Poker Tournaments



2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

World Championship NL Texas Hold'em (Event 57)

Date:
Friday, July 03, 2009 to Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Buy-In:
$10,000
Prize Pool:
$61,043,600
Entrants:
6,494

 

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:22:27
End of Day 1b Chip Counts
Chip counts are also loaded into the Chip Counts page. Brandon Demes 137075 Andrew Gaw 126100 Nick Maimone 122500 Samer Rahman 122400 Max Casao 121100 Jim Bookstaff 120750 Craig Hopkins 118850 Aaron Fang 118725 Jesse Rios 117150 Vadim Gruzglin 116100 Karim Lehoussing 104975 Pollak Benjamin 104775 Patrick Hanoteau 104025 Matthew Milliken 99000 Randy Haddox 98675 Christopher Saleh 98400 Chris McCoy 98325 Fabrice Soulier 97725 Carlos Oliveira 96825 Max Kats 96100 Daniel Didech 94875 Dave D'Alesandro 93775 David Sacks 91425 Brian Roberts 91075 John Santurian 90675 Laurence Grondin 88475 Andre Rodrigues 86575 Jerry Fowler 85525 Mark Burford 85300 Delong Moet 84700 Jonathan Tare 83600 Mike Blockside 83475 Dwight Manley 83050 Jannick Wrang 82350 George Wipf 81000 Edward Holyoke 79800 Joe Sebok 78800 Andrew Gunderson 78650 Scott Dorsch 78625 Andreas Martens 76925 Chad Awerbuch 76875 Stuart Atkin 76725 Richard Lewis 76675 Ryan Fair 75325 Catherine Hearn 73900 Juan Naranjo 73675 Brian Hansen 73400 Torrey Reily 73100 Nick Niergarth 72975 Jeff Duvall 72175 Shawn Silber 71700 Bill Sineath 71400 Kevin Browne 71350 Edward Roger 71000 Andres M Chacon Delgado 70350 Deric Senne 70075 Pierre Neuville 70050 Mike Terhaar 69800 Toni Ojala 69525 Bill Elliott 69175 John Alexander 69150 Vo Tuan 69050 Oliver Busquet 68850 Francesco DeVivo 68200 Oscar Foglio 68025 Samuel Seltzer 68000 Daniel Smits Bertelsen 67900 Steve Sobel 67725 Matej Kokalj 67575 Manuel Sanchez Mortio 67550 Terrence Jordon 66925 Glafino Valle Jr 66850 Shayne Heine 66700 Steve Weixel 66500 Mike Souza 66450 Robert Hallam 65525 Denise Molloy 65400 Maggi Silvio 65400 Buss 65375 Jamie Brown 65150 Mike Eise 65150 Josephus Van Den Bigaart 65075 Katja Svendsen 64750 Fernando Gordo 64650 Jonas Lohmann 64175 Steven McLaughlin 63800 John Myung 63275 James Feldman 62725 Jeff 'YoungSupremacy' Hakim 62325 Joao Ferreira 62025 Kenneth Skidmore 62025 Victor Greeley 61775 David Willmes 61700 Steven Landfish 61600 Alex Prendes 61575 Yaroshetskiy Alexander 61375 Anthony Roux 61275 Dino Brivati 61225 Hernan Deleon Almenarez 61200 Russell Dive 61175 Jonathan Tamayo 61075 Stewart Davidson 60975 Meyer Rainer 60425 Peter Oltchick 60275 Seymann Manfred 59875 Brian Tate 59775 Aurangzeb 'Ozzy87' Sheikh 59675 Dominic Staniscia 59525 Dmitry Lesnoy 59350 James Calderon 59250 Jacquelyn Scott 59175 Michael Taggart 59150 Gary Bolden 58750 Barny Boatman 58600 Bruno Fitoussi 58100 Feleti Maugatai 58000 Brandon Davis 58000 Jessica Dawley 