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

06-18-2009 09:43 UTC-12

Late Arrivals Not Just for Hellmuth Anymore

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A few big names have taken seats in the tournament at the start of level 3, including Andy Bloch, Nenad Medic and Allen Cunningham.

Just the faces you want to see sitting next to you when you return from break.

06-18-2009 09:52 UTC-12

Maria Ho Wins a Small One

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On a flop of {Q-Diamonds}

, Maria Ho check-called a bet of 400 from the big blind. She and her opponent then checked down the rest of the board, which came {9-Diamonds}

.

Ho showed {Q-Spades}

, which was enough for the small pot.

06-18-2009 10:02 UTC-12

Kings Are Good for Do

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On a flop of {10-Spades}

, Quinn Do called a 1,200 chip bet from an opponent in early position and went heads up to the turn, which brought the {7-Diamonds}

.

Do's opponent moved all in for 1,150 and Do again called.

Do: {K-Hearts}

Opponent:

Do's sealed the hand when he hit the {K-Clubs}

on the river, and the pot brought his stack to 13,000.

06-18-2009 10:07 UTC-12

Stacks and Eliminations

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Some more chip counts from the room include:

Andy Bloch: 2,600
Dwyte Pilgrim: 6,300
Jason Potter: 3,500
Amnon Filippi - 12,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 5,800
Michael Binger: 5,600
Sabyl Cohen-Lundrum - 10,500
Allen Cunningham - 9,500
Cody Slaubaugh - 8,800
Eugene Todd - 6,100
Michael Craig - 3,400

Players who have recently lost their stacks include J.C. Tran, Alex Jacob and Jason Mercier.

06-18-2009 10:10 UTC-12

A Big Hand for Ho

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We caught Maria Ho splashing around in another pot. This time, with 7,000 already in the pot, Ho pushed all in for 6,000 on a board of {10-Spades}

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Her opponent folded and Ho showed {10-Hearts}

for top set. The hand boosted her stack to 14,500.

06-18-2009 10:13 UTC-12

Vanessa Rousso is Gone

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Vanessa Rousso moved all in for 5,300 after a flop of {K-Diamonds}

and got a call. She didn't like what she saw when she tabled {A-Hearts}

while her opponent showed {A-Spades}

.

Rousso failed to catch her two-outer when the board ran out {6-Clubs}

, sending her to the rail.

06-18-2009 10:23 UTC-12

Svetlana Gromenkova Gets Four-Flushed

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When a player in middle position raised to 475, the player next to him reraised all in and Svetlana Gromenkova re-reraised all in.

The original raiser folded and we went heads up to the flop.

Gromenkova: {A-Clubs}

Opponent:

When the board ran out {3-Hearts}

, Gromenkova's opponent hit his flush, leaving her with just 1,650.

06-18-2009 10:26 UTC-12

More Counts

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Here are some more chip counts from around the room.

Nenad Medic: 2,300
Neil Channing: 4,700
Randy Haddox: 8,850
Mark Teltscher: 8,000
Andy Black: 9,700

In other news, Jonathan Little has been eliminated.

06-18-2009 10:30 UTC-12

Official Numbers

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The final numbers for today's event are now in and we can tell you that 1,695 players ponied up $2,000 each, creating a prize pool worth $3,084,900.

First place will take home $586,212 plus that shiny bracelet everyone seems to want.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0