2010 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$8,944,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Sowers Doubles

Facing a raise to 600, Mike Sowers moved all in for his last 2,525, and found a caller from the original raiser.

Sowers: {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Opponent: {4-Spades}{4-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} to see Sowers double through to 5,500 in chips.

Tags: Mike Sowers

Margets Straightened Out

Leo Margets opened to 550 from under the gun only to have an opponent next to act three-bet to 1,425.

Margets made the call before check-calling 1,725 on the {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop as the {3-Spades} landed on the turn and both players checked it through.

The river landed the {7-Spades} and after Margets checked, she was confronted with a 6,500-chip bet from her opponent.

After a few moments of deliberation, Margets made the call, only to muck at the sight of her opponent's {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts} while slipping to 37,000 in chips.

Tags: Leo Margets

Rast Doubles Fast

On a flop of {9-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, Brian Rast bet 4,600 only to have Joao Nunes raise to 12,100. Rast responded by moving all in and Nunes quickly made the call.

Rast: {7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Nunes: {A-Spades}{4-Spades}

Nunes needed to catch an ace or four but didn't do so when the {3-Spades} came on the turn and {2-Hearts} on the river. Rast doubled back to the starting stack of 30,000 while Nunes dropped to 12,000.

Tags: Brian RastJoao Nunes

Negreanu Wins Game of Chicken

Daniel Negreanu fired a flop of {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and was check-called by one player. The turn {k-Clubs} didn't slow Negreanu down. He put another 1,800 out there and was check-called a second time. The river was the {j-Spades} and brought a third bet from Negreanu of 2,400. This time, however, Negreanu's opponent pondered and then cut out a check-raise to 5,800.

Negreanu is normally a chatty player at the table, but during this hand he remained mostly silent. After thirty to forty seconds, he re-raised to 11,200.

"How much more do you have?" Negreanu's opponent asked. The answer was about 17,000. It seemed like the player wanted to pull the trigger on a shove but couldn't do it. He eventually folded.

"You had the right idea," said Negreanu. "I was just goofing around. I didn't have anything." He flipped open a total airball, {4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}!

"Neither did I," responded Negreanu's opponent.

"Crazy internet stuff," Negreanu continued.

A minute went by. Negreanu's opponent was still thinkng about the hand.

"Damn, I should have put it all in," he said.

"You were going to. I was like, 'Oh no, I screwed up again.'"

As it turned out, Negreanu made a great read and exerted the right amount of pressure to induce the fold he needed. He's up to 40,000 in chips.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Portal Falls Further

We walked up to Table Portal/Dabul just in time to see the turn card come out on a board of {2-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}. Action was on Andriy Pavly in middle position, and he led out with a bet of 2,200 in to a pot of abot 4,000. Portal called, and the {8-Spades} paired the board on fifth street. Portal faced one last bet of 5,200, and she eventually decided to call.

Pavly tabled {8-Hearts} {5-Hearts}, and his full house was going to take the pot. Portal shook her head and mucked, and she's slipped to 23,300.

Tags: Andriy PavlyAlexia Portal

Life Support for LivB

Olivier Busquet was down to his last 2,000 chips after a frustrating start to the day. A player raised to 600 in front of him, and "LivB" moved all in. The button called, as did the original raiser, giving Busquet a chance to triple up. The two live players checked down a {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} board. Busquet rolled over {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts} for a rivered flush. His opponents mucked, and Busquet tripled to 6,450.

Tags: Olivier Busquet

Three of a Kind for de Korver

Pieter de Korver was under the gun and raised to 575. A player in middle position raised to 1,500 and de Korver made the call. The flop came {3-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{4-Clubs} and de Korver checked. The middle position player bet 2,000 and de Korver called.

Both players checked the {4-Spades} on the turn and then de Korver bet 4,075 when the {2-Diamonds} hit the river. The middle position player called and de Korver showed {A-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for three fours. It was good enough to win the pot and de Korver is now up to 55,500.

Tags: Pieter de Korver

It's Hama Time!

"You can't touch this!"
"You can't touch this!"

Clark Hamagami found himself all in on a {J-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} board against two players.

Hamagami: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}
Opponent: {J-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

The turn of the {2-Spades} changed little, but it was the {7-Diamonds} on the river that would see Hamagami make quads to soar to 54,000 in chips.

Tags: Clark Hamagami

Wheeler Holds With Kings

On a flop of {2-Spades}{Q-Spades}{3-Diamonds} Jason Wheeler fired out 1,450 only to be check-raised to 3,450.

Wheeler made the call to see the {4-Spades} land on the turn and his opponent fire out 4,000 with Wheeler calling once again as the river landed the {Q-Hearts}.

Wheeler was faced wth another strong bet; this time amounting to 7,000, and quickly called it off tabling his {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} to best his opponent's {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs} to move to 59,000 in chips.

Tags: Jason Wheeler

Quads for Kai

On a board reading {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts} with around 22,000 in the pot, Kai Paulsen fired out a bet of 11,000.

His opponent went deep into the tank for over four minutes before making the call.

Paulsen tabled his {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} for quads, and collected the pot to move to 61,000 in chips.

Tags: Kai Paulsen