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WSOP 2010, Day 17 – Boyd, Hellebuyck shine
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2010-06-15 04:40
Day 17 of the 2010 WSOP was a truly eventful one. Though only 4 events saw action, with two more on the tap, 2 bracelets were awarded and records were set. Obviously, the highlight of the day was the $1,000 Ladies NL Holdem Championship event which yielded a world premiere: through her win, Vanessa Hellebuyck became the first ever French woman to a own a piece of
WSOP jewelry.
Hellebuyck took on Denmark’s Sidsel Boesen heads-up in a battle which would only last for 7 hands. Having been reduced to a short-stack, Boesen was eventually forced to stake her tournament life on a 9d,10d she’d picked up. Hellebuyck made the call with pocket 5s and watched the board land a bunch of blanks to give her the title and the quarter-million dollar prize. With her win, Hellebuyck joined Russia’s Svetlana Gromenkova as only the second woman outside of the US ever to win a WSOP Ladies Championship event.
Event #23, the $2,500 Short handed Limit
Texas Holdem tournament, was the one responsible for the other bracelet of the day. Everyone’s favorite villain, Dutch Boyd walked away with this one. The heads-up stage of the event saw Boyd lock horns with Brian Meinders, attempting to battle back from a 2-1 chip handicap. Slowly, the tide turned and the final hand of the event saw Meinders’ A,8o go up against Boyd’s J,10o. The flop gave Boyd a pair of Js and the turn and the river combined to give him a J-high straight.
Event #24, the $1,000 NL Holdem Special had its second day 1 flight, attracting another healthy batch of registrants. The day was filled with controversy, bickering and dealer mistakes which resulted in more controversy. Two players who had a bone to pick with each other, got stuck at the same table for the entire day, making the lives of everyone else at the table miserable. One of the dealers forgot to burn a card on one occasion too, causing a re-deal and a saving the
poker tournament life of an apparently hopeless short-stack.
Altogether, 222 players will return to the tables of the event on Day 2.
Event #25, the $10k Omaha Hi/Lo spit 8 or better World Championship event, saw an already small field shrink even further. Only 23 players were left in contention at the end of the day. Michael Chow finished with the largest stack, followed by Abe Mosseri and Eugene Katchalov. James Dempsey, Jean Robert Bellande and Steve Zolotow also survived the day.