57975 Roy Duleba 57875 Gjorgji Chuchuk 57800 Jean-Philipp Goulet-Ratelle 57475 Bradley Viner 57450 Jim Hess 57400 Zuhdi Mansour 57200 Trent Lewis 57150 Matthew Gushee 56975 Suketu Vaidya 56750 Bryan Kerr 56700 Ali Eslami 56425 Art Tanimoto 56400 Scott Michael Black 56250 Esteban Blanco Rodriguez 56225 Jose Ramos 56075 Joe Villacci 55975 Tang Huang 55950 Isaac Young 55700 Jason Pohl 55675 Michael Sullivan 55650 Kyle Bradley Patterson 55500 Shaun Deeb 55100 Sven Mol 54925 Rob Perelman 54900 Chau Do 54850 Mark Bryan 54750 Thomas Sanduski 54750 Jeffrey Carris 54500 Michael Demichele 54325 Cseriraholi Dehoa 54325 Christopher Reyes 54275 Tian Shou 54000 Antoine Amourette 54000 Ryan Madsen 53975 Puchkov Konstantin 53875 Patrick Kuykendall 53825 Alex Kravchenko 53650 Mike Brooks 53525 Angelo Ricci 53375 Daniel Vargas 53300 Daryl Yarosh 53100 David Lee 53050 Kia Hamadani 52900 Ettore Di Leva 52750 James Kierzkowski 52725 Jonathan Valdez 52475 Grant Levy 52225 Jeff Rubie 52200 Ahmad Faour 52050 Massimo Di Cicco 52000 Tomer Berda 51700 Sven Lucha 51425 Tyler Hamade 51350 Claudio Baptista 51325 Aviv Meiri 51250 Dennis Nikiforuk 51250 Robert Bright 51175 Alexander Luber 51125 Daniel Walker 50725 Andrey Moiseev 50650 Fabrizio La Spada 50350 Tobler Johannes 49975 Richard Toth 49925 Schleps Florian 49925 Stephen Bredfeldt 49675 Peter Gelencser 49650 Voidim Trincher 49550 Cristian Dragomir 49475 Jong Jin 49425 Alex Dovzhenko 49200 Thomas Edwards 49125 Dariusz Paszkiewicz 49050 Rod Pennington 49025 Giles Daniel 49025 Kerry Bordinat 48825 Mike Wissler 48725 Carl Gray 48650 Jason Laming 48325 Amarillo Slim Preston 48075 Noah Stephens-Davidowitz 47975 Jeremy Symington 47950 William Clark 47925 Eugene Fouksman 47925 Joas Mudde 47750 Mark DeFaria 47575 Frank Mondella 47550 Robert Ford 47550 Osmin Dardon 47500 Feras Nooruddin 47275 Mark Ader 47125 Torsten Haase 47100 Asghar Naghizadeh 47100 Stefan Grieber 47075 Michael Polcari 46775 Charles Wale 46775 Kenneth Gilman 46700 William Tanimoto 46675 James Smith 46625 Juha Helppi 46325 Jack Flanigan 46175 Tammy Lloyd 46125 Matthew Gloier 46100 Rolf Slotboom 46100 Patrick Hirtzer 46075 Burt Boutin 46000 Jim Hendricks 45950 Kader Belbina 45500 Gary 'Mclovin' Clarke 45500 Hoyt Corkins 45325 Alexandre Roos 45275 Neil Harmon 45250 Aaron Lasater 44875 Mark Klecan 44750 Ashley Cheung 44725 Adam Weinraub 44625 Pinkhasov Arthur 44625 Scott Lazewski 44575 Jacqmin Mathieu 44475 Ales Kalan 44350 Martin Raus 44250 Steve Dobrin 44250 Nenad Simic 44200 Doug Woerner 44175 Brian Kulczyzki 43950 Remy Biechel 43875 Hieu Luu 43775 Greg Raymer 43750 Bassel Moussa 43675 Chris Viox 43550 Michael Hanson 43475 Edward Nash 43375 Eugen Sorgescu 43350 Jason Laso 43300 Peter Traply 43250 William Molson 43100 Andreas Hoivold 43075 Pete de Best 43025 Jamal Sawaqdeh 42750 TJ Eggers 42750 Grayson Nichols 42000 