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

06-18-2009 13:18 UTC-12

Aces Crack for Boeree

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When an early position player moved all in, the hijack made the call and Liv Boeree moved all in with her short stack from the cutoff.

Early Position: {A-Spades}

Hijack:

Boeree:

Boeree survived the flop of {4-Hearts}

, but couldn't sidestep the {9-Diamonds}

on the turn. When the river brought the {10-Diamonds}

, Boeree's day was done.

Also eliminated recently were fellow Brit Joe Beevers and Ireland's Andy Black.

06-18-2009 13:14 UTC-12

Tony Dunst Gets a Double Up

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When the small blind raised to 800, Tony Dunst re-raised 2,200. The small blind re-raised all in for 6,800 and Dunst called.

Small Blind: {A-Clubs}

Dunst:

Dunst flopped the flush draw on a board of {K-Hearts}

and made his hand with the {4-Hearts}

on the turn. The {10-Clubs}

on the river didn't change a thing, and Dunst now has 15,600.

06-18-2009 13:02 UTC-12

Here are some more counts from around the room.

Eugene Todd - 13,000
Michael Craig - 7,000
Steve O'Dwyer - 16,500
Jared Hamby - 12,500
Roy Winston - 8,800
Sabyl Cohen-Landrum - 6,700
Cody Slaubaugh - 16,000
Maria Ho - 12,500
Michael Binger - 9,500
Joe Sebok - 7,000
Jamin Stokes - 17,000
Devin Porter - 5,000
Svetlana Gromenkova - 20,000

06-18-2009 12:53 UTC-12

Beevers Loses a Race

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Joe Beevers is having a hard time getting off a short stack. After building up chips over the past hour, he got in a preflop race while holding {J-Hearts}

against his opponent's {A-Clubs}

.

When the board came {7-Diamonds}

, Beevers got rivered and fell back to just 4,000.

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

06-18-2009 12:43 UTC-12

Shannon Shores Up His Stack

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When an early position player raised to 600, Shannon Shorr called from the button and brought the big blind into the pot as well.

Action checked to Shorr on a flop of {6-Clubs}

and he bet 1,100. The big blind folded, and the early position player called. The rest of the board got checked down when it came {J-Diamonds}

, and Shorr took the pot after showing {6-Hearts}

.

His stack is now 24,500.

06-18-2009 12:36 UTC-12

Half Gone

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With just 850 players remaining, we've lost just about half of the 1,695 person field that started today's tournament at 12PM.

06-18-2009 12:32 UTC-12

Chip Counts

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Here are some recent counts from around the room.

Bryan Micon - 13,500
Kevin Saul - 13,500
Andy Black - 9,000
Billy "The Croc" Argyros - 8,000
Devin Porter - 6,500
Jared Hamby - 14,500
Maria Ho - 13,000
Joe Beevers - 4,100
Burt Boutin - 12,000
Chino Rheem - 70,000

On the other end of the spectrum, David Williams has gone bust in this event.

06-18-2009 12:29 UTC-12