Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2010 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace
Buy-in
$5,150
Entries
150
Level
21
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Congratulations to Andrew Lichtenberger, Champion of Caesars Las Vegas WSOP-C Main Event ($190,137)!
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But so was Dan Casetta. Casetta, the Day 1 chip leader, was basically never at risk of elimination over the three days of this tournament. So when his Immovable Object met Lichtenberger's Unstoppable Force, it was only natural that a stalemate should result. Five hours the two men played heads up, going deeper into the night than anyone at the Caesars Palace poker room expected. Each player was all in at risk of elimination a few times during the heads-up battle, but every time the short stack doubled up.
Finally, with blinds at 30,000 and 60,000, the player who didn't run as well as his opponent would quickly find himself getting short. That's what happened to Casetta. And although he managed to double up one last time by coming from way behind, in the end he ran out of steam, time and chips.
Lichtenberger played exceptionally well throughout the final table and hit hands when he needed to. That's almost always an unbeatable combination. Congratulations to Andrew on a hard-fought, well-deserved victory.
Here's how the rest of the table finished:
1st - Andrew Lichtenberger ($190,137)
2nd - Dan Casetta ($114,800)
3rd - Brock Parker ($73,544)
4th - Diego Sanchez ($57,400
5th - James Carroll ($44,844)
6th - Stephen O'Dwyer ($35,875)
7th - Aaron Been ($28,700)
8th - Anthony Yeh ($23,319)
9th - Matt Stout ($19,731)
10th - Thu Nguyen ($16,144)
That concludes our coverage of the WSOP-C at Caesars Palace. We hope you've enjoyed it. Our colleagues in Monte Carlo are busy covering all of the action at the EPT Grand Final. Check it out!
against Casetta's 
.The flop nailed Lichtenberger with a pair of kings when it came down
. The turn didn't add any extra sweat when the 
peeled off and Casetta was left needing only an ace.The river couldn't do it for him when the
fell and that was it. Lichtenberger successfully finished off Casetta, who took home $114,800 for his second-place finish. This is his largest score to date.
Casetta:
Lichtenberger:
Lichtenberger was a 3-to-1 favorite to end it. Those odds increased even more after a flop of
. Casetta started asking for a heart on the turn; instead he got the 
to pair sevens and take the lead. The river blanked out 
, disappointing everyone in the room not named Dan Casetta.
flop, Lichtenberger continued for 150,000. Casetta called.The turn was the
. Again Casetta checked. This time Lichtenberger announced all in and Casetta quickly called. Casetta was dismayed to see Lichtenberger open 
. Casetta also held a king but his was out-kicked."Nine ball, corner pocket," said Casetta, echoing something Lichtenberger said earlier. It didn't work though. The river was the
to give Lichtenberger the double-up. He now has 2,380,000, basically resetting this heads-up match to its starting point for at least the third time.
Level: 21
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 20
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
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Andrew Lichtenberger - 1,450,000