Scott Clements just finished off Bill Melvin. Clements held the 
and Melvin the 
. The board ran out 
and that was it for Melvin.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 7
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
David Assouline raised to 200,000 from the cutoff seat. Bill Melvin called from the small blind and the flop came down a monotone 
. Melvin led for 300,000 and Assouline made the call.
The turn added the 
and Melvin shoved in. Assouline made the call and was covered. He held the 
for a flopped flush and Melvin held the 
for top pair.
The river completed the board with the 
and Assouline doubled up. The pot was massive and put Assouline up over six million. Melvin was left with just 560,000.
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Eric Baldwin got his last 270,000 chips into the middle with 
, and he was in fine shape to double as Sergey Rybachenko made the call with his dominated 
.
The board ran safe for "basebaldy": 
. He's doubled up to about 700,000 now as he begins his crawl back in to contention.
Tony Dunst opened to 135,000 from middle position with William Thorson making the call next to speak before Jim McCrink moved all in for 1,820,000 from the small blind.
Dunst quickly folded, but Thorson deliberated for over four minutes before making the call for the additional 1,685,000.
McCrink: 
Thorson: 
The flop of 
kept McCrink in the lead, but left Thorson drawing to his two overcards or a combination of backdoor straight or flush cards.
Thorson wouldn't have to wait too long as he struck lightening on the turn when the dealer dropped the 
to put the Swede into the lead.
The river landed the 
to see McCrink eliminated as Thorson climbs to 7,300,000 in chips.
Any time is a bad time to run kings into aces, but the final seven tables of the Main Event is a particularly awful spot to do that.
Such was the fate of Gary Dishongh, down to about 800,000 when he moved in with . Matthew Bucaric woke up with the , and his call put Dishongh at risk of elimination. He could not find any help from the dealer on the board of 
, and that's the end of his day.
Bucaric is now brushing the 7-million-chip mark.
Alexander Kostritsyn opened to 130,000 before Evan Lamprea popped it up to 425,000. Rudy Miller then came over the top for his last 655,000 to force a fold from Kostritsyn as Lamprea made the call.
Miller: 
Lamprea:
The flop landed to give Lamprea a set and reduce Miller's outs from six to just the four tens. The turn was the which changed nothing and the river bricked the 
. Miller is out as Lamprea is up to 2.75 million.
Michiel Sijpkens opened from middle position to 150,000. Jonathan Duhamel flatted from the next seat and then action folded to Michael Mizrachi in the small blind. Mizrachi hasn't had the greatest of days, but that didn't stop him from reraising in this spot. He three-bet to what looked to be 850,000 or so. Both the other players folded and Mizrachi picked up the pot.
It wasn't much, but every chip counts here in the Main Event and Mizrachi's back to 3.45 million in chips.
Matthew Jarvis raised to 150,000 under the gun, and Michal Wywrot called from the cutoff seat. In the small blind, Nicolas Babel squeezed in a reraise to 650,000. Wywrot would fold, but Jarvis wanted to see a flop; he called.
The flop came 
, and Babel led out with a 520,000-chip wager. Jarvis called again, and the two men would check it down through the turn and river.
We never got to see Babel's cards; Jarvis showed 
, and that was good enough to earn him the pot. He's up to 5.755 million while Babel has been set back to 2.6 million.
Redmond Lee raised to 170,000 from under the gun and Gabe Costner made the call in the big blind. They took a flop of 
and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Costner fired out 250,000. Lee made the call and the river was the . Costner made it 700,000 to go and Lee looked him up. Costner revealed for trips to take it down.
Costner is up to 8.4 million and looking strong with Lee back to 1.9 million.
We're down to just seven tables' worth of players, and David Baker is still alive, thereby continuing his remarkable 2010 WSOP.
A look at the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year standings shows a couple of David Bakers in the top 20 in points. There's David "Bakes" Baker, winner of the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball event earlier this summer who also cashed in three other events -- not to be confused with the David Baker still with chips here in the Main Event.
Our David Baker's presence way up on the WSOP POY page is testament to his achievements this summer, with six cashes and two final tables:
Event #7, $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball -- 11th place ($9,972)
Event #13, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em -- 3rd ($206,813)
Event #23, $2,500 Limit Hold'em -- 34th ($5,202)
Event #29, $10,000 Limit Hold'em -- 11th ($32,614)
Event #37, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. -- 6th ($50,871)
Event #51, $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em -- 68th ($7,457)
Baker has a little under 2 million chips at the moment -- a bit below average, but still plenty with which to work.