2010 WSOP Event #51 Recap – Ryan Welch Wins $3,000 Triple Chance Event

Event #51 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold’em event.  A total of 965 players registered for this event with only 175 making it to day two.  Only nine would make it to the final table and day three saw twelve left to fight for a place.  Those who made it were as follows:

Ryan Welch - Event #51 Winner

Jon Eaton                                   1,933,000

Ryan Welch                                1,500,000

Guillaume Darcourt                     1,403,000

Will Failla                                   1,300,000

Sergey Lebedev                            724,000

Bradley Craig                                633,000

Tommy Vedes                               597,000

Noel Scruggs                                 416,000

Tad Jurgens                                   268,000

A double elimination saw the 9^th and 8^th places decided.  Tad Jurgens went all-in from middle position and Noel Scruggs decided to re-raise all-in.  This folded around to the small blind where Guillaume Darcourt made the call with a pair of sevens (7h-7d) in his hand.  Jurgens had a pair of ladies (Qc-Qd) and Scruggs had As-Qh.  With Jurgens in front he was devastated to see another seven appear on the flop 7s-3s-9d.  This instantly put Darcourt in front and the 2c on the turn followed by 4s on the river could not help either of the other players and they were eliminated one by one.  With Jurgens having the fewer number of chips, he was out in 9^th place with prize money of $41,842 and Scruggs took 8^th spot along with prize money of $53,694.

Not long after losing two players in one hand, another player was sent to the rail.  This time it was Tommy Vedes who re-raised a bet from Sergey Lebedev to go all-in.  Lebedev had a pair of eights and decided to make the call.  Vedes had Ad-9d but got no help from the board 5h-5d-3c-5s-Jc.  Lebedev paired his two eights with the set of threes on the board for a full house and Vedes hit the rail in 7^th place taking $69,647 with him.

The next elimination saw Sergey Lebedev going all-in pre-flop with Ac-Jc.  This was called by Guillaume Darcourt who had Ad-Ks.  The board ran out 10c-10d-9h-10s-Kh giving Darcourt a full house and sending Lebedev crashing to the rail with a 6^th place finish and prize money of $91,407.

The very next hand saw another player eliminated.  An all-in bet from Bradley Craig with Ah-8s in his hand was met by a call from Guillaume Darcourt who had a pair of nines (9c-9d).  The flop came 8c-4d-Jd.  Although Darcourt was still ahead, Craig now had a pair and was still in the hand.  However 6s appeared on the turn followed by 7h on the river and Darcourt took the hand while Craig took his leave.  But not before collecting a nice check for $121,451 for his 5^th place finish.

Will Failla moved all in before the flop and found Ryan Welch all in beside him.  Failla had Ad-7s while Welch had As-Jc.  The board ran out Qh-Ks-2h-5s-6d and gave neither player anything but Welch had the upper hand and Failla was eliminated in 4^th spot with prize money of $163,532.

With Guillaume Darcourt opening to 125,000 from the small blind, he was called by Jon Eaton from the big blind.  The flop came 6c-9h-5c and Darcourt placed another bet this time for 195,000 which was met by a raise to 600,000 from Eaton.  Darcourt’s response was to go all-in and this was called by Eaton who had 4c-7c in his hand giving him a couple of draws.  Darcourt had 6d-8s which gave him a pair of sixes.  The 8c on the turn gave Eaton his straight flush and Darcourt knew his game was up.  His 3^rd place finish meant he took home prize money of $223,459.

So heads up play began between Ryan Welch and Jon Eaton and the end came after only two hours.  A pre-flop raise from Welch was answered by a call from Eaton.  Both players checked after the flop 9c-7s-6c but when the turn 10d came, Eaton bet for 225,000 and Welch made the call.  The Kd on the river saw Eaton place a bet for 525,000 and this was met by an all-in bet from Welch.  After a long think, Eaton decided to call and was met instantly by Welch’s cards Qh-Jd which gave him a straight.  Eaton was eliminated in 2^nd place and picked up a cool $344,830 in prize money.

So we had another first time gold bracelet winner in Ryan Welch.  On top of that he was named champion of event #51 and picked up a staggering $559,371 in prize money.  Congratulations Ryan Welch!

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