2009 World Series of Poker

Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
$586,212
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$3,084,900
Entries
1,695
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

Day 1 is in the Books

Corwin Cole - Day 1 Chip Leader
Corwin Cole - Day 1 Chip Leader
It was an action-packed day as 1,695 players assembled throughout the Rio's tournament rooms to start the $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'em event.

As usual, a number of big names were visible throughout the field, with pros like Kathy Liebert, Joe Sebok, Scott Seiver, Jonathan Little and Andy Black all making appearances. Most of the pros - like most of the field - failed to make Day 2, with just 213 returning when we restart tomorrow.

Corwin Cole will own the big stack tomorrow with nearly 185,700 chips. He'll be followed closely by Guillaume de la Gorce and Chino Rheem, who was chip leader for most of the day.

Join us again at 2PM tomorrow as we play our way down toward a final table.

Jason Gray Breaks the Century Mark

In a relatively small hand, Jason Gray raised to 2,400 from the cutoff and Lika Gerasimov made the call from the button.

Gray bet 3,600 more on a flop of {A-Hearts}{5-Spades}{6-Spades}, and Gerasimov called before both players checked the rest of the board which finished {3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. When Gray showed {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} for top pair, Gerasimov mucked.

Gray now has 108,000 while Gerasimov has 24,000.

Play Gets Tight in Final Minutes

Not counting the hand we just reported on Chino Rheem, most of the chip leaders have pretty well locked up their stacks with just six hands left in today's action.

There are still some fireworks around the room as shorter stacks try to improve their positions before play resumes tomorrow, but overall, most hands are being one with just a preflop raise at this stage of the night.

Chino Takes a Late Hit

We're sure this isn't how Chino Rheem wants his night to end.

Rheem's opponent got all in on a flop of {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and showed {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} for top set while Rheem held {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for a flush draw. When Rheem bricked out with the {3-Clubs} and {5-Clubs}, his stack shrunk back to 68,000.

Two Down

Bryan Micon and Eric Lynch each made deep runs today, but couldn't finish. They've both been eliminated in the past few minutes.

A Double Up for Binger

Michael Binger pushed all in for 10,000 and got called by the big blind, only to find he was racing his {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} versus {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}.

Binger took the lead with a flop of {2-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{K-Spades}, and held on as the board finished {6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. He now has 23,000.

Liebert's Night is Done

A short-stacked Kathy Liebert pushed all in from the cutoff and got called by Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri from the small blind.

Liebert showed {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and couldn't beat Barbieri's {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} on a board of {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{K-Spades}{5-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. Barbieri now has a stack worth 33,000.

O'Dwyer Goes Down with Kings

Steve O'Dwyer raised to 2,000 from early position and was called by the big blind. When the flop came {5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}, O'Dwyer bet 1,200 and got check-raised to 3,200.

When O'Dwyer shoved for 9,000, he got the call and saw the bad news as his pocket kings were drawing almost dead to his opponent's flopped straight with {9-?} {8-?}. A {6-?} on the turn ended the hand and a meaningless {10-?} on the river sent O'Dwyer home.

Presto! Shaun Deeb Loses Chips

Sean Deeb called his opponent's 23,400 all-in preflop bet with pocket fives and found himself way behind pocket jacks.

When Deeb couldn't connect, his opponent doubled and Deeb's stack fell to 63,000.