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WSOP 2010, day 18 – the rich get richer
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2010-06-16 06:09
Sam Farha was the player who picked up the only bracelet awarded by Day 18 of the 2010 WSOP. In a classic case of the rich getting richer, Farha, already a well established poker player and more than successful businessman, picked up his 3rd
WSOP bracelet, by winning the $10k Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or better World Championship event. The final table action took close to 16 hours, but at the end of that, Farha took care of the heads-up battle against John Dempsey in two quick hands. The first of those hands saw Dempsey drop most of his chips to Farha’s rivered boat (Aces full of Ks) and the second hand was a crippled run, with none of the two players having much in the sense of a more or less solid hand. Farha won that race too by a small margin and the poker tournament was over.
Day 1 of event #26, the $2,500 6-handed
NL Holdem event, saw a true massacre ensue at the tables. Of the starting field, only about a 6th was still standing when the dust settled. Short-handed NL Holdem can indeed be a high attrition game, and this time it pretty much brought it all in event #26. 156 players will be back for action on day 2 and with the money-bubble set for 126th place, we’ll certainly see it burst too.
Event #27, the $1,500 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or better event was the exact opposite of event #26, as far as the pace of the action was concerned. Day 1 saw 644 players cough up the buy-in. Of these guys, 208 will see action on Day 2. Jeff Lisandro, last year’s best WSOP player is in contention, together with John Juanda and Marcel Luske.
Dwan, who’s made a point of playing in as many of the WSOP events this year as possible is also still in contention. Due to his lack of Stud experience though, he may not represent much of a threat for the front runners in this poker tournament.
Event #24, the $1,000 NL Holdem special saw its original starting field of 3,289 players whittle right down to the final 30. 477 players were eliminated on day 2 of the event alone. Dwan played in this one too, and as NL Holdem is a specialty of his, he managed to hang on for quite a while. The coveted bracelet would not come in this event for him though, as he was eventually sent to the rail, together with Liv Boeree, Matt Stout and Tony Dunst. Joseph Grenon finished the
poker tournament with the largest stack of chips.
