WSOP 2010 Event 42 - Dean Hamrick Wins $1,500

Event #42 of the 2010 WSOP was another $1,500 NL Holdem Event.  A massive field of 2,521 players turned out to battle for the bracelet and $604,222 in prize money.

WSOP 2010 Event 42 winner Dean Hamrick

By the end of Day 1 only 277 player advanced to battle to the bubble and the money.  Humberto Brenes and Carter Phillips were among the top 10 in chips going into Day 2.  270 players made the money in this event.  Among those in the money were Eric Lynch, Carter Phillips, and Humberto Brenes who finished in 16th place.

The final table of this table was headlined by 2009 EPT London Champion Aaron Gustavson.  Dean Hamrick held the chip lead going into final table play.  Below are the final table chip counts:

Dean Hamrick	1,800,000
Thomas O'Neal	1,600,000
Niccolo Caramatti	1,565,000
Thomas Johnson	1,500,000
Aaron Kaiser	1,460,000
Andrew Rosskamm	1,130,000
Ian Wiley	1,015,000
Aaron Gustavson	690,000
Ryan Hemmel	600,000

Heads-up play was between Dean Hamrick and Thomas O'Neal.  At the start of heads-up play, Hamrick led 6.34 Million to the 5 Million of O'Neal.  Heads-up play went on for quite a while between the two with the lead flip flopping back and forth several times.  Eventually, Hamrick went on a run and had O'Neal down to just 3.1 Million.  All of those chips went in pre-flop with O'Neal holding As-9s against the A-Q offsuit from Hamrick.  And ace high flop without spades left O'Neal with three outs.  The turn and river both missed and Dean Hamrick is our champion.

Dean Hamrick wins the Event #42 bracelet and $604,222 in prize money.  Congratulations.

The final table payouts are below:

1	Dean Hamrick	604,222
2	Thomas O'Neal	375,627
3	Ian Wiley	265,869
4	Niccolo Caramatti	191,744
5	Aaron Kaiser	140,013
6	Ryan Hemmel	103,461
7	Andrew Rosskamm	77,392
8	Thomas Johnson	58,571
9	Aaron Gustavson	44,856

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