2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$68,798,600
Entries
7,319
Level
41
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000
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Tom Braband got the action started by opening in middle position with the button and the small blind both calling.
The flop was 
. Action was checked to the button who bet with the small blind and calling and Braband raising to 4,000. The button went all in over top, making it 5,200 for the small blind to continue. The player in the small blind decided to fold and we were heads-up to the turn.
Braband: 
Button: 
Things were looking good for Braband, as it looked like he would soon be sending an opponent to the rail. However, when the 
came on the turn, the button picked up a straight draw that he hit with the 
on the river.
After doubling up his opponent, Braband is down to 19,000.
We just rolled up on a hand in which a player bet out on an 
board, and his opponent called.
The bettor showed 
for the Broadway straight. The caller also had Broadway with 
. Another player pointed out that he'd called with the nuts -- which he apparently didn't realize -- and the caller was assessed a one-round penalty.
We just saw all the players at Table 375, including Jeff Shulman, Scott Clements and Johannes Steindl, leaving for the Pavilion Room. What happened?, we asked.
The lights went out.
Well, moments after every player bagged their chips and exited, the light came back on.
Enter lightbulb joke...
Along with three other limpers, William Thorson saw a 
flop from the small blind where his check led to a bet of 800 from the small blind. A player in early position called, but Thorson repopped to 3,000 with 7,150 behind.
The big blind thought for a moment before moving all in for 9,000. The other player sidestepped out of the way and Thorson made the call.
With 
versus 
, Thorson was in dominating shape, and remained in tact despite a harmless 
turn and 
river.
Thorson back up to 26,600 after hitting a few early hurdles.
There were four players in preflop who created a pot of 2,300 when the flop came 
. Seat 8 checked and Emmitt Smith bet 1,000. The players in the cutoff and button both folded and Seat 8 made the call.
The turn was the and Seat 8 checked. Smith fired out a huge bet of 15,000 and Seat 8 called. When the 
came on the river, Seat 8 moved all in. Smith had fewer chips and made the call for his tournament life. Smith turned over 
for flopped trips that turned into a full house, but Seat 8 showed 
for a bigger full house.
Smith took the beat in stride and told the table, "Nice seeing you all." He had a smile on his face as he exited the Pavilion Room. It looks like the future NFL Hall of Famer will have to wait until next year to add a WSOP Championship to his résumé.
Bryan "The Icon" Micon raised to 525 after a player in the cutoff limped in front of him. Another player in the big blind called and so too did the limper.
The flop fell 
and both players checked to Micon who continued for 575. The player in the big blind check-raised to 2,075 and only Micon called.
Both players checked the on the turn, but after the 
rivered Micon's opponent led for 1,575. Micon released, and his stack slipped to 23,075.
The cutoff seat raised to 400 and Ryan Daut reraised from the big blind to 1,400. The cutoff made it 3,500 and Daut flatted. The flop came down 
and Daut checked. His opponent fired 5,000 and Daut made the call.
The turn was the 
and both players checked before the river produced the 
. Daut checked and his opponent fired 10,000. Daut mucked his hand, folded the . His opponent showed only the 
and raked in the pot.
On a board reading 
and the pot sitting at around 6,500, Ryan D'Angelo fired out 2,800 and was check-called by his opponent.
The turn of the went check, check as the dealer delivered the on the river.
D'Angelo instantly called his opponent's 5,000-chip bet tabling to best his opponent's .
D'Angelo is now sitting on 39,500 in chips.
Level 2 is normally an opportunity to see flops, but not so on George 'The Panzer' Danzer's table. When I arrived, there was 3,400 in front of the PokerStars Team Pro: Germany, seated in the small blind, and 8,700 before his middle-positioned opponent. "You go all in, I call," commented Danzer as he reluctantly threw his cards into the muck.
Despite that slip, Danzer still his head above water with 34,000.