2009 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Chips Ahoy
Matt "allinat420" Stout - 21,000
Darryll Fish - 8,500
Eddie Sabat - 7,800
Catherine Calhoun - 8,000
Marco Traniello - 12,000
Brandon Cantu - 29,000
Adam "Roothlus" Levy - 9,800
Todd Terry - 13,500
Missing from their assigned seats are Allen Bari and Victor Ramdin. It's difficult to say for sure, but it's likely they've both been eliminated.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
1-2-3 Break!
1. Break tables out of Amazon Red (cash games!)
2. Break tables out of the back of Amazon Orange (2pm restart)
3. Break tables out of the back of Miranda (daily tournaments)
4. Break tables out of the back of Brasilia Yellow (5pm bracelet event)
5. Break tables out of the front of Brasilia Yellow (single-table satellites)
6. Break tables out of Miranda
7. Break tables out of Brasilia
8. We're all in Amazon.
That means a player can be bounced anywhere among the three rooms for the better part of the first six levels as tables are balanced and broken. Players we did spot on our last pass included Alexandre Gomes, rocking a roughly average stack at 14,500, and Eddy Sabat, who's sitting on 12,000 and appears to be heating up.
Al Barbieri's been at the same table all day and absolutely crushing his opponents. He is close to 60,000 chips -- which is the biggest stack we've seen.
One Player Re-Discovered
Musical Chairs
Sowers' new seat assignment was one table away. He racked up his chips and moved to the new table, only to be broken off of *that* table before even playing a hand. He's finally landed in Amazon Blue and presumably will stay put for the rest of the night.
Some counts:
Sowers - 12,500
Nam Le - 13,000
Brett Parise - 11,500
Chris Moorman - 8,000
Jonathan Little - 13,000
Peter Rho - 4,800
Matt Matros - 35,000
Theo Tran - 2,625
Darus Suharto - 5,000
Alex Jacob - 27,500
Roland de Wolfe - 6,350
Sixes Wild for Sabat
Showdown
Sabat:
Opponent:
The first card was the , bailing Sabat out. The board would end up reading , and Sabat staves off elimination for the time being. He's doubled up to 7,200.
Roland de Wolfe Busto
De Wolfe did not open his hand right away, choosing instead to say, "I think you are good. I have a pair. If you have a pair of aces, you are good." His opponent then opened for a pair of aces. De Wolfe mucked and headed for an early dinner.
Dinner Time!
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50