Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,180,950
Entries
3,097
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
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"I'll gamble," muttered John Juanda with a slight sigh. Even as he revealed his 
, he knew he was behind, but it was his opponent who acted like the underdog, rising from his seat nervously and with a groan before tabling 
.
The flop rolled out the 
, and you could sense the all-in player start to tense. As he held his breath, the 
turn hit the felt, and with the 
river, all was well in the world once again.
Juanda, meanwhile, had taken an untimely hit, and although still above the current average, is back down to around 22,000.
Alex Bolotin made it 1,025 to go from early position and was called by a player in middle position as well as the small blind before Jason Mann three-bet all in from the big blind. Bolotin used his turn to raise to 16,000 and successfully isolated Mann.
Bolotin: 
Mann: 
Things were looking good for Bolotin on the 
flop, but Mann picked up plenty more outs when the turn came . He hit one of those outs when he counterfitted Bolotin's pair with the 
on the river.
After the hand Bolotin slipped to 60,000, but Mann is up to 19,000.
Will Failla has recently joined the ranks of chip leaders after building a stack of 75,000. One hand that helped him get there saw Failla raising preflop and getting called by a player in late position. The flop came 
with two spades and Failla led out for 1,500 with his opponent raising to 4,100. Failla responded by shoving all in with his opponent calling quick enough to beat Failla to the pot.
Failla:
Opponent:
The turn and river blanked and Failla was sitting on a newfound stack of riches. Or at least chips.
There are several Team PokerStars pros still remaining with the likes of JP Kelly, Dusty Schmidt, Richard Toth, Victor Ramdin and Dutch hockey star Fatima Moreira de Melo all with their eyes firmly fixated on bracelet gold, but one lady that I haven't across previously is Team Argentina Pro Veronica Dabul.
Currently located on one of the tables next to the rail, Dabul is bang on the average stack with 21,000. My hope at the start of the tournament was that Dabul would meet De Wolfe, but with Roland's early exit, alas, it wasn't to be.
You'll have noticed in the latest batch of chip counts that former WPT winner Jonathan Little has jumped above the current average with 27,000. Well, that figure could have been even bigger after one particular three-way encounter...
I joined the action with 10,000 in the middle, 850 on the side, and one player all in. A 
flop was waiting patiently in the middle, and the action appeared to be on Little, my assumption being that his opponent had announced all-in.
After a brief dwell, Little made the call with 
; his opponent showed 
; and the short stack has 
. Although Little had made a good read, he wasn't able to evade all eight outs, the turn and river coming and 
respectively to award Little the side pot, and the short stack the main.
A player in early position had raised to 2,100 when David Chicotsky, who was next to act, re-raised to 5,850. Action then folded around to our original raiser who folded face up. John Juanda, who is also at the table said that the jacks were probably good, something that Chicotsky confirmed by showing pocket nines.
Exciting times as players are asked to collect those 25 green chips in preparation for a color up. As we approach the final break of the day, and subsequently the last two levels, there are 650 of an initial field of 3,097 remaining with the average stack at 21,441.
Current chip leader is Will Failla with 75,000, whilst early pace setter isn't too far behind with 70,000.
After bursting out of the blocks like a jet-propelled whippet, Maria Ho has taken somewhat of a hit of late and seen her stack go hurtling towards the felt. As players disperse to the break, Ho currently has just under 15,000 after once enjoying the dizzy heights of 60,000.
Players are taking one last twenty-minute break before playing the last two levels of the night.