Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-06-2009 08:11 UTC-12

Andy Black Rivers a Flush

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We caught this hand in progress as Andy Black and his opponent both checked the turn on a board of {4-Spades}

.

The player in early position led out for 1,400 when the {J-Spades}

fell on the river and Black called, showing {10-Spades}

for the flush.

Black is now sitting with about 17,000 chips.

06-06-2009 08:16 UTC-12

When the player in middle position raised to 150 preflop, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier re-raised to 525. Action folded back to the original raiser, who made the call.

Both players checked the flop of {9-Diamonds}

and the middle position player bet 700 when the {4-Spades}

appeared on the turn. Elky called, and called another 1,600 bet after the {Q-Clubs}

hit the river.

The first player tabled {10-Clubs}

for second pair, which wasn't enough to beat Elky's {A-Clubs}

. Elky now has 18,500 chips.

06-06-2009 08:48 UTC-12

Rousso Takes Another Pot

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Vanessa Rousso called a preflop raise of 425 from the big blind, as did another player who had limped from under-the-gun.

After the original raiser bet 900 on a flop of {K-Diamonds}

, Rousso put in a min check-raise to 1,800. The player under-the-gun folded, and the middle position player called.

Rousso led for 2,500 at the {Q-Spades}

on the turn, forcing a fold. The pot brought her chip stack to about 17,000.

06-06-2009 09:03 UTC-12

A Packed Table

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Table 16 has developed into a who's who of professional poker. The current line up consists of:

Seat 3 - Russell Rosenblum
Seat 5 - Praz Bansi
Seat 6 - Andy Black
Seat 7 - Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Seat 8 - Amanda Baker
Seat 9 - Eugene Todd

06-06-2009 09:07 UTC-12

Madsen Doubles Up His Short Stack

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Jeff Madsen got short stacked early on, but is managing to hold on.

After the cutoff raised to 400 preflop, Madsen pushed all in for 1,975 more from the button. He got the call and the hands were shown.

Cutoff: {Q-Spades}

Madsen:

When the board ran out {J-Clubs}

, Madsen held on and built his stack back to 5,000.

06-06-2009 09:07 UTC-12

Break

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We've reached our first break of the day. Players will be back in 20 minutes.

06-06-2009 09:30 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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After a moment of silence for the 65th anniversary of D-Day and the day's bracelet presentation, play has resumed in our event.

Blinds are now at 75/150.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-06-2009 09:48 UTC-12

Andy Black's Running Well

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Praz Bansi raised to 350 preflop and got called by Andy Black.

Black called another 550 after a flop of {Q-Clubs}

and both players then checked the {3-Diamonds}

on the turn. Bansi checked the {A-Clubs}

on the river and folded to Black's 1,000 chip bet.

Black now has a stack of about 32,000.

06-06-2009 09:48 UTC-12

Some Other Notable Stacks

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Here are some more chip counts from around the room.

David Pham - 21,000
Victor Ramdin - 19,500
Peter Eastgate - 16,500
Eric Liu - 23,000
Hevad Khan - 13,000
Steve Brecher - 13,000
Jerry Yang - 20,000
Vanessa Rousso - 24,000
Gavin Smith - 12,800