Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-28-2009 18:39 UTC-12

Somer Time

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Welcome Jason Somerville to the 70-something club. Somerville got his whole stack in from the small blind after the cutoff opened for 2,400 and the button reraised all in for about 15,000. Once the cutoff folded, Somerville was in great shape with {A-Hearts}

against the button {K-Spades}

. There may have been a momentary panic on a queen-high flop, {Q-Clubs}

, but the

spiked on the turn to give Somerville the best hand. The river blanked {2-Hearts}

.

Somerville now has about 74,000.

Tags: Jason Somerville

06-28-2009 18:31 UTC-12

A Little Life for Winston

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We only saw the aftermath -- Roy Winston is up to 30,000 after eliminating a short-stacked opponents. Winston's pocket queens held against the opponent's pocket sevens.

06-28-2009 18:22 UTC-12

How They're Going

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Going Great:

Jeff Lisandro - 131,000
Erik Cajelais - 73,000
Nenad Medic - 65,000
Dan Shak - 57,000
Andy Black - 53,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 53,000

Going:

Johnny Lodden - 49,000
J.J. Liu - 48,000
Tony Dunst - 45,000
Sandra Naujoks - 40,000
Maria Ho - 27,000

Going Under:

Toto Leonidas - 22,000
John Juanda - 21,000
Roy Winston - 20,000
Ylon Schwartz - 15,500
Chino Rheem - 12,000

Gone:

Chris Ferguson - 0
Marc Convey - 0

06-28-2009 18:17 UTC-12

Jesus Has Left The Building

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Chris Ferguson open shoved from first position for his last 10,100, and was called by young Russian pro Max Katz in the seat right next to him.

Ferguson showed {K-Clubs}

and was slightly behind the Russian's {A-Diamonds}

.

The board would run out {A-Spades}

and Mr. Ferguson would be knocked out of the tournament.

Katz is holding strong with 45,000 in chips.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Max Katz

06-28-2009 18:11 UTC-12

Fear the PokerKat!

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Kathy Liebert was all in preflop with {Q-Clubs}

and found herself against two opponents -- Nam Le and a player sitting with the button. It was Liebert's good fortune that both of her opponents held the same hand, unsuited ace-king. Liebert flopped the nuts, {K-Diamonds}

, and had the hand wrapped up by the time the {3-Spades}

hit the turn. She tripled up to 24,000 while Le dropped to 12,300.

Tags: Kathy Liebert Nam Le

06-28-2009 18:05 UTC-12

Still More Chips for Lisandro

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Jeff Lisandro has been ravenous for chips at this 2009 WSOP. He's already won three gold bracelets -- one each in stud, stud hi/lo and razz -- and now is threatening for the Day 1 chip lead in this Triple Chance event.

Lisandro is sitting behind 114,000 chips after knocking another player out. We came up to the table to hear Lisandro say, "I'm gambling, I call." He opened {A-Hearts}

, having made middle pair on a flop of {3-Hearts}

. Lisandro's opponent showed {6-Diamonds}

-- Lisandro wasn't gambling at all! His hand held up as the board came running eights.

Tags: Jeff Lisandro

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-28-2009 17:55 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

06-28-2009 17:32 UTC-12

Break Time

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Players are on the last break of the night.

06-28-2009 17:26 UTC-12

Gowen Gets One Back from Team Full Tilt

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We were intrigued by the potential match-up when Chris Ferguson was broken to Clonie Gowen's table. We felt it was only a matter of time before they butted heads, and butt heads they did! Gowen opened for 1,600 and was called by one player before Ferguson reraised to 6,000. Gowen then moved in for 8,500 total with only Ferguson calling.

Gowen: {A-Diamonds}