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

Kelly Picking Up Pace

J P Kelly
J P Kelly

Whilst others are flailing, JP Kelly is beginning to pick up pace and finish the day with a bang. A quick glance down at his stack (OK, I admit, I asked), unveiled a 350,000 stack.

Meanwhile, neighbor and fellow countryman Barny Boatman just hasn't got going today, his stack dipping down to around the 80,000 mark.

Tags: Barny BoatmanJP Kelly

Korfman Loses More

A player raised to 8,000 and Tony Korfman reraised to 20,000. After a call, the flop came down {3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Korfman bet 18,000 only to have his opponent move all in for 138,600. Korfman made the call and turned over {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}, which was far ahead of the other player's {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}.

That all changed when the {J-Clubs} hit the turn, leaving Korfman drawing to one of the two remaining kings. Unfortunately for him, the river was the {10-Hearts}. Korfman has dropped all the way down to 66,000.

Tags: Tony Korfman

Jacob Makes a Statement

Alex Jacob has kept quiet for most of the day, letting his hair do the talking. He let his chips carry the conversation in this one.

Jacob bet 10,000 into a sizable pot on an {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop, and his opponent in late position called. The river was the {10-Clubs}, and Jacob sat silently for a moment before mouthing "all in." The dealer repeated it, and the other player looked stricken and tossed his cards at the muck. Jacob moved up to 160,000 with the hand.

Tags: Alex Jacob

Tran Can

Jimmy Tran
Jimmy Tran

Jimmy Tran was all in for 66,200 before the flop, and he found calling action from a player across the table from him. It was pair vs. pair as the cards were turned up:

Tran: {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades}
Opponent: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}

There wasn't much to sweat on the board that ran {9-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {8-Spades} {K-Hearts}. Aces full notch a double up for Tran, and he's back to 138,400 as the night winds to a close.

Tags: Jimmy Tran

Harrington on Doubling Up a Short Stack

Dan Harrington - provides own commentary
Dan Harrington - provides own commentary

Dan Harrington has taken a small hit - although the number of TV personnel around the table rather suggested the pot was somewhat larger. Anyway, we arrived at the table to see Harrington and his short-stacked opponent turn their cards over.

Harrington: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Mr. Short Stack: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

"He's got me covered suit-wise," noted Harrington.

Flop: {a-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

Turn: {10-Spades} - "Oh-ho! Close," said Harrington, "Just one notch below the ten..."

River: {5-Spades}

"Very good," Harrington told his opponent as he doubled up. Harrington himself is at 146,000, a little below average.

Tags: Dan Harrington

That's One Way to Get There...

Marc Bariller was down to about 62,000 when he shoved his {10-Spades} {10-Hearts} before the flop. Unfortunately, he ran them right into Jean-Robert Bellande's {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}.

There would be no ten on board for Bariller, but he found a way regardless. The flop {9-Spades} {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} was a big swing and a miss, but the {K-Hearts} turn gave him a myriad of straight and flush outs with one card to come.

River: {Q-Hearts}!

'Bink' as they say in the parlance of our times. That's what the kids call a Royal Flush, and that saves Bariller from an eleventh-hour elimination. He's doubled his way up over 125,000, and that puts Bellande down around the same mark; we count him at 116,000 after that ugly board.

Tags: Jean-Robert BellandeMarc Bariller

Five To Go

The clock has been paused at the ten-minute mark, and we'll play five more hands at each of the ~140 remaining tables before we bag and tag for the night.

Mizrachi Can't Call Kling's Jam

A huge pot at Robert Mizrachi's table brought the ESPN cameras and several media members scurrying over to Red 350. Lauren Kling was tangling with the eldest Mizrachi brother. With 100,000 chips already in the pot, Kling checked and then called his 33,500-chip bet with the board showing {6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{j-Spades} on the turn. When the river fell {4-Diamonds} Kling, who had first action, moved all in for about 200,000 total. Mizrachi tanked for several minutes before finally shaking his head in disgust and mucking his cards.

Mizrachi now has about 347,000. Kling is up to about 395,000.

Tags: Lauren KlingRobert Mizrachi

Korfman Doubles

On one of the last hands of the evening, four players created a pot of about 28,000 and saw a flop of {7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{J-Clubs}. Tony Korfman moved all in from the small blind for 57,200 and the big blind folded. The player in Seat 5 called as the cutoff got out of the way.

Korfman: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Seat 5: {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}

Korfman put his tournament life on the line with a flush draw and it paid off as the {3-Clubs} appeared on the turn. The river was a useless {8-Diamonds} and Korfman doubled to around 145,000.

Tags: Tony Korfman