We happened upon Steve O'Dwyer's table on the turn with a board reading 
and about 6,000 in the pot. The small blind had checked, O'Dwyer did the same from the button, and it was off to the 
river.
The small blind gave it some thought before tossing out a single orange T5,000 chip, and O'Dwyer thought for about six seconds before flicking his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,900
4,100
|
4,100 |
Here is a slew of chip counts from the Orange Section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
39,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
31,500 | |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
29,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
|
29,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
28,700
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
|
||
|
28,600
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
|
||
|
28,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
26,600
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
24,300
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
22,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
20,300
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
||
|
13,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
We caught up to find the action coming to a climax on a board of 
.
We found Olivier Busquet facing a raise from Matt Marafioti that made it 9,300 to go. Busquet announced a call and Marafioti tabled 
for jacks full of queens. Busquet mucked his hand and shipped almost a third of his starting stack over to Marafioti.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
19,400
10,600
|
10,600 |
When we reached the table, Johnny Chan "The Master" and David "Doc" Sands were heads up with the board reading 
. Chan checked, and Sands tossed out 3,650. Chan tanked for the better part of two minutes, then called.
The 
completed the board, and Chan checked again. Sands thought for a bit, then fired 5,450. Chan quickly check-raised to 12,000, which befuddled Sands, who tanked for the better part of five minutes.
He eventually folded, and Chan raked in the pot.
"Big lay down?" a player asked Sands.
Sands didn't respond - we're not sure if he even heard the gentleman - rather he stared directly at a spot in front of him, and continued to do so as we left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
19,200
10,800
|
10,800 |
We caught up to find Jennifer Tilly and two opponents looking down at a board of 
. The big blind checked to Tilly who fired 700 into the center. The player in the cutoff called and the big blind tossed away his hand.
The 
came on fourth street and Tilly continued her aggression with a bet of 1,200. Once again she received a call.
The board completed by pairing with the 
. Tilly moved 2,200 into the middle and her opponent grabbed enough chips to call and then clenched them in his fist. He sat pondering for about thirty more seconds before dropping them down in the middle. Tilly tabled 
for kings and eights and her opponent tossed his cards away. Tilly is now sitting on 35,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
Jamie Kerstettler opened to 250 in early position and was called by the players on the button and in the small blind.
The flop came down 
and it was checked to Kerstetter who bet 650. The button folded, the small blind called, and the hit the turn. Both checked to see the 
river where the player in the small blind bet 1,250.
Kerstetter called, but saw the bad news when opponent tabled 
for a set of nines. Kerstetter showed her 
as the pot was pushed to her opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Randy "Nanonoko" Lew is off to a pretty good start this Main Event.
In a recent hand, Randy Lew opened to 250 from early position and was three-bet to 700 by his opponent directly behind him. Everyone else folded back around to Lew - who made the call.
Both players checked the 
flop, however, when the fell on the turn, Lew checked once more and his opponent fired 1,100 into the middle. Lew called to see a river, which brought the 
.
Lew checked a final time and his opponent bet 2,000. Lew responded by check-raising to 5,300 and his opponent quickly called. Lew turned over 
for a runner-runner flush and his opponent mucked without showing.
Lew is now up to 47,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
A player in early position raised to 300 and found a call from Nacho Barbero in middle position. The big blind also came along for the ride and it was three-way action to the 
flop.
It went check-check to Barbero, who wasted little time in firing out a bet of 625. The big blind made the call, the original raiser got out of the way, and the peeled off on the turn. This time the small blind check-called a bet of 1,700 before checking the river. Barbero took the opportunity to bet a healthy 4,100, which proved enough to take down the pot as the small blind simply folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
||
| Place | Player | Money Won |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Gold | $12,073,634 |
| 2 | Peter Eastgate | $9,221,395 |
| 3 | Jonathan Duhamel | $8,987,138 |
| 4 | Joe Cada | $8,584,121 |
| 5 | Jerry Yang | $8,264,023 |
| 6 | Joe Hachem | $7,988,575 |
| 7 | Allen Cunningham | $6,733,139 |
| 8 | Greg Raymer | $6,492,092 |
| 9 | Ivan Demidov | $6,448,123 |
| 10 | Paul Wasicka | $6,219,572 |
| Place | Player | Bracelets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Ivey | 8 |
| 2 | Chris Ferguson | 5 |
| “ | Johnny Chan | 5 |
| “ | Layne Flack | 5 |
| “ | Phil Hellmuth | 5 |
| “ | Allen Cunningham | 5 |
| “ | Jeffrey Lisandro | 5 |
| 8 | Erik Seidel | 4 |
| “ | John Juanda | 4 |
| 10 | 4 Players Tied | 3 |
| Place | Player | # of Cashes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Hellmuth | 56 |
| 2 | John Juanda | 53 |
| 3 | Chris Ferguson | 50 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | 46 |
| 5 | Anthony Cousineau | 44 |
| 6 | Phil Ivey | 42 |
| “ | Men Nguyen | 42 |
| 8 | Barry Greenstein | 41 |
| 9 | David Chiu | 40 |
| “ | Allen Cunningham | 40 |
A player in middle position opened to 250, another player behind him three-bet to 650, and Jonathan Duhamel cold-called on the button. The original raiser three-bet to 1,750, and both the re-raiser and Duhamel called.
The flop fell 
, and the action checked to Duhamel, who fired 2,525. Both players called.
The turn was the , the action checked to Duhamel again, and he fired a second bullet worth 4,650. Both players again called.
All three players checked when the 
completed the board, and the original raiser tabled 
. Both Duhamel and the third player mucked their hands, and the 2010 Champ is down to 20,300 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,300
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
|
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