Patience from Phillips
Phillips, too, paused for 20 seconds or so before letting it go. He has about 6,000 at the moment.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,095
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Phillips, too, paused for 20 seconds or so before letting it go. He has about 6,000 at the moment.
Sizing Up the Field
More Faces
Miami John Cernuto had been here, but he was recently eliminated in a hand by Anthony Yeh. Yeh is up over 20,000 now.
Grospellier's Stack Grows
, and the big blind led out for 750. Grospellier promptly raised to 2,875, causing the both of his opponents to fold.Grospellier has 9,000.
Watching Out for de Wolfe
De Wolfe was in the big blind again and once again the table folded to the short-stacked player on the button. He shot de Wolfe a quick look, then folded. The small blind then made a small raise, which de Wolfe quickly called.
The flop came
. The SB checked, and de Wolfe grabbed a light blue (500) chip and tossed it out, the chip rolling to the center of the table and resting with the others. The SB quickly folded, and de Wolfe showed him one card -- the 
. "I didn't want anything to do with that," said de Wolfe's opponent.
De Wolfe is off to a good start, up past the 10,000-chip mark.
Music to Singer's Ears
. The original raiser bet 400, and Singer called. The turn was the 
, and this time Singer called his opponent's bet of 1,000.The river brought the
and a check from the MP player. Singer pushed out a stack big enough to put his opponent all-in. His opponent tossed his cards to the dealer, tapped the felt, and said the phrase that is always music to a player's ears: "Nice hand, sir."Singer has 8,500.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Break Time
Froehlich Moves Forward
, Eric "E-Fro" Froehlich bet 800 and his opponent called. The river was the 
, and this time Froehlich bet 2,000, causing his opponent to fold.E-Fro has about 6,500.
Good Play Yeh
, a middle position player checked, Anthony Yeh bet 550, his opponent check-raised to 1,550, and Yeh responded by pushing all in."Good play, man, good play" said Yeh's opponent as he let it go. Yeh is up to 14,000.