Level: 6
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,890,000
Entries
1,397
Level
9
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
In a hand shortly following the one featuring our first flop in a while, Dustin Dirksen once again opened with a raise to 55,000 -- from the hijack seat this time -- and it folded to Steven Kelly who reraised to 140,000 from the small blind. Dirksen quickly let it go.
Dirksen tried again the next hand, raising to 55,000 from middle position and getting one caller in Jeffrey King from the big blind. The flop came 
. King checked, Dirksen bet 65,000, and King called. Both checked the 
turn.
Then came the river -- the 
. This time King bet 135,000, and Dirksen didn't waste too much time calling. King tabled 
, and Dirksen mucked.
Dirksen is now down to 275,000. Meanwhile, Kelly is up over 1 million, and King has 625,000.
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Dustin Dirksen opened to 55,000 with the button and Steven Kelly defended his big blind.
Brace yourselves.
The flop fell 
and Kelly checked to Dirksen who continued for 80,000. Kelly check-raised to 200,000 and Dirksen flashed the 
before folding.
Kelly mucked his hand and raked in the pot.
The Contenders
No flops during the orbit-and-a-half since the Justin Scott elimination hand. Brett Shaffer has been relatively more active with the preflop raising than most, having climbed up over 900,000 and into second place.
Derric Haynie remains our chip leader, however, with more than 1.2 million.
We will have a first time bracelet winner this evening.
Michael Cooper opened to 65,000 from early position and the action folded to Justin Scott who moved all in for just over 200,000 from middle position. Everyone folded back to Cooper who went into the tank.
"I like that you haven't called yet," Scott poked.
"I bet you do," Cooper shot back.
Eventually Cooper did make the call, and the hands were opened:
Showdown
Cooper: 
Scott: 
"I'm due to win one of these," Scott announced.
The poker gods seemed to think otherwise as the flop fell 
giving Cooper a leading pair of jacks. Neither the 
on the turn nor the 
on the river improved Scott's wired sevens and our only previous bracelet winner hit the rail.
With the knockout, Cooper now sits with around 500,000 chips.
Justin Scott returned from the dinner break as the table's short stack and during our first half-hour had moved all-in more than a half-dozen times without getting a caller. Then came a hand in which he opened once again with an all-in raise from the cutoff for 185,000. This time he got a caller in Reagan Leman from the big blind.
Leman 
Scott 
The flop came 
and turn 
, and it looked like Scott may be getting a needed double up. But the river was the , pairing both players' aces and making for a chopped pot.
Leman sits with 825,000 at the moment, and Scott remains the table's shortest stack with about 200,000.
Action folded to Justin Scott in the small blind who sweated his cards an quickly moved all in. Brett Shaffer was in the big blind and tanked for a bit before folding.
Scott looked like he was begging for a call, and a wide grin spread across his face when he tabled the .
Scott took the big blind and the antes, but is still short with 220,000
Reagan Leman opened with a raise to 55,000 from the button, and Paul Varano called from the big blind.
The flop came 
. Varano checked, and Leman pushed out a bet of 80,000. Varano let it go, and Leman took the pot. Varano is now at about 540,000.
On the next hand, Leman raised again to 55,000 (from the cutoff), and took the blinds and antes. Leman moves up to 825,000.
Seat 1 -- Reagan Leman is from San Diego, California. This marks his second WSOP cash this summer, having cashed in an earlier $1,500 NLHE event.
Seat 2 -- Jeffrey King is from Colchester, Connecticut. He is playing at his fifth WSOP final table tonight. He's also won a WSOP Circuit event, for which he earned over $340,000
Seat 3 -- Paul Varano is from Pullman, Washington. He cashed once before at this summer's WSOP, finishing 17th in the $2,500 six-handed NLHE event.
Seat 4 -- This is Derric Haynie's second WSOP final table this summer, having finished fourth in the $1,500 2-7 Lowball event.
Seat 5 -- Michael Cooper has a couple of previous WSOP cashes to his credit, including a $35,000-plus score in the 2007 Main Event.
Seat 6 -- Dustin Dirksen is a professional poker player and law school grad from Iowa City, Iowa. This is his eighth WSOP cash, with his best finish being a runner-up in a $1,500 NLHE event last summer, worth $400,000.
Seat 7 -- Justin Scott is from Redford, Michigan. He has over $1 million in WSOP career earnings, including a bracelet in 2006 in the $2,000 NLHE event.
Seat 8 -- Brett Shaffer is from Beloit, Kansas. This marks his second-ever WSOP cash.
Seat 9 -- This is Steven Kelly's second cash this summer at the WSOP, having finished 54th in the $1,500 six-handed NLHE event.