A player in middle position raised, and the cutoff called. The small blind then shoved his small stack in, and it was on Jason Koon, who had 2,125 left. He put the rest of it in, and the original raiser then went all in over the top. The cutoff got out of the way, and the three players flipped their cards up.
Opponent 1:
Small Blind:
Koon:
Koon seemed optimistic before the flop came out, quoting "The Mighty Ducks," saying ducks fly together. However, the flop didn't provide much help, coming . Koon's slim chances turned to no chance when the hit the turn. The river brought the , and Koon was eliminated.
Maria Mayrinck managed to get her chips all in with against her opponent's .
The board ran out and Mayrinck got up to leave as she thought she was beat. It turns out that she misread the board and thought she saw a five as one of the number cards, so in her mind she did not made the winning straight. The dealer informed her that she had the winning hand and she happily sat down to continue playing.
Largest Prize Pool: $68,799,059 (Event #57 Main Event)
Largest 1st Place PrizeL $8,944,310 (Event #57 Main Event)
# of Participating Countries: 117
Bracelet Winner From: United States (38), Canada (6), United Kingdom (5), Hungary (2), France (1), Russia (1), Norway (1), New Zealand (1), Netherlands (1), Israel (1)
Multiple Bracelet Winners: 1- Frank Kassela (2 bracelets)
Event Dates: Mat 27, 2010—July 17, 2010; November 6-8, 2010 (Main Event Final Table)
Event Location: Rio all-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
A player under the gun limped in, and Randal Flowers raised to 1,050 in middle position. Action folded back to the under the gun player, who made it 3,000. Flowers then went all in for around 6,000, and his opponent snap called.
Flowers:
Opponent:
The flop came , giving Flowers an inside straight draw and his opponent top set. Flowers wouldn't get that straight, as it came and . Flowers has been eliminated.
Nich Binger and a short stacked opponent got all of the chips in preflop, and Binger was looking to collect a bounty in a race situation.
Binger:
Opponent:
The flop came out , giving Bingera set but his opponent an open ended straight draw. Binger faded the turn, coming the , and also faded the river, as it came the . Binger knocked out his opponent, and boosted his stack to over 20,000.
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Unfortunately, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier took a seat between Andrew Lichtenberger and Justin Bonomo, and when our PokerNews field reporter ventured over to get a chip count, Grospellier had bitten the dust.
2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada opened the betting by raising to 725 preflop from early position. It folded around to the player in the cutoff who quickly three-bet to 1,800.
Action folded back around to Cada who slowly and meticulously counted out his chips and then stacked them back up. He did this one more time before pushing out a pile of chips, four betting to 4,350. His opponent shook his head and threw his cards to the muck.
Cada scooped the pot and is now sitting around 20,500 in chips.
. Koon's slim chances turned to no chance when the 
hit the turn. The river brought the 
, and Koon was eliminated.
. Unfortunately for Peppe, her opponent tabled 
for two pair.
and 
, sending Peppe to the rail.
, giving Flowers an inside straight draw and his opponent top set. Flowers wouldn't get that straight, as it came 
and 
. Flowers has been eliminated.
, giving Bingera set but his opponent an open ended straight draw. Binger faded the turn, coming the 
, and also faded the river, as it came the 
