2010 World Series of Poker

Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$604,222
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,403,305
Entries
2,521
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Celebration Fail: The Zerounian Railbird Story

Aram Zerounian moved all in for his last 43,000 from middle position and was followed by Jason Burt also moving all in.

Zerounian: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}
Burt: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

The flop fell {K-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} to put Zerounian in the lead.

"It's over!" screamed Zerounian's railbird before bursting out into hysterics of screams and jumping up and down.

"No don't say that!" replied Zerounian.

Unfortunately for Zerounian the dealer didn't have an ace up his sleeve (as the saying goes) but instead a nine, as the {9-Hearts} spiked on the turn.

"Everytime you say it's over that happens!" angrily stated Zerounian.

The meaningless {4-Diamonds} fell on the river and Zerounian made his way to the rail as Burt climbed to 170,000 in chips.

Tags: Aram ZerounianJason Burt

Merkow KO'd

We didn't catch how it all went down, but another player at the table told us the story.

Greg Merkow open shoved for around 27,800 and it was folded around to Reed Hensel in the small blind who reshoved.

The big blind got out of the way and the cards were on their backs.

Merkow: {a-}{8-}
Hensel: {8-}{8-}

The board brought no help to Merkow when it rolled out {10-}{q-}{6-}{k-}{k-} and he was sent to the payout desk.

Tags: Greg MerkowReed Hensel

Daubl Doubles

It was all in preflop between Veronica Dabul and her opponent, Kyle Shigano. Dabul was all in for her tournament life with {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} against {q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

The flop came down {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, and the {7-Hearts} hit the turn giving Dabul a boat. The {6-Hearts} river didn't give Shigano what he needed to eliminate Dabul and she doubled to 35,900 while he sits at 74,000.

Tags: Veronica DabulKyle Shigano

The Shark Takes a Bite

We didn't catch the action preflop on this hand but after a flop of {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}, PokerStars Team Pro Humberto Brenes check-raised his opponent. To that, his opponent answered with an move all in. Brenes made the call for his tournament life.

Brenes tabled {j-Hearts}{3-Hearts} to his opponent's {7-Hearts}{9-Hearts}.

The {a-Spades} fell on the turn and the {q-Spades} on the river. Brenes took the pot with jack-high and is up to 250,000. His opponent, who didn't have Brenes covered by much, was crippled.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

Talebi Vig'd

Vig Karoly opened to 6,200 from under the gun and Rodeen Talebi moved all in for 30,000 with Karoly making the call.

Karoly: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Talebi: {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades} to see Talebi hit the rail as Karoly climbs to 160,000 in chips.

Tags: Rodeen TalebiVig Karoly

Dombroski Buz-Gone

Facing a raise to 7,000 from early position, John Dombroski moved all in for just over 38,000 from the button before Daniel Buzgon followed suit.

The original raiser folded as Dombroski tabled his {4-Spades}{4-Clubs} to be in bad shape against Buzgon's {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{5-Spades}{k-Clubs}{K-Spades} to see Dombroski sent to the rail as Buzgon climbed to 240,000 in chips.

Tags: John DombroskiDaniel Buzgon

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Zheng, Sykes Sent Packing

Jackson Zheng is busto
Jackson Zheng is busto

Jackson Zheng entered the pot for his last 20,000 from early position and Luigi Caramatti made the call before Mark Sykes moved all in for 50,000.

With the action back on Caramatti, he called the additional amount and we were off to a showdown.

Zheng: {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Caramatti: {5-Spades}{5-Hearts}
Sykes: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} to see Zheng and Sykes hit the rail as Caramatti climbs to 395,000 in chips.