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

MBN to Be Bryn Kenney

There was about a half-million chips in the pot when we walked up to a {10-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} flop. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000, and Bryn Kenney called with his covering stack to put his opponent at risk. Kenney's {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} had flopped top pair, but he was still in a big hole against Figueiredo's {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds}.

Turn: {Q-Spades}

How to climb out of a big hole quickly. Kenney improved to three queens, leaving his opponent dead to two outs. The river {7-Diamonds} was no help at all, and Paulo Figueiredo has been cut down.

Kenney, courtesy of that lucky turn card, is all the way up to 3.38 million now and a dangerous force at his table.

Tags: Bryn KenneyPaulo Figueiredo

Siegel Takes It On Turn

Christian Harder opened to 48,000 from the cutoff and Jordan Siegel made the call from the big blind.

Siegel check-called 62,000 on the {10-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop before leading for 85,000 when the {10-Hearts} landed on the turn.

Harder went deep into the tank before laying his hand down to see Siegel collect the pot and move to over 1,100,000 in chips.

Tags: Jordan SiegelChristian Harder

Bracy Busto

Tony Bracy was all in for 97,000 before the flop, and Redmond Lee isolated himself against Bracy with a reraise to 200,000. That folded the rest of the table and cued the showdown with the short stack at risk. And the news was not good:

Bracy: {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}
Lee: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}

The {8-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {J-Clubs} flop was an ugly sight for Bracy, and he couldn't go runner-runner to stay alive. The turn {K-Spades} and river {4-Clubs} ushered him to the payout desk, and Lee moves his way up to 1.33 million courtesy of that knockout.

Tags: Tony BracyRedmond Lee

Gibb Gone

The eliminations have been come at a mesaured pace of every few minutes in the first two hours of the day. Add Derek Gibb's name to the departed. He moved with Big Slick, {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}, and found himself on the short side of a race against Mark Meloche's pocket jacks, {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}. A flop of {2-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{j-Clubs} gave Meloche a set of jacks and Gibb an inside straight draw. Gibb bricked the draw and slipped off towards the cage.

Tags: Derek GibbMark Meloche

Affleck Forces Harder to Fold Turn

Matt Affleck opened to 48,000 form the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button.

Affleck fired out 65,000 on the {9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop with Harder making the call before the {A-Spades} landed on the turn.

Affleck continued with a 115,000-chip bet which was enough to force a fold from Harder.

Harder slips to 1,110,000 as Affleck climbs to over the 3,100,000-chip mark.

Tags: Christian HarderMatt Affleck