Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-18-2009 18:50 UTC-12

Marco Johnson Goes Out in Two Hands

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Marco Johnson shoved for 9,500 from early position and got called for less by the big blind. When the cards were shown, Johnson's queen-jack was dominated by his opponent's ace-jack.

When both players connected on a flop of {A-?}

, Johnson had some outs left. They didn't come with a {4-?}

on the turn or king on the river, leaving Johnson with just 1,500.

When Johnson pushed with ace-nine on the next hand, he ran into pocket tens, and couldn't improve.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-18-2009 18:44 UTC-12

Rheem Takes His Chips Back

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Chino Rheem raised to 2,200 from middle position and got re-raised to 7,600 by the player that forced him to lay down ace-king a few hands earlier.

Rheem made the call and both players checked through the turn on a board of {2-Diamonds}

. When the {9-Clubs}

fell on the river, Rheem led for 16,000 and got the call. He showed {9-Hearts}

for trips and took the pot, lifting his stack to 137,000.

06-18-2009 18:41 UTC-12

Shannon Shorr Triples Up

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Shannon Shorr raised to 2,200 from middle position and the cutoff raised to 5,900. When the button pushed all in for 16,400, Shorr called for less, and the cutoff joined in.

Shorr: {K-Clubs}

Cutoff:

Button:

A board of {3-Clubs}

gave Shorr a full house and the main pot worth 25,000, while the cutoff took the side pot.

06-18-2009 18:35 UTC-12

Rheem Makes a Big Laydown

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A player in early position raised to 2,100 and Chino Rheem upped the action to 6,600 from the small blind.

When the big blind pushed all in for 32,000, action folded back to Rheem who wasn't happy with the situation. After playing with his chips for awhile, Rheem started fishing for information.

"I have ace-king and I don't know what to do. I'm sure you've got two queens or better," he said. When his opponent remained silent, Rheem finally mucked his hand, leaving him with 95,000.

06-18-2009 18:23 UTC-12

Get Your Chip Counts

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Here are some stacks from around the room.

Eric Lynch - 6,800
Rob Hollink - 13,000
Kenna James - 34,000
J.J. Liu - 9,000
Eugene Todd - 47,000
Chino Rheem - 95,000
Rafe Furst - 19,000
Steve O'Dwyer - 12,000
Michael Binger - 50,000
Allen Le - 27,000
Christian Harder - 75,000
Robert Cheung - 56,000

06-18-2009 18:20 UTC-12

Blind Luck for Liu

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Action folded to J.J. Liu who pushed her last 3,300 chips into the middle blind from the small blind. Chino Rheem made the call and Liu surprised everyone by turning over pocket aces.

Rheem showed {J-?}

and never caught up. Liu's stack is now a slightly healthier 7,300.

06-18-2009 18:16 UTC-12

Suharto Loses More Chips

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Shortly after losing 10,000 chips in a race, Darus Suharto gave up another chunk of his stack after raising to 2,800 from early position.

The hijack raised to 6,000, and Suharto re-popped for 16,000. When his opponent came over the top for 46,000, Suharto tanked until clock was called and he mucked his hand.

He's slipped back to 60,000.

06-18-2009 18:13 UTC-12

Maria Ho Eliminated

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Maria Ho shipped her short stack in preflop and got one caller. Ho showed king-jack to her opponent's ace-9, and could never catch up.

Other recent eliminations include Bernard Lee who ran pocket jacks into pocket queens before the flop, and Blair Hinkle.

06-18-2009 18:06 UTC-12

Darus Suharto Loses 10K

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An early position player limped into the pot and Darus Suharto raised to 3,100 from late position before the small blind reraised in for 5,000 more. The limper folded and Suharto called.

Small Blind: {10-Hearts}

Suharto:

Suharto flopped well with {5-Clubs}

, but couldn't complete his hand when the board finished {3-Diamonds}

. He lost 10,000 on the hand, but still has 77,000 in chips.