Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 7 | 2010 World Series of Poker

07-16-2010 22:13 UTC-8

Lodden Chops To Survive Again!

Michiel Sijpkens started things off with a raise to 315,000 before Jonathan Duhamel made it 765,000 on the button. Johnny Lodden moved all in over the top from the big blind, forcing Sijpkens to fold but Duhamel made a quick call.

Lodden: {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs}
Duhamel: {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}

The board was spread {Q-Clubs} {6-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts} and again Lodden survives a dominated situation to chop the pot. He's hanging tough with 1.6 million, and he'll certainly remember these two chopped pots if he can get through the day. Duhamel is still going strong with 11 million.

Tags: Johnny Lodden Jonathan Duhamel

07-16-2010 22:20 UTC-8

Big and Risky

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Donnie Peters

There's only one multiple bracelet winner left in the 2010 WSOP Main Event and his name is Scott Clements. In the back-to-back years of 2006 and 2007, Clements scored a gold bracelet. He won the $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better event in 2006 for $301,175 and the following year won the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $194,206.

On top of those finishes, Clements has 15 other WSOP cashes including a total of seven final tables. Besides the two final table he won, take a look at how Clements has wrapped up some of his best runs at WSOP events:

2007: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em - 5th for $112,997
2008: $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo - 9th for $22,172
2008: $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo - 7th for $36,232
2009: $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo - 2nd for $275,946
2009: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - 3rd for $101,063

As you can see, Omaha is a game that Clements is extremely proficient at.

Along with all his WSOP success, Clements also holds two World Poker Tour titles for taking down the C$2,500 WPT Canadian Poker Open in 2006 for $222,051 and C$10,000 North American Poker Championship Event in 2007. The latter netted him over $1.5 million alone! In total, Clements had just about $15,000 short of $4 million in live tournament winnings up until this Main Event. This deep run puts him well over that mark.

His best finish in the WSOP Main Event is a 529th way back in 2005. This year he's doing much better than that min-cash and will be a force as we move closer to the November Nine.

Tags: Scott Clements

07-16-2010 22:21 UTC-8

No Tomorrow For Direnzo

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Robert Pisano was first in from the hijack, and he opened the pot to 280,000. Gianni Direnzo came along with the call from the small blind, and the two men went heads-up to the flop.

It came {Q-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} , and Pisano kept the pressure on with a bet of 410,000. Direnzo shoved for 2.35 million, and Pisano didn't waste too much time calling to put his opponent at risk of elimination. Cards on their backs, gents:

Pisano: {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}
Direnzo: {6-Clubs} {8-Clubs}

It was the wrong time for Direnzo; Pisano had the goods. The turn {Q-Clubs} drew an arms-in-the-air celebration from Pisano and his cheering section on the rail. Direnzo was already drawing dead to the {4-Diamonds} river, and he has been eliminated in 29th place. That's good for more than $300,000, but he's he's cancelled his reservations in tomorrow's Day 8.

Tags: Robert Pisano Gianni Direnzo

07-16-2010 22:22 UTC-8

Positioning for Tomorrow

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With the elimination of Gianni Direnzo in 29th place, we are just one elimination away from the end of play tonight.

While all 27 players who make it through to tomorrow's Day 8 theoretically have a chance to make the November Nine, it goes without saying that those with the biggest stacks obviously have a better chance of actually doing so.

Last year, all nine of those who made the final table were in the top 12 in chips with 27 players remaining. Of those 12, only Billy Kopp (2nd to start that last day), Jamie Robbins (9th), and Ben Lamb (10th) did not make it to the final table.

Eventual winner Joe Cada actually had the fewest chips of all the eventual November Niners to start the final day of play last summer, sitting in 12th place to begin the day.

07-16-2010 22:23 UTC-8

Jarvis Flushes Monster!

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Patrick Eskandar raised it up to 240,000 from middle position and Jonathan Duhamel made the call in the cutoff. Matthew Jarvis also called on the button and we were three ways to a flop of {10-Clubs} {3-Spades} {5-Spades} .

Eskandar led out with a bet of 800,000 which forced a fold from Duhamel, but Jarvis made the call and the {9-Spades} hit the turn. Eskandar checked it over to Jarvis who fired 900,000. Eskandar came back over the top for all of his stack and after a few moments, Jarvis called off his last 4.44 million.

Eskandar: {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}
Jarvis: {K-Spades} {J-Spades}

It was a set for Eskandar up against the made flush for Jarvis. The crowd gathered around looking for a repeater on the river, but it wasn't to be as the {K-Clubs} fell to give Jarvis a massive double up. He's up to 13.3 million with Eskandar crippled.

Tags: Matthew Jarvis Patrick Eskandar

07-16-2010 22:31 UTC-8

Bryn Kenney Bubbles Day 8

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Bryn Kenney is our Day 8 bubble boy after being eliminated in dramatic fashion in back-to-back hands to leave us with our final 27 players.

Kenney started the action with a raise to 300,000 from under the gun with Pascal LeFrancois making the call in the big blind.

The flop landed {5-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {8-Clubs} and LeFrancois checked it over to Kenney who made a continuation bet of 400,000. LeFrancois made the call. The turn brought the {K-Hearts} and LeFrancois checked again. Kenney fired a second barrel worth 480,000 and again LeFrancois made the call as a big pot was brewing.

