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WSOP 2010 Day 6 – Event #3 winds down
Posted by: James Carter. - Sat, 2010-06-05 15:47
Event #3, the first of the special $1,000 NL Holdem events, came to a conclusion on Day 6 of the
2010 WSOP. Aadam Daya outlasted a field of 4,345 players to bring home the gold, winning his first ever WSOP title. Daya also took home a $625,872 prize. He had to best Deepak Bhatti heads-up on his way to the title. The final hand of the heads-up confrontation saw Bhatti move all in with K,5. With the short stack that he had, that was pretty much the only reasonable thing he could do.
Daya made the call, tabling pocket Qs for the huge lead. The board brought nothing but blanks (it did give Bhatti a pair of 5s, but it was way too little way too late), and Daya ended up with all the chips stacked in front of him.
Another event to celebrate a winner on day 6, was event #5, the $1,500
NL Holdem event. This poker tournament went to none other than Praz Bansi, who scored his second bracelet with this win (he captured his first way back in 2006).
This poker tournament saw a heavily disproportioned match-up in the heads-up stage as well. The eventual winner took on short-stacked Vincent Jacques, who couldn’t really put up any sort of meaningful resistance. The final hand of the event saw Jacques stake his remaining chips on a A,8o he’d picked up. Bansi was glad to make the call with his As, Js and the flop gave him a pair of Js and a flush draw. The two bricks which fell on the river changed nothing and the tournament was over.
Event #6, the $5,000 NL Holdem Shootout saw its day 2 consumed. Three Americans topped the provisional leader board at the end of the day, Joseph Elpayaa, Joshua Tieman and Brent Hanks.
6 players outlasted their respective tables to return to action on Day 3.
Event #7, the 2-7 Triple Lowball event, also saw its final table set. David Chiu finished with the chip lead. Farzad Bonyadi was one of the unlucky ones: he busted out just short of the final table, becoming one of the last casualties of Day 2.
The $1,500 NL Holdem event, (event #8) saw 2,431 players flock to the tables. At the end of the first day of action, only 270 were left in contention. Mark Seif, one of the players who dominated the early going, was eliminated in two brutal hands.
