WSOP 2010 Thread. Feed your wild side revisited

[TightEnd]

10 up, 10 down. We've reached the end of Day 1 of Event 51, $3,000 Triple Change No-Limit Hold'em.

The faux rebuy nature of this tournament created some interesting play early in the day. Some players took their rebuys right away, willing to take their chances on going broke in order to play deep-stacked poker. Others kept their rebuys behind and flicked their "gamble" switch.

Either way, everyone was on equal footing by the start of Level 5, when all of the unredeemed rebuy lammers were swapped for tournament chips. From there this tournament played down like so many other no-limit hold'em tournaments have at the World Series of Poker, with naked aggression being the dominant characteristic.

The bustouts started early. Double-bracelet winner Frank Kassela was among the first out, leaving with a simple, "Well I guess I played that badly." He was soon joined by the likes of David Williams, Gavin Smith, Vanesssa Rousso, David Steicke, Chino Rheem and many, many more. By the end of the night less than 20% of the starters were still around to bag up chips.

There was a handful of players that bagged more than 100,000 chips at the end of the night. Notables among them included Sida Yuen, Gavin Griffin and James Akenhead. It looked like nobody was going to bag more chips than David Singer, who managed to build his starting stack of 9,000 into 204,100 after ten full levels of play


Top Chip Counts
1    Tommy Vedes    237,000
2    David Singer    204,100
3    Gavin Griffin    132,000
4    James Akenhead 126,000
5    Ricky Fohrenbach 110,000
6    Sida Yuen       108,000
7    Alessio Isaia    102,000
8    Mike Gracz              71,000
9    Jonas Kronwitter   65,000
10    Tom Dwan     57,000

[BulldozerD]

Bas is 2/27 now, almost done for day

[TightEnd]

Bas is 2/27 now, almost done for day

which event please?

[GreekStein]

Bas is 2/27 now, almost done for day

which event please?

His name is Jonathan Spinks Tighty.

In the $1500 NLHE

[TightEnd]

Bas is 2/27 now, almost done for day

which event please?

His name is Jonathan Spinks Tighty.

In the $1500 NLHE

Thank you CossieWossie


Top Chip Counts
1    Michael Linn    1,410,000
2    Mihai Manole    1,253,000
3    Jonathan Spinks    703,000
4    Benjamin Smith    604,000
5    Chadwick Grimes    591,000
6    Sean Prendiville    574,000
7    Taylor Larkin    570,000
8    Benjamin Eilers    560,000
9    Anthony Spinella    535,000
10    Alexander Kuzmin 462,000

1               609,493
2          378,905
3          268,189
4          193,418
5          141,235
6          104,364
7          78,067
8          59,082
9          45,247
10          35,051
11          35,051
12          35,051
13          27,464
14          27,464
15          27,464
16          21,765
17          21,765
18          21,765
19          17,439
20          17,439
21          17,439
22          17,439
23          17,439

[TightEnd]

 Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 completed


Posted 3 minutes ago by snoopy1239


For a moment there, I was dreading a lengthy final day, but as the night drew to a close, players began to fall like lemmings on a tightrope and enabled us to finish the day with a manageable 23 players. Having lost the likes or Roland De Wolfe, David Pham and Kelly Kim along the way, there are few familiar names remaining, but a plethora of talent with UK online pro Jonathan Spinks, Showdown at the Sands Champion John Myung, and former EPT finalist Mihai Manole all looking to prove their worth and get their hungry paws on a sparkling gold bracelet.

However, although Manole sits in second place with 1,253,000, it is in fact unknown entity Michael Linn who will sleep easiest tonight, his stack having fluctuated to a chip-leading 1,410,000 after a number key hands. In third place is Spinks, whilst making up the chasing pack are the likes of Benjamin Smith, Chadwick Grimes and Irish dark horse Sean Prendiville.

Tomorrow should be a hard-fought out battle, but an intriguing one with plenty of fiery encounters and big pots. If you like your action thick, fast, and as exciting as a date with me, then be sure to join us back in the Amazon Room tomorrow at 3pm

[GreekStein]

Ha Chadwick Grimes.

Mihai Manole was WestPark on Crypto if all the old regs like Big Charra, Dewi, Cottonbud etc remember him.

[StuartHopkin]

Chadwick Grimes is possibly the best name ever.

[TightEnd]

 Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 4 completed
Congratulations to Shawn Busse, Event #47 Champion ($485,791)

It was only fitting that several wild, action-packed days of poker in Event #47 would be punctuated by an exciting -- and perhaps surprising -- final table.

From 3,128 entrants our final nine came today led by Adam White and Allan Bække, but after more than two hours of play the chip counts had reversed themselves. Down to the short stacks, White and Bække would be the first two to go, followed shortly thereafter by Jason Mann, Ilya Andreev, and Welong Jin.

During that stretch Owen Crowe and Shawn Busse emerged as overwhelming chip leaders, and following the eliminations of Chuan Shi and Pekka Ikonen, they were the two left to battle for the bracelet.