Vezzani Andrea 41850 Alex Millar 41475 Markus Oho 41400 Anthony Misuraca 41375 Paul Ephremsen 41300 Imad Saab 41275 Donne Romain 41250 Gary Flynn 40825 Kevin Mignon 40800 Michel Dumas 40800 Danny Wade 40725 Talal Shakerchi 40650 Todd Lundwall 40600 Frank Ferrigno 40575 Tim West 40550 Dylan Dagg 40475 Tycho Vandenbergh 40475 Ray Parker 40350 Ian Somers 40350 Jason Young 40325 Nicolas Fitze 40300 Connor Allisen 40275 Ardavan Yazdi 40250 Luca Pagano 40125 Ingles Jared 40125 Peter Andreas Bondesen 40125 Florian Manz 40075 Robert Eckstut 39700 Paul O'Connor 39575 Paris Heard 39500 Ludovic Lachance 39325 Tome Moreira 39125 Cole Miller 39075 Clifton Tennal 38875 John Sidoni 38875 Kris Kuykendall 38800 Chesleigh Denison 38750 Marcus Balmert 38650 Steve Sanders 38625 Clifton Allen 38550 Robert Delaney 38525 Gene Bauerlein 38500 Cemil Doganyilmaz 38325 Scott Laird 38200 Kenny Brown 38075 Michael Dolle 38050 Steve Trivelpiece 38000 Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow 37875 Thomas Cahill 37850 Pavel Reshetov 37800 Dean Pettersson 37775 Janice Brookshire 37650 Viry Luc 37625 Ioannis Patsourakis 37525 Mark Silvanovich 36750 Rena Varghese 36500 Jean-Yves Desmoort 36375 Anh Ngo 36225 Lascar Charles Anthony 36175 Gerhard Mauerer 36050 Geoffrey Cudd 36000 David Haas 35750 Parker Tarvin 35600 James Bayer 35550 Dan Lu 35475 Jeff Chapman 35425 Stein Howard 35400 Matt Kurtz 35325 Sean Burstein 35300 Roy Upshaw 35200 Stephen Landrum 35200 Terrance Lynch 35175 Jerry Maher 35125 Doug Redmann 34975 Thor Hansen 34950 Donald Kahn 34925 Fred Barat 34875 Goryachev Viacheslav 34825 Adam Warren 34775 Dana Kellstrom 34675 Guillaume De La Gorce 34650 Paul Lovett 34650 Jeffrey Mathis 34625 Eli Loewenthal 34375 Mauro Piacentino 34325 Kudla Michael 34275 Joe Gualtieri 34200 Joseph Shield 34150 Fernando Brito 34025 Humberto Martinez Moreno 33925 Anders Gersel 33900 Ed Perry 33875 Benjamin Gilbert 33875 William Robertie 33875 Tony Brenner 33850 Kevin Pawloski 33850 Lech Mazur 33750 Bill Swan 33575 Jeff Cohan 33450 Jesse Jones 33350 Robert Alexander 33300 Peter Kotsiopoulos 33225 Brian Arnold 33225 Alexey Popov 33025 Corey Hochman 33000 Todd Brunson 32950 Roger Goa 32675 Marcel Bache 32475 Bobby Willis 32425 Arnold Ruterbories 32275 Tye Rogers 32250 Kevin McMinniman 32200 Efrain Lopez 32200 Ryan Brauer 32175 Bichuch Oleksandr 32150 Russell Kamer 32100 Jose Paz 32050 Randall Scheel 31975 Pedro Fernandez Cavazos 31950 Bill Mullins 31900 Kevin Trieu 31675 Daniel Dumont 31600 James LoCasio 31350 Marco Del Duca 31025 Brad Birarda 31025 Albert Minnullin 30975 Joe Brandenburg 30950 Bernhard Damnik 30950 Will Brewin 30875 Robert Mobley 30775 Danny Fuhs 30700 Rock Gurney 30600 Michael Martin 30550 Anthony Kastelic 30425 Tammy MacDonald 30225 Gary Burks 30225 Jeff Mahoney 30175 Jon Curtis 30150 William Montag 30025 Simon