2010 World Series of Poker

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.

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, 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. Several celebrities were in attendance, including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Ray Romano.

• Day 1-a: Ray Romano, David Alan Grier, Sara Jean Underwood, Petter Northug, RenГ© AngГ©lil, Irving Lorenzo
• Day 1-b: Orel Hershiser
• Day 1-c: Scott Ian, Shanna Moakler, Anthony Rapp, Sully Erna, Gabe Kaplan, Alexia Portal, Shane Warne
• Day 1-d: Bruce Buffer, Shannon Elizabeth, Emmitt Smith, Audley Harrison, Hank Azaria, Jason Alexander, Trishelle Cannatella, Sam Simon, Jeff Fenech

Event schedule

#	Event	Entrants	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em	721	Hoai Pham	$71,424	Arthur Vea	Results
2	$50,000 Poker Players Championship	116	Michael Mizrachi	$1,559,046	Vladimir Shchemelev	Results
3	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	4,345	Aadam Daya	$625,872	Deepak Bhatti	Results
4	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	818	Michael Chow	$237,140	Dan Heimiller	Results
5	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	2,092	Praz Bansi	$515,501	Vincent Jacques	Results
6	$5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout	358	Joshua Tieman	$441,692	Neil Channing	Results
7	$2,500 2–7 Triple Draw Lowball	291	Peter Gelencser	$180,730	Raphael Zimmerman	Results
8	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	2,341	Pascal LeFrancois	$568,974	Max Steinberg	Results
9	$1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em	650	James Dempsey	$197,470	Steve Chanthabouasy	Results
10	$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship	150	Men Nguyen	$394,807	Brandon Adams	Results
11	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	2,563	Simon Watt	$614,248	Tom Dwan	Results
12	$1,500 Limit Hold’em	625	Matt Matros	$189,870	Ahmad Abghari	Results
13	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	3,042	Steven Gee	$472,479	Matt Vance	Results
14	$1,500 No Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball	250	Yan Chen	$92,817	Mike Wattel	Results
15	$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship	170	Frank Kassela	$447,442	Allen Kessler	Results
16	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed	1,663	Carter Phillips	$482,774	Samuel Gerber	Results
17	$5,000 No Limit Hold’em	792	Jason DeWitt	$818,959	Sam Trickett	Results
18	$2,000 Limit Hold’em	476	Eric Buchman	$203,607	Brent Courson	Results
19	$10,000 No Limit 2–7 Draw Lowball Championship	101	David Baker	$294,321	Eric Cloutier	Results
20	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	885	John Barch	$256,919	Thibaut Klinghammer	Results
21	$1,500 Seven Card Stud	408	Richard Ashby	$140,467	Christine Pietsch	Results
22	$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship	1,054	Vanessa Hellebuyck	$192,132	Sidsel Boesen	Results
23	$2,500 Limit Hold’em Six Handed	384	Dutch Boyd	$234,065	Brian Meinders	Results
24	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	3,289	Jeffrey Tebben	$503,389	J.D. McNamara	Results
25	$10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship	212	Sam Farha	$488,241	James Dempsey	Results
26	$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed	1,245	William Haydon	$630,031	Jeffrey Papola	Results
27	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better	644	David Warga	$208,682	Maxwell Troy	Results
28	$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	596	Miguel Proulx	$315,311	Loren Klein	Results
29	$10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship	171	Matt Keikoan	$425,969	Daniel Idema	Results
30	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	2,394	Mike Ellis	$581,851	Christopher Gonzales	Results
31	$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	828	Konstantin Puchkov	$256,820	Al Barbieri	Results
32	$5,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed	568	Jeffrey Papola	$667,433	Men Nguyen	Results
33	$2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha	482	Luis Velador	$260,517	David Chiu	Results
34	$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold’em Championship	3,142	Harold Angle	$487,994	Michael Minetti	Results
35	$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Championship	256	Ayaz Mahmood	$625,682	Ernst Schmejkal	Results
36	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	3,102	Scott Montgomery	$481,760	Mick 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 Championship	268	Valdemar Kwaysser	$617,214	Matt Marafioti	Results
39	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout	1,397	Steven Kelly	$382,725	Jeffrey King	Results
40	$2,500 Seven Card Razz	365	Frank Kassela	$214,085	Maxwell Troy	Results
41	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	847	Steve Jelinek	$245,871	John Gottlieb	Results
42	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	2,521	Dean Hamrick	$604,222	Thomas O’Neal	Results
43	$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	241	Ian Gordon	$611,666	Richard Ashby	Results
44	$2,500 Mixed Hold’em	507	Gavin Smith	$268,238	Danny Hannawa	Results
45	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	3,097	Jesse Rockowitz	$721,373	Raymond Coburn	Results
46	$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	284	Chris Bell	$327,040	Dan Shak	Results
47	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	3,128	Shawn Busse	$485,791	Owen Crowe	Results
48	$2,500 Mixed Event	453	Sigurd Eskeland	$260,497	Steve Sung	Results
49	$1,500 No Limit Hold’em	2,543	Michael Linn	$609,493	Taylor Larkin	Results
50	$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha	460	Chance Kornuth	$508,090	Kevin Boudreau	Results
51	$3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold’em	965	Ryan Welch	$559,371	Jon Eaton	Results
52	$25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed	191	Dan Kelly	$1,315,518	Shawn Buchanan	Results
53	$1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout	548	Brendan Taylor	$184,950	Ben Yu	Results
54	$1,000 No Limit Hold’em	3,844	Marcel Vonk	$570,960	David Peters	Results
55	$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship	346	Daniel Alaei	$780,599	Miguel Proulx	Results
56	$2,500 No Limit Hold’em	1,942	Tomer Berda	$825,976	Vladimir Kochelaevskiy	Results
57	$10,000 No Limit Hold’em Championship (The Main Event)	7,319	Jonathan Duhamel	$8,944,310	John Racener	Results

Performance of past champions

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

Other notable high finishes

Place	Name	Prize
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

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets	WSOP Cashes	WSOP Earnings
Jonathan Duhamel	65,975,000 (30.0%)	0	2	$43,000
John Dolan	46,250,000 (21.1%)	0	5	$105,340
Joseph Cheong	23,525,000 (10.7%)	0	2	$31,064
John Racener	19,050,000 (8.7%)	0	10	$157,528
Matthew Jarvis	16,700,000 (7.6%)	0	0	0
Filippo Candio	16,400,000 (7.5%)	0	1	$3,460
Michael Mizrachi	14,450,000 (6.6%)	1	23	$2,271,327
Soi Nguyen	9,650,000 (4.4%)	0	0	0
Jason Senti	7,625,000 (3.5%)	0	1	$17,987

Final Table

 

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