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The Blue section is losing tables now; the staff has just broken the first two from the far corner. The big board just ticked down to 900 players remaining, and that means everyone here has made the final 100 tables. Just 99 more to go...
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 4
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
Bryn Kenney put his opponent all in on a flop of 
, and his opponent went with his hand for his last 45,000. He tabled 
for top pair, but trailed Kenney's 
.
The turn was the 
and river the 
, as Kenney sends another to the rail on his way to a stack of 535,000.
With over 100,000 in the middle and the board reading 
, Alexander Kostritsyn was heads up with an opponent. Kostritsyn's opponent checked, and Kostritsyn slid out a 108,000-chip bet. His opponent went into the tank, but eventually called.
Kostritsyn turned over 
for the nut-straight and his opponent unhappily mucked. Kostritsyn is now up to 751,500 chips.
One of the things that you don't see on television is how certain big pots can be influenced by a lot of smaller pots throughout the day. Those smaller pots help players build a picture of their opponents' tendencies in order to make tough decisions easier in future hands. Jason Somerville just lots a small pot to the big blind at his table. Somerville opened for 8,000 pre-flop and was called, then fired another 8,000 on a flop of 
. The big blind then check-raised to 24,000 and induced a quick fold from Somerville.
Phil Galfond was involved in a small pot, and Kevin Boudreau came up behind him from the adjacent table. Boudreau was holding a $1 bill, and he dropped it on the ground and shuffled it under Galfond's chair with his foot. This happened right here next to our desk, and Boudreau noticed us spying on him.
"For good luck!" he said with a big smirk, hustling back to his chair just as the next hand was being dealt.
The luck can't hurt, but Galfond's been dong just fine without the lucky dollar; he's right around 600,000, though the sprawling stacks are getting awfully hard to count right now. There's a color up coming in about 45 minutes.
It just takes Humberto Brenes to scratch his bottom for the cameras to swarm around the table, but on this occasion the attention was warranted as the Costa Rican found himself all in for his tournament life.
I shall go out on a limb and assume that Brenes pushed all in from the small blind with 
, and was called by the 
of the big blind. Either way, when I arrived, a 
lay on the felt and Brenes was busy entertaining the fans at home.
"Aaaaaace!" he demanded in his familiar twang and with his arms raised aloft and his shark sitting patiently on the felt. "Aaaaaace!"
The turn came the 
, and Brenes widened his request range: "Blaaaaack!... Aaaaaace!... Teeeeen!"
At the approval of ESPN, the dealer reached for the top of the deck and pulled out the... .
"Yeaaaaaaaaah!" yelled Brenes. "Come ooooon!" He then proceeded to celebrate in his native tongue and punch the air with his fists. At the same time, he rested his arm on his opponent with a smile, almost as if to say, "I'm just having fun, it's nothing personal."
I couldn't quite get a count as Brenes' was laborious in stacking, but it can't be much more than 100,000.
"Now I'm in the game," he added with an smile.
With about 45,000 chips on his stack, Thiago Nishijima moved all in from the cutoff seat. Next to speak, the player on the button moved all in for more, and the blinds released.
Showodown
Nishijima: 
Opponent:
The board ran out 
and Thiago Nishijima is out of the Main Event.
Hasan Habib opened for 7,400 from the button and Brandon Cantu defended his big blind. Both players checked the 
flop. The turn fell the . Cantu checked and Habib checked behind. When the hit the river, Cantu led out for 6,000 and Habib looked him up.
Cantu binked his gutshot on the river, making Broadway with , but Habib made a flush with 
and took down the pot. He's up to 186,000 while Cantu us on 337,000.
Bartolome Gomilaromero started the day with 370,000 chips, and ever since he five-bet bluffed with ten-four offsuit in the first level of the day, he's assumed the table captaincy over at table 374.
His massive stack of chips is now ballooning out in all directions, and it's quite an impressive sight. It's around eight stacks wide, eight deep and has three tiers - all it's missing is a nice little balcony out the front.
We just witnessed Gomilaromero putting them to good use after he moved all in on a board of to put his opponent to a decision for his tournament life. Eventually the clock was called and the player folded, to allow Gomilaromero to pad his stack to around 850,000.
We get the feeling that it's not going to be the last time that Gomilaromero bullies his opponents in the lead up to this bubble bursting!
Barry Greenstein was down to 53,800 chips and got them all in against Jason Somerville.
Greenstein:
Somerville:
The flop left Greenstein drawing pretty thin, coming down 
. The on the turn was enough to seal his fate, with the 
arriving on the river for good measure.
After eliminating Greenstein, Somerville is up to just over 500,000 chips.