Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-13-2009 12:53 UTC-12

Jason Mercier Advances

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Jason Mercier is the most recent victor of the first round, advancing over another unknown opponent.

06-13-2009 12:52 UTC-12

Will Not Thrilled at the Moment

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Will "The Thrill" Failla has just been knocked down to 9,000 chips, and he was not happy about it. The board showed {Q-Spades}

. Failla bet 1,500 on the flop, and 3,000 on the turn with his opponent calling both bets. Both players checked the river, and Failla's foe tabled {Q-?}

. It was the winner; Failla looked to be steaming as he flung his cards into the muck.

Tags: Will Failla

06-13-2009 12:45 UTC-12

Yevgeniy Timoshenko Defeats Barry Greenstein

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Yevgeniy Timoshenko won his first round match against Barry Greenstein in the second level.

Enjoying the victory, Timoshenko is walking around the tournament area showing off his signed copy of Barry's "Ace On The River".

Tags: Barry Greenstein Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

06-13-2009 12:44 UTC-12

Dwan vs. Le: Tug of War

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Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Nam Le are tangled up in what has to be the toughest match in the room. On a flop showing {10-Hearts}

, Dwan bet out 1,700, and Le called.

Fourth street was the {5-Spades}

, and both players checked. When the {7-Spades}

hit the river, Dwan grabbed chips and looked like he wanted to make a bet. After a moment though, he thought better and both he and Le checked.

Nam Le tabled {A-Diamonds}

, and it was good enough to win him the pot and give him just a very slight lead over durrrr.

06-13-2009 12:34 UTC-12

Rajkumar vs. Ng: Vivek Crippled

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Vivek Rajkumar raised with the button to 600, and Evelyn Ng reraised to 1,700. Rajkumar four-bet it to 5,200, and Ng made the call.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}

. Ng led out into the pot with a bet of 4,500, and Rajkumar called. Fourth street came the {K-Clubs}

, and Ng passed this time. Rajkumar bet 10,500, Ng moved all in, and Rajkumar called.

Showdown
Ng: {A-Diamonds}

Rajkumar:

Rajkumar had flopped two pair to put Ng in danger of elimination. The river would bring the {A-Clubs}

though, improving the lady to the winning trip aces and sending Rajkumar down to 7,000.

Tags: Evelyn Ng Vivek Rajkumar

06-13-2009 12:33 UTC-12

Level 2

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Players move to Level 2 with blinds of 150/300.

In this heads-up tournament, blind levels will be only 20 minutes.

06-13-2009 12:28 UTC-12

Two Done

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Hoyt Corkins has won his first-round battle already, standing up from his chair and looking around the room with a lost stare in his eyes. We're not 100% sure who he beat as it happened so quickly, but we think it may have been Jonathan Little.

EDIT: It wasn't Little. It was Vadim Trincher.

And just now, the second match has ended, as Justin "BoostedJ" Smith dispatched with an unrecognizable online player.

06-13-2009 12:28 UTC-12

More Match-Ups

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Noah Schwartz vs. Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro

Tom "Durrrr" Dwan vs. Nam Le

Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf vs. Ryan Young

J.C. Tran vs. Dario Minieri

Joe Cappello vs. Peter Eastgate

Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Barry Greenstein

Mohsin Charania vs. Ted Forrest

Level: 2

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0