Pearson 30000 Luis Velutini 30000 Jim Bechtel 30000 Cameron Chachere 29900 Marc-Andre Ladouceur 29800 Steve Gee 29800 Dion Jones 29675 Bo Sehlstedt 29550 Andrey Bykov 29525 James Peera 29475 Anahit Galajian 29400 Bill Kontaratos 29225 Michael Morhaime 29225 Wayne Boich 29225 Doug 'Rico' Carli 29175 Shane Thompson 29075 Salvatore Bonavena 28975 William Johnson 28850 Vitagliano Umberto 28600 Brian Burney 28600 Matthew Vogel 28525 Tad Thiptinnakon 28200 Joe Loguidice 28150 Gary Slentz 28025 David Lentsch 27825 Paul Serrate-Cortes 27525 Adam Bennett 27500 John Athanasiou 27500 Chris Lahr 27375 Justin Adams 27225 Antonio Cavezza 27150 Harry Platis 27025 Mark Montreuil 27000 Owen Crowe 27000 Gary Dishongh 26875 Nick Goodall 26750 Kimmo Liukku 26525 Jason Gigliotti 26475 Viet Nguyen 26350 Paul Lieu 26325 Panuy Pitkanen 26225 Narrmayet Taonus 26075 Steven Feren 26025 Eric Tomberlin 25950 Michael Schiappa 25725 Thomas Tarantino 25650 Gary Miles 25625 Carl Polini 25625 Vladimir Kochelaevskiy 25600 Laurie Hilton 25600 Travis Taylor 25525 Renato Antonio Da Silva Almeida 25525 Tony Pirone 25475 John Ott 25425 William Milne 25275 Billy Holmes 25250 Todd Pierce 25150 Josh Prager 25150 Mark Weitzman 25150 Thomas Merved 25100 Philippe Castella 25075 Andrey Danilyuk 25000 Mia Dac Liu 24950 Pam Brunson 24850 Mark Stevens 24775 Samy Khireddine 24600 Don Tinordi 24500 Kadosh Avraham 24500 Alan Smurfit 24475 Richard Ferraro 24275 Young Jung 24200 Fernando Zuccotti 24050 Chris Ferguson 24050 Hilbert Shirey 24025 Edward Brogdon 24000 Christophe Schaming 24000 Steve Shulman 23625 Greg Dyer 23600 Steve Friedlander 23400 Francis Cipriano 23375 William McDougall 23225 Barry Cole 23200 Shane Steinhour 23125 Enrico Soezlitann 23125 Benjamin Porter 23100 Jack Ury 23075 Michael Spegal 23000 Mark Newhouse 22925 Cory Drury 22850 Jonathan Brody 22775 Brian Pascal 22700 Laurent Basty 22650 William Rothstein 22300 Matthew Sedgeman 22150 Michael Ashton 22000 Edwin Ting 22000 Milan Andrejkovics 22000 Kara Scott 21925 Rick Martis 21800 Michael Sewell 21800 Jeffrey Robertson 21775 Ivan Zardo 21775 Carsten Joh 21725 Rayan Nathan 21575 Scott Carpenter 21375 Michael Goodwin 21350 David Rogers III 21325 Donald Dukate 21200 Adam Knepp 20825 Samuel Silk 20800 Nicolas Babel 20575 Tim Lahey 20525 Clark Hamagami 20425 Jason George 20325 Tanya Cagnotti 20325 Jeannette Levitt 20275 Soren Blanner 20250 Neehar Banerji 20100 Alessio Isaia 20000 Jani Sointula 19975 Andrea Kohler 19775 John Gordon 19750 Kurt Dandoy 19725 Randy Lorensen 19500 Ran Azor 19475 Larry Gurney 19475 Kostev Oleg 19425 Levi Rothman 19350 Regent Lacroix 19225 Craig Gold 19075 Aaron Rondon 18925 Patrick Bruel 18925 Barry Greenstein 18900 Bob Lo Riley 18725 Jason Poole 18675 Jack Boyd 18625 Erik Seidel 18550 Jorn Wacthaos 18500 Gabriel Tsang 18475 Barry Berger 18375 Damon Vann 18275 