WSOP 2010 Thread. Feed your wild side revisited

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Jeff Tebben Wins Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

When play started today Jeff Tebben was the short stack of our field and you wouldn't blame him if his goal was to merely try and climb up a pay jump or two. However from the time the first cards were in the air, until the last pot was pushed, Tebben was the most aggressive player at the table and clearly playing for the win. His approach ultimately paid off.

In the early stages he was able to build his stack by accumulating blinds and antes at will as he fearlessly moved his short stack into the middle. Once he got chips he became a real threat, and combined with some cards, it was a lethal combination for his opponents.

A fighting victory for Tebben over a massive field collects him $503,389 in prize money and the coveted gold bracelet.

1     Jeffrey Tebben      503,389
2    J.D. McNamara       310,248
3    Kiet Tran               223,665
4    Denis Murphy       162,568
5    David Cai               119,410
6    Blake Kelso       88,654
7    David Tolbert       66,513
8    Greg Pohler       50,410
9    Michael Gross       38,629

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David Warga Wins Event #27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better ($208,682)

As the winners' interviews and whatnot get underway, David Warga will be no stranger to this sort of thing - he already has a bracelet, after winning the Casino Employees' Event in 2002.

Warga, who is a professional poker player when he's not developing real estate, has now defeated 643 players to win his first bracelet in an open event. This final table was one of the most star-studded and - despite the reputation of stud eight - fast-paced we've seen. We went from 23 players to just one in around 11 hours, and there was never a dull moment.

Many congratulations to Warga and all the finalists

1     David Warga          208,682
2    Maxwell Troy       129,253
3    David Levi                 87,400
4    Karina Jett                 60,588
5    Christopher George      42,913
6    Jonathan Bascom      31,046
7    Chris Tryba         22,926
8    Allen Bari                 17,274
9    Topias Wahlbeck      13,275

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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

15 left

Top Chip Counts
1    L.J. Klein            590,000
2    Patrick Hanoteau 555,000
3    Miguel Proulx    535,000
4    Joe Serock    370,000
5    Karl Gal            350,000
6    Dmitrii Valouev    330,000
7    Kevin Iacofano    300,000
8    Stephane Tayar    260,000
9    Dilyan Kovachev    180,000
10    Adam Junglen    165,000

Michael Greco           150,000      still in



Richard Ashby and John Shipley cashed 40th/42nd

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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #29: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship

19 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Darren Woods    730,000
2    Daniel Idema    533,000
3    Michael Mizrachi    396,000
4    Brock Parker    373,000
5    Kyle Ray            350,000
6    Patrick Walsh    325,000
7    Zvi Groysman    290,000
8    Dave Baker    256,000
9    Albert Minnullin    235,000
10    Mark Klecan    225,000

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After ten levels of play and over 2,000 eliminations we are done and dusted with day one of Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em!

2,394 players took to the felt today surpassing the number set last year in this subsequent event, and also bettering the prizepool and 581,851 first prize that is on offer for the remaining players.

Last years champion Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin was an early casualty along with Kirk Morrison, Andrew Black, Gavin Griffin, Barry Shulman, Jonathan Aguiar, Nenad Medic and John Juanda. Crowd favorite's Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan and Hevad Khan also fell to the rail as unofficially 288 players remain.

Leading the charge into day two is Marcos Lehman with an amassed 135,200 in chips, but is closely trailed by Carlos Mortensen (108,500), Neil Channing (107,700) and Steve Gross (103,800).

Still in contention are Matt Stout (74,800), Dan Kelly (54,500) and Nam Le (16,900) as tomorrow will see the field compacted to just nine all bidding for their chance of claiming the Event #30 gold bracelet.

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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

828 began, 477 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Jesse Rios            36,000
2    Lex Veldhuis    23,000
3    Victor Ramdin    21,500
4    Maria Ho            21,000
5    Michael Binger    20,000
6    Michael Wattel    19,500
7    Erik Seidel       17,000
8    Jason Mercier    17,000
9    James Van Alstyne 16,800
10    Esther Rossi    16,20

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Congratulations to William Haydon, Winner of Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed ($630,031)

After 30 Levels of play over three days we have a champion of Event #26; William Haydon.

