Poker Tournaments



2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

No-Limit Hold’em (Event 54)

Date:
Monday, June 29, 2009 to Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Buy-In:
$1,500
Prize Pool:
$3,846,570
Entrants:
2,818

 

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  • David Chicotsky
  • Went and railed Dyzalot and Lauren Kling in the 2nd day $1,500...Lauren busto, Dyzalot 3rd in chips...also rooting for Jmaster and JCarver
  • Amit Makhija
  • KK into AA again in the 2009 wsop oh well done playing till the main again, got 171st
  • Jeff Madsen
  • Wouldve easily been chip leader with over 70k. What do I need to do to have hands hold
  • Jeff Madsen
  • Good start up to 45k. Of course I can't run good for long just lost a bog pot.
  • Beth Shak
  • I have no chips and one dude is sleeping @ table he needs 2 b woken up evry hand
  • Shannon Shorr
  • 19k at break...mike off to a hot start 3rd of 11 remaining in $3k
  • Amit Makhija
  • Dear poker gods, i have 28,800 going into day 2 of the 1500, the joke is over plz give me a bracelet! Thanks, Amit.
  • David Chicotsky
  • Dyzalot 100K, Lauren Kling 50K going into day 2 of $1,500 WSOP event. Ate leftover sushi, watched first half Leaving Las Vegas, read a bit.
  • Eugene Todd
  • Dr Z was up 35k ended up only 10k ahead. Lost last hand for 20k and left.
  • Eugene Todd
  • we are +30k right now. The chinamen must of won at least 150k in last half hour.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Sadly I actually thought I was going to do well today. I must have confused today with the main event. I'm coming for the big belt.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Stone screwed for the last time in prelim events. AJ vs AA got in in A979J vs lag Asian kid. He even tried to slowplay it into the ground.
  • David Chicotsky
  • Dyzalot, $60K in chips, 400/800 blinds. Resting and relaxing...
  • Jonathan Little
  • I've grinder from 5000 to 12500 with no showdown so far. Sadly I only keeping pace with the blinds. Going to 400/800-100 in 20 minutes.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Beat them with my stick of a stack a little. Up to 6500. 300/600-75 soon.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Got it in with AK vs QQ vs JJ. JJ won and I took 3rd. Down to 5000.
  • David Chicotsky
  • Had the pleasure of training a WSOP Main Event champion today, short stack play, game theory, poker tracker. Ate at "9", will read and relax
  • Jonathan Little
  • Tourney resumes in 10 seconds and I already had to put on the headphones. :-(
  • Eugene Todd
  • My crazy wife just bought my son a pair of shoes for 700 bucks. I never in my life bought a pair that expensive. Refund please !!!!
  • Jonathan Little
  • At 15000 going to eat the buffet where it is 1/2 off for locals. They have a good Asian soup bar. Will e 200/400-50 when we return in 90 min
  • Eugene Todd
  • Doubled with AA to 5500 then get it in with AK spades against men the master AQ and fuckin lose. What the fuck bro !!!!!
  • Jonathan Little
  • Just ran a stone bluff or my stack in a 3be pot. I prob shouldn't do that too many times. At 12500 now.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Ran a semibluff with straight flush draw but missed. Still at 11500 though cause I won a few pots. Playing 150/300-25 now.
  • Eugene Todd
  • So mad can't pick up a hand for shit. Below 3k for last 2hrs. Wanna get it in allready
  • Jonathan Little
  • A few guys at my table are super concerned with what average stack is. It is funny to me.
  • Jonathan Little
  • 6th hand after break, co raises, sb calls, I push 25bbs with black tens. Raiser has red aces. 4 spades on board. I am up to 11500.
  • Jonathan Little
  • 2nd back from break I raise JJ, guy reraises and anoter pushes. I fold and they have AA and KK.
  • Jeff Williams
  • Shove 3600 over corwin coles lp raise with qj, kk good
  • Jeff Williams
  • The btn shoves for 1500 at 1/200 and the bb with like 12k proudly folds 77 faceup...
  • Jonathan Little
  • Can't bluff calling station off QJ on QT4AJ. Down to 4500 at new table.
  • Jeff Williams
  • Rough level kk<qt on kj9 for 10k pot then 55<qq shorty btn vs bb, 3200 at 1/200
  • Jonathan Little
  • I've played like a nit and finally raised over someone limp with 64o. They snappushed so I folded. Down to 6700. 100/200 soon.
  • Jeff Madsen
  • Sometimes I look around and think about how everyone has a story. they've all been led here to this event. Many won't play again til 2010
  • Jeff Bryan
  • crap. flopped 2 pair, guy slow played KK almost paid me off then SMacK, K on river bye bye the main is next stay tuned
  • Shannon Shorr
  • Out..guy limped, Bolotin limped, I shoved 1800 at 75/150 from button with A9o first guy folded alex called with red sixes...T42Qx
  • Jonathan Little
  • 7500 going into 75/150. I played about 6 hands in the last 2 hours and won 5 of them.
  • Shannon Shorr
  • Down to 2025 in $1500 nlhe..Doug Carli moved in table still amazing
  • Court Harrington
  • Back to the Rio to hear endless semi-true stories. Some things they make up, some they forget, but to the bad beat teller it's a true story.
  • David Chicotsky
  • Passed on the $1,500 NL, have a super famous person coming in today for private training, should be interesting. Dyzalot 17K at first break
  • Jeff Bryan
  • this tweet is for you donna brk time 4750
  • Jeff Bryan
  • 1.5 hours gone we are next table to break 5750
  • Beth Shak
  • I just lost a set of 10's to a straight
  • Jonathan Little
  • Headphone time. My ears are almost bleeding from the bad beat stories.
  • Jonathan Little
  • Table talk at my table is fairly brutal. May get the headphones out if it keeps up.
  • Shaun Deeb
  • and out 99 to theos trans qq for 24bbs shoving on him pre hand
  • Jeff Bryan
  • wohoo. KQ raised and flopped Q. Guy reraised me all in, looked into his soul and called. back to 4500
  • Jeff Bryan
  • here we go. QQ vs KK. luckily JJ on flop and only lost 1/2 my stack. 2400 left
  • Shaun Deeb
  • down to 1025 i played bad with j10s on an a1010j5 board should of folded on everystreet i called lol
  • Jeff Madsen
  • Snuck in to the 1500 last minute. Already seen an inexplicable hand. We might get to the money in an hour lol
  • Eugene Todd
  • Lost every hand so far. Down to 2500 hate these 4500 stacks, but very juicy event. Gonna play real solid from now on.
  • Shannon Shorr
  • Great table full of unknowns aside from a tremendous tournament player in alex Bolotin to my direct right.
  • Devin Porter
  • #wsop54 Last prelim. Of the year for me... My penultimate swansong.. Yea that sounds cool
  • Shaun Deeb
  • 1500 fun times at least im heading there with ipod knowing i can just hide in seat 10
  • Kevin Iacofano
  • Well, I won't be winning Event 54 1500 NL. Bad beat when the floor told me it was sold out.
  • Shannon Shorr
  • got in the $1500 late last night thanks to a British guy named John Dwyer who's still in the $3k. I'm ready to wreck this thing.
  • Eric Lynch
  • if anyone wants a seat to the sold out 1500 today let me know. going to go unregister in 30-45 mins
  • Shaun Deeb
  • got in 1500 easy game going to crush it
  • Shaun Deeb
  • korean bbq then hopefully sneaking in the soldout 1500