that earlier bluffed Moneymaker off of aces. That player bet 1,500, then called a large check-raise to 6,500 from Moneymaker. Both players checked the river, where the of Moneymaker's opponent collected the pot.
Kevin McGowan opened to 1,100 from early position to pick up the 450 in blinds.
The following hand he opened to 1,100 from under the gun, but this time was met with a 2,500 three-bet. McGowan called and then took the pot down after firing out 3,000 on the 
flop.
Why are these hands so blog-worthy?
With these two consecutive pots, it takes McGowan to over the 140,000 chip-mark as he currently sits with 142,500 in chips.
