Event 42 - $2,500 Mixed Event Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-21-2009 14:12 UTC-12

Diamonds for De Wolfe

Shamus

Limit Hold'em

Roland de Wolfe and his opponent capped the betting after both the {Q-Diamonds}

flop and

turn. The river was the {6-Hearts}

, de Wolfe's opponent checked, he bet, and his opponent called.

De Wolfe showed {A-Diamonds}

, nipping his opponent's {K-Diamonds}

. That brings De Wolfe back up to 6,300.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe

06-21-2009 14:15 UTC-12

"Have you guys gone through all the games yet?"

Asked Nick Frangos of Chris Reslock at the neighboring table. The answer was yes -- as we approach the end of Level 2, Reslock's table has made it back around to 2-7 Triple Draw. Meanwhile, Frangos' table is still finishing the last of the eight games, pot-limit Omaha.

06-21-2009 14:17 UTC-12

Break Time

Shamus

We've reached the first scheduled 20-minute break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-21-2009 14:39 UTC-12

We're Back

Shamus

Cards are back in air.

If what we were hearing before the tournament began is accurate, they will gradually be moving players to create eight-handed tables from this point forward. (As mentioned earlier, when they go eight-handed, two players will take turns sitting out each 2-7 Triple Draw hand.)

06-21-2009 14:41 UTC-12

Who's Hot, Who's Not

Shamus

Here are just a few chip counts through the first couple of levels. We'll gradually gather more and report them as the night progresses:

Gavin Smith -- 22,000
Jason Somerville -- 16,500
Greg Mueller -- 13,000
Dustin Sitar -- 13,000
James Van Alstyne -- 12,000
Ville Wahlbeck -- 11,500
Chris Hall -- 10,500

Noah Boeken -- 8,900
Chad Brown -- 8,300
Sigi Stockinger -- 8,300
Scotty Nguyen -- 8,000
Nick Frangos -- 7,900
Clonie Gowen -- 7,900
Phil Tom -- 7,800
Amnon Filippi -- 7,800
Tim West -- 7,700

Katja Thater -- 7,300
Bryan Micon -- 7,000
Justin Bonomo -- 6,700
Thor Hansen -- 6,600
Richard Brodie -- 6,600
Dutch Boyd -- 6,200
Kristy Gazes -- 6,000
Chris Reslock -- 5,900
Dan Shak -- 5,900
Matt Hawrilenko -- 5,800
Jason Mercier -- 5,800

Vanessa Rousso -- 4,800
C.K. Hua -- 4,600
Jeff Lisandro -- 4,500
Tom Schneider -- 4,100
Scott Clements -- 4,100
George Danzer -- 4,000
David Daneshgar -- 3,800

06-21-2009 14:53 UTC-12

Not Getting Out of Harman's Way

Shamus

Limit Hold'em

Jennifer Harman raised from early position (to 300). The fact that Harman authored the chapter on limit hold'em in Super/System 2 didn't deter the player in the hijack seat who reraised (to 450). It folded back around to Harman who made the call.

The flop came {8-Hearts}

. Harman checked, her opponent bet, she check-raised, and he called. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

. Harman led this time with a bet, and her opponent called.

The river was the {7-Clubs}

. Again Harman bet, he called. She showed {9-Hearts}

, but was beaten by her opponent's {A-Hearts}

.

Harman still has about 12,500.

Tags: Jennifer Harman

06-21-2009 15:00 UTC-12

More Mixin' It Up

Shamus

Phil Ivey is here. Huck Seed is here. They're all here, basically.

The unofficial number of entrants is 412 at the moment, and there are a number of new notables to add to our ever-growing list, including Jimmy Fricke, Eli Elezra, Men Nguyen, J.C. Tran, Kelly Kim, Allen Cunningham, John Hennigan, Surinder Sunar, Tuan Le, Bruno Fitoussi, David Levy, Michael Binger, Annie Duke, Shawn Sheikhan, Brett Richey, Hoyt Corkins, Max Pescatori, Andy Bloch, David Singer, Victor Ramdin, Erick Lindgren, and Young Phan.

And Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson is here, too! Wouldn't be right to throw a party like this without him.

06-21-2009 15:04 UTC-12

Ivey In, Ivey Out

Shamus

2-7 Triple Draw

Phil Ivey's stay was brief. Already getting low on chips, Ivey raised before the first draw from early position, Victor Ramdin reraised from the button, and Ivey called. Both drew two cards, then Ivey bet and Ramdin called. On the second draw, Ivey stood pat and Ramdin drew one. Again Ramdin called Ivey's bet.

On the last draw, Ivey again stood pat and Ramdin again drew one. Ivey bet, and when Ramdin called Ivey motioned as if to say by calling Ramdin had it. Ramdin turned over {9-?}

, and Ivey mucked, down to just 150 chips.

On the next hand, Ivey was all in, and ended up losing to Mike Wattel's 7-low. Ivey is out.

Tags: Phil Ivey

06-21-2009 15:13 UTC-12

Who's Hot, Who's Not (Part II)

Shamus

Okay, here are a few more chip counts from the start of Level 3 (more coming in a few):

Tony Rivera -- 14,000
Daniel Negreanu -- 11,500
David Chiu -- 10,000

Robert Mizrachi -- 9,800
Chip Jett -- 9,100
Young Phan -- 8,800
Shannon Shorr -- 8,100
Annie Duke -- 8,000
Esther Taylor -- 8,000
Steve Billirakis -- 7,700

Jordan Morgan -- 7,100
David Baker -- 6,900
Kirill Gerasimov -- 6,600
Layne Flack -- 6,000
Shannon Elizabeth -- 6,000
Jimmy Fricke -- 6,000
Bruno Fitoussi -- 5,900
Allen Kessler -- 5,600
Todd Brunson -- 5,500
Mario Ho -- 5,200

Rob Hollink -- 4,500
Marco Johnson -- 4,000
Steven Wong -- 3,000
Rep Porter -- 1,300