WSOP 2010 | Report 2

In the first edition of the WSOP 2010 we saw Jason Mercier raising his snowmen to 2800 and Bill Melvin calling with an AJ of spades. Melvin bets the flop for 4000 and makes his flush on the river while Jason hits his straight. 10000 is the price Mercier has to pay on the turn, he makes a bad but understandable call and has to pay another 20000 on the last card. He plays it quite perfectly just calling here, fearing the flush.

Jason Mercier, Up Close

Apparently he made his fortune on the internet, routinely playing 8 tables at once. His live poker breakthrough was in April 2008, at the casino in San Remo, Italy. He won the whole thing, a win worth $3,000,000. Though while celebrating, he ended up in a fight, and got stabbed by a broken bottle, spending 2 days in the hospital. Talk about a bad beat! He looks quite depressed at this table, looking a little like a cry-baby. But that’s life.

Scotty Nguyen at the WSOP in 1998

Remember that Scotty Nguyen said “If you call me, it’s going to be all over baby” at the Kevin McBride at the final hand of the main event in ’98? Now he promises that he will say “if I call you, it’s going to be all over baby” if the opportunity arises. Damien Romy, 27 year old French poker professional raises with 43 of diamonds against AQ of diamonds of Adam Schoenfeld and AQ of hearts of Nicky Evans. The flop comes 7dTh6h, giving Evans a flush draw. No one bets anything on the flop, but the turn is another story where Evans gives a Semi-Bluff a try and gets called twice. Sadly for him, he shows weakness on the river by checking and gives Adam in position an easy time betting and stealing this pot.

Mike Matusow Losing Big On An Idiot Side Bet

Mike Matusow made a bet with Ted Forest that he couldn’t lose 45 pounds in 2 and a half months. The scale made him $2,000,000 richer, leaving Mike a little poorer. Mike, who doesn’t have a clue about poker, also seems to be pristinely ungifted when it comes to making a side bet.

Steve Buckner vs. Alexander Sylverstre

Steve Buckner makes a daring bluff with KJo against AKo on a 543o board. $35000 and a little speech convince Charles Alexander Sylverstre to lay down his AKo overcards. Gandolfo, at the table of Nguyen, gets AQs, where he re-raises Nguyen’s AKo who quickly folds but threatens to come look him up if he sees he bluffed on television.

The Death Of Chris Moneymaker

Poker Legend Chris Moneymaker gets knocked out by Torres, on a 444 board, with ten high against king high. The doggie at Mercier’s table, Ted Bort, called Bill Melvin’s 99 raise with J9o, hitting a Jack on the flop and totally dominating Melvin who only has 4% chance to win this hand legitimately. Melvin finally lays it down on the turn and Ted “the dog” Bort starts barking, annoying everyone in the room. Talk about testosterone gone wrong.

Jack.