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

06-06-2009 17:15 UTC-12

Hellmuth Eliminated

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Phil Hellmuth was knocked out of the event after pushing preflop with a pair of fives. He got called by the big blind holding {10-Diamonds}

, and was eliminated when the board ran {10-Clubs}

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06-06-2009 17:09 UTC-12

After the player in the cutoff limped into the pot, Phil Hellmuth raised to 2,600 from the small blind. The cutoff then reraised to 10,000, putting Hellmuth back on the boil.

"You know I have something right? But you think I'm weak," Hellmuth said as he riffled his remaining chips.

Hellmuth eventually mucked {A-Hearts}

face up. He's down to 7,025.

While Hellmuth's hand was happening, Tiffany Michelle was eliminated from the event.

06-06-2009 17:02 UTC-12

More Counts

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Here are some additional counts from around the room.

Chris Ferguson - 34,000
Captain Tom Franklin - 25,000
Gavin Griffin - 53,000
Chau Giang - 17,000
Hasan Habib - 32,000
Theo Tran - 38,000

06-06-2009 16:55 UTC-12

Quin Do Doubles Through Adam Junglen

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Quin Do pushed all in from under-the-gun for just over 8,000 and got called by Adam Junglen on the button.

Do showed {5-?}

versus Junglen's {A-Diamonds}

and held on to win the race when Junglen couldn't improve. Do now has 20,000 while Junglen slipped down to 18,000.

Other counts from around the room include:

Tiffany Michelle - 4,000
Dennis Phillips - 38,000
Barny Boatman - 24,000
Brian Lemke - 115,000
Bertrand Grospellier - 31,000
Mike Sexton - 40,000
Ted Forrest - 7,900
Andy Black - 12,300
Amanda Baker - 46,000
David Inselberg - 73,500

06-06-2009 16:38 UTC-12

Big Stacks

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We'll get more chip counts in a few minutes, but right now two of the biggest chip stacks in the room belong to Luke Staudenmaier and Jimmy Fricke, who are both up near 90,000.

06-06-2009 16:32 UTC-12

Paul Wolfe Eliminated

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We got to the table just as Paul Wolfe was shaking his opponent's hand and walking away.

Paul, who was short stacked, had pushed preflop with pocket sevens and was called by the button who held ace-queen. Paul was ahead all the way to the river on a board of {5-Clubs}

, but was done in when the {Q-Clubs}

completed the board.

Wolfe said he got short stacked a few hands earlier when he held {A-Hearts}

and called an all-in bet on a flop of 2-3-4. His opponent turned over {2-?}

for two pair, and caught his full house when the {4-Spades}

hit the turn.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

06-06-2009 16:22 UTC-12

"Action Bob"

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Walking around the room, Scott Seiver and Jonathan Little asked that we mention a player at their table they've dubbed "Action Bob".

Bob, who is wearing headphones and who didn't acknowledge our presence has, according to Little, "lost six pots in a row and still has chips." To be fair, Seiver added that at least two of the losses were due to bad beats where Bob got two-outed.

We'll keep an eye on Bob throughout the night. Little swears he'll be back up at 50,000 soon enough. Right now, Bob has 18,000 while Little has 27,000 and Seiver has 15,500.

06-06-2009 16:05 UTC-12

From Bad to Worse for Smith

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In the next hand after Jimmy Fricke joined the table, Gavin Smith and Vanessa Rousso tangled in a battle of the blinds.

Smith bet 1,100 on a flop of {6-Hearts}

and Rousso raised to 3,000. Both players checked the {K-Hearts}

on the turn, and Smith bet 2,800 when the {4-Diamonds}

hit the board. Rousso thought about the hand and stated, "That may be a defensive bet," before making the call.

Smith turned over {10-Hearts}

, but got notched by Rousso whose {9-Hearts}

gave her a better pair. The hand dropped Smith's stack to 14,000 and boosted Rousso's stack to 39,000.

06-06-2009 15:59 UTC-12

Jimmy Fricke "Slow Walks" to Table 1

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Jimmy Fricke took just a little longer than Gavin Smith would have liked when he took his new seat at Table 1.

Gavin, who had just posted the big blind, joked that Fricke "slow walked" his way to the table in order to avoid the hand. Fricke joins an all-star line-up at the table that also includes Vanessa Rousso, Josh Arieh, and Greg Raymer.