2009 World Series of Poker

Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$666,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,809,715
Entries
2,791
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Completed

That's a Wrap - Day 1 Complete

Day 1 Chip Leader Victor Greeley
Day 1 Chip Leader Victor Greeley
Day 1 of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event has come to an end. And what a day it was.

2,971 players kicked off the event and, when play ended for the night, just 337 remain. It will be a short trip to the money when the players return at 2PM tomorrow, as 297 will get paid.

A lot of big names didn't make it to the money, with players such as Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Justin Bonomo, Freddy Deeb, Vanessa Rousso, and David Singer all busting fairly early in the day. Not all of the name players are gone though, with folks like Brandon Cantu, Shaun Deeb, Alex Jacob, Lee Childs, Jim Meehan, and Grant Hinkle all returning for Day 2.

Five of the biggest stacks returning tomorrow belong to:

Victor Greely - 195,300
Jerry "Mike" Fowler - 183,200
Gary Tang - 145,300
Jacob Fernandez - 123,000
Paul Dominski - 102,300

We'll be here too when play resumes, so be sure to follow the all of the action starting at 2PM.

Blair Hinkle Eliminated

We caught up with Blair Hinkle on his way out of the tournament area. He said he busted in a blind vs. blind confrontation when he raised {Q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} from the small blind and the big blind called.

On a 4-5-6 rainbow board, Hinkle bet 4,800 and the big blind raised to 10,000. Hinkle shoved and he said the big blind tanked before finally making the call with {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for two pair.

The board bricked out and Hinkle's day was done.

It Had to Happen

Wandering through the room, we came on this hand in progress. Leo Whitt got all his chips in the middle with {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} vs. his opponent's {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}.

Whitt doubled up his stack when the board came {4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}, giving him the nut flush.

Whitt now has about 30,000 chips.

Chip Count Update

A few stacks worth mentioning.

Lee Childs - 58,000
Minneapolis Jim Meehan - 46,400
Blair Hinkle - 25,000
Grant Hinkle - 45,000
Alex Jacob - 39,000
Sandra Naujoks - 52,100
Brandon Cantu - 56,000
Clark Hamagami - 35,300
Michael Pesek - 53,000
Michael Martin - 28,000
Francois Safieddine - 50,000
Joe Tehan - 38,000
Phil Tom - 13,000
Shaun Deeb - 20,500

Recently busted players include Scott Freeman and Matt Brady.

New Chip Leader

Victor Greely has taken over the chip lead. He's sitting on a stack of 185,000. Our previous chip leader, Gary Tang, is still sitting comfortably with a stack of 145,000.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Joe Tehan Doubles Up

Joe Tehan raised to 2,100 preflop and got reraised to 10,000. Tehan tanked for about 2 minutes before pushing his remaining stack into the middle.

He was called and Tehan showed {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} while his opponent held {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}. A flop of {3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} gave Tehan the lead, and he held on when the board ran out {10-Clubs}{4-Hearts}.

Tehan now has a little more than 40,000 chips.

Notable Chip Counts

Sandra Naujoks - 40,000
Brandon Cantu - 46,000
Michael Pesek - 36,000
Michael Martin - 33,000
Matt Brady - 15,000
Gary Tang - 145,000 (chip leader)
Shaun Deeb - 35,000
Scott Freeman - 27,000
Alex Jacob - 12,000
Blair Hinkle - 36,000
Grant Hinkle - 43,000