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39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day 1a Completed
to Frerichs' 
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, Maya Antonius led out for 2,800, the cutoff raised to 6,000 and after a short think, Antonius folded 
face-up. The cutoff nodded his head and was kind enough to let her know she'd made a good laydown by flashing 
.
but ran into an opponent's . Another queen on the flop all but sealed it for Johnston and he could not pull out a miracle on the turn or river.
on a board of 
. He looked good for a double-up when his opponent called with 
however the 
on the turn gave Sung's opponent the gutshot straight, leaving Sung in trouble. The 
on the river improved his opponent's hand to a flush to send Sung to the exit just short of a Day Two berth.
and lived to tell about it. Though his opponent flopped top pair, Helness hit another four for a set and doubled his stack to 28,000.
, star of ER Mekhi Phifer got the rest of his chips in the middle versus Maurice Hawkins. Phifer turned over for top pair and a flush draw, but Hawkins held 
for a set of fives.
, and Phifer is out. Hawkins currently has 65,000.