2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,494
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$1,263,602
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Moneymaker Craving Some Beef Jerky

Chris Moneymaker just brought up an interesting question to the tournament floor staff regarding the Jack's Links Four-of-a-kind Jacks promotion.

Their tabled was just dealt of flop of three jacks and wondered if a fourth jack was dealt on board whether they would all be eligible to win the Jack's Links prize pack.

"Well, only the player with four of a kind jacks would receive the prize..." came the response.

"But we'd all have four of a kind," chirped Moneymaker, obviously a fan of the Jack's Links product.

"Well...yes...you are right," was the reply from the floor staff, "Those players with live cards would be eligible for the prize."

We believe that the table may have now agreed to check down any board which contains four jacks.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Small One for Sabat

Eddy Sabat raised to 300 from middle position, and it folded around to Owen Crowe who called from the big blind. The flop came {2-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{J-Spades}. Crowe checked, Sabat made a small bet of 125, Crowe check-raised to 325, and Sabat called. Both then checked the {4-Hearts} turn.

The river was the {9-Diamonds}, and both checked again. Both players showed aces, but Sabat had a deuce to go with his and the pair was good enough to take the small pot. Sabat has 32,000.

Tags: Eddy SabatOwen Crowe

Aces for Angelo

Another early exit to report. Just had a player decide pocket queens were good enough to commit all those chips -- 300 big blinds -- before the flop, and Angelo Ricci was willing to compete with him with his pocket aces.

Ricci's aces held, and another one is out before his seat even got warm. Ricci is up to 62,000.

Tags: Angelo Ricci

Way to Start the Day

Some excellent fortune for Jeremiah Smith as he found his opponent limp-reraising him when Smith himself was looking down at {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}. The chips went in, his opponent tabled the inevitable {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}, and, "Way to start the day," commented a cheerful Smith as he doubled up to 63,000.

Tags: Jeremiah Smith

Khouiss Starts Well

On a board reading {K-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{A-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, Sam Khouiss was faced with a bet of 4,000 and raised it up to 14,000.

His opponent called and Khouiss tabled {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} for a full house, which was good to rake in the chips as his opponent flashed {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}.

The man from down under is off to a promising start with 52,000 chips now in front of him.

Tags: Sam Khouiss

Others Spotted

Hoyt Corkins replete with his cowboy hat has just been spotted in the middle of the orange section, as was Amarillo Slim.

Cristiano Dragomir, who was involved in some spats with Phil Hellmuth at the feature table last year, is also playing today.

Chips for Carlos

Carlos Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen
2001 WSOP Main Event Champion Carlos Mortensen raised to 550 from middle position, and the player on the button made the call. The flop came {J-Spades}{7-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, and Mortensen continued by again betting 550. His opponent called. The turn was the {A-Clubs}. This time Mortensen checked, his opponent bet 2,000, Mortensen check-raised to 4,000, and the button called.

The river was the {5-Spades}. Mortensen fired out 5,000, and his opponent let it go. Mortensen is off to a good start, chipping up to 39,000 here in the early going.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen

Table Of Doom

Messrs Barry Greenstein, Luca Pagano and Andreas Hoivold are all sharing a table, along with six frankly unhappy looking random gentlemen. Good luck, everyone!

Who's Here on Time?

Among those who managed to make it out of bed for the noon start are these familiar folks:

- Alex Kravchenko
- Greg Raymer
- Mike Eise
- Jason Lester
- Alessio Isaia
- Shaun Deeb
- Chris Moneymaker

Proof That Poker Keeps Us Young

Patrick Bruel, Kara Scott, Joe Sebok, Carlos Mortensen, Grant Levy, Dan Harmetz, Jim Bechtel, Jani Sointula, and Eddie Sabat are all here.

Jason Young is also in the house. So is Jack Ury, back again to break his own record as the oldest participant ever to play in the WSOP Main Event. If Mr. Ury ages at the same rate the rest of us do -- which may or may not be the case -- he is 96 years old.