Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

07-03-2009 11:38 UTC-12

Dinner Bell

[user66118]

We've reached the end of the second level, and it's time for the dinner break. The players have 90 minutes to chow down before getting back to the poker tables.

Play will resume just after 6:00pm.

07-03-2009 11:37 UTC-12

Jon Turner Doubles

[user25067]

Jon Turner moved all in for 4,025 behind an early position raiser and earned a call. Turner's pocket kings held up against pocket tens to double his stack to 8,700.

07-03-2009 11:35 UTC-12

Moorman Climbs Back into Positive Territory

[user108095]

We got to Chris Moorman's table as he put 3,900 chips into the pot on a board of {J-Spades}

.

The bet was enough to force his opponent to fold, and Moorman climbed back to the black with a chip stack of 32,500.

07-03-2009 11:34 UTC-12

Stewart Scott opened the pot with a raise, and three players made the call before Lana Maier raised to 3,750. Scott and two others folded, but a player in middle position came along to the flop.

Heads up then, the first three cards off the deck were {J-Hearts}

. Maier continued out with 4,750, and her opponent insta-called.

The turn card came the {7-Spades}

, and Maier bet again, 11,000 this time. Her opponent called once more to see the river bring the {4-Diamonds}

. Both players checked on the end, and Maier tabled {J-Clubs}

. Her opponent flashed his {K-Diamonds}

as they went into the muck, and Maier has climbed to 60,000 by virtue of her triple jacks.

Tags: Lana Maier

07-03-2009 11:34 UTC-12

Table Your Cards to Collect the Pot

[user75032]

One of the more misunderstood rules at the 2009 World Series of Poker involves a hand mucked without showdown. To give an example, action between Mandy Baker and one opponent checked on the river of a {10-Hearts}

board. Baker had first action and was obligated to open her hand first. Instead she tossed it into the muck.

Baker's opponent kept his hand closed and waited for the pot. The dealer instructed him to open his hand.

"Why?" the player asked. "No one else has cards." A floor was summoned who ruled that in order to push any pot at showdown, the winning hand must be tabled, regardless of whether any players still have a live hand. Baker's opponent then opened {J-Diamonds}

and collected the pot.

07-03-2009 11:31 UTC-12

He Called With...What?

[user25067]

The UTG player made it 1,200 to go and the action was folded around to the blinds. The small blind accidentally exposed {A-?}

as he mucked, and Isaac Haxton called from the big blind.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}

. Haxton checked, the UTG player bet 2,000, Haxton moved all in for 9,650 and the UTG player called.

The hands?

UTG {K-Hearts}

Haxton

The turn was the {3-Hearts}

, which would have made the small blind quads. The river was the {Q-Diamonds}

and Haxton raked in the pot, increasing his stack to 24,000.

07-03-2009 11:27 UTC-12

Back in Black

[user25067]

There was 2,000 already in the pot when the flop came down {A-Hearts}

. Andy Black led out from the small blind for 1,000 and the button called. The turn came the {Q-Spades}

and Black fired again, this time for 2,000. The button called and they went to the river, which fell the {8-Hearts}

. Black bet another 2,000 and the button called.

Black turned over {A-Spades}

and took down the pot, taking his stack back up to 41,000.

07-03-2009 11:22 UTC-12

Tony G in Reverse

[user108095]

Tony G played two hands against the same opponent and came out on the wrong end each time.

In the first hand, Tony bet 1,000 from the big blind on a board of {6-Spades}

. When his opponent raised to 3,000, Tony mucked ace-king face up. His opponent showed king-queen and took the chips.

A few hands later, Tony bet 1,000 on a flop of {K-Spades}