The big blind held the 
and Gavin Griffin held the 
when all of the money went in preflop. The board ran out 
and Griffin's queens held, even improving to a set on the river. He had his opponent covered and moved to 92,000 in chips.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1b
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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Frenchman Antony Lellouche is up to 80,000, the multiple EPT finalist eliminating an opponent with 
, all in on the river of a 
board. Lellouche is now closing in on that 100,000 mark.
A brief preflop raising war culminated in Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann's opponent moving all in. Heitmann tanked up for a minute into the break as around him everyone headed for the door. Eventually he called, and they were on their backs.
Heitmann: 
Hapless soon-to-be-bustee: 
Board: 
Heitmann made a full house, and his unlucky opponent headed for the door with the rest of the break crowd, but he will not be coming back once the 20 minutes are up. Heitmann looked a little sorry about it, but nevertheless he's looking good on 63,000.
Josh Goldstein raised to 1,800, Clayton Bates moved all in for 20,000 and Goldstein called.
Goldstein: 
Bates: 
Board: 
The action has been tightening and tightening bit by little bit since the players returned from the dinner break. We wouldn't be surprised if everyone was keeping an eye on that clock ticking away towards Day 2. We've come to the end of Level 4, and that means the chip bags are just one hour from making their appearances.
The remaining players have been ushered out of the room for one last twenty-minute break. We'll be back with the last half level of action shortly.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Just before the last break, Annette Obrestad got herself into a pot that would be the last of her night. Her opponent check raised her on a 
flop, and Obrestad three-bet all in. Or rather, all in minus the black T100 chip she had capping her cards. Her opponent flatted, and that last chip went in on the 
turn.
Obrestad showed up 
for turned top pair, but she was in need of some help and quick. Her opponent tabled 
to leave her dead to five outs. The river was a blank, and Obrestad has run out of chips, exiting the Main Event before she had a proper chance to get rolling.
2003 was such a pinnacle year for televised poker that those who finalled in previous years are often met with unfamiliarity from the general poker audience. One of those is Julian Gardner, who finished second to Robert Varkonyi in 2002 for $1.1 million. I once heard a rumor that he accepted his prize money in cash, and on the flight home purchased an extra seat just for his bag of money to sit on. Pretty baller for 2002.
Despite boasting over $2.5 million in live tournament winnings (including a final this year), Gardner is rarely recognized in Rio quarters, and is usually left to fly under the radar unnoticed. My prying eyes, however, have spotted him, and this year he'll be hoping to go one place better than his previous best. At the moment, he has 40,500, so will be keen to increase that figure before the end of the day.
Jon "PearlJammer" Turner opened to 875 from middle position and a player in the small blind three-bet to 2,000. Turner called.
The flop fell 
and Turner's opponent led for another 2,000. Turner called.
Turner's opponent slowed after the 
turned, checking to Turner who fired 3,600. His opponent called.
The river was the and again Turner's opponent checked. Turner made a big bet worth 11,225, and his opponent opted to fold.
Turner is now up to 60,000 chips.
We found Team PokerStars Pro Henrique Pinho calling a bet on the turn of a 
board in position. He and the bettor saw a river - the . Pinho's opponent bet out again, this time to the tune of 5,700.
"Whee!" breathed Pinho, "Nice hand." He dwelled up for a while longer, before announcing, "Oh my god," and calling.
Bettor:
Pinho: quickly flashed 
The Portuguese Team Pro dropped to a still very respectable 55,000.
