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

Event 11 Kicks Off at Noon

[user46392]
[user46392]
It's time to dig deep, No Limit Hold'em fans -- no less than 2,000 American spondoolies are required to play this event. Nevertheless, completely ignoring recessions and the like, we are expecting another record-breaking field to stump up the cash and get down to business. Join us from noon Vegas time for all the action from the floor.

Play Starting Any Minute Now

[user46392]
[user46392]
Players are now drifting in and taking their seats while the TD urges them all to download the complete WSOP rules from the website. The board currently says we have 1,422 runners, so expect a little more than that to constitute the official number a little later in the day.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Plenty More Where They Came From

[user46392]
[user46392]
Some more well-known faces who have made it to the Amazon and/or Miranda Rooms for roughly the start of the tournament:

- Joe Sebok
- Shaun Deeb
- Scott Clements
- One of last year's Hinkle bracelet winners, Blair Hinkle
- EPT maestro John Duthie
- RnB sensation turned poker enthusiast Nelly
- APT winner, WPT winner and ever-present Russian Yevgeniy Timoshenko
- Men "The Master" Nguyen
- Brand new bracelet winner and serial tournament do-weller Jason Mercier
- The very lovely Liya Gerasimova
- Tiffany Michelle
- Pokernews Cup winner and EPT Grand Final finalist Marc Naalden
- Irish Open winner Neil Channing
- November Niner Ylon Schwartz
- UK online legend Chris Moorman

Phew, And we're just getting started.

Further Recognizables

[user46392]
[user46392]
Also verifiably here:

- JC Tran
- Lee Watkinson
- the extremely lovely Liv Boeree
- Theo Tran
- UK circuit regular Mike Ellis, who has managed to lose half his stack already but won't share the details in case his tablemates pick up too much information from eavesdropping
- EPT Budapest winner Will Fry
- Swiss pro Anton Allemann
- legendary cookie impersonator TJ Cloutier

More Chips for Moorman

[user46392]
[user46392]
The online legend that is Chris Moorman has upped his stack to 10,200 early doors after his {J-Clubs} {9-Clubs} turned the nuts on an {8-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} board -- his opponent was clearly inclined to pay him off, and it's a good start for the young Brit.

Tags: Chris Moorman

Fry Doesn't Take the Bait

[user46392]
[user46392]
A fine start for Will Fry, as he managed to lose virtually nothing when his opponent checked down an {A-?} {5-?} {5-?} {A-?} X board to the river -- at which point the opponent bet and Fry passed quickly. His disappointed adversary showed him pocket aces for quads.

Tags: Will Fry

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

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