2010 World Series of Poker

Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
$617,214
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,519,200
Entries
268
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Two Cards To Win

We picked up a three-handed pot as the dealer put a flop of {9-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {10-Hearts} on board. David Benefield and Christian Harder checked, and Kevin Saul put out a bet of 1,250 into a pot of about 2,000. Benefield called, and Harder ducked out of the way.

That brought them heads up to the turn {A-Spades}, and the action check-checked to the {Q-Clubs} river. Benefield took the betting lead now with a 2,600-chip wager, and Saul called. Benefield instantly slid his cards into the muck, and Saul did the same as the dealer pushed him the pot.

"He has to show," Justin Bonomo astutely noticed. Saul pulled his {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} back out of the muck and slapped them face-up on the table, and his two pair earns him a chip increase back to 15,000, half his starting stack. Benefield is down to 27,200.

Tags: David BenefieldKevin Saul