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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 8
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
We thought for sure a five-way flop meant there'd be plenty of post-flop action. John Dolan opened pre-flop to 750,000 and was called in order by Jonathan Duhamel, John Racener, Soi Nguyen and Joseph Cheong. Action checked to Duhamel on the flop, 
. His bet of 2,850,000 took down the pot.
Michael Mizrachi and Matthew Jarvis each put 850,000 chips into the pot pre-flop. They then both checked a flop that came down 
. Mizrachi bet 1,000,000 on the 
turn but wasn't able to shake Jarvis, who called to see the 
hit the river. Mizrachi checked, then quickly called after Jarvis bet 1.8 million. Mizrachi's 
, two pair queens and tens, was the winning hand. He collected the pot and regained most of the chips he lost to Brandon Steven.
Three-way action pre-flop created our first all-in-and-call situation. Jonathan Duhamel opened pre-flop for 750,000 and was called by both blinds -- Brandon Steven in the small blind and Michael Mizrachi in the big blind.
On a flop of 
, Steven acted first and opted to shove all in for 1,855,000. Mizrachi was the only player to call that bet and to try to take Steven out. Once Duhamel's cards were safely in the muck, Mizrachi and Steven opened:
Mizrachi: 
Steven: 
It was one pair for each player. Steven had the better end, with a pair of jacks against Mizrachi's pair of eights. The turn and river came and 
to secure a double-up for the short-stacked Steven. He's up to about 6.0 million now. Mizrachi doesn't have many more. We think he has about 6.9 million now.
John Racener tried opening yet another pot. He made it 775,000 to go. Filippo Candio had next action. He moved all in for about 11 million, a massive over-raise. Everyone folded back to Racener. He also folded, although he could be seen chatting with Candio after the hand. We couldn't hear what was said.
It took three players to the flop, but we found ourselves a showdown at our last table of 10 players. John Racener opened for 800,000 pre-flop. He was called by Soi Nguyen from the button and Joseph Cheong from the big blind. Cheong had first action on a king-high flop, 
and opted to lead out for 1,250,000. Racener called; Nguyen folded.
On the turn Cheong fired a second bullet for 1,950,000. Again Racener called. Both players checked the river. "Open, please," Robbie Thompson instructed them. Cheong opened first, showing 
for a pair of treys. Racener beat that with 
, a pair of kings.
The last several hands haven't made it past the pre-flop action. They've either been raise-it-and-take-it, or raise-it-then-re-raise-it-and- take-it. We could be in for a long bubble.
After Jason Senti took down the last pot by re-raising Soi Nguyen pre-flop, MOC Robbie Thompson asked, "Who's here for Jason?" There was some weak applause from one side of the gallery.
Then a spectator stood up in the middle of the gallery. "Who's here for Grinder?" he shouted. A whole sectin of the room erupted in cheers and applause.
For the second hand in a row, John Racener opened pre-flop. For the second hand in a row, a player three-bet him off of his hand. The culprit in this last hand was Jonathan Duhamel, who made it 2,325,000 from the small blind after Racener opened for 735,000. Racener folded to the re-raise.