Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-04-2009 10:32 UTC-12

Hellmuth Only Three Hours Late

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Just as we were about to head into level 4, Phil Hellmuth appeared and shook hands with everybody at a particular table. Then he sat down at the same table and assessed his 5,325 remaining after three hours of blinds. He is expected to play some hands shortly; please stand by.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-04-2009 10:26 UTC-12

Missing, Presumed Busted

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It is of course rather difficult actually to confirm that people are gone unless we see them bust with our own eyes, but the fates of the following players are currently in question, owing to the empty spaces that comprise their former seats.

- Nicky Evans
- Nicolas Levi
- Marc Naalden

Also missing in action is Neil Channing -- although curiously he has left his chips behind. A dwindling stack remains in the place where he ought to be, but he hasn't been back to his seat since the break. Yikes. If anyone sees him, send him back to the Amazon Room...

06-04-2009 10:11 UTC-12

Ridiculous Hand Won by Ridiculous Hands

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Four players saw a {K-Spades}

flop, and Will Fry bet 300. He looked somewhat surprised to get two callers. Fry started giggling, and all three proceeded to check down the {J-Clubs}

turn and

river. "Er... I have a four," volunteered Fry, but both his opponents turned over the mighty {10-?}

offsuit to win the pot. Hilarity all round.

Tags: Will Fry

06-04-2009 10:07 UTC-12

The Miranda Room in Numbers

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Oh yes, not content with taking over half the Amazon Room, our $2,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament has spread all the way down the corridor to the almost-as-vast Miranda Room. Among the runners holed up in there for the afternoon or until they bust are these luminaries:

Liya Gerasimova: well ahead on 19,500
Mike Ellis: 5,800, an excellent recovery
David "LeKnave" Jones: 10,000
Jason Mercier (now of course the proud owner of a Diamond rewards card after that little ceremony earlier): 13,500
Adam Levy: 5,000

There is also a remarkable prominence of hats over in the Miranda Room.

Cowboy hats: 3
Baseball caps: average 3 per table, so with 21 tables it's approximately 63
Yellow fisherman hat: 1

Not to mention the dude in the photo. Not really sure what he's dressed up as, but there you go.

There is also a curious aroma of hamster cage as one enters the room, but I would not like to speculate about its origins.

06-04-2009 09:43 UTC-12

Who Else Is Here, and How Many Chips Do They Have?

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A few late arrivals, or possibly just familiar faces we managed to miss during earlier rounds of our two vast tournament rooms:

- Peter Eastgate, on 5,000 currently and enjoying a massage
- be-hatted Frenchman Nicolas Levi, fresh off his final table finish at the Grand Prix de Paris and right now sitting on 3,500
- Maridu Mayrinck: 4,000
- Allen Cunningham: 6,400
- Chris Ferguson: 5,600
- noticed earlier, but seems to fit in well with the chip count theme of the post, Sandra Naujoks: 6,600

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-04-2009 09:28 UTC-12

Stop! Bracelet Time

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Play will resume very shortly, after the bracelet ceremony on a very tiny stage near the televised final table. Diamond rewards cards have been issued, and the national anthem is currently playing. Some people are standing with hands on hearts, others are seated and itching for play to restart. Surreal.

06-04-2009 09:05 UTC-12

Breaktime

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Off the the players go for 20 happy minutes in the sunshine/Poker Kitchen/queue for the men's room.

A couple chip counts in the meantime:

TJ Cloutier: 8,000
Ylon Schwartz: 4,500
Jan von Halle: 8,000
Masa Kagawa: 6,000
Rick Trigg: 10,000
Anton Allemann: 13,500

06-04-2009 08:54 UTC-12

Two Pair No Good for Tovish

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A poor first few levels for Nina Tovish. Sharing a table with Masa Kagawa, she's down to a precarious 2,150 already. "I got snapped off," she said, apparently running two pair into a better two pair. Still hanging in, though.

Tags: Nina Tovish