2010 World Series of Poker

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2010 World Series of Poker
Location Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesMay 28 – July 17
Champion
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Duhamel
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The 2010 World Series of Poker was the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, and ran from May 28 to July 17. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship that began on July 5. The November Nine concept returned for the third year, with the Main Event finalists returning on November 6.

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A notable change from 2009 was the revamping of the $50,000 buy-in tournament. From its inception in 2006 through 2009, it had been a H.O.R.S.E. event in which play rotated between Texas hold 'em, Omaha 8-or-better, Razz, stud, and stud 8-or-better, all played with a limit betting structure. In 2010, it became an "8-game" tournament, rotating between the five H.O.R.S.E. games followed by rounds of no-limit hold 'em, pot-limit Omaha (high only), and limit 2–7 triple draw. Once the final table was reached, play switched exclusively to no-limit hold 'em (as was the case in the 2006 H.O.R.S.E. event). The tournament, now known as The Poker Player's Championship, [1] was moved to the second spot on the WSOP schedule, preceded only by the restricted $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em event. Thus, the 2010 WSOP open events started with The Poker Player's Championship and ended with the No Limit Hold'em Championship/Main Event. [2] Several celebrities were in attendance, including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Ray Romano. [3]

Event schedule

#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em 721 Hoai Pham $71,424Arthur Vea Results
2$50,000 Poker Players Championship 116 Michael Mizrachi $1,559,046 Vladimir Shchemelev Results
3$1,000 No Limit Hold'em4,345Aadam Daya$625,872Deepak Bhatti Results
4$1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better818Michael Chow$237,140 Dan Heimiller Results
5$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,092 Praz Bansi $515,501Vincent Jacques Results
6$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout358Joshua Tieman$441,692 Neil Channing Results
7$2,500 2–7 Triple Draw Lowball291Peter Gelencser$180,730Raphael Zimmerman Results
8$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,341Pascal LeFrancois$568,974 Max Steinberg Results
9$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em650 James Dempsey $197,470Steve Chanthabouasy Results
10$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship150 Men Nguyen $394,807 Brandon Adams Results
11$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,563Simon Watt$614,248 Tom Dwan Results
12$1,500 Limit Hold'em625 Matt Matros $189,870Ahmad Abghari Results
13$1,000 No Limit Hold'em3,042Steven Gee$472,479Matt Vance Results
14$1,500 No Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball250Yan Chen$92,817Mike Wattel Results
15$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship170 Frank Kassela $447,442Allen Kessler Results
16$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed1,663 Carter Phillips $482,774Samuel Gerber Results
17$5,000 No Limit Hold'em792 Jason DeWitt $818,959 Sam Trickett Results
18$2,000 Limit Hold'em476 Eric Buchman $203,607Brent Courson Results
19$10,000 No Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball Championship101 David Baker $294,321Eric Cloutier Results
20$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha885 John Barch $256,919Thibaut Klinghammer Results
21$1,500 Seven Card Stud408 Richard Ashby $140,467Christine Pietsch Results
22$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship1,054Vanessa Hellebuyck$192,132Sidsel Boesen Results
23$2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed384 Dutch Boyd $234,065Brian Meinders Results
24$1,000 No Limit Hold'em3,289Jeffrey Tebben$503,389J.D. McNamara Results
25$10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship212 Sam Farha $488,241James Dempsey Results
26$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed1,245William Haydon$630,031Jeffrey Papola Results
27$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better644 David Warga $208,682Maxwell Troy Results
28$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha596Miguel Proulx$315,311 Loren Klein Results
29$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship171 Matt Keikoan $425,969 Daniel Idema Results
30$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,394Mike Ellis$581,851Christopher Gonzales Results
31$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.828 Konstantin Puchkov $256,820Al Barbieri Results
32$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed568Jeffrey Papola$667,433 Men Nguyen Results
33$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha482 Luis Velador $260,517 David Chiu Results
34$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship3,142Harold Angle$487,994Michael Minetti Results
35$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship256Ayaz Mahmood$625,682Ernst Schmejkal Results
36$1,000 No Limit Hold'em3,102 Scott Montgomery $481,760Mick Carlson Results
37$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.478 Phil Ivey $329,840 Bill Chen Results
38$10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Championship268Valdemar Kwaysser$617,214Matt Marafioti Results
39$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout1,397Steven Kelly$382,725Jeffrey King Results
40$2,500 Seven Card Razz365 Frank Kassela $214,085Maxwell Troy Results
41$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better847Steve Jelinek$245,871John Gottlieb Results
42$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,521Dean Hamrick$604,222Thomas O'Neal Results
43$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship241Ian Gordon$611,666 Richard Ashby Results
44$2,500 Mixed Hold'em507 Gavin Smith $268,238Danny Hannawa Results
45$1,500 No Limit Hold'em3,097Jesse Rockowitz$721,373Raymond Coburn Results
46$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better284 Chris Bell $327,040 Dan Shak Results
47$1,000 No Limit Hold'em3,128Shawn Busse$485,791Owen Crowe Results
48$2,500 Mixed Event453Sigurd Eskeland$260,497 Steve Sung Results
49$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,543 Michael Linn $609,493Taylor Larkin Results
50$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha460Chance Kornuth$508,090Kevin Boudreau Results
51$3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em965Ryan Welch$559,371Jon Eaton Results
52$25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed191 Dan Kelly $1,315,518 Shawn Buchanan Results
53$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout548Brendan Taylor$184,950 Ben Yu Results
54$1,000 No Limit Hold'em3,844 Marcel Vonk $570,960David Peters Results
55$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship346 Daniel Alaei $780,599Miguel Proulx Results
56$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,942Tomer Berda$825,976Vladimir Kochelaevskiy Results
57$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship (The Main Event)7,319 Jonathan Duhamel $8,944,310 John Racener Results

