Event 43 - $1,000 Seniors World Championship Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-22-2009 19:14 UTC-12

One Hour Left

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Players are back for the final level of the night. Survive this and it's on to Day 2.

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-22-2009 18:47 UTC-12

Color Up

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Players are taking another 20-minute break while we color up the green chips in play.

06-22-2009 18:43 UTC-12

Meehan Applies Pressure

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A player in early position raised to 2,100 and action folded to Minneapolis Jim Meehan in the big blind.

He made the call and immediately led out for 4,900 on a flop of {K-Spades}

. His opponent did a short bit of Hollywooding before mucking his hand.

Meehan has a stack worth 23,000.

06-22-2009 18:18 UTC-12

A Good Flop

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Steve Bowles moved all in for 7,650 on a board of {10-Spades}

and got a call from his opponent, who showed {A-Hearts}

for top pair.

Bowles showed {Q-Hearts}

for the nut straight and faded running hearts when the board finished {4-Spades}

, doubling his stack to 17,000.

06-22-2009 18:15 UTC-12

A Strong Bet and Nice Pot for Enright

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Action folded to Barbara Enright on the button who raised to 1,725. The small blind called and the big blind pushed all in for just 300 more.

After the calls, the small blind checked to Enright who bet 2,000 at a flop of {3-Clubs}

. The small blind mucked {A-?}

face up, and we went heads up to the turn after Enright showed ace-9 and her opponent showed 8-9.

The {3-Hearts}

on the turn didn't change a thing, though the {Q-Spades}

on the river brought an exasperated sigh from the big blind.

"That's why I bet it," Enright said. "I couldn't let you catch up."

"I know. You know what you're doing," was the response as Enright stacked up the chips. She now has about 18,000.

06-22-2009 17:59 UTC-12

A Triple Up for Dunshie

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Charles Dunshie couldn't have been happier with the action in front of him. A player in middle position moved in for 1,250 and a player behind reraised all in for 3,400.

Dunshie looked down at {A-Hearts}

and made the call for his last 2,700 to find he was up against {K-Spades}

and

.

When the board ran {Q-Hearts}

, Dunshie's rockets held and he tripled his stack to 9,800.

06-22-2009 17:49 UTC-12

Big Stacks

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Cruising around the room during the last break, we found some of the biggest stacks at the tables.

Rushing Smith - 55,000
More Herskovic - 29,000
Jesse Jones - 27,000
Berry Johnston - 32,000
Debbie Brush - 34,000

06-22-2009 17:47 UTC-12

Last Break is Done

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The last 630 players have returned to their seats for the final two hours of play.

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75