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

Liporace Whipped

On a flop of {8-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, an early position player bet 2,600 and Andrew Liporace called from the cutoff. The button then raised to 7,600 and both players made the call.

When the {K-Hearts} hit the turn, it went check, check and the button bet 13,000. The player in early position folded and Liporace shoved all in for 58,000. The button snap-called and turned over {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a full house, which left Liporace drawing dead with {7-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

Liporace who started the day as one of the chip leaders, is down to 67,000.

Tags: Andrew Liporace

A Few More For Hastings

With the board showing {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, the player sitting under the gun checked, and Brian Hastings, sitting to his left, bet 7,000. The river brought the {4-Hearts} and another check. Hastings bet 15,000 this time, and again his opponent called.

Hastings showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and his opponent mucked. Hastings is up to 92,000 now.

Tags: Brian Hastings

Lights, Camera... Where's the Action?

Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

An interesting hand just took place right here before the break -- or, more accurately, during the first part of the dinner break.

Most of the tables had emptied, but action continued on the feature table here in the Red section between Chris Moneymaker and Bryan Pellegrino. They'd reached the river, with the board showing {4-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}. With about 20,000 already in the middle, Chris Moneymaker had bet 8,100, and a small group of media -- including the ESPN cameras -- began to surround the table anticipating Pellegrino's response.

More than ten minutes passed, with Pellegrino sitting perfectly still. Finally Moneymaker stood up and said he was going to have to call the clock.

"I said I'm all in!" said Pellegrino, somewhat incredulously. Apparently he'd made the declaration immediately, but Moneymaker -- nor any of those watching the action -- had heard. "I was going to call the clock on you," said Pellegrino, "but I didn't want to."

Moneymaker, now realizing the action was in fact on him, quickly said "Okay, if you got lucky you got lucky," and set his remaining stack before him. He tabled his {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, and Pellegrino instantly mucked.

Moneymaker will have 121,000 when he returns from the break, while Pellegrino has 72,000.

Tags: Bryan PellegrinoChris Moneymaker

Phillips Falls

Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips

There will be no repeat deep run for Dennis Phillips as he has just been eliminated from the Main Event.

Phillips moved all in for 14,000 on the button and Carmel Pugliese called from the big blind.

Phillips: {A-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Pugliese: {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}

The {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Spades} flop virtually ended it for Phillips, and when the {K-Hearts} and {3-Clubs} landed on the turn and river, Phillips made his way to the exit.

Tags: Dennis Phillips

Kopp Calls, Collects

With the board showing {5-Spades}{A-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{K-Spades}, Billy Kopp checked from the small blind, his opponent in the cutoff bet, and Kopp called. The pot by then had reached about 30,000.

The river brought the {2-Clubs}. Kopp sat for about a minute, then checked, and his opponent quickly bet 20,000. Kopp thought another half-minute, then made the call.

His opponent tossed his hand ahead of himself face up -- {Q-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Kopp showed {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts} for aces, and took the pot. "I guess 30 would have done it?" asked Kopp's opponent, but the 12th-place finisher in the 2009 Main Event didn't answer one way or the other.

Kopp is stacking up 213,000 as he readies for the dinner break.

Harrington Bested By Cohen

Court Harrington raised from the hijack seat to 2,000 and last year's Casino Employees champion Andrew Cohen called from the button. The big blind also called.

The three players took a flop of {Q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs} and action checked to Harrington. He fired 2,700 as his continuation bet and Cohen called. The big blind folded.

The turn brought the {3-Spades} and Harrington check-called a bet of 5,000 from Cohen. The river then completed he board with the {3-Clubs} and both players checked.

Harrington showed the {J-Spades}{10-Spades} and Cohen the {A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}. Cohen's sixes and threes were best and he won the pot.

Tags: Andrew CohenCourt Harrington