On Day 1, 1,245 players packed into the Pavilion Room with hopes that they would be sitting at the final table playing for a gold bracelet and the first-place prize. Haydon was the chip leader of after Day 1 and seemingly never looked back. The former UC Davis golf player played extremely well throughout the past two days, picking his spots while always maintaining one of the bigger stacks in the room.

Haydon's first and only other cash at the WSOP came during last year's Main Event where he took home over $30,000. Today, the professional poker player from San Francisco, California has recorded his biggest live cash for $630,031.

Congratulations are in order for William Haydon the winner of Event #26 of the 2010 World Series of Poker!

1     William Haydon          630,031
2    Jeffrey Papola       391,068
3    Joe Baldwin       248,265
4    Eddy Scharf       163,649
5    Jarred Solomon       110,903
6    Steve Cowley       77,228
7    Javier Etayo       55,236
8    Justin Smith       55,236
9    Martins Adeniya       40,547
10    Tyler Witteman       40,547
11    Taurean Davis       30,524
12    Alexander Ivarsson    30,524
13    Patrick Ricci       23,537
14    Andrey Danilyuk       23,537
15    Erik Cajelais       23,537

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Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

Miguel Proulx, end of Day 2 chip leader

Following a fast-paced Day 1 which saw the field shrink from 596 to 102, the second day of the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event began similarly, with bustouts happening quickly as the tourney raced toward the money. Early casualties today included Humberto Brenes, Aaron Jones, Will Failla, Shannon Shorr, Joe Hachem, Tim West, and Minnesota Jim Meehan. Day 1 chip leaders John "Tex" Barch and Luc Greenwood would hit the rail a bit later, but still shy of the cash.

The pace would finally slow as the cash bubble approached, finally bursting at the end of Level 14, just prior to the dinner break. Among those who made it into the top 54 and the money were Thomas Bichon (52nd), Michael Binger (50th), Eric Rabl (47th), and John Shipley (42nd). T.J. Cloutier enjoyed the chip lead for much of the afternoon and early evening, but a huge hand versus Kevin Iacofano cost Cloutier most of his stack, and Iacofano knocked the six-time WSOP bracelet winner out in 38th place shortly thereafter.

Iacofano catapulted into the chip lead, where he stayed while more hit the rail, including Carter Gill (32nd), Sandra Naujoks (25th), and Chau Giang (20th). Then chips really started to move back and forth, with Patrick Hanoteau and start-of-day leader L.J. Klein most often appearing atop the counts. Shortly after Adam Junglen busted in 15th, Iacofano would finally fall in 14th, followed by Dmitrii Valouev in 13th, and soon the day was done.

The remaining dozen will return tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. Vegas time to continue battling until one emerges with all of the chips, the $315,311 first prize, and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Miguel Proulx will enjoy a small chip lead over Patrick Hanoteau when play resumes, but as we saw the last two days, things can change quickly -- as fast as one can say "Raise pot!"

Top Chip Counts
1    Miguel Proulx    877,000
2    Patrick Hanoteau   824,000
3    L.J. Klein            470,000
4    Karl Gal            458,000
5    Joerg Engels    405,000
6    Dilyan Kovachev    339,000
7    Trevor Pope    261,000
8    Matthew Reed    253,000
9    Tommy Le            213,000
10    Joe Serock    185,000

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Day 2 Done and Dusted

Well that's that for Day 2 of the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.

Some thirteen hours ago, a stream of 102 players trickled in the double doors for their restart, everyone gunning for one of the nine seats at tomorrow's final table. With the money bubble still looming a long way off at 16, the early action was relentless. Lex Veldhuis was out within moments after running his pocket queens into an opponent's pocket aces. Right behind him went Erick Lindgren, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson and Matt Glantz. Poker couple Vanessa Rousso and Chad Brown fared just a bit better, but they were both eliminated within a half-hour span midway through the day. Also in the list of Day 2 casualties were Dwyte Pilgrim, Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo, Shaun Deeb... and really too many other familiar names to mention in one place.

