2009 World Series of Poker

Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠10♦
Prize
$569,199
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$2,995,720
Entries
1,646
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
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Franklin Captains the Table

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Mere moments after doubling up with that fortuitous four card flush, Tom Franklin doubled up again with pocket queens on a nine-high board; whatever the other guy had, it couldn't beat the ladies.

He's up to an above-average 40,000 now from down to virtually the felt about five minutes back.

Tags: Captain Tom Franklin

Four-Card-Flush-A-Go-Go

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It wasn't looking fantastic for Perry Friedman when he got his chips in preflop with {J-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} against another player's {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}, but oh, the drama.

Board: {9-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} and Friedman was back in the game.

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Over on Table Hellmuth, in an entirely unrelated but almost simultaneous incident, Captain Tom Franklin got his chips in with {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades} against another player's {K-Spades} {J-Spades} -- it looks as though the chips went in on the flop rather than before it.

Board: {4-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts}

Look! Another flush! Captain Tom stays in. "I got beat," said his opponent, rather unnecessarily.

Tags: Captain Tom FranklinPerry Friedman

Assorted Chip Counts

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Mark Friedman: 48,000
Jeffrey Vanchiro: 51,500
Jeffrey Hakim: 17,500
Kathy Liebert: 8,000
Scott Clements: 31,000
T.J. Cloutier: 47,000
Jim Meehan: 28,000
Phil Hellmuth: 33,000
Tom Franklin: 15,000
Jason Mercier: 66,000
Tom McEvoy: 22,000

And by the by, here are a few players who are long gone, but their exits were not otherwise reported.

Chad Batista
David "LeKnave" Jones
Chris Moorman
Shaun Deeb
Joe Sebok
John Duthie
Kelly Kim
Steve Paul-Ambrose
David Phan
Nelly
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Men "The Master" Nguyen

Where Do Those Chips Go?

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Looks as though we could be seeing a total decimation of the field -- in the past few minutes we have witnessed at least four players all in for just their ante. Remarkable.

Pope Does Not Like Ladies

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Tommy Pope has dropped right down from his earlier high point of 92,000 to his current 58,000. More than 20,000 of it evaporated just now, when his pocket queens got thoroughly whupped by Danny Noam's {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} on a {Q-Clubs} {K-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {6-Spades} board. Looks as though the chips went in on the turn, and Noam is now up to maybe 45,000.

Aguiar We Having Fun Yet?

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A full double up for a sanguine Jonathan Aguiar, enjoying a massage and entirely not rising to his opponent's exasperated, "I can't beat you, man!" as the cards were turned over. With a fair bit of betting pre, the rest of the chips went in on the flop.

Aguiar: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}
Exasperated opponent: {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs}

Board: {4-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}

Aguiar is up to 40,000 or so, while Mr Exasperated is down to a felt-skimming 5,000.

Perry not so Merry

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Still smiling, though
Still smiling, though
Just before the break, Perry Friedman found himself involved in a rather upsetting three-way pot. The gent on the cutoff raised all in for not many chips, and the gent on the button called. Over to big blind Friedman, who announced all in. Eventually the button called, and they were on their backs, Friedman well ahead.

Friedman: {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}
Cutoff: a rather optimistic {2-Hearts} {3-Hearts}
Button: {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds}

Board: an unbelievably exciting {K-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {4-Hearts} to give Mr Cutoff a flush, taking the main pot, and Mr Button a straight to take the sizable side pot.

"WOO!" declared Mr Button. "WOO! WOO!" and banged his fist on the table in a rather ungentlemanly manner. It was loud and brash enough for one of the floormen to upbraid him: "Sir, there is no need to beat the furniture."

Friedman is down to 23,000.

Tags: Perry Friedman

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