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WSOP 2010 Day 10 – No bracelets for Durrrr yet
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2010-06-07 16:38
Tom Dwan was hot on the heels of his first ever WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 NL Holdem event, going into the final day action as the clear favorite. He did make it all the way to the heads-up stage indeed, but he stumbled in the home stretch, losing the title to Simon Watt. Watt survived a field of 2,500 contestants on his way to the title, including some of the biggest names of the live poker scene.
The loss meant a lot more to Dwan than the prize money he dropped and the bragging rights that would’ve come with the bracelet: he failed to seize his best chance so far to win a series of prop bets that would land him an untold amount of money.
The other
WSOP bracelet winner of the week was Matt Matros. He won the $2,500
Limit Holdem event (#12 of the series), besting Ahmad Abghari heads-up. The final hand of the poker tournament saw a short-stacked Abghari face off with Matros’Q,8o. After the preflop give and take, the dealer flipped Q,4,4 onto the table, giving Matros a pair of Qs. After a post-flop tussle, a 3 landed on the turn which proved to be the catalyst of the all-in that followed. The 8 on the river meant that Matros would pocket the bracelet and the first-place prize-money, while Abghari would head to the rail tail between legs.
Event #13, the $1,000 NL Holdem special, saw another batch of 1,050 players belly up to the tables on Day 1b. By the time the dust settled, only 168 players were left standing, bagging their chips in preparation for Day 2. Ylon Schwartz and Kelly Kim were among the survivors.
Andy Black is the one who’ll start day 2 behind the largest stack.
The $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event saw the final table set. Only 7 players remained in contention at the end of the day, among them Nick Binger who will stand out a head and a shoulder above the other players at the final table, thanks to his 309,500 chip stack.
Another $10k World Championship event got rolling on Day 10 of the Series. The 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split 8 or better event attracted a modest field of 170 players. By the end of the day, only 120 were left standing. Needless to say, this event was riddled with “name” professionals too. Eli Elezra, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen and Phil Hellmuth will all return to the tables on Day 2.
