Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2a
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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Level 6 is in the books and out of the 2,412 players who started today, 1,908 still have chips in front of them. Robert Mizrachi vaulted up to 230,000 while his brother Michael fell on harder times. "The Grinder" hasn't been able to get anything going today and has fallen to 50,000 in chips. Stacking up the largest tower at the break was Dragan Galic, who is the first player to crack the 300k mark-- he's up to about 310,000.
Also departing this level were "Hollywood" Dave Stann, Luca Pagano, Abe Mosseri, Liz Lieu, Terrence Chan, Julian Thew, Marcel Luske, and Veronica Dabul.
Players are off on their second break of the day. We'll see you in 20 minutes.
With about 45,000 in the the pot on a board of 
, Mandy Baker fired a bet of 24,500 and her opponent made the call.
Baker showed 
for a full house which was good to win a big pot. She's up to 130,000.
Carter Phillips just picked off a bluff from Greg Mueller to move up to 196,000 chips. Phillips called Mueller's 3,800-chip river bet with just bottom pair and Mueller held only queen high. Mueller dropped to about 30,000 in chips.
Fatima Moreira De Melo opened with a raise to 1,250 from early position before the player in the big blind moved all in for 14,600. De Melo made the call.
De Melo: 
Opponent: 
The flop was 
to pair up De Melo to take the lead and the turn bricked the 
. However the river was a brutal to give her opponent the two-outer for the double up. She's back down to 37,500.
Dragan Galic's day continues to go well. Just now we came upon another big hand involving Galic.
In this one the board showed 
and there was about 35,000 already in the middle. Galic pushed all in, and his opponent called with his remaining 20,000.
Galic flipeed over 
for aces full, crushing his opponent's 
. Another player hits the rail as we near the end of Level 5. Meanwhile, Galic has pushed up over 310,000 -- the biggest stack around at the moment.
On a 
board with around 8,200 in the pot, Greg DeBora fired out 5,000 after his opponent checked the action to him.
DeBora however was then faced with a check-raise to 15,000 with DeBora making the call.
The river landed the and DeBora - after his opponent checked - moved all in for roughly 13,500.
His opponent eventually found a fold to see the Canadian climb to 52,000 in chips.
Eugene Katchalov raised to 1,200 from early position, and Joe Chaplin called from middle position. The big blind joined in to see a 
flop. He checked, as did Katchalov. Chaplin bet 2,100, and only Katchalov called. Both checked the 
that put a third heart on the board. Then after the 
river, Katchalov bet out 2,700, leaving himself 6,300 behind. Chaplin folded, and Katchalov took down the pot. He's still short with 18,000. Chaplin is on 28,000.
On a flop of 
, the small blind bet 4,000 and Mike Beasley moved all in for his last 18,300. The small blind called and the two turned over their cards:
Beasley:
Small Blind: 
Beasley was ahead on the flop but needed to dodge a lot of cards. Unfortunately for him, his opponent hit the flush and Beasley hit rail.
One player raised to 1,200, and the button called, as did Will Failla in the big blind. The flop fell 
, and Failla checked. The original raiser, the perfect picture of the "tight old guy" stereotype, moved all in for about 8,000. The button quickly folded. "I have to call," said Failla. "Two pair, I have to call." He was very relieved to see his opponent's heart-free hand.
Failla: 
Mr. Nit:
The turn was irrelevant, and the 
river gave Failla a boat, meaning hearts wouldn't have heart him anyway. The short stack tapped the table and moved out while Failla added to his stack, making it about 102,000 now. "He was a really nice guy," Failla said. "Played about two hands all day."