2010 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$8,944,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 1c Completed

Official Day 1C Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mathieu Sauriol
Mathieu Sauriol
169,900
169,900
169,900
Profile photo of Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
163,700
163,700
163,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Andrew Liporace
Andrew Liporace
155,350
Profile photo of Josef Monro
Josef Monro
153,350
Profile photo of Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
149,650
149,650
149,650
Profile photo of Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
144,050
Profile photo of Steven Goosen
Steven Goosen
142,925
Profile photo of Michael Reed us
Michael Reed
142,125
Profile photo of Sean Prendiville ie
Sean Prendiville
140,500
Profile photo of Benjamin Blair
Benjamin Blair
137,200
137,200
137,200
Profile photo of Jorn Walthaus nl
Jorn Walthaus
137,025
Profile photo of Darren Woods us
Darren Woods
133,975
133,975
133,975
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
129,150
129,150
129,150
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
128,225
128,225
128,225
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Sebastian Panny
Sebastian Panny
127,600
127,600
127,600
Profile photo of Isaac Krantz
Isaac Krantz
126,250
126,250
126,250
Profile photo of Jean Hemmer
Jean Hemmer
125,875
Profile photo of Geoffrey Ulrich
Geoffrey Ulrich
121,375
Profile photo of Steven Buckner us
Steven Buckner
121,125
Profile photo of Mark Dalimore
Mark Dalimore
118,625
118,625
118,625
Profile photo of Fokke Beukers nl
Fokke Beukers
117,775
117,775
117,775
Profile photo of Joseph Tosaky
Joseph Tosaky
117,600
Profile photo of Roger Ahn
Roger Ahn
116,300
116,300
116,300
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
115,050
115,050
115,050
Profile photo of Michael Ferrell us
Michael Ferrell
114,850

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Day 1c a Wrap with Sauriol and Chan in the Lead

Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan

The day began twelve hours ago with high expectations as more than 2,300 players crowded into the Rio to hear Joe Cada announce, "Shuffle up and deal!" For some, it was all downhill from there while others ended the day atop a chip mountain. Mathiu Sauriol bagged up more chips than any of the other 1,600+ players who made it through the day. He'll return with 168,900, which makes him the third biggest stack in the room to start Day 2a. (Day 1a's chip leader, Corwin Cole, has 228,200.)

Former Main Event Champion Johnny Chan ended the night right behind Sauriol with 163,700. Lauren Kling crushed the later levels, finishing with 149,650. Barny Boatman, Michael Reed, and Robert Mizrachi also accumulated field-leading stacks.

David Williams jetted to an early lead, crossing the 100,000-chip mark shortly after the first break. He lost a little momentum in the middle levels, but ended the day strong with 112,225. Lex Veldhuis, Todd Terry, Jennifer Leigh, Dan Smith, Billy Kopp, and Hoyt Corkins will also return with large stacks. Joe Cada, Patrik Antonius, and Daniel Negreanu finished in the middle of the pack, and Dennis Phillips and James Van Alstyne have their work cut out for them when the come back among the shortest stacks.

Alex Outhred jumped to a the top of the counts in the middle of the day, then crashed and burned just as quickly, not making it to bag-and-tag. Outhred wasn't alone, of course. Nearly 700 of the players who began the day found their Main Event dreams sidelined before the end of the night. Huck Seed, fresh from winning the Tournament of Champions a few days ago, barely stuck around for an hour, and Dario Minieri didn't last much longer. Former Main Event Champions Phil Hellmuth and Jerry Yang won't be repeating, nor will November Niner Steven Begleiter. Ayaz Mahmood, Men Nguyen, and Ryan Welch all picked up WSOP hardware earlier this year, but they won't be capping off successful summers with deep Main Event runs. Tom Dwan, Chad Brown, Bill Gazes, Neil Channing, Chau Giang, and Jeff Madsen won't be back either. Non-poker celebs Scott Ian, Shanna Moakler, and Anthony Rapp also ended their brief start turns in the poker world.

For now, the players who survived the day are off to rest for their return to the Rio on Friday. While they take it easy, the Rio is gearing up for the biggest day of the summer. Day 1d's massive field will join the 4,625 who already played to make this the second largest Main Event on record. Tune in tomorrow to follow all of the Main Event insanity as it happens.

Jacks For Joe

Joe Cada
Joe Cada

Joe Cada open-raised, and a short-stacked player three-bet to commit most of his stack. Cada went ahead and put him in, and his opponent called his last 6,600 with {7-Hearts} {7-Spades}. The news was not friendly; Cada turned up {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} and was poised for the knockout.

The board came {2-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {A-Spades} {9-Clubs} {9-Spades}, and that's just fine with Cada. He's eliminated a player, and the defending champ is at about 55,000 near night's end.

Tags: Joe Cada

Durrrr-ceased

Tom Dwan's quest to destroy the poker economy is over for now. Two last hands did him in. First, he opened to 1,025 pre-flop from under the gun and was called in three spots. On a {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{q-Hearts}, Dwan tried a continuation-bet for another 1,025. One player called. From there, the two checked it down to showdown, {4-Hearts} and {j-Hearts}. Dwan's opponent turned over {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, to which Dwan could only stare at the ceiling and muck.

The very next hand Dwan, sitting in the big blind, called a late-position player's raise to 1,100. The rest of Dwan's stack, about 2,000 in total, went into the middle on a flop of {10-Spades}{8-Spades}{j-Hearts}. Dwan turned up {10-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for top two pair, jacks and tens. He was up against {q-Diamonds}{j-Spades}, a six-outer draw. The turn was a blank {6-Diamonds}, but the river {9-Diamonds} ended Dwan's tournament by giving his opponent a straight.

Dwan stood up and started to walk away from the table. Then he turned back, ripped the button with a picture of Peter Jetten hugging a koala off of his chest and threw it down on his chair before exiting the floor.

Tags: Tom Dwan

Former Big-Stack Outhred Ousted

Wow. Alex Outhred was in the top five heading to dinner, but it didn't take him long to drop from 105,000 to zero. First he was two-outed on the river in an ugly pot to fall back into the middle of the pack, but he was still above average. In his final hand, Outhred raised to 1,100 preflop and got one caller. It came {10-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}, and Outhred bet out. His opponent raised, and Outhred shoved. His opponent snapped with a set, and Outhred was suddenly hanging by a top-pair thread.

Outhred: {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Opponent: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

The {q-Spades} turn and {6-Clubs} river failed to come to his rescue, and when the stacks were counted, Outhred was just covered. He headed out into the night in a much different mood than he would have predicted a level ago.

Tags: Alex Outhred

Childs Eliminated

Under the gun, Lee Childs open-shoved his last 5,000 with {5-Diamonds} {5-Spades}. He'd soon find out that he held the third best pair at the table. A middle-position player reraised all in for 14,500 with {10-Spades} {10-Hearts}, and the big blind called with {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} to put both players at risk.

The board ran out {8-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {4-Clubs}, and that's pretty uninteresting. Especially if you're Lee Childs. He's out, as is the middle-position player just a few minutes prior to the end of the day.

Tags: Lee Childs