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

Theo Turned To The Rail

Theo Jorgensen falls
Theo Jorgensen falls

Theo Jorgensen opened to 200,000 from under the gun and John Racener, David Baker and Duy Le made the call.

Le checked from the big blind on the {4-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{A-Clubs} flop as Jorgensen slid out a bet of 1,000,000.

With the action on Racener he clicked it back to 2,000,000 to force folds from both Baker and Le before Jorgensen committed his last 2,220,000 with Racener making the call.

Racener: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Jorgensen: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

Jorgensen was in the lead with his top pair, top kicker, but the Dane would need to fade any club or queen to remain alive in the Main Event.

Unfortunately for Jorgensen, the {Q-Hearts} spiked on the turn to now give Jorgensen just two outs to remain alive.

The river fell the {9-Hearts} to see the overnight chip leader eliminated in 30th place as Racener soars upwards of the nine million chip mark.

Tags: Theo JorgensenDavid BakerDuy LeJohn Racener

No Cruise Control For Clements

Scott Clements
Scott Clements

Scott Clements has made it very clear that he's going to be a force from here on out. As long as he has chips. We just watched him open a pot to 245,000 from middle position. Pascal LeFrancois reraised to 655,000 from late position, and Joseph Cheong overcalled the three-bet from the big blind. Clements reraised it right back -- 1.745 million total.

Point taken. LeFrancois and Cheong both folded without too much trouble, and Clements has moved up to 11.3 million.

Tags: Joseph CheongPascal LeFrancoisScott Clements

Eskandar Has Heart

Mads Wissing raised to 225,000 in the cutoff position with Patrick Eskandar making the call in the big blind.

They saw a flop of {7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and Eskandar checked it across to Wissing who tossed in 200,000. Eskandar made the call. Both players checked the {9-Hearts} and the {8-Hearts} completed the board on the river. Eskandar led out for 400,000 with Wissing paying to see.

Eskandar tabled {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} for the king-high flush to collect the goods. He's up to 5.2 million with Wissing back to 4.5 million.

Tags: Mads WissingPatrick Eskandar

Mizrachi Sets Up On Thorson

William Thorson opened to 250,000 from the hi-jack and Michael Mizrachi made the call from the cutoff.

The flop fell down {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Thorson check-called 400,000 before both players checked the {8-Hearts} on the turn.

The river landed the {10-Diamonds} and Thorson led out for 875,000 only to have Mizrachi slide in 2,300,000.

Thorson sat in the tank for over four minutes before tossing in his {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}, as Mizrachi tabled his {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and collected the pot to move to 9,100,000 in chips.

"Baby why you bet so much?" yelled out Lily Mizrachi as both Thorson and Mizrachi both burst out into laughter.

Tags: Michael MizrachiWilliam Thorson

Skender Sent Home

Michael Skender
Michael Skender

Boom, boom, boom. The bustouts keep coming.

Michael Skender, who'd chipped back up over 2 million over the last half-hour of so after being down to little better than fumes, was sitting with about 1.8 million in front of him when he opened for a minimum-raise to 200,000 from middle position. Jason Senti then three-bet to 505,000, and when it folded back to Skender he pushed all in. Senti made the call.

Skender {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Senti {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The flop was good for Skender -- {Q-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts} -- giving him the better pair. The turn was the {3-Diamonds}. So far so good for Skender. Then came the river (boom) -- the {9-Diamonds}, giving Senti a full house and sending Skender out in 31st place ($255,242).

Senti has 13.25 million now.

Tags: Jason SentiMichael Skender

Eskandar Cracks Aces

Patrick Eskandar
Patrick Eskandar

Matthew Jarvis raised to 240,000 from under the gun with Patrick Eskandar calling on the button and Jonathan Duhamel coming along in the big blind.

They took a flop of {8-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Duhamel checked to Jarvis who made a continuation bet of 425,000. Eskandar moved all in over the top for 1.965 million in total to force Duhamel to fold, but Jarvis made the call.

Eskandar: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Jarvis: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

Jarvis had the bullets but Eskandar had flopped a set to take the lead. The {J-Clubs} turn and {7-Hearts} river missed to give Eskandar a huge double up to 4.85 million with Jarvis slipping back to 5.3 million.

Tags: Patrick EskandarMatthew JarvisJonathan Duhamel

Parra vs. Pair

Eduardo Parra
Eduardo Parra

From middle position, Eduardo Parra raised to 265,000 to open the pot. Scott Clements three-bet to 580,000 on the button, and Parra came right back over the top with another raise -- 1.96 million straight. Clements was having none of it; he shoved all in, and Parra put his last 860,000 chips into the pot to put himself at risk. He was not in good shape.

Showdown
Parra: {J-Spades} {J-Hearts}
Clements: {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}

It was an odd moment at the table as nobody really reacted to the showdown. Even the eye-opeing {K-Clubs} {9-Spades} {Q-Spades} flop didn't coax much emotion from the players. They just sort of sat there watching the hand go by with relative disinterest. The {7-Spades} river kept Clements safe, and the {3-Hearts} river was not the straight card Parra needed. Very quietly, he has been eliminated in 32nd place as the last Brazilian standing.

Three players quietly said, "Nice hand," to Clements after Parra's departure, and it's on to the next mouse-like hand over there.

Tags: Eduardo ParraScott Clements

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Emery Straightened Out

Cory Emery
Cory Emery

On a board of {3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, Cory Emery fired out 460,000 from the button, only to have Michael Mizrachi check-raise to 1,300,000.

Emery then moved all in for 2,415,000 and Mizrachi instantly made the call.

Emery: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Mizrachi: {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

With Emery at risk, he would need to see the board to pair so he could remain alive in the tournament, but when the river landed the {5-Hearts}, Emery hit the rail in 33rd place as Mizrachi soared to 7,500,000 in chips.

Tags: Cory EmeryMichael Mizrachi

Ochana Ousted

Edward Ochana opened with a raise to 240,000 from middle position, then Jason Senti three-bet behind him, making it 615,000. It folded back to Ochana who reraised all in for a little over 2.5 million, and Senti made the call.

Ochana showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and was going to need some assistance to overcome Jason Senti's {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}. The {K-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop made the situation even more dire for Ochana. The turn then came the {A-Hearts}, which made the {9-Clubs} on the end a bit of WSOP trivia.

Ochana joins the rapid procession to the cashier's cage, having been eliminated in 34th place ($255,242). Senti, meanwhile, plays on with 11.2 million chips.

Tags: Edward OchanaJason Senti