Jules Allam 18150 Emeline Boich 18075 Chris Levick 18050 Henry Ma 18050 Bahador Ahmadi 18000 John Ku 17975 Chris Tryba 17850 Wallace Owens 17800 Jamie Dawick 17750 Thomas McTeer 17625 Ed Lezcano 17575 Canel Frichet 17575 James Hayes 17550 Ari Levy 17425 Justin Kuzmicki 17325 Iowa Patrick 17175 Jose Santos 17125 Jerrod Ankenman 17100 Kenneth Moore 16950 Russell Ellison 16800 James Rudnick 16550 Michel Abecassis 16500 Randy McCrea 16350 Mark Cule 16350 Genci Shehu 16275 George Broussard 16125 David Flowers 15750 Joe Goott 15700 Carlos Mortensen 15425 Johan Bredberg 15375 Guy Cicconi 15350 Giuseppe Mannino 15325 Unkown Player 15275 James Wilkes 15225 Boris Fragin 15150 Matt Woodward 15150 Peter Kaemmerlen 14725 John Nelson 14725 Craig Burgess 14675 Dale Robke 14675 Gerald Foreman 14625 Patricia Bickley 14500 Michel Bouskila 14475 Gary Ellis 14200 Anthony Longoria 14100 Joseph Cordi 14100 Justin Hoffman 13900 Jason Lester 13850 Bill Edler 13800 Randy Walsh 13750 Ronald Singson 13425 Almeda Bishop 13075 Dan Wickett 13025 Dainel Upton 13025 John Giordano 12875 Michael Ashorn 12825 Nathan Tuthill 12825 Hans Pfister 12575 Kirill Rabtsov 12550 Richard Walker 12475 Rohan Barnett 12450 Alistair Hill 12225 Gysbert Van Doesburg 12100 David Cowling 12025 Ernest Koury 11900 Craig Altshuler 11825 William Fredrick 11725 Dennis St Arnoult 11675 Darren Monahan 11525 Timothy Donald Fisher 11025 Louie Cohen 11000 Ryan Belsky 10950 Victor Nunez 10950 Brian 'tsarrast' Rast 10900 Mike Caro 10850 Jason Loehde 10575 Joshua Worthington 10450 James Sileo 10200 Valdemar Kwaysser 9725 Karl Lennon 9575 Craig Issod 9525 Michael Soranson 9500 John Sttelemp 9400 Joe Awada 9125 John Michael 9100 Tom Pochert 8775 Allan Vcooman 8725 Billy 'The Croc' Argyros 8575 Larry Tschirhart 8500 Eddy Sabat 8275 David Einhorn 8025 Nardotto Enzo 7925 Dung Troung 7925 Jean-Pierre Verchere 7925 Matthew Elliott 7900 Huy Pham 7725 Jim McCrink 7325 Alex Kostic 6400 Yoon Chang Young 5775 John Hanson 5475 Fadi Ahmed 5475 Ryan Paluf 5425 Patrice Libert 5225 Tom Ahlberg 5200 David Cline 5200 Niclas Grote 5125 Tri Nguyen 5025 Mitchell McNamara 4275 Jim Kier 4200 Patrick Oâ??Connor 3875 Sam Khoueis DNR Luis Silva Salinas DNR Herbert Montalbano DNR Dan Harmetz DNR Player Unknown DNR
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:24:00
Sebok Takes Another Big One at the End
Coming to the table in the middle of preflop action, Joe Sebok had put in a hefty sized raise (probably reraise) to 5,500 before the small blind made it 15,000 to go. The original raiser behind folded and Sebok then moved all in causing the small blind some serious pain. Going deep into the tank to the point where the clock had stopped, he kept checking and rechecking his cards before eventually folding face up. Sebok then tapped the table but did not actually show his cards...
