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The players are back and the cards are in the air once again with one more hour to run in this level.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 6
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
It was another busy session as the rate of eliminations only slowed up a little towards the later stages. It was all a little too much for our website servers obviously, but fingers crossed we can keep the wheels spinning for two more days!
That session saw us farewell Internet sensation Phil Galfond, Aussie Matthew Pearson, and the pun-loving trio of Charles Noris, Todd Brick and Johan Slutter.
Day 4 chip leader Tony Dunst recovered from his short stack, as the man who is dressed to impress, worked his way back up over the two million chip mark before a brutal beat just before the break sent him spiraling back down to Earth. He'll need a swig of something strong at the break!
Pisano, Racener and Luis are still in our top ten, while Russian superstar Alexander Kostritsyn is still prominent as he has quietly chipped up to 3.7 million.
One of the huge stories of this Main Event has been the run of the Mizrachi brothers, and that story continues as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi surged into the chip lead during that level. He's on 5.5 million and looking a genuine threat with 121 players to go.
However they all trail Joseph Cheong who finds himself with 6.2 million after his pocket aces held up to eliminate Christopher George.
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What everyone thought was a five-minute long decision by Gabriel Alarie turned out to be a huge misunderstanding. On a flop of 
, Alarie checked to Matthew Schreiber, who bet 135,000. Alarie then put 300,000 out in front of his cards, but apparently neither Schreiber nor the dealer realized that he had check-raised. After several minutes the truth of the matter became clear, at hich point Schreiber moved all in and Alarie called all in for 1,279,000 total. It turned out to be Alarie's straight, 
, against Schreiber's set, 
. No board pair came with the 
turn or the 
river.
The result of the hand lowered Schreiber to 535,000. Alarie is up to 2,860,000.
Joseph Cheong had 235,000 chips out in front of him when we walked up to the table, so we're guessing there was an opening raise in front of him. Either way, Christopher George reraised to 560,000, Cheong shoved all in, and George called off his last 1.37 million to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Cheong: 
George: 
The board ran 
, and that's not going to do anything for George. He's been eliminated in that big pot, and Cheong's new stack sits at 6.2 million -- good for the top spot.
Binh Nguyen is the latest to hit the rail after losing a preflop race for his last chips.
Nguyen showed 
against the 
of Jonathan Duhamel, but the board ran out 
to give Duhamel a set and send Nguyen home. Duhamel has 2.6 million.
Matthew Berkey raised to 60,000 from middle position. James Manning called from the button and Jeff Banghart called from the small blind. Bryn Kenney was in the big blind and reraised to 260,000. Berkey folded and then Manning went into the tank. He made the fold, although it looked very painful to do. Banghart called.
After the flop came down 
, Banghart checked. Kenney fired 260,000 and Banghart folded. Kenney showed the for moved to four million in chips.
Daan Slutter got 670,000 chips -- his whole remaining stack -- into the middle on a flop of 
. Dag Palovic tried to take Slutter out with , two overcards and a straight draw. It turned out his overcards were no good against Slutter's , but that didn't stop Palovic from catching his gutshot card -- twice. The turn and river came and 
to give Palovic a Broadway straight. Slutter has been eliminated.
Justin Tazelaar was all in versus Meenaskshi Subramaniam following a 
flop. Tazelaar held for the ace-high flush draw, while Subramaniam had 
.
The turn was the and the river the 
, and Tazelaar hits the rail. Subramaniam now has 2.9 million.
With 260,000 in the pot, Gualter Salles fired out 200,000 on the 
flop only to have David Baker make it 520,000 to go from the cutoff.
Andrew Brokos moved all in from the small blind for an additional 630,000, and once David Assouline in the big blind and Salles folded, Baker made the call.
Baker: 
Brokos:
With Salles stating he folded , Brokos would need one of the remaining few clubs or an ace or jack to stay alive.
The repeat 
on the turn changed little, but it would the third club on the river that would send Brokos to 2,750,000 as Baker was left crippled with just 260,000 in chips.
Brock Bourne opened for 62,000, Olivier Daeninckx reraised all in for about 300,000, and Bourne, who had Daeninckx covered, made the call.
Daeninckx showed 
and Bourne . The flop came 
. The turn was the . "Never easy," was the comment at Daeninckx still drawing live. But the river was the and Daeninckx is out.