2010 WSOP November Nine

The 2010 WSOP November Nine will mark their place in history and become instant poker celebrities, along with enjoying the perks of what promises to be high value endorsement deals. Play began on July 17th at noon from the Rio at the World Series of Poker Main Event with 27 runners left in the world’s biggest tournament.

The first big hand of the day came on the very first hand as Ronnie Bardah shoved on the button for 2.215 million with both the small and big blind folded. On the first hand for Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, he 3bet Redmon Lee which elicited a fold and showed off pocket Kings.

About 30 minutes into Day 7, Johnny Lodden, a Norwegian pro sponsored by PokerStars, moved in which amounted to 1.47 million. He was looked up by Matt Affleck who flipped over A-T offsuit against Lodden’s pocket Eights. The board came K-Q-2-T-7 which paired up Affleck and sent Lodden to the rail in 27th place for $317,161.

The next casualty of the day was Matthew Bucaric who finished in 26th place. On a flop of J-8-7 with two hearts, Bucaric got the money in with pocket Nines with one heart. He was looked up by 8-6 with two hearts that made a flush on the turn and held up to send Bucaric out of the tournament.

Mads Wissing came into the day playing some great poker but in the end, it was one great read and one horrible bad beat that took him out. Wissing checked the big blind with T-8 with two spades and the flop came 6-3-T. William Thorson, who had limped in from the small blind, check raised and was looked up by Wissing’s top pair as Thorson revealed J-3 for bottom pair. The turn, however, proved fateful at Thorson spiked a Jack and improved to two pair which eliminated Wissing in 25th place.

24th place will show Ronnie Bardah’s name in the standings as he was eliminated at the hands of Italian pro Filippo Candio. Bardah got all his money in with A-K suited and Candio happily insta-called with pocket Aces. The board didn’t hit Bardah at all and he was sent to the rail for a great cash in his first Main Event.

Many fans on the rail felt that Robert Pisano was one of the odds-on-favorite to make the 2010 WSOP November Nine, but instead, they will leave disappointed. Crippled by an earlier hand, Pisano was forced to put in his stack with J-9 offsuit and was called by Pascal LeFrancois who held Q-8. With a flop of Q-T-2 LeFrancois hit top pair which held in the end, sending Pisano out in 23rd place.

About ten minutes after that elimination, William Thorson’s great run in the Main Event would end as well. John Dolan opened and got two callers who were both in position. Thorson had J-T of diamonds and made a huge squeeze for all his chips, but was immediately called by John Racener who had a concealed monster of pocket Kings. Thorson ends his run in 22nd place.

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After three and a half hours of play, Redmond Lee continue to ride the shortstack for his life. After biding his time, he found a hand worthy of his shoving range and raised all-in. Michiel Sijpkens called on the button and both players turned over their hands. Unfortunately for Lee his pocket fours were dominated by Sijpkens and his pocket tens. The board of 7-6-J-A-Q didn’t improve either player and Lee was eliminated in 21st place.

The sickest hand of the Main Event might have just been played at the ESPN featured table between Filippo Candio and Joseph Cheong. The hand began with Candio raising and Cheong 3betting to 1.12 million and Candio making the call. The flop came out 6-6-5 with two clubs and Cheong continuation bet for 1.55 million. Candio took some time and announced a raise to 4.425 million that sent Cheong into the tank. After a good amount of time he moved all his chips in the middle, forcing Candio to make a decision for all of his chips. After some time, Candio made the call with 7-5 for two pair, but Cheong flipped over pocket Aces for a huge lead in the hand. The turn brought the 8 of spades, which was not a good card for Cheong as it gave Candio new outs with a straight draw. The river spiked the 4 for the rivered straight for Candio who won a massive 27 million chip pot to take the lead with fans in the crowd going wild at the result of that hand.

Only three minutes later we would have another casualty in Patrick Eskandar who was eliminated in 20th place. The fateful hand would have Eskandar putting all his chips in pre-flop and being called by two players. When Soi Nguyen made a bet at the Q-9-T flop his opponent folded, with Eskandar showing A-7 and needing help in order to survive. With the turn T and the river K, Eskandar was eliminated from the Main Event.

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Poker slang:

HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.
OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.

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