Three events wrapped up at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Wednesday. Members of the online poker community finished as the runner-up in two of those tournaments, narrowly missing out on bracelets, but continuing a strong run in the annual Las Vegas series. J.D. BubbaKGBMcNamara finished second in Event #24, a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, and banked a colossal $310,000. McNamara, who works for the parent company of PocketFives.com, was the chip leader entering Wednesday’s finale.

In McNamara’s final hand, he raised pre-flop with pocket jacks and Jeff Tebben made the call with K-2. The flop fell K-10-8 and the action went check-check to another king on the turn. Tebben led out for 350,000 and McNamara called behind to bring a seven on the river. Tebben check-raised all-in and McNamara made the call for his tournament life. Tebben picked up $503,000 for the win in the event, which ended around Midnight ET.

The PocketFives.com Off Topic faithful and other members of the online poker community rooted on one of their own last night. McNamara thanked his fans for their support: “All I have to say is that was so much fuckin’ fun. I loved every minute of it. I honestly played so sick all tournament, including the last hand – I bet the river to induce and he just had it, oh well. Thanks again for the sweat thread everyone, it was amazing.”

Here were the final results from Event #24:

1. Jeffrey Tebben – $503,389
2. J.D. BubbaKGBMcNamara – $310,248
3. Kiet Tran – $223,665
4. Denis Murphy – $162,568
5. David Cai – $119,410
6. Blake Kelso – $88,654
7. David Tolbert – $66,513
8. Greg Pohler – $50,410
9. Michael Gross – $38,629

In Event #26, $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed, Jeffrey jpapolaPapola (pictured) finished as the runner-up to William Haydon, who earned $630,000 and his first gold bracelet. Papola banked nearly $400,000 for his first WSOP cash of 2010. In 2009 and 2008, he made deep runs in the Main Event, finishing 249th and 90th, respectively, for nearly $100,000 total.

Papola entered heads-up play against Haydon down 4:1 in chips and it took only a few hands for the action to wrap up. Papola was all-in with A-6, but ran into Haydon’s A-J. The flop was K-Q-4, giving Haydon a straight draw to go with the best hand, and a nine on the turn didn’t change matters. The river was a 10, giving Haydon Broadway and the win in Event #26.

The final table of the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event shook out as follows:

1. William Haydon – 630,031
2. Jeffrey jpapolaPapola – 391,068
3. Joe Baldwin – 248,265
4. Eddy Scharf – 163,649
5. Jarred Solomon – 110,903
6. Steve Cowley – 77,228

Full Tilt Pokerpro Justin Boosted JSmith (pictured) landed in eighth place in the tournament, just missing out on the final table. Smith was all-in with J-10 and up against Joe Baldwin‘s A-K of diamonds. Smith flopped top pair when the first three cards came J-9-6, but two diamonds gave Baldwin a flush draw. The turn was the eight of hearts, leaving Baldwin drawing to an ace, king, or diamond on the river to send Smith home. Sure enough, a king hit, and that was all she wrote for the PocketFives.com member. Smith picked up $55,000 and his second in the money finish of 2010 at the WSOP.

Thirteen players remain in Event #29, the Limit Hold’em World Championship, including 2009 dual bracelet winner Brock t sopranoParker (pictured). Kyle Ray paces the field with a stack of 643,000 and Parker is middle of the road in chips at 351,000, good for eighth overall. The final 13 include Player’s Championship winner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, bracelet winner Matt Keikoan, and former World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship winner David Chiu. The top prize is $425,000.

Also playing down to a champion today is Event #28, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha. Remaining in the hunt for the bracelet is Trevor Pope, who hails from Florida. Pope has a stack of 261,000 after two days of play, the seventh largest tally behind Canadian Miguel Proulx‘s field-leading pile of 877,000. Holding a stack of 185,000 is Joe lemurSerock, a former winner of the PokerStarsSunday 500.

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