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2010 WSOP Day 25 – Ivey, Mahmood score bracelets
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2010-06-23 05:56
Day 25 of the
2010 WSOP was one to remember for the scores of railbirds rooting for a Phil Ivey win in the $3,000 HORSE event. The “people’s champ” came through for his fans, and despite the fact that at one point during the final stretch he looked like he was going to bust out, he prevailed and he added the 8th WSOP bracelet to his already lavish collection of such trophies.
By the time the final table was reached, Ivey had firmly clinched the chip lead. He never managed to build an overwhelming advantage, but he was actively responsible for several high-profile eliminations at the final table of the poker tournament. Among others, he got rid of fellow
Full Tilt Poker professional John Juanda in 3rd. The heads-up stage of the event between Ivey and Bill Chen culminated in a Razz hand in which Chen failed to improve, giving the bracelet to Ivey.
Event #35, the $10k Heads-up NL Holdem Championship also yielded a bracelet winner at the end of 4 days of exhausting heads-up poker. The final heads-up confrontation between Ayaz Mahmood and Ernst Schmejkal was of a 2 out of 3 format, and day 3 ended with Mahmood securing the lead in a 6-hour long marathon. On day 4 though, a much shorter second match gave Mahmood the win, denying Schmejkal the chance to battle it out in a third match-up. Mahmood had basically swept through the entire field, scoring 9 straight heads-up wins on his way to the title.
Event #36, the $1,000 NL Holdem Special, played down to the final 36 players on its 2nd day of action. John Clancy leads the field with 774k chips, followed by Josh Goldstein with 511k. Shawn Buchanan was sent to the rail, but he finished in the money, tying Pat Pezzin for the most 2010 WSOP cashes.
The $10k PL Holdem World Championship event (event #38) saw its field narrow down to 26. Petter Jetten will lead the survivors into the final day of the
poker tournament.
Event #39, the $1,500 NL Holdem Shootout got going on day 25. 1,400 players bellied up to the tables at the beginning of the day and when the dust settled, only 140 were left standing. The $2,500 7-Card Razz event was the other tournament which got started on day 25. Only 365 players showed up for this one, and as a result of that, the field turned out to be a pretty tough one, generously laden with “name” pros. Several tables consisted of only such players basically. 160 players survived to play on day 2.