Achievements

Main Event

The $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold 'em Championship Main Event began on July 5 with the first of four starting days. Each of the participants at the 2010 WSOP Main Event received 30,000 in tournament chips for the $10,000 buy-in event. After reaching the final table of nine players on July 17, the final table was delayed until November 6.

The total number of entrants in the 2010 Main Event was 7,319 with a prize pool of $68,798,600 with the winner receiving $8,944,138 for first place. [9] The payout "bubble" was reached during Day 4 at 747 players, each of whom earned a minimum of $19,263. The bubble finisher (748th place) was Tim McDonald, a professional angler and recreational poker player from Lexington, Kentucky; he received the consolation prize of a guaranteed seat in the 2011 WSOP Main Event. [6] Matt Affleck, with his 15th-place finish in this year’s championship combined with an 80th-place in 2009, outlasted 13,718 players in back-to-back years, which is the fourth-most in WSOP history. (Stefan Mattsson - 15,052 in 2006 & 2007, Humberto Brenes - 15,012 in 2006 & 2007, Joseph Hachem - 14,153 in 2005 & 2006) [10]

Ray Romano at the main event Ray Romano at the 2010 WSOP.jpg
Ray Romano at the main event

The Main Event was a draw for many celebrities to play including:

Of these celebrities, Northug (653rd), Fenech (585th), and Buffer (478th) made the money.

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)		Day of
Elimination
Doyle Brunson 1976 & 1977 2B
Bobby Baldwin 1978 2A
Tom McEvoy 1983 2A
Berry Johnston 1986 2A
Johnny Chan 1987 & 1988 6 (156th Place)
Phil Hellmuth 1989 1C
Jim Bechtel 1993 3
Dan Harrington 1995 4
Huck Seed 1996 1C
Scotty Nguyen 1998 5 (209th place)
Chris Ferguson 2000 2B
Carlos Mortensen 2001 2A
Robert Varkonyi 2002 4
Chris Moneymaker 2003 3
Greg Raymer 2004 1A
Joe Hachem 2005 1D
Jamie Gold 2006 1B
Jerry Yang 2007 1C
Joe Cada 2009 3

Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
14th Hasan Habib $500,165
17th David Baker $396,967
18th Scott Clements $396,967
22nd William Thorson $317,161
24th Ronnie Bardah $317,161
27th Johnny Lodden $317,161
28th Bryn Kenney $317,161
30th Theo Jørgensen $255,242

November Nine

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)		WSOP
Bracelets		WSOP
Cashes*		WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Duhamel 65,975,000 (30.0%)02$43,000
Flag of the United States.svg John Dolan46,250,000 (21.1%)05$105,340
Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Cheong 23,525,000 (10.7%)02$31,064
Flag of the United States.svg John Racener 19,050,000 (8.7%)010$157,528
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Jarvis 16,700,000 (7.6%)000
Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Candio16,400,000 (7.5%)01$3,460
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Mizrachi 14,450,000 (6.6%)123$2,271,327
Flag of the United States.svg Soi Nguyen9,650,000 (4.4%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Senti7,625,000 (3.5%)01$17,987

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2010 Main Event.

Final Table

PlaceNamePrize
1st Jonathan Duhamel $8,944,310
2nd John Racener $5,545,955
3rd Joseph Cheong $4,130,049
4thFilippo Candio$3,092,545
5th Michael Mizrachi $2,332,992
6thJohn Dolan$1,772,959
7thJason Senti$1,356,720
8th Matthew Jarvis $1,045,743
9thCuong Soi Nguyen$811,823

Bracelet

American jewelry designer Steve Soffa was chosen by the World Series of Poker to design and manufacture the entire set of bracelets for the 2010 World Series of Poker. [11]

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