2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1d
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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Following a 
flop, Joe Serock checked from middle position, and Shannon Elizabeth bet 600 from late position. Serock made the call.
The turn brought the 
and a bet of 1,800 from Serock. Elizabeth called. The river was the 
, putting a second pair on the board. This time Serock checked, and Elizabeth checked as well.
Serock showed 
and Elizabeth mucked. Serock has chipped up to 39,000, while Elizabeth is now sitting with 21,200.
One player over here in the orange section who has enjoyed a good start is the ever-dangerous Vannessa Rousso. She might not have quite the biggest score with 45,000, but as my former girlfriends told me with a smirk, "It's quantity, not quality," and Rousso certainly boasts most of those green 25 chips. An indicator that she has perhaps been stealing plenty of blinds, perhaps?
The button and Justin Smith, who was in the small blind, created a pot of 1,100 preflop and saw a flop of 
. Smith checked and the button followed suit. The turn was the 
and both players checked yet again.
When the 
came on the river, Smith bet out 600 and the button insta-folded. Smith showed 
and took down the small pot. He is up to 34,500.
A lot of people work here at the WSOP - hundreds of dealers, floor staff and cocktail waiters and waitresses do the rounds here every day in an effort to keep the action going and make sure no-one ever needs to miss what could be an all-important hand for something as trivial as running to get a drink of water.
One waiter, in our opinion, stands out from the others.
His name is Pat. You can hear his gravelly bellow of, "Wadder red buuull, wadder red buuuuuull," from all the way across the Amazon Room. It's so deep and so redolent of a life lived hard that you just can't miss him. If you want water or Red Bull, he's your man. If you close your eyes, you can almost imagine he's Tom Waits. Actually when you open your eyes again, he's not that far off looks-wise either.
Either way, Tom-Waits-a-like cocktail waiter - we at PokerNews salute you.
Following a limp, Steve Zolotow made it 450 from the button as only the limper came along for the ride.
The flop of 
was checked through to see the 
land on the turn and Zolotow call a 400-chip bet from his opponent.
The river landed the 
and Zolotow again smooth-called his opponent's bet; this time amounting to 800 as his opponent tabled his 
.
Zolotow however tabled his 
to collect the pot and move to 26,700 in chips.
Chris Gregorian just shared with us a tricky hand he recently played. A player sitting under the gun opened for 225, and three players called before the action was on Gregorian. He looked down to see 
, and decided to come along as well.
The flop came 
, giving Gregorian two pair. It checked to the last caller before him who bet 750, Gregorian called, and the others folded. The turn then came the 
, giving Gregorian fours full. His opponent bet 1,800 this time, and Gregorian made the call.
The river was the 
. This time Gregorian's opponent bet 4,000, and he said he was considering raising, but something kept him from doing so and he just called. Good thing, as his opponent showed for the better boat.
Gregorian slips to 21,300.
There was 500 in the pot and a lot of preflop limpers when the flop came down . Sorel Mizzi was first to act and he checked. The player in Seat 8 then threw out a bet of 300, which caused a couple players to fold. The button made the call and action was back on Mizzi.
Mizzi grabbed some chips and put in a raise to 1,100. Seat 8 folded immediately but the button took his time and went into the tank for a good two minutes. Eventually he mucked and Mizza swiped the small pot. He is sitting at 29,000.
There was a modest 400 chips in the pot by the 
flop when Ross Boatman bet out 300 from the small blind position. One player in early position called, another in mid position folded, and Boatman was heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and this time Boatman bet out 800. His opponent called, and they proceeded to the river.
Boatman bet out a chunky 2,200 on the 
river and his opponent called again, but promptly mucked when Boatman revealed 
for a turned straight. With that little bit of good fortune, Boatman moved up to 35,600.
One Tony Swift on the button piped up, "I had ace-three, oh my god." He said he'd intended to either limp or raise with it, but ended up folding instead. Probably a lucky escape there, although we don't think Boatman offered any information on what he would he would have done with his had Swift raised.
After slipping to about 23,000, Andy Bloch is chipping back up.
With the board reading 
, Bloch's lone opponent checked. Bloch bet 400, which his opponent called. When the hit the river, his opponent bet out 1,000. Bloch popped it to 3,000 and received a call.
Bloch showed 
, besting his opponent king-high flush to move to about 26,000.