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:18:42
Sebok Reaches Into His ToolBox for the Hammer
Action folded to Joe Sebok in the hijack seat and he raised to 800. The player in the cutoff seat made the call and the two players took the flop of . Sebok fired a continuation bet of 1,200 and his opponent immediately called. The turn summoned the and Sebok checked. He was immediately met with a check behind. The river was the , prompting a bet of 3,000 from his opponent. Almost as soon as Sebok's chips hit the felt, his opponent's followed. Sebok tabled the monster starting hand that is the to make two pair and his opponent mucked.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:14:04
Big Stack Watch
It looks as though our chip leader heading into the last three hands is Mr. Brandon Demes, on 140,000. Plenty of things can happen in three hands, though...
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:12:20
Three Hands Left
Whoop! The clock has been stopped and although the TD congratulated everyone on making Day 2, there are three hands between them and Day 2 glory...
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:09:28
Wright Gets Wronged, Twice
With the board reading , Walter Wright checked his option from the small blind. Fabrizio La Spada then bet out 1,500 from the cutoff. Wright min-raised back to 3,000 before La Spada put in another raise to 10,000. Without hesistating, Wright pushed in his remaining stack, only to find a snap call from La Spada.
Showdown:
Wright: La Spada: Drawing almost dead, Wright was able to gather some hope when the hit the turn. The river didn't produce his miracle one-outer when the came, leaving Wright crippled to 2,025. A few hands later, Wright moved all in preflop with two red kings. His opponent held two red cards as well, . Another sick hand for Wright as the board ran out eight high to eliminate him from the tournament.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:08:53
He Ain't Hoivold, He's My Doubler
Andreas Hoivold bet out 1,300 on a harmless looking flop only for his opponent to raise to 6,300. Hoivold reraised all in to cover his opponent, who only had around 10,000 behind, and they were on their backs. Hoivold: Mr. Opponent: Turn: River: A double up for the ubiquitous Mr. Opponent, while Hoivold drops to 41,000.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:04:12
Sabat Doubles Again
And Eddy Sabat is doing rather well at this all-in-and-needing-to-win thing. He just doubled once more to 9,000 after successfully racing against after the board came .
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:04:12
Hot Wada
Joe Awada has taken a bit of a hit after calling a preflop raise into his big blind. He check-called a 1,250 bet on the flop, and bet out 1,225 on the turn. His opponent made it 3,625, though, and Awada folded. His opponent waved for an absolute bluff.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:04:07
Maimone Takes a Hit
Nick Maimone has just taken a hit after calling the all in of a short-stacked opponent. The board was when the chips went into the middle with Maimone showing for a queen-high flush, but his opponent tabled for the ace-high flush. The river bricked and Maimone drops back to 110,000.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:59:11
Paluf and Interesting
"All in and call!" bellowed a gentleman who was not the dealer, and various media types scurried over to witness it. The gentleman in question was one Ryan Paluf. His opponent tabled . "Oh no," said the rather excitable Paluf, that's impossible." He turned over . "Come on," he continued, "Freeroll me one time." But the flop came down rainbow. "Oh, no fun," said Paluf, but still didn't sit back down. "Sickest hand ever," he announced, "Made by space aliens." A moment later there was a second Paluf cry of, "All in and call!" but there were no takers this time and he showed the table pocket eights. "Come on, doesn't someone have tens this time?"
