2010 WSOP Main Event Final Table Quiz

Answer: Four

Senti flopped a set but Nguyen was not drawing dead. He still had a Broadway draw if he could catch any of the four Jacks in the deck. This would give him an Ace high straight and beat the set of Senti. Pre-flop the hand is what is considered a coin flip(50/50) but after the flop Nguyen was in big trouble with only about a 14% chance to win the hand.

The turn was the 9s and the river was the meaningless Ks. Senti won the hand and knocked Nguyen out in ninth place, for which he won $811,823. Nguyen was the only true amateur at the final table this year.

This was Hand #28 of the final table.

Answer: Seven

On the flop Mizrachi's trips doomed Jarvis to two outs. On the turn Jarvis hit one of those outs to improve to a full house with Nines full of Queens. Mizrachi now must also fill up or get quads to win the hand. He can catch any of the remaining Aces(3), the case Queen {the Queen of Hearts(1)}, or any remaining Eight(3). 3+1+3=7. Mizrachi hit one of those outs when the Ace of Spades fell on the river giving him Queens full of Aces and knocking Jarvis out of the tournament in eighth place, for which he won $1,045,743.

This was Hand #43 of the final table.

Answer: Six

Cheong can either catch one of the remaining Tens(2) for a full house or he can catch one of the Nines(4) for a straight. In this case although Cheong is open ended with an Ace giving him a straight, it would also fill up Senti and his straight would be no good so the three remaining Aces are not outs. 2+4=6.

The 9d hit the river giving Cheong his straight and sending Senti to the rail in seventh place for $1,356,720. This was Hand #116 of the final table.

Answer: 16

John Dolan has seven outs he can hit to win the hand outright. He can pair either of his hole cards, which gives him four outs {either of the black Queens(2) or either of the black Fives(2)}. Both the Queen of Hearts and the Five of Hearts would chop the pot but not give him the win.

He can also hit any Eight except the Eight of Hearts to win the pot(3). 2+2+3=7. Any of the remaining Hearts(9) would split the pot with a shared flush on the board. So Dolan had 7+9=16 outs to survive and play on. He had a 16% chance to win the hand and a 20% chance to tie the hand.

But the 3c hit on the river and Dolan was knocked out in sixth place, for which he won $1,772,939. This was Hand #129 of the final table.

Answer: Five

Mizrachi must catch either a Queen(2) or an Eight(3) to win the hand. 2+3=5. Duhamel woke up with pocket Aces in the small blind and slow played them by merely calling Mizrachi in the big blind. Mizrachi checked his option. When the Queen hit on the flop, Duhamel check raised Mizrachi's bet. Mizrachi pushed all-in and Duhamel insta-called. Duhamel's trap had worked.

The turn was the Jd and the river was the Kd, neither hitting Mizrachi. 'Grinder' was knocked out in fifth place, for which he won $2,332,960.

This was Hand #185 of the final table.

Answer: Zero

At this point Candio is drawing dead with no way to win the hand. Pre-flop it was close to a coin flip with Cheong being slightly favored(43% Candio/57% Cheong). Candio had moved all-in from the small blind and Cheong made the call with the suited Ace rag.

The 4s fell on the river improving Cheong from top pair to an unnecessary Wheel, knocking Candio out in fourth place for $3,092,497. Candio was the first Italian-born player to make the Main Event Final Table. This was Hand #188 of the final table.

Answer: Three

Cheong can only catch an Ace to win the hand so he has three outs. At this point in the tournament there were three players left with Cheong being the chip leader and Duhamel a close second. Racener was a distant third. Cheong raised from the small blind and Duhamel re-raised from the big blind. Racener folded the button. Cheong four-bet the pot to which Duhamel responded with a five-bet. Cheong tanked before pushing all-in for 95 million chips. Duhamel quickly called with less chips, putting his tournament life on the line.

There were 176,400,000 chips in the pot. The 8s fell on the river giving Duhamel the pot and a massive chip lead. This was Hand #213 of the final table.

Answer: 10

Cheong has a gut-shot straight draw with any Jack(4) and he can also pair either of his hole cards(6). 4+6=10. Cheong had moved all-in pre-flop and Duhamel called with his Ace rag and massive chip lead. The odds were pretty even at this point with Duhamel being a slight favorite(56% to 44%).

The flop changed little, only slightly improving Duhamel's odds to about 3 to 2(60% to 40%). The turn and the river bricked out for Cheong with the 6h and 7c coming respectively. Cheong was sent to the rail in third place, for which he won $4,130,049.

This was Hand #219 of the final table.

Answer: Six

Racener can pair either of his hole cards and win the pot, therefore he has six outs. Duhamel started heads up with a huge chip lead, 188,950,000 to 30,750,000. Duhamel used his chip lead to his advantage and knocked Racener out in a little over an hour and a half.

They played a total of 43 hands heads up. Racener won $5,545,855 for finishing second and Duhamel won $8,944,138 plus the bracelet for first place. This was Hand #262 of the final table.

Answer: He was the first Canadian to win

Jonathan Duhamel was the first Canadian to win the title and the sixth non-American. Two other Canadians have finished second - Tuan Lam lost heads up to Jerry Yang in 2007 and Howard Goldfarb lost heads up to Dan Harrington in 1995. The first foreigner to win was Mansour Matloubi in 1990 from the UK. Next came Noel Furlong in 1999 from Ireland, then Carlos Mortenson in 2001 from Spain, then Joe Hachem in 2005 from Australia, and finally Peter Eastgate in 2008 from Denmark.