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

Antonius Sends One to the Rail

Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius

Patrik Antonius and his opponent got all of the chips in on a flop of {9-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{K-Hearts}. Anotnius had his opponent covered, so his tournament life wasn't at stake; although, a big portion of his chip stack was.

Antonius: {K-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The turn was the {10-Hearts} and the river {5-Hearts}, giving Antonius the win and increasing his stack to around 155,000.

Tags: Patrik Antonius

Steve's Song is Sung

We went to check on Steve Sung, and we caught him involved in a pot as we walked up. The board showed {J-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}, and there was about 12,000 in the pot. Sung was leading out with 8,500 of his ~27,000 chips, and his opponent put him all in with a raise. Sung tanked and eventually called, and the cards were on their backs:

Sung: {K-Hearts} {10-Hearts}
Opponent: {7-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}

Well Sung was ahead with third pair, but he needed to fade a myriad of outs in order to stay alive. Diamonds were dangerous, so were sevens and eights and nines, oh my. Let's see, what's the worst card in the deck for Sung?

River: {8-Diamonds}

Yep, that one's pretty bad. That river gave the unknown opponent a jack-high straight flush, and that's going to be the last hand of Sung's day; he has been eliminated.

Tags: Steve Sung

Value for Keikoan's Ladies

One ace on the flop is often problematic when you have a pair of queens. Two aces on the flop makes many players breathe a little easier. Matt Keikoan got to the river in a three-way pot holding {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. With the board reading {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}{4-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, Keikoan's bet of 18,600 found one caller. That player couldn't beat aces and queens, allowing Keikoan to claim the pot and increase his stack to 290,000.

Tags: Matt Keikoan

Negreanu Out

Daniel Negreanu, in earlier action
Daniel Negreanu, in earlier action

On a flop of {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}, Daniel Negreanu checked from the small blind and the player in the big blind bet 5,000. The under the gun player called and Negreanu pushed all in for a total of 9,800. Both the big blind and the under the gun player made the call.

Since their was still action between the other players, the cards weren't revealed as the {K-Hearts} hit the turn. The big blind checked and the under the gun player bet 20,000. The big blind mucked.

Negreanu: {J-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
UTG: {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Negreanu had flopped two pair but his opponent had turned a straight. In order to triple up, Negreanu needed to catch a jack or eight on the river. Unfortunately for him, the river was the {6-Hearts} and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Kanter Can't Beat Kings

With the board showing {2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and about 60,000 in the middle, Aaron Kanter was facing an opponent's all-in bet of 38,000. He tanked for some time, and finally the clock was called. As time ran out, Kanter made the call.

Kanter showed {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for an overpair, but his opponent had an even better overpair -- {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}. The river was the {9-Diamonds}, and Kanter slips to 95,000.

Tags: Aaron Kanter

Junglen Hooks a Double

Adam Junglen started the day with over 180,000, but he was down to his last 37,200 when he open-shoved from middle position. The next player to act opted to flat, and no one else joined them. Junglen showed {j-Hearts}{j-Spades} and was ahead of his opponent's {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. The {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Spades} flop had the other player calling for a jack, but the dealer brought running deuces instead. Junglen doubled back to 80,100.

Tags: Adam Junglen

Mercer Spikes, Doubles

Heather Sue Mercer re-raiesd all in for about 25,000 pre-flop after a player opened for 5,000 in early position. That player called, taking his {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} against Mercer's {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}. There was no help for Mercer on a flop of {k-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}, but she spiked a set when the turn fell {5-Hearts}. There was no re-suck on the river {a-Clubs}. Mercer doubled up to about 50,000.

Greenstein Crippled

Barry Greenstein opened for 5,000 in late position and the gentleman in the small blind made it 18,000 to go. Greenstein made it 58,000, the small blind made it all in for 130,700, and Greenstein made the call.

Small blind gentleman: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Greenstein: extremely behind with {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

Board: {4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{a-Spades}

Greenstein completely failed to improve and dropped right down to 68,000 - around two thirds of his stack vanished into the stack of his opponent with that hand.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Devilfish Drowned on the River

David Ulliott
David Ulliott

David "Devilfish" Ulliott had been nursing a short stack for the past couple levels when he pushed all in with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} over his opponent's 5,500 bet. His opponent made the call and turned over {Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}.

Devilfish was in great position to double up, but the {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{J-Clubs} flop gave his opponent a flush draw. The {9-Clubs} on the turn changed nothing. Unfortunately for the Devilfish, the river was the {6-Clubs}, giving his opponent a pair of sixes.

The Devilfish was quite composed as he made his exit from the tournament area.

Tags: David Ulliott

Kostritsyn Over 500k

Facing a raise to 5,100 from early position, Allen Cunningham three-bet from the cutoff to 13,100.

With the action on Alexander Kostritsyn in the big blind, he four-bet to 32,000 to prompt an insta-fold from the original raiser.

Cunningham looked down at his hole cards once more before tossing them into the muck to slip to 72,200 as Kostritsyn climbs over the half a million mark; currently 505,000 in chips.

Tags: Alexander KostritsynAllen Cunningham