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:58:03
Sometimes You Know It's Coming
From the button, Juha Helppi was holding when he floated the 900-chip bet from his opponent in middle position when the flop read . Perhaps Helppi sensed something as he raised when the fell on the turn and then fired another 7,000 as the river also fell favorably with the . His opponent made the call, raised his eyebrows and mucked as Helppi has recovered well from being short earlier in the day to now be at 48,500 chips.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:52:09
Everyone's Looking to Beat the Odds
Actor, singer, and WSOP bracelet holder Patrick Bruel has been playing a patient game today at his table, tucked away over in a corner of the Amazon Room. He has been folding most hands and largely staying out of trouble. He currently is sitting with 26,500. Bruel has acted in dozens of films and recorded several best-selling albums. His 2002 CD of duets Entre Deux sold over two million copies in France. He won his WSOP bracelet in 1998 in a $5,000 Limit Hold'em event. Bruel is sitting near the large screen television on which is playing a replay of the Buster Douglas-Mike Tyson heavyweight title fight from 1990 where Douglas scored one of the biggest, most unexpected upsets in sports history. Bruel is chatting with his table mates about having seen Tyson fight various times, though none was at that fight in Tokyo when Douglas shocked the world. Douglas was over a 40-to-1 underdog in that one. Kind of an appropriate backdrop for an event where, really, everyone -- even the established champs and former bracelet holders -- is an underdog to win.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:50:23
Grondin Flush with Chips
Four players including Laurence Grondin took a flop of . Grondin led the betting, firing 2,400 into the middle with all three opponents making the call. The turn landed the and the action checked to a late position player who fired 6,000. One folded, as Grondin and another opponent both made the call as a big pot was brewing. On the river, Grondin took control once again with a healthy 20,000-chip bet which was called by only the LP player. Incredibly it was for the ace-high flush for Grondin versus for the king-high flush for her opponent. Grondin collects the monstrous and now sits well placed for Day 2 action with 84,000 chips.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:50:16
Lucky Man
Jim Bookstaff's impressive 120,000 stack was there, but he was not. Well, 120,000 in level four entitles you to stroll off for a while, doesn't it? While I was examining his stack, one of his table mates piped up. "His name is I Hit Everything," he informed me, wistfully. "Flushes, gutshots..." Several other table residents began to speak up with their various bad beat stories as your blogger quietly backed away from the table...
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:44:50
Sabat Hits the River
Eddy Sabat has doubled up after he fired his last 2,300 all in preflop with only to be called by the button's . The flop looked unhelpful but the beautiful gave many more outs, one of which was the that came on the river. Sabat is now back up to about 6,000.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:43:39
Rios Chips Up
Jesse Rios is now up to a commanding 112,000 chips after check-calling 900 on the flop, 1,000 on the turn, before the river was checked down on a board of . Rios tabled and took it down with a pair of aces as his opponent showed for a pair of jacks.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:42:39
Hearn Tries to Freeroll Willis
Catherine Hearn had Bobby Willis all in on the turn with the board reading . Willis held and Hearn held . The two had the same made hand as each other, but Hearn was freerolling to a flush. The river didn't produce another heart with the and the two players chopped the pot.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:35:52
Killing the Woolf
Dustin Woolf raised to 1,000 from the cutoff and then the small blind reraised to 15,600 and was all in. Woolf made the call all in when action got back to him holding . His opponent held . The board ran out with Woolf's opponent holding the only diamond to make the flush. Woolf was sent to the rail.
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:32:51
Davis Can't Beat Aces
With the board showing , Raymond Davis' opponent cut out a bet of 6,000 and pushed it forward, and Davis considered for some time before making the call. His opponent showed , and Davis mucked. He's now at 55,800.