2010 WSOP Event #52 Recap – Dan Kelly Wins $25,000 Six-Handed NL Holdem Event

Event #52 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed Event.  The high buy in meant that numbers would not be too high and only 191 players registered with 122 of them eliminated during the first day of play.  The 69 remaining players was further whittled down to just 18 for the start of day three and those 18 had to be reduced to six for the final table.  Day three finished when the final table of six was reached and play began again on a fourth day where the winner would be found.  The final table of six looked as follows:

Dan Kelly - Event #52 Winner

Dan Kelly                                   5,895,000

Frank Kassela                            2,610,000

Shawn Buchanan                        2,110,000

Jason Somerville                         1,665,000

Mikael Thuritz                            1,535,000

Eugene Katchalov                          475,000

Not surprisingly, Eugene Katchalov was the first player to leave the final table.  His small stack meant that it was inevitable that it would not be long before he was all in.  This happened in a hand against Dan Kelly pre-flop.  Katchalov had a pair of sixes (6d-6c) while Kelly had Qd-Js.  The flop came Qs-4c-3s allowing Kelly to take the lead with a pair of ladies.  The Jh on the turn further strengthened Kelly’s position and the 4s on the river sent Katchalov to the rail in 6^th place with prize money of $194,559.

A pre-flop raise of 125,000 from Dan Kelly saw calls from Mikael Thuritz on the button and Jason Somerville from the big blind.  The flop came 9c-4h-Jh and both Somerville and Kelly checked.  However Thuritz decided to place a bet for 220,000 to which Somerville folded.  Kelly decided to raise to 600,000 to which Thuritz’s answer was to go all-in.  Kelly called with 5h-6h in his hand.  Thuritz had As-Js.  The 7c on the turn gave Kelly more outs but when the river produced another heart (8h), Kelly had the flush and Thuritz was out with a 5^th place finish taking $272,084 with him.

Jason Somerville moved all in after an opening bet of 140,000 from Frank Kassela.  Shawn Buchanan re-raised all in and Kassela folded his hand.  Somerville had As-Jh while Buchanan was holding Ad-Ac.  The board ran out Kc-5c-4d-5h-Kh and Buchanan held strong.  Somerville took the 4^th place spot and a whopping paycheck of $386,125 to go along with it.

With a completion from Shawn Buchanan from the small blind, Frank Kassela checked from the big blind and the flop came Qd-4c-3h.  Buchanan checked, Kassela bet 80,000 and then Buchanan raised to 260,000.  Kassela re-raised to 710,000 to which Buchanan called.  The turn saw 10d and this was checked by Buchanan but Kassela bet 1,000,000 and this was followed by an all-in from Buchanan.  Kassela called and revealed Qc-3d.  Buchanan had 5h-6c.  Although Kassela had two pair, Buchanan had an open ended straight draw.  The river was made for Buchanan when 2s appeared and it sent Kassela out of the game in 3^rd place with prize money of $556,053.

Heads up play was between Dan Kelly and Shawn Buchanan with Buchanan slightly ahead in chips.  However Kelly fought back and soon took the lead.  The final hand saw an opening bet of 200,000 from Dan Kelly from the button which was met by a raise to 650,000 from Buchanan after which a four bet to 1,425,000 was made by Kelly.  Buchanan then moved all-in and this was called by Kelly.  Their cards were revealed with Buchanan holding a pair of Jacks (Js-Jd) and Kelly having Ac-10d.  The flop came down 6s-4s-3d and kept Buchanan out in front.  The 5h on the turn gave Kelly some outs for a draw but when the Ad appeared on the river, the tables had turned and Kelly’s pair bested Buchanan’s.  So Buchanan was eliminated from the game in 2^nd place.  He picked up a staggering $812,941 for his efforts.

But the winner of event #52 was Dan Kelly who not only picked up his first ever WSOP gold bracelet, he also picked up prize money of $1,315,518.  Not bad for a twenty one year old.  So congratulations to the champ of event #52 – Dan Kelly!

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