The river fell the {J-Spades} and following a third check from LeFrancois, Kenney verbalized his bet of 1.3 million, however LeFrancois thought he had heard "all in" as he instantly called and tabled {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds} for a set of eights. LeFrancois didn't realize that he'd left Kenney with just under one million chips behind as Kenney showed {K-Spades} {J-Clubs} for two pair.

"Sick runners..." sighed Kenney as he then chuckled that he was now freerolling after LeFrancois' mistake.

Well, the freeroll lasted just one more hand.

LeFrancois raised to 300,000 and Kenney moved all in for 850,000. LeFrancois snap-called and flipped {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs} as Kenney would need some help with his {2-Spades} {2-Hearts} .

The board fell {A-Spades} {4-Hearts} {6-Spades} {9-Clubs} {8-Hearts} and Kenney couldn't find a deuce to save himself as he is eliminated from the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event in 28th place.

Tags: Bryn Kenney Pascal LeFrancois

07-16-2010 22:32 UTC-8

End of Day Big Stacks

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07-16-2010 22:33 UTC-8

Day 8 Seat Draw

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Table 100
Seat 1: Michael Mizrachi (6,300,000)
Seat 2: Scott Clements (7,250,000)
Seat 3: Michiel Sijpkens (7,765,000)
Seat 4: John Dolan (2,175,000)
Seat 5: John Racener (10,470,000)
Seat 6: Brandon Steven (6,045,000)
Seat 7: Redmond Lee (3,315,000)
Seat 8: William Thorson (3,680,000)
Seat 9: Mads Wissing (3,070,000)

Table 101
Seat 1: Johnny Lodden (1,560,000)
Seat 2: Joseph Cheong (24,490,000)
Seat 3: Jason Senti (13,550,000)
Seat 4: Matt Affleck (12,515,000)
Seat 5: Matthew Jarvis (13,300,000)
Seat 6: Matthew Bucaric (2,270,000)
Seat 7: David Baker (6,825,000)
Seat 8: Filippo Candio (10,020,000)
Seat 9: Ronnie Bardah (2,525,000)

Table 102
Seat 1: Adam Levy (4,745,000)
Seat 2: Benjamin Statz (9,885,000)
Seat 3: Soi Nguyen (23,100,000)
Seat 4: Duy Le (7,225,000)
Seat 5: Jonathan Duhamel (10,520,000)
Seat 6: Robert Pisano (8,060,000)
Seat 7: Pascal LeFrancois (15,780,000)
Seat 8: Hasan Habib (1,510,000)
Seat 9: Patrick Eskandar (1,655,000)

07-16-2010 22:34 UTC-8

Final 27 Set, November Nine Decided Tomorrow

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A total of 78 players -- all survivors of six days' worth of poker -- arrived at noon today with hopes of continuing their long and winding tourney journeys. They were the final standing from the starting field of 7,319, and all had already achieved much.

But all wanted more. And just 27 would earn the right to come back tomorrow for the last day of poker this summer in the 2010 WSOP.

Bustouts began shortly after cards went in the air, with Jean-Robert Bellande, Meenakshi Subramaniam, David Benyamine, Peter Jetten, Alexander Kostritsyn, and Tony Dunst among those departing during the first levels.

The pace slowed as the dinner break approached, and with 42 left it was thought it might take a while before we'd get down to three tables.

But then came the fireworks of Level 29 -- specifically the last hour of Level 29, when 11 players were eliminated. It didn't take long after that for Theo Jorgensen, Gianni Direnzo, and Bryn Kenney all to hit the rail, too, each earning $255,242 for getting this far.

As the night wore on, Joseph Cheong and Soi ("Cuong") Nguyen put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field, but there's a formidable bunch behind them, among them Matt Affleck, John Racener, Scott Clements, David Baker, and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Mizrachi took some hits early today, but true to his name, grinded his way back into contention, and still (incredibly) has a chance of tying Frank Kassela for WSOP POY with a Main Event victory.

Thanks for following our coverage today. Join us again tomorrow at noon Vegas time to find out who among these 27 will emerge as this year's November Nine.

Name	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Joseph Cheong	24,490,000	204
Sol Nguyen	23,100,000	192
Pascal LeFrancois	17,780,000	148
Jason Senti	13,550,000	112
Matthew Jarvis	13,300,000	110
Matt Affleck	12,515,000	104
Jonathan Duhamel	10,520,000	87
John Racener	10,470,000	87
Filippo Candio	10,020,000	83
Benjamin Statz	9,885,000	82
Robert Pisano	8,060,000	67
Michiel Sijpkens	7,765,000	64
Duy Le	7,255,000	60
Scott Clements	7,250,000	60
David Baker	6,825,000	56
Michael Mizrachi	6,300,000	52
Brandon Steven	6,045,000	50
Adam Levy	4,745,000	39
William Thorson	3,680,000	30
Redmond Lee	3,315,000	27
Mads Wissing	3,070,000	25
Ronnie Bardah	2,525,000	21
Matthew Bucaric	2,270,000	18
John Dolan	2,175,000	18
Patrick Eskandar	1,655,000	13
Johnny Lodden	1,560,000	13
Hasan Habib	1,510,000	12

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship

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