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

Fenech Slides

On a flop of {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Hearts} Jeff Fenech fired out 6,000 into a pot of slightly less.

His opponent in the cutoff bumped it up to 16,000 only to have Fenech respond with a three-bet to 41,000. The cutoff moved all in for 45,775 and Fenech made the call for the additional few thousand.

Fenech: {k-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Opponent: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

The turn and river landed the {6-Spades} and {A-Spades} to see Fenech double his opponent up while slipping to 31,000 in chips.

Tags: Jeff Fenech

Scotty Rockets Ahead

With a raise to 1,500 from early position in front of him, Scotty Nguyen popped it up to 5,000 from middle position. His opponent responded by moving all in for about 40,000 with Nguyen happy to make the call.

Nguyen: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}
Opponent: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

A cooler in favor of the "Prince of Poker" and he stayed ahead on the {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Clubs}{7-Clubs} board. Nguyen is now up to 120,000.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

Small Hit To Dong

On a flop of {3-Clubs}{10-Spades}{J-Spades}, Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis fired a bet of 1,800 which his opponent called, before the {K-Clubs} hit the turn. Karamalikis fired 4,000 but his opponent clicked it back to 8,000. Karamalikis called, and then again for another 8,000 on the {Q-Hearts} river.

Karamalikis' opponent tabled {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for two pair which was good as Karamalikis mucked and slipped to 135,000.

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis

Naujoks Check-Raised By Perry

One player checked the flop of {J-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Hearts} to Ralph Perry. He fired a bet of 5,000 and Sandra Naujoks made the call. The other player folded.

The turn card brought the {3-Diamonds} and Perry checked. Naujoks fired 5,000 and then Perry fired back a raise to 15,000. After a minute in the tank, Naujoks mucked her hand and dropped to 40,000. Perry moved up to 140,000.

Tags: Ralph PerrySandra Naujoks

Forrest Eliminated

Ted Forrest was all in preflop with his tournament on the line with {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} against the {A-Clubs}{k-Hearts} of his opponent.

Forrest had to wait for the ESPN cameras to capture the moment as the flop landed {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}.

"Wow!" was all that Forrest could say as the flop was about as bad as it could be without pairing his opponent. With hearts and a jack added to the mix, it got worse as the {K-Spades} hit the turn. Forrest realized he was down to just one card in the deck to save himself but it didn't arrive on the {A-Spades} river. Forrest is eliminated.

Tags: Ted Forrest

Dunst Victorious in Battle of the Aussies

Tony Dunst
Tony Dunst

Tony "Bond 18" Dunst opened for 1,500 from under-the-gun and Gary Benson called from the small blind. Benson checked the {K-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop over to Dunst, who made a 2,500 continuation bet. Benson called and they went to the turn, which paired the board with the {K-Hearts}. Benson checked, Dunst bet 6,000 and Benson raised to 15,000. Dunst made the call. The river was the {10-Diamonds} and Benson led out for 18,000. Dunst called all-in for less.

Dunst turned over {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for a set and doubled up to 86,000.

Tags: Tony DunstGary Benson

Savage Doubles and Receives Penalty

One orbit penalty sir!
One orbit penalty sir!

Matt Savage is one of - if not the - most well known Tournament Directors in the world having worked for many different companies; including the World Series of Poker.

You would think that someone that possessed his expertise would know the rules better than any, but there is always that first time . . .

Matt Savage has just been issued a penalty by one of the Tournament Directors!

Catching the action on a board reading {Q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} Matt Savage moved all in over an opponent's bet, but thinking that his all in was covered by his opponent's bet, he exposed his hand.

The nearby Tournament Director was informed of what had happened and ruled that Savage would be issued a penalty once the hand had been completed.

Savage's opponent called the additional few thousand tabling his {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} to be trailing Savage's {Q-}{10-}.

The {2-Diamonds} on the river ensured Savage the double up to 24,000, but not before he would be forced to hand over his Harrah's Total Rewards card for breaking Section VI, Rule 94; A player exposing his or her cards with action pending will incur a penalty, but will not have a dead hand. The penalty will begin at the end of the hand. All players at the table are entitled to see the exposed card(s), if requested.

"That's my first penalty ever!" Savage claimed to our PokerNews reporter in a semi-excited tone.

"Well at least I doubled" Savage added before beginning his orbit hiatus from the table.

Tags: Matt Savage

Michelle Back in Action

Tiffany Michelle was all in for 26,025 on a {k-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop, and her opponent looked her up. Michelle turned over {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} for top set, and fortunately for her, the caller held a clubless {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. The {10-Clubs} turn gave him chop outs, but the {4-Diamonds} river filled Michelle's boat. She doubled up to 73,500 and can go back to running her table.

Tags: Tiffany Michelle