2010 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$625,682
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,406,400
Entries
256
Level Info
Level
7
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Gavin Goes Through

Gavin Smith and Gabe Kaplan both checked a flop of {10-} {8-} {4-}, and Kaplan got the rest of his 24,000 chips all in on the {2-} turn. Smith called.

Kaplan turned up {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} for second pair, and he was in trouble against Gavin's {10-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}. The river {A-} failed to improve Kaplan, and he has been eliminated.

Gavin Smith has earned his first cash of this WSOP, and he's on to this evening's Round of 32.

Tags: Gavin SmithGabe Kaplan

Weisner Climbing Back

Melanie Weisner battling it with Dee Tiller
Melanie Weisner battling it with Dee Tiller

Dee Tiller opened to 8,500 from the button and Melanie Weisner made the call from the button to see a {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop fall.

Wiesner checked and Tiller fired out 12,000 to put Weisner into the tank for nearly three minutes before dropping in an assortment of chips amounting to 27,400.

Tiller instantly folded and Wiesner climbs back to 90,000 in chips.

Tags: Dee TillerMelanie Weisner

Seven Left

Of our 32 matches, just seven are left in play:

Faraz Jaka - 171,000
Mike Leah - 69,000

Andrew Feldman - 135,000
Nicholas Rampone - 105,000

Alexander Kostritsyn - 192,000
Jeremy Coon - 48,000

Keith Block - 182,000
Scott Baumstein - 58,000

Ryan Fee - 105,000
Timothy Adams - 135,000

Melanie Weisner - 80,000
Dee Tiller - 160,000

Sam Stein - 90,000
Emil Patel - 150,000

You'll See Darren Woods Again Later, Benovski Not So Much

Darren Woods has eliminated Alexander Benovski to lock up a seat in the next round.

The crippling pot for Benovski was the one in which he paired his ace on the river of a {K-} {7-} {5-} {8-} {A-} board. Woods won a big pot when he turned over {4-} {6-} for the straight, and Benovski was left with a short stack.

A few hands later, Benovski got his remainder in with {A-Spades} {5-Spades}, only to run smack into Woods' pocket queens. A board full of blanks finished off the match and finished off Benovski's day a little earlier than he'd hoped.

Tags: Darren WoodsAlexander Benovski

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

ElkY KO's Rosskamm

Bertrand Grospellier battling Andrew Rosskamm
Bertrand Grospellier battling Andrew Rosskamm

Walking over to Bertrand Grospellier's table we found him celebrating with fellow countryman Ludovic Lacey after also progressing.

Grospellier's {Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts} was face up against his opponent Andrew Rosskamm's {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} with a {4-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} board spread.

With Grospellier making top pair, Rosskamm hits the rail with 'ElkY' now $17,987 richer.

Tags: Andrew RosskammBertrand Grospellier

Rast Takes Care of Been

Aaron Been made a bit of a misstep when he called an all in from his opponent Brian Rast. Been turned up {A-Clubs} {6-Hearts}, and Rast's {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} was poised for a double up.

The board came {10-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {4-Hearts} {8-Clubs} to hold Rast's pair, and that double up gave him an eight-to-one lead in the match.

On the next hand, Been got himself all in with the ace-rag, {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}. He was racing for his survival against Rast's {7-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}, and there was a friendly eight on the flop. The river, however, was not so kind, and the board of {Q-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {8-Spades} {6-Hearts} {7-Spades} is the last Been will see today.

Rast's set of sevens pushes him through to the next round, and Aaron Been has been eliminated.

Tags: Aaron BeenBrian Rast