Monday, June 21, 2010 8:51 PM Local Time
At the start of the day, 1,400 players packed the Pavilion Room with one simple objective; win your table.
We saw big names like Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier come and go quickly. Kathy Liebert, Jennifer Harman and Hal Lubarsky survived long enough to get heads up, but none of them could finish the job.
Still, some familiar faces have guaranteed themselves $5,632 and a chance to increase that prize on Day 2.
They include, but are not limited to, Fatima de Melo, Victor Ramdin, Tristan "Cre8ive" Wade, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Robert Mizrachi, Ylon Schwartz, Terrence Chan, Adam Schoenfeld, Tony "Bond18" Dunst and Annette Obrestad.
The action will resume tomorrow at 2:30 PST where we will play one more heat before entering Day 3 with the final 14 players.
Be sure to follow this and every event of the 2010 World Series of Poker right here at PokerNews.com!
Monday, June 21, 2010 8:49 PM Local Time
Mr. Mark Schmid!
His opponent shoved with the button and Schmid called with . He was racing against his opponent's .
The wired three's held as the board ran and we are all set for Day 2!
Monday, June 21, 2010 8:43 PM Local Time
After an elimination, the final table is now heads up!
Monday, June 21, 2010 8:35 PM Local Time
There is only one, three-handed table remaining.
Patrick Hanoteau locked up the second to last table with against his opponent's .
The board ran guaranteeing Hanotreau a seat tomorrow and $5,632.
Monday, June 21, 2010 8:21 PM Local Time
Or so we thought.
It appeared as if the heads up match had concluded, but one player has stopped play to goto the men's room.
The other table is still three-handed at the moment.
Monday, June 21, 2010 8:07 PM Local Time
With just two tables left, the pace has stalled completely.
One table is still three-handed, and the other is heads up with the two players simply exchanging the chip lead back and forth.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:51 PM Local Time
Poker isn't always pretty, but a win is a win.
Scott Baumstein and his opponent were all in before the flop and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Baumstein:
Opponent:
The flop was clean and so too was the on the turn.
The spiked on the river though, giving Baumstein the best and and the win.
"C'MON!!" his opponent shouted in disdain.
No one said this game was fair.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:36 PM Local Time
Justin Scott shored up $5,632 and a seat tomorrow.
Scott's bested his opponent's on an board.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:33 PM Local Time
Felipe "Improve" Montenegro flopped a pair of sevens against an opponent's pair of threes. The sevens held and Montenegro won the heat.
Yasuhiro Waki flopped a pair of tens against an opponent with just queen-high. He too held and will return for Day 2.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:28 PM Local Time
There are just six tables left and they are all heads up except for one which is three-handed. The action has stalled for a bit, but with the blinds getting higher we expect some more action within the next few minutes.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:14 PM Local Time
Ryan Davis and his opponent got all the chips in the middle on a flop. Davis held for a flush and his opponent needed help with .
The turn and river both brought threes, and Davis won his first heat.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:09 PM Local Time
Eugene Katchalov was very short when Reagan Lemon forced him all in preflop and Katchalov's was racing against Lemon's .
The flop was very interesting. Katchalov flopped an open-ended straight draw and still had overs, but any diamond would give Lemon a flush. The on the turn was a brick and the on the river was too, and Katchalov hit the rail.
Lemon is now guaranteed $5,632 and will return tomorrow for a shot at more.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:03 PM Local Time
A few hands after Michael Binger made trips, his opponent was all in with and dominated by Binger's .
There was a three on the flop, but neither the on the turn nor the on the river improved his opponent's hand further.
Binger survives into Round 2.
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:00 PM Local Time
Michael Binger has a commanding lead over his opponent heads up.
In a recent hand, Binger and his opponent saw a flop of . Binger's opponent checked-called 1,100 and the two checked the on the turn.
The river was the and Binger's opponent checked again. Binger bet 2,500 and his opponent called.
Binger rolled over for trip threes and now has over 30,000 chips.
Monday, June 21, 2010 6:47 PM Local Time
Maxim Semisoshenko, Kevin Ho, Jesse Martin, Desmond Portano, Paul Magrier and Barry Hutter will all be returning for Day 2
Monday, June 21, 2010 6:41 PM Local Time
Eric Lucas won a 60-40 with against when a king flopped.
Peter Costa's wired fours held against .
Richard Hawes' held against on a board.
Michael Pesek was behind with against his last hand. The flop changed that.
Andrew Shack hit a straight on the river with . The board was when he and his opponent got it all in. The on the river did the trick.
Monday, June 21, 2010 6:32 PM Local Time
Randy Holland has locked up $5,632 after winning his table. In the last hand, Holland and his opponent were all in before the flop and the hands were opened.
Showdown
Holland:
Opponent:
The board ran and Holland's ace-high was good.
Monday, June 21, 2010 6:27 PM Local Time
Berry Wheeler and Mike Adamo have both advanced into Day 2 after getting it in behind with ace-five and winning.
Wheeler hit an ace against his opponent's kings and Adamo hit a five against his opponent's .
Monday, June 21, 2010 6:20 PM Local Time
With 1,400 entrants the prizepool today is $1,890,000. If you win your table today you are guaranteed $5,632 and if you win your table tomorrow you are guaranteed $6,955. Day 3 we will return with 14 players, and then we will play until there is a winner.
The winner will receive $382,725 and a shiny, gold bracelet.
The entire payout structure can be viewed by clicking the Payouts tab above.
Monday, June 21, 2010 6:00 PM Local Time
No dinner tonight because most tables are short-handed. Cya in about 15 minutes!
