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

07-05-2009 07:33 UTC-12

Green With Envy

[user66118]

Things are pretty quiet pro-wise in the green section of the Amazon Room. We have Robert Mizrachi sitting at a table full of unknowns, as is the case with Shawn Buchanan, Bill Chen, and Kirill Gerasimov. The players at Table 155 have both Blair Rodman and Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri to deal with.

That's about it for this side of the room.

07-05-2009 07:36 UTC-12

Blue Sunday

[user25067]

Populating the blue section of the Amazon Room:

Howard Lederer
Ylon Schwartz
Captain Tom Franklin
Miami John Cernuto
Tom McEvoy
David Chicotsky
Steve Diano
John Caldwell
Todd Witteles
Justin Bonomo

07-05-2009 07:40 UTC-12

Yan Chen Chipping Up Early

[user111541]

A player limped in from middle position and Yan Chen pumped it up to 600 from high jack. The small blind then reraised to 1,800. The limper folded and Yan made the call.

The flop came {Q-Diamonds}

. The small blind led out for 2,200 and Chen raised to 5,500. His opponent folded his hand, giving Chen the pot.

Yen Chen has already made two final tables this year and is off to a good start in the Main Event with a stack of 41,000 within the first half hour of play.

Tags: Yen Chen

07-05-2009 07:41 UTC-12

Juanda Starts Off Strong

[user75032]

Nothing like chipping up by a third of your stack in the first 30 minutes of play. With 9,000 chips in the pot preflop, John Juanda and one opponent took a flop of {6-Clubs}

. Juanda's opponent bet 5,000 and Juanda called. Both players checked the {J-Clubs}

turn. When the river blanked {4-Diamonds}

, Juanda's opponent checked and then called Juanda's bet of 5,400. Juanda showed down the winner, {A-Diamonds}

. His opponent flashed {Q-Diamonds}

and mucked.

Juanda is up to 42,000 in the early going.

07-05-2009 07:44 UTC-12

Chainsaw Firing Things Up Early

donpeters

On a flop of {A-Hearts}

, Rep Porter checked, the next player bet 750, and then Allen Kessler called on the button. Porter folded, leaving the other two heads up to the turn.

The turn brought the {3-Spades}

and action checked to Kessler. He fired 1,500 and was called.

The river was the {9-Hearts}

and a bet of 2,000 was laid out in front of Kessler by his opponent. Kessler made the call and tabled a set of eights with the {8-Hearts}

. His opponent held {A-Spades}

.

Tags: Allen Kessler Rep Porter

07-05-2009 07:45 UTC-12

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better

[user75032]

Terrence Chan is seated at the