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WSOP 2010 day 22 – Ellis, Puchov pocket bracelets
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-06-20 13:07
The 22nd day of the
2010 WSOP saw the Phil Ivey fever re-ignited. The
Full Tilt Poker pro survived the first day of the heads-up championship event, and made it all the way to the final day of the $2,500 PL Holdem/Omaha event, to set the rail-birding community on fire. In the meantime, two more players earned their gold bracelets: Mike Ellis, who won event #30, the $1,500 NL Holdem event, and Konstantin Puchov, who triumphed in the $1,500 HORSE event.
Mike Ellis had to best a starting field of 2,400 players, but it was all worth it: besides the bracelet, he picked up $581,851 as the winner’s share of the prize-pool. The final day of action was a pretty exhausting one in the $1,500 NL Holdem event. 21 players bellied up to the tables at the start of the final stretch of action. Ellis took on Christopher Gonzales heads-up and it took him nearly 3 hours to dispose of his final foe.
In the final hand of the poker tournament, Ellis made a nut flush on the turn to finally tip the balance his way for good.
The other bracelet winner of the day was Konstantin Puchov. The final day of the $1,500 HORSE event saw 3 tablefuls of players return to action. When the dust settled, it was Konstantin Puchov who pocketed the goods. He took on none other than Al Barbieri heads-up, and after about 3 hours of give and take, he managed to land the final blow.
Event #32, the $5,000 NL Holdem 6-max event, kept rolling in the meantime. 12 players survived the day. Erick Lindgren finished 2nd in chips. Due to the high buy-in, the initial starting field of the poker tournament was mostly comprised of “name” pros. David Ulliott, Matt Graham, Tony Dunst and Ryan D’Angelo all made the money in this event.
14 players survived to the final day in event #33, the $2,500 PL Holdem/Omaha event. The big thing about this poker tournament was that Phil Ivey was among those who would return to battle it out for the bracelet. He’s currently 9th in chips which is quite impressive considering that he spent the day playing in 3 events simultaneously.
Event #34, the Seniors’ World Championship, saw a huge starting field cough up the $1,000 buy-in. No fewer than 3,142 players got rolling in this one. At the end of the first day of action, Tom Schneider had the biggest stack of chips bagged.
Event #35, $10,000 NL Holdem World Championship got going too. Phil Ivey survived the first day by eliminating Michael Mizrachi in two hands, and
PokerStars’ Victor Ramdin in a more evenly balanced match. Faraz Jaka, Sorel Mizzi, Terrence Chan and Bertrand Grospellier will also return to action on day 2.
