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

Anderson Adding

A player in middle position opened with a raise and it folded to David Anderson on the button. Anderson, incidentally, is the Manager of Basketball Operations at Lehigh University, his allegiance to Lehigh indicated by the words on the back of his shoes -- "Go" and "Hawks."

Anderson reraised to 18,500, the blinds folded, then the original raiser pushed all in for 83,000 total. Anderson made the call.

Anderson showed {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}, and his opponent {A-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. The flop came a dramatic {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}{q-Clubs}, giving Anderson a full house and his opponent trip aces. The drama soon ended, though, after the {7-Spades} turn and {2-Clubs} river.

Another player hits the rail, while Anderson moves up to 610,000.

Tags: David Anderson

He's Back, Baby

One of the few remaining Main Event champions Scotty Nguyen was just all in preflop with pocket kings and up against pocket eights for his tournament life. Nguyen was all in for 32,800 in chips.

The board ran through {4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{J-Spades} and Nguyen successfully doubled up. to over 75,000 in chips.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

Fatal Error For the Small Blind

The action folded to the small blind and the player moved all in against short stack Jonathan Aguiar.

Fatal error for the small blind, Aguiar called and tabled {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. Small blind showed {k-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}.

The board came out {4-Spades}{q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{j-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Aguiar doubled up. He's now up to 72,000 chips.

Tags: Jonathan Aguiar

Bellande Gets There

Jean-Robert Bellande got a short-stacked opponent all in for about 30,000 before the flop, and Bellande was poised to ship a courtesy double up:

Bellande: {10-Clubs} {10-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}

Things were all cozy on the {4-Spades} {5-Spades} {3-Clubs}, and there was a big pause for the TV cameras to pan around the table before they signaled the dealer to proceed.

Turn: {10-Spades}

That's a hit for Bellande, and the {9-Clubs} river locked up the pot with trip tens. He's eliminated a shorty, chipping up to about 145,000.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande

Glee for Lee

Young Brit Redmond Lee has become a force in this year's Main Event after increasing his stack to 450,000. The fireworks display commenced on the turn of a {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} board, Lee's lead of 45,000 being check-raised to 145,000, before Lee moved all in for 175,000. Despite it being little more, Lee's opponent made the fold, complimenting, "Nice hand, young man."

Tags: Redmond Lee

Benyamine Loses Some With Big Call on River

There were 32,000 chips in the middle when a player in the big blind bet 23,500 with David Benyamine calling from early position to see a {4-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. When the {9-Clubs} came on the turn both players decided to check their way to the river.

Fifth street brought the {3-Diamonds} into play. The player in the big blind bet 50,000, getting a called by Benyamine, who mucked when the big blind showed {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

Tags: David Benyamine

Nice Call Sir!

Jonathan Aguiar is building a stack. Once more, he played a pot head's-up with the small blind and earned some chips.

Jonathan came to our table and told us: "Just won a pot with queen-high! Check-called a 4,000-chip bet on the flop, {a-}{2-}{2-}, a 10,000-chip bet on the turn, {a-}, and a 21,000-chip bet on the river, {9-}! Queen high was good, i'm up to 130,000!"

Tags: Jonathan Aguiar

Jumping Jesper

A player in the hijack seat opened for 6,500, and Jesper Hougaard called from the button.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. The preflop raiser bet 11,000, and after a half-minute or so Hougaard made the call. The turn brought the {Q-Clubs}, pairing the board. This time the player in the hijack seat checked, and Hougaard bet 16,000. His opponent called.

The river brought the {10-Diamonds} and another check from Hougaard's opponent. Hougaard -- who won bracelets at both the WSOP and the WSOPE in 2008 -- quickly fired out a bet of 24,000, and his opponent folded.

Hougaard jumps up a bit more to 515,000.

Tags: Jesper Hougaard