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

Stann Gives Up on River

Was it a stone bluff, or just a draw that didn't come in? On the turn of a double-paired board, {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, the small blind led out for 2,500. Dave Stann raised that bet to 5,500 and was called. Both players checked the {7-Hearts} river. The small blind turned up {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}, a winner after Stann mucked his hand.

Stann is down to about 35,000.

Tags: Dave Stann

Duke Doubles

Annie Duke
Annie Duke

Annie Duke was all in after the turn on a board of {9-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {8-Spades}, and she found action for her {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}. That's likely because her opponent held {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}, and the river {4-Diamonds} was safe for the lady.

Duke has doubled back to 32,000 courtesy of those aces.

Tags: Annie Duke

A Lifetime Supply of Jerky

At the featured table right in front of us, Dan Smith just made quad jacks to win a small pot. That's only noteworthy at the WSOP where quad jacks will get you a big friggin' bag of beef jerky. Score!

The floor was called over to verify the hand, and he gave it the thumbs up. Smith piped up: "Yeah, I'd like a trophy. If that's possible..."

T.D. Shawn didn't miss a beat: "You can have a big bag of beef jerky instead."

Tags: Dan Smith

Dwan Plays His Cards with Spades to Start

One player raised to 900, and after another flatter, Tom Dwan paid the price to see a flop. It came out {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{8-Spades}, and the original raiser bet 800. The next player called, and Dwan raised it to 3,275. That was enough to fold out the c-better, but the flat caller decided to three-bet to 10,000. Dwan pushed it to 20,000, and his opponent moved all in (which was actually a call since he only had about 18,000.) Dwan had flopped a flush with {3-Spades}{2-Spades}. But his opponent had flopped a slightly bigger one with {a-Spades}{k-Spades}. Dwan was drawing dead and down to 17,000 after the hand. A few minutes later, when his table broke, he only had 7,000 to bring to his new one.

Tags: Tom Dwan

Double Baby!

Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen

The Prince is back! Scotty Nguyen has found a much needed double up. With a raise to 775 from middle position, Nguyen popped it to 2,250 before his opponent re-raised to 5,725. Nguyen moved all in for 9,875 in total and his opponent made the call.

Nguyen: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

Nguyen was in a dominant position to double up and it stayed that way on the board of {4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Spades}.

"You know baby? I thought it was gonna come a five-ball for sure!" laughed Nguyen as he doubled up to 20,150.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

Try to Bluff Johnny Chan? Really??

We found Johnny Chan involved in a pot on a turned board showing {6-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {7-Spades} {Q-Clubs}. There was about 3,000 in the pot, and the player next to Johnny put out a bet of 2,300. Chan called, and the river {J-Hearts} filled out the board. Chan faced another bet, 5,000 this time, and he took a long, hard tank to stare down his opponent. Then called.

His opponent mucked instantly, and Chan tabled a meager {K-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}. Meager or not, it's good enough to take the pot and move him to 91,000.

Tags: Johnny Chan

Esfandiari Pushed Out

Antonio Esfandiari
Antonio Esfandiari

There was a few thousand in the pot and a board reading {5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{K-Spades}{8-Spades} when a young lady in Seat 6 raised Antonio Esfandiari's bet by 1,600 more. Esfandiari called and then checked the {5-Hearts} on the river.

Seat 6 wasted little time before declaring herself all in, which sent Esfandiari into the tank. The ESPN camera crew captured the action and the stage was set for something exciting, but Esfandiari quietly mucked. He is sitting with around 40,000.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

Markholt Rivers Flush

Four players committed 625 preflop - including Lee Markholt - to see a {2-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs} flop fall.

The original raiser continued with a 2,550-chip bet only to have one player move all in for 10,150 before Markholt followed suit for his last 3,800.

The fourth player in the hand check-folded as the original raiser made the call.

Markholt: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Opponent: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Original Raiser: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}

The {10-Hearts} landed on the turn to put one of the all in players in the lead, but then Markholt struck gold when the {8-Clubs} landed on the river to see him make the nut flush and double more than triple through to 15,100 in chips.

Tags: Lee Markholt

Neilson Gets Caught In The Cookie Jar

With a cutoff raise to 850 and a flat call from Adam Levy on the button, Daniel Neilson put on the squeeze to 3,150. The cutoff folded but Levy made the call to see a flop of {5-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{J-Spades}.

Neilson checked and Levy bet 2,900. Neilson then check-raised to 15,000 which was enough to put Levy to a decision for his last chips. It wasn't much of a decision as he quickly called.

Neilson: {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Levy: {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}

How do you spell "Oooooops"? Neilson was pulling one helluva move but it backfired as Levy showed a set of jacks.

"Well, this would be a bad way to go..." said a surprised Levy as Neilson would need a brutal runner-runner to send him to the rail. It wasn't to be, as the {6-Clubs} turn and {8-Spades} river gave Levy the double up. He's up to 35,000 with Neilson back to 17,600.

Tags: Adam LevyDaniel Neilson

Battle of the Blinds

There was about 1,200 in the pot and a board reading {10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. Only the blinds were in and the small blind bet 800. Eric Baldwin, who was in the big, made the call and watched the {9-Diamonds} hit the river.

The small blind checked and Baldiwn bet 1,200. The small blind didn't seem happy with the bet and repeatedly peeked back at his cards before ultimately folding. Baldwin is holding steady with 26,000.

Tags: Eric Baldwin