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WSOP 2010 Day 27 – Kassela at it again
Posted by: James Carter. - Fri, 2010-06-25 05:30
It’s official: Frank Kassela is a repeat offender at the 2010 WSOP. He picked up his second bracelet in the $2,500 7-card Razz event, where he had to overcome a small but extremely potent field which included players like Vladimir Schmelev, the Russian who re-appeared at a
WSOP final table yet again after a very short hiatus, and Jennifer Harman.
The interesting thing about Kassela’s run was the way he bounced back after finishing Day 1 of the event with the shortest stack, one foot at the rail. Event #40 was also marked by a rare Las Vegas phenomenon: a power failure which sent the organizers scrambling for the backup generators.
Event #36, the $1,000 NL Holdem Special kept rolling towards its conclusion on day 27. Scott Montgomery was the one who took full advantage of the going in this event, taking down the 36th bracelet of the 2010 Series when all was said and done. Montgomery outlasted an initial starting field of 3,102 players. He took on Mike Carlson heads-up. The final hand of the poker tournament saw Montgomery’s A,7o go up against Carlson’s K,7o. The board brought nothing but blanks and Montgomery took down the title on nothing but an A-high.
Event #39, the $1,500 NL Holdem Shootout was the third event of day responsible for an awarded bracelet. Steven Kelly was the player who got away with this one, surviving a field comprised of name players like Annette Obrestad, Chau Giang, Robert Mizrachi, JC Tran and Jeffrey King.
Event #41, the $1,500 PLO Hi/Lo split 8 or better event may be the one that finally delivers redemption to Phil Hellmuth. The
Ultimate Bet pro, owner of 11 WSOP bracelets, will be looking to secure his 12th after he made it to the top 15 of event #41. Barry Greenstein is among the survivors as well.
Event #42, the $1,500 NL Holdem event, got going on day 27. As it’s often the case with NL Holdem tournaments, this event saw its original starting field ebb from 2,521 to 278 within the first day alone. Carter Phillips has the chip lead in this one, but players like Shannon Shorr and
PokerStars’ Arnaud Mattern will probably do their best to make it as difficult as possible for him to hold on to that advantage.
The $10k HORSE World Championship event (event #43) kicked off as well. Needless to say, all the “name” pros were there for this one. Chris Ferguson, Joe Hachem, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen, Greg Raymer, Freddy Deeb and Jennifer Harman were all there among the 169 who survived the first day of action.
