Chips! These Guys Have Them
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Chris Ferguson: not doing well on 3,000
Neil Channing: doing even less well on 2,000
Liya Gerasimova: 16,800
Phil Hellmuth: 9,000
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$2,995,720
Entries
1,646
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Chris Ferguson: not doing well on 3,000
Neil Channing: doing even less well on 2,000
Liya Gerasimova: 16,800
Phil Hellmuth: 9,000
Hellmuth Called with Five-Six
A player raised to 525 and Hellmuth made it 1,225 total. A call, and a flop.
Flop:
Both players checked, and moved on to the turn.
Turn:
It checked to Hellmuth who bet 700; his opponent called and they saw a river.
River:
Hellmuth's opponent considered, and then announced, "I'm afraid you'll check, so I'll bet." He wasn't sure how much to bet though, so Hellmuth suggested 2,350. Duly, the gentleman bet 2,350 and Hellmuth called. His opponent flipped over
for a flush."He called my raise with five-six!" lamented a horrified Hellmuth. "I wanna throw up! He won't last 20 minutes, I'm going to take all his chips."
The next hand Hellmuth raised it up, declaring it a, "steam raise." He took it down on the flop.
Eastgate Busts
Ferguson Busts, Moves to the Mixed Event
Ferguson:
Cutoff:
Board:
"Goodbye," said a not too heartbroken Ferguson. "Mixed games," he declared, rubbing his hands, wished everyone good luck, and wandered off.
Watching the Ladies
Liya Gerasimova: 18,800
Beth Shak: 3,900 with a horrible little Yorkie dog toy thing perched atop her chips
J.J. Liu: 7,900
Sandra Naujoks: 10,200
Mandy Baker: 4,100
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Mahrenholz Crippled
flop. Mr Small Blind checked and Mahrenholz bet, only for Mr Small Blind to raise. Mahrenholz pushed, the small blind called all in, and they were on their proverbial backs.Mahrenholz:
Mr Small Blind:
Turn:
River:
Mahrenholz is down to exactly 1,000, and is, we suspect, not long for this tournament.
Not Shedding Chips
board. Not sure exactly how this all came to pass as I only caught the very tail end of the hand, but Shedd's pocket nines were good against his opponents' respective 
and .
We're Chip Counting
TJ Cloutier: 16,800
Perry Friedman: 21,000
Jim Meehan: 16,200
Scott Montgomery: 24,000
Shannon Shorr: 13,000
Bill Gazes: 11,200
Jan von Halle: 4,600
J.C. Tran: 11,600
Kathy Liebert: 9,000
Tom McEvoy: 11,700
Jason Mercier: a whopping 47,000, much of this due to a curious hand where he held pocket queens against an opponent's raggy ace. An ace on the flop, but a queen on the river. He is, incidentally, wearing his shiny new gold bracelet.
No More Naujoks
on the turn of a 
board. Her opponent had aces, though, and without any miracle straights, trips or similar on the completely blank river, she is gone.