So, let's talk about the good for a minute, that's more pertinent. Anh Van Nguyen has just narrowly squeaked his way into Day 3, though he's on the short stack heading into the final day. David Chiu is still in the mix too, as is 2009 double bracelet winner Brock Parker. We still have Matt Keikoan in the field too, another bracelet winner looking to add to his trophy case. We're still hanging on to Michael Mizrachi as well, and The Grinder will be looking to bolster his Player of the Year chances with another final table berth. All told we had an unlucky 13 players survive to return for the last day.

Top Chip Counts
1    Darren Woods    830,000
2    Daniel Idema    800,000
3    Kyle Ray            525,000
4    Matt Keikoan    410,000
5    Zvi Groysman    360,000
6    Brock Parker    350,000
7    Dave Baker    325,000
8    Jameson Painter    292,000
9    David Chiu      250,000
10    Simon Morris    210,000

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The voting from the WSOP jury is in with the 20 bracelet winners who gathered the most votes getting a chance at a big pay day in the $1m Tournament of Champions freeroll.
Topping the list of vote getters was Phil Ivey with 16,267, followed by Daniel Negreanu just 28 votes behind on 16,239. Rounding out the top five were Doyle Brunson on 13,796, Phil Hellmuth on 12,673 and Chris Ferguson on 11,585. Not a single European made it into the Top 20 of the voting so there's no room for the likes of David Benyamine, Roland de Wolfe, Annette Obrestad or Carlos Mortensen.


The full top 20 was as follows:


1. PHIL IVEY - 16,267
2. DANIEL NEGREANU - 16,239
3. DOYLE BRUNSON - 13,796
4. PHIL HELLMUTH - 12,673
5. CHRIS FERGUSON - 11,585
6. ALLEN CUNNINGHAM - 10,486
7. JOHNNY CHAN - 10,434
8. SCOTTY NGUYEN - 9,834
9. BARRY GREENSTEIN - 9,806
10. JOHN JUANDA - 8,835
11. ERIK SEIDEL - 8,802
12. JENNIFER HARMAN - 8,206
13. HUCK SEED - 8,180
14. DAN HARRINGTON - 7,342
15. T.J. CLOUTIER - 6,281
16. SAMMY FARHA - 6,085
17. HOWARD LEDERER - 5,596
18. GREG RAYMER - 5,404
19. JOE HACHEM - 5,272
20. ANTONIO ESFANDIARI - 5,129


The lucky 20 will join previous TOC winners Mike Sexton, Mike Matusow and Annie Duke, defending WSOP and WSOPE champions Joe Cada and Barry Shulman plus sponsor's exemptions Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier and Dudley delivery driver Andrew Barton. They will be competing for a total prize pool of $1m with the winner set to pocket $500k.


Though the voting has been completed, whether everyone will actually play is another matter, especially given the number of bracelet prop bets doing the rounds. Organisers have tried to schedule the event, which starts on 27th June, away from other bracelet events but there will be some overlap.


If one of the 20 fails to take their seat then the next highest placed finisher in the voting will be invited.

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Congratulations to Miguel Proulx, Event #28 Champion ($315,311)


The $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha event has come to an end with Miguel Proulx outlasting a field of 596 to take down his first gold bracelet. The day started with twelve players on the march to a winner. Matthew Reed, Joe Serock and Dilyan Kovachev were all eliminated leading up to the final table.

Once there, action seemed to slow as players felt one another out and took a patient approach; in fact, only one player was eliminated early on, Patrick Hanoteau. Things changed after the players returned from their dinner break in a big way. Action picked up and the eliminations began to mount. Tommy Le was the next to fall, followed by Trevor Pope.

It was at this point that Miguel Proulx seemed to switch gears and become much more aggressive. The very next hand after eliminating Pope, he knocked out Karl Gal. Michael Greco then eliminated Joerg Engels and Proulx countered by sending Stephane Tayar home.

Once it was three handed, it was anyone's game. L.J. Klein doubled to 1.5 million through Proulx, which essentially evened the two, with Greco close behind at 850,000. After changing chips back and forth, Greco was eliminated, setting up a heads-up battle between Klein, who was the chipleader at the end of Day 1, and Proulx, who was the chip leader coming into the final day.

The heads-up battle was a contest of wills, characterized by patient play and well thought out aggression. Proulx was at a chip disadvantage but managed to double up and bring the stacks within 100,000 of each other. In the end, Proulx dispatched Klein with the nut flush to claim his first gold bracelet and the $315,311 first place prize.

1     Miguel Proulx          315,311
2    L.J. Klein               195,147
3    Michael Greco       129,691
4    Stephane Tayar       96,243
5    Joerg Engels       72,227
6    Karl Gal               54,736
7    Trevor Pope       41,850
8    Tommy Le               32,254

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Event 30 $1,500 NLHE

2,394 Runners

Here are the updated chip counts of the final twenty-seven.

Christopher Gonzales    1,300,000
Christopher Kastler    830,000    
Kevin Obrien       640,000    
David Wilkinson       600,000    
Jason Hallee       580,000    
Allen Stern       555,000    
James Johnson       545,000    
Kenneth Whelan    510,000    
David Sands       460,000    
Martin Jacobson       450,000    
Jean Gaspard       425,000    
Billy Griner               410,000    
Neil Channing       375,000
Spencer Hudson       360,000    
Jeff Cohen       350,000    
Carlos Mortensen    320,000
Andrew Ferris       290,000    
Kent Vanho       285,000    
Steven Goosen       270,000    
Mike Ellis               240,000    
Alexander Queen    210,000    
Markus Lehmann    210,000    
William Kakon       180,000    
Michael Jeffery       175,000    
Ken McKay       150,000

1               581,851
2          360,906
3          254,996
4          183,345
5          133,574
6          98,605
7          73,719
8          55,814
9          42,790
10          33,191
11          33,191
12          33,191
13          26,049
14          26,049
15          26,049
16          20,716
17          20,716
18          20,716
19          16,644
20          16,644
21          16,644
22          16,644
23          16,644
24          16,644


Good luck to Neil!   

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2010 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

28 of 628 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Andrew Revesz    275,000
2    Konstantin Puchkov 260,000
3    Regis Burlot    210,000
4    Al Barbieri           204,000
5    Dustin Leary    200,000
6    Mark Zuffi            175,000
7    Robert Mizrachi    175,000
8    David Brooker    167,000
9    James Van Alstyne 155,000
10    Danny Kalpakis    130,000



still in below this Lex Veldhuis, Pearljammer, johnnybax

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 Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
   

End of Day 1

At the beginning of the day, 568 runners anted up $5,000 for Event #32 and now only 116 remain. The defending champion of this event, Matthew Hawrilenko, was unable to defend his title because he is attending a friend's wedding, so the title is officially up for grabs.

Christian "Charder30" Harder ended Day 1 as our chip leader with an astounding 258,700 chips. He flopped broadway against David Benyamine's set of jacks and held to win a monster pot.

Other big stacks include Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Rod Pennington, Tony Dunst and Jennifer Harman.

We are 62 spots away from the money and tomorrow's restart has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. PST

Top Chip Counts
1    Christian Harder    258,000
2    Tony Dunst    190,000
3    Dave Ulliott    176,000
4    Rod Pennington    162,000
5    Dmitry Motorov    144,200
6    Alan Sass    142,000
7    Jason Helder    141,200
8    David Peters    141,000
9    Benny Spindler    140,000
10    Craig Marquis    120,100


Still in (tbc), Akenhead, Trickett, Adeniya, JP Kelly, Pab


I believe The Camel busted just before the end, QQ v KK

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Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha

158 of 482 remain

another Brit in the top 10

Top Chip Counts
1    David Paredes    77,000
2    Justin Smith    77,000
3    Victor Ramdin    54,750
4    Tommy Hang    53,000
5    Allen Bari            47,500
6    Ashton Griffin    44,000
7    Tim West            43,000
8    Stephen Chidwick 40,000
9    Eric Lynch       40,000
10    Jeffrey Lisandro    37,500

the chip count pages are showing John Kabbaj, Ross boatman, Martins Adeniya and Liv Boeree still in