2010 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$825,976
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$4,464,300
Entries
1,941
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Climber of the Day Falls

Barrie Pietersz came back today with 127,000 - not a big stack, but not the shortest. However, in the first few minutes of play he found himself down to just one ante after losing with {a-}{q-} against {k-}{k-}.

A remarkable comeback then commenced. He doubled first with {k-}{7-} against {10-}{8-}, and then again with {8-}{8-} versus {7-}{4-}. His pocket kings then held up against pocket queens and pocket eights for a triple up. Then he got his chips in again with {a-}{6-} against pocket fives and spiked. From just 1,000 in chips, Pietersz managed to build his stack up to 400,000.

However, just now he dropped right back down to 63,000 after slow-playing pocket kings and running into some trouble against {a-}{q-} on an ace-high board. It's not looking great for Pietersz right now, but you should never discount the possibility of a comeback...

Tags: Barrie Pietersz