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

Another Setback for Phillips

Carter Phillips is trending downwards in the middle portion of the day. We caught him at the river of another big pot. Much like the last time we saw him, his opponent made a smallish bet of 18,000 with 40,000 already at stake. Phillips called the bet. His opponent turned up {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, which made the second nut flush on a board of {4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Phillips couldn't beat that hand and is down to 245,000 now.

Tags: Carter Phillips

Devilfish Talks His Opponent Out of a Call

A player in the hijack raised to 4,200 only to have David "Devilfish" Ulliott move all in from the cutoff for 11,300. The blinds got out of the way and action was back on the hijack.

As he was thinking, the Devilfish did what he does best and started talking to his opponent. Long story short, the Devilfish convinced his opponent that if he folded, he could look at his cards. The hijack agreed, folded and revealed the Devilfish's {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}.

The Devilfish is still short however, sitting with around 18,500.

Tags: David Ulliott

King Katchalov

Eugene Katchalov raised from middle position to 3,700 before the player on the button moved all in for around 36,000. The blinds folded but Katchalov made a quick call.

Katchalov: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The board bricked out {3-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} to leave Katchalov's kings in front as he sends another opponent to the exit on his way to a stack of 116,000.

Tags: Eugene Katchalov

Miracle River Keeps Kim Alive

Kelly Kim was in the hijack and raised to 3,800 only to have Phil Galfond re-raise to 10,700 from the button. Kim went all in for 22,600 more and Galfond snap-called.

Kim: {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Galfond: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Kim couldn't have liked his chances, but the flop brought {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{j-Spades} giving him a little hope. The {5-Hearts} on the turn didn't change anything, but the {k-Clubs} came on the river and doubled Kim up

Tags: Kelly KimPhil Galfond

Hougaard in the Vanguard

Jesper Hougaard has bumped his stack up high as a kite - to 420,000 in fact.

The latest bit of bumpage came when a short stack moved in with {5-Clubs}{5-Spades} and found Hougaard holding {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. The board ran out a five-free {10-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{k-Spades} and the shortie busted out. The Hougaard stack got even bigger than before.

Tags: Jesper Hougaard

Antonius Pays Off the Button

There was about 12,000 in the pot and a flop of {Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs} when Patrik Antonius checked and the button bet 7,000. Antonius made the call as the {A-Diamonds} fell on the turn.

Both players checked and the a small card appeared on the river. Antonius checked and the button bet 10,000. Antonius thought about it for a minute or so before making the call, only to muck when he saw the {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} of the button.

Antonius was left with around 130,000.

Tags: Patrik Antonius