2009 World Series of Poker

Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
$639,331
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,641
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Tough Times for Tran

A short-stacked player was all in with {A-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} against Theo Tran's {6-Spades} {6-Clubs}. The board ran out {Q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} as Tran shook his head in disgust, seeing his pair beat on the river.

He is down to 1,250 following the hand.

Recent Eliminations

The field lost its beauty
The field lost its beauty
With the fast-paced action of today's event, we were unable to catch the following players elimination hands.

Chad Batista
Jonathan Little
Erica Schoenberg
Kristy Gazes
Phil 'USCphildo' Collins

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Hellmuth Eliminated

Hellmuth heading home
Hellmuth heading home
With a raise to 600 and a call, Phil Hellmuth raised the action to 3,100.

The original raiser folded, before the opponent in the middle raised to put Hellmuth and his last 550 into the pot. Hellmuth obliged and the cards were tabled.

Hellmuth: {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Opponent: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

The flop of {6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} changed little, but when the {10-Hearts} fell on the turn Hellmuth was left drawing dead and immediately stood up to leave.

When the {4-Diamonds} landed on the river Hellmuth muttered, "oh, it's so brutal" and climbed under the barrier past the many onlookers.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

JC Tran Eliminated

JC Tran in action
JC Tran in action
JC Tran has been sent to the rail when he got all his money in on a nine-high flop with three clubs holding a pair and flush draw.

His opponent held {K-Spades}{K-Clubs} to leave Tran outs for only two-pair or trips, and when the board blanked out, Tran was sent home.

Tags: JC Tran

Counts From Around The Room

Brett 'gank' Jungblut - 20,900
Jesse Rios - 20,500
Ivan Demidov - 17,800
Paul Parker - 13,700
Joe Tehan - 12,500
Eddie Sabat - 12,000
Liv Boeree - 11,800
Neil Channing - 11,250

. . . and at the other end of the scale

Allan Kessler - 3,900
Hevad Khan - 3,500
Kevin Saul - 3,400
Theo Tran - 2,075
Sam Simon - 1,800
Anna Wroblewski - 1,700

The Oracle Gets it Wrong

Roy Winston in action
Roy Winston in action
A player in early position limped in and Roy Winston raised to 925 from middle position.

The player in the cutoff pushed all in for 4,850 with only Winston making the call.

Winston: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out eight-high and Winston was left with just 775, busting from the tournament a few hands later.

Tags: Roy Winston

GBecks Busts

GBecks goes busto!
GBecks goes busto!
With the board reading {Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and about 1,500 in the middle, Garrett 'GBecks' Beckman check-raised all in for 4,500 over his opponent's 900-chip bet.

Sitting in the tank for nearly three minutes, his opponent made the call and tabled {7-Spades}{6-Clubs} for two-pair to be ahead of Beckman's {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

The river landed the {10-Hearts} to see Beckman head to the rail just prior to the break.

Tags: Garrett Beckman