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2010 WSOP Day 11 – Yan Chen wins event #14
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2010-06-08 14:53
Day 11 of the 2010 WSOP saw a more than welcome lull in the pace of the action. Only 4 events ran, and only one gold bracelet found an owner.
Event #13, the $1,000
NL Holdem special, saw thousands of players belly up to its tables during the first two day 1 flights it featured. Day 2 of the event saw a few “name” players carve out an early advantage. Shaun Deeb, Victor Ramdin and David Baker got off to a flying start, however none of them would be around when the remaining 56 players bagged their chips for day 3 of the poker tournament.
Baker held the chip lead for quite a while. His decline during the last few levels of play was a fast one though. He made a final stand with pocket 4s against an opponent’s Ah,7h and failed to pull through.
Deeb ran into an opponent’s trip sevens and having survived that encounter with only a few chips in his pocket, he busted out a few hands later, victim of the natural attrition.
Ramdin joined the railbirds close to the end of the day too. Having woken up on a short-stack, he shoved all-in, holding K,Jo against an opponent’s pocket Js and failed to improve.
Event #14, the $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball one was the only day 11 event that resulted in the emergence of a new
WSOP champion. Yan Chen bested Mike Wattel heads-up to pocket the $92,817 top prize. Nick Binger finished in 3rd place in this poker tournament.
Meanwhile, Event #15, the $10k 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split 8 or better World Championship rolled on. Day 2 of the
poker tournament saw a steady trickle of eliminated players hit the rail. Thus, the initial starting field of 170 had soon whittled down to 18. Eli Elezra, Erick Seidel, Gus Hansen and Phil Hellmuth all bit the dust on day 2. John Juanda had a much better day 2 though. He will be back on day 3, together with Jennifer Harman and Chip Jett.
Event #16, the $1,500 6-handed NL Holdem event saw Joe Kustosz sit alone for a while, after he eliminated the only opponent at his table before the other players managed to show up. The event saw a starting field of 1,660 players belly up to the tables. At the end of the day, only 146 were still in contention.
