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2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Dinner Break
Kent Senter: Living His Dream
Senter's wife Patty, however, is one determined woman. She sprung into action and contacted Bluff Magazine publisher Eric Morris to see if he could help. Morris, in turn, contacted PokerStars who immediately agreed to sponsor him into the Main Event.
Today, Senter is ensconced at Table 1, Seat 2. The ESPN cameras have been hovering around all day, not to capture hands played by current chip leader Yan Chen or to check on J.J. Liu's progress, but with their lenses trained on his face. Hopefully, his appearance on the WSOP broadcast can bring some attention to Multiple Myleoma as well as the Jimmy V foundation, a charity Senter supports.
Senter is currently sitting on 18,000 in chips as we approach the dinner break.
Your Phil Hellmuth Update
On the first hand, Hellmuth limped in under the gun, and the player to his left raised to 1,000. One more player plus Hellmuth called to see a three-handed flop. It came
. Hellmuth and the other caller would fold to a bet of 2,100 from the raiser. Hellmuth flashed 
as he mucked. Not too exciting.Hellmuth 34,000
*****
On the next hand, Hellmuth called a preflop raise and the flop came
. Hellmuth check-called a bet of 1,100, and the turn brought the 
. Hellmuth checked again, then insta-called when his opponent bet 3,600. Both men checked when the 
hit the river, and Hellmuth showed the winning 
.Hellmuth - 40,000
*****
On the third hand, a player under the gun limped in, and Hellmuth made a healthy raise to 2,200 from the small blind. That was enough to fold everyone out and win him the small pot.
He's got 41,000 now.
Coppola Eliminated
. His opponent held 
for the nut straight.
Variations in Degree
Doubling Nguyen
, Tracey Nguyen ended up all in for just over 20,000. She was in good shape for a double, holding 
against her opponent's 
. The turn and river blanked off with the and the , and Nguyen did indeed fade a queen to double up to 42,000.
It's Good to Be Lisandro
The small blind bet 3,100 on a flop of
and a player in middle position moved all in for a total of 6,875. Action moved to Jeff Lisandro in late position, who moved his big stack all in.The small blind tanked for nearly a minute before calling all in for his remaining 18,000 and the hands were shown.
Small Blind:
Middle Position:
Lisandro:
The turn brought the
, putting the pocket jacks in front, but the lead wouldn't last as Lisandro spiked the on the river for Broadway, knocking both players out of the tournament.Lisandro now has a stack of 125,000.
Ylon Schwartz Back Over 30,000
and with 15,000 in the pot, Ylon Schwartz bet 8,000, eliciting a fold from James 'ZepHendrix' Vanderhaar.After losing half of his chips early, former "November Nine" member Ylon Schwartz is at 33,400.