Crowe held a 2-to-1 advantage when heads-up play began, and he increased his edge even further. Then came a timely double-up to bring Busse back to nearly even. Soon after Busse used pocket aces to win most of Crowe's stack, finishing him off a hand later.

Congratulations to Shawn Busse, Event #47 champion!


1     Shawn Busse           485,791
2    Owen Crowe       300,494
3    Pekka Ikonen       212,660
4    Chuan Shi               153,935
5    Wenlong Jin       112,720
6    Ilya Andreev       83,498
7    Jason Mann       62,553
8    Allan Bække       47,379
9    Adam White       36,287

[TightEnd]

2010 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

is heads up between Michael Linn and Taylor Larkin

1               609,493
2          378,905
3    Mihai Manole       268,189
4    Benjamin Smith       193,418
5    Chadwick Grimes       141,235
6    Alexander Kuzmin    104,364
7    Justin Zaki               78,067
8    Erle Mankin       59,082
9    Tyler Cornell       45,247
10    John Myung       35,051
11    Jonathan Spinks       35,051
12    Ronald Chaves       35,051
13    Joel Bidnick       27,464
14    Benjamin Eilers       27,464
15    David Ventura       27,464
16    Karl Fenton       21,765
17    Manuel Cadilhe       21,765
18    Clint Coffee       21,765
19    Roberto Stamerra    17,439
20    Sean Prendiville       17,439
21    Thomas Gruber       17,439
22    Elliott Harrah       17,439
23    Anthony Spinella       17,439


as you can see the Brits finished 11th and 16th

[TightEnd]

Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Top Chip Counts
1    Kevin Boudreau    3,400,000
2    Edward Martin    1,300,000
3    Chance Kornuth    1,200,000
4    Danny Smith    1,150,000

5     Scott Mandel          122,455
6    Julian Gardner       91,387
7    Eric Liu       68,902
8    Robert Mizrachi       52,471
9    Jose Nacho Barbero    PokerStars Team Pro (Argentina)    40,364
10    Ran Azor       31,448
11    Mark Eddleman       31,448
12    Ryan D'Angelo       31,448
13    Scott Iammarino       24,711
14    Niall Charlton       24,711
15    Ali Aljenabi       24,711
16    Jason Mercier    PokerStars Team Pro (USA)    19,479
17    Gary Bolden       19,479
18    Joe Beevers       19,479
19    Benny Spindler       15,566
20    Ross Boatman       15,566


Final table for Julian Gardner in this

[TightEnd]

2010 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em

18 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Guillaume Darcourt    1,350,000
2    Ryan Welch    850,000
3    Will Failla            770,000
4    Frank Rusnak    715,000
5    Jon Eaton            675,000
6    Tommy Vedes    555,000
7    Michael Noda    440,000
8    Aftab Ahmed    425,000
9    Sergey Lebedev    385,000
10    Christophe Benzimra 320,000

James Akenhead       312,000    guaranteed $21,000. $559,000 up top

[TightEnd]

 Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
Day 1 completed


That brings an end to a rapid-fire first day of Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Event. It was one of the most hyped events of the 2010 World Series of Poker with the online kids licking their lips at the prospects of a big buy-in, short-handed tournament.

Only the best of the best were in attendance as 191 took to the felt at noon this afternoon. After ten levels of check-raises, triple barrels and five-bet bluffs, our field has been reduced to around 70 players; a rather high number of bustouts for a tournament which started with a massive 75,000 start bank. The ruthless aggression of our fearless players would have something to do with that. From the moment Tom Dwan was eliminated by a cruel river blow after Alex Roumeliotis made a move on him, it set the tone for the day of fast-paced play and exciting eliminations - perhaps none more memorable than Danny Wong's devastating one-outer.

Those who fared better include Daniel Negreanu who was with the chip leaders all day, Sam Trickett was dominant throughout the later stages and Isaac Haxton who surged towards the close of play. However it was Philipp Gruissem who bagged up the chip lead with 548,000, closely followed by Jason Somerville with 516,600.


Top Chip Counts
1    Philipp Gruissem    548,100
2    Jason Somerville    516,600
3    Sam Trickett    507,000
4    McLean Karr    472,800
5    Isaac Haxton    460,000
6    Daniel Negreanu    407,100
7    John Juanda    401,300
8    Frank Kassela    389,800
9    Bryn Kenney    370,300
10    Mikael Thuritz    334,300


78 of 191 left

Martins Adeniya 300,000
Tom Bentham 288,000
John Duthie 256,000
Keith Hawkins 38,000

all still there for the Brits

[GreekStein]

Tom Bentham is a real real sicko.

The best cash player in England??!

Gogogogo Trickett & mad spin for Camel too.

[TightEnd]

2010 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout

80 through from 548 starters

64 are paid


through include Timoshenko Esposito Shulman Luske Chan