Main Event Day 3 Photos
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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
Tipper Flush'd
Chris Tipper opened to 5,100 from early position and managed to find three callers; one of which was Allen Cunningham from the big blind.
The flop fell down 
and the action was checked by the small blind, Cunningham and Tipper before the player in middle position fired out 13,600.
The small blind and Cunningham folded as Tipper made the call before the 
landed on the turn, and he was faced with a 30,400-chip bet. Tipper made the call to see the dealer drop the 
on the river.
Tipper checked and his opponent fired out 81,400 to put Tipper to a tough decision.
After deliberating for several moments, Tipper made the call, but mucked at the sight of his opponent's 
for a flush as Tipper slipped to 365,000 in chips.
Bansi Clips Selbst
With the board reading 
, we arrived at the table to see Praz Bansi splash out a call of what appeared to be around 13,500 chips after Vanessa Selbst had initiated the bet. They went to the river where the 
peeled off.
Bansi checked and Selbst took some time before committing 22,800 into the middle.
"Can you beat two pair?" quizzed Bansi, but Selbst was motionless.
After a minute or so, Bansi slammed calling chips onto the felt.
"No, I can't beat two pair..." sighed Selbst and with that Bansi revealed 
. Selbst raised her eyebrows and mucked.
Bansi is up to 210,000 with Selbst slipping to 220,000.
Ng Pauses
When we arrived at the table, the gentleman in the cutoff had bet out 5,500 on a 
flop. Evelyn Ng on the button made it 14,000 to go. The action moved back on the cutoff, who tanked up for a while. When he finally emerged from the tank, it was to reraise to 27,500.
It was now Ng's turn to tank up, a curious game the nature of which we couldn't quite ascertain frozen on the pause screen on her iPad. She mouthed some calculations to herself, and after a minute or two she folded, leaving herself on 57,000. We hope the iPad game is good.
Big Stacks Emerging
Over here in the orange section, a number of big stacks have emerged. We don't quite have anyone to match the stack of Paul Kristoffersson, but we do boast the following:
Michael Chow - 520,000
Frank Jordan - 488,000
Rudy Miller - 465,000
Imari Love - 450,000
Suleiman Abueid - 428,000
Jacob Tyler - 405,000
With one level remaining, these players are running out of time if they want to head into Day 4 with the desired title of overnight chip leader.
Casal Chipping Up Aggressively
Back from the dinner break, one of the larger stacks that we noticed in the Red Section of the Amazon Room belongs to Max Casal. Casal started the day with 245,000 and is up to 565,000 in chips after beating Phil Galfond out of a recent pot. A player opened the pot pre-flop with an early-position raise to 6,000. Casal called that raise, then was the only player to call after Galfond three-bet the button to 20,000. Galfond made a small lead of 13,000 on a flop of 
. Casal check-called that bet, then got a free showdown after both the turn and 
river checked through. Casal opened 
for a pair of kings, which was the winning hand.
Put Up Your Duke
The ESPN cameras were huddled around Table 274 so we dropped by to see what was up. When we arrived, there was about 35,000 in the pot and a board of 
out on in the middle of the table. The first player in the pot checked, and Annie Duke had slid out a bet of 12,000 to put the decision right back to him. He was in the tank for several long minutes before frowning and making the call.
Duke tabled 
for trips, and she seemed pretty confident that it was the best hand with her opponent's long soak in the tank. It was, and that pot moves Annie up to about 133,000 as she stacks up.
Corkins Gets Value
On a board of 
and a pot of about 25,000, Hoyt Corkins and his opponent on the button both checked. The turn was the 
and Corkins bet out 15,000. The button went into the tank for a couple of minutes before making the call.
Corkins turned over 
for a flopped set. His opponent simply shook his head and tossed his cards into the muck. Corkins is up to 275,000.
Katchalov KO'd
Eugene Katchalov found his last 11,300 in the middle with , but was unfortunately dominated by an opponent's .
The 
flop put Katchalov in the lead, but the on the turn flipped things round.
The changed little apart from ensuring Katchalov's departure from the Main Event.
Small Step Back for Walls
Gabriel Walls opened to 4,500 from the button with the big blind defending to see a 
flop fall.
Walls fired out 6,000, and his opponent check-called to see the land on the turn.
After another check, Walls fired out 13,000 only to have his opponent check-raise to 35,000.
Walls immediately folded and slipped to 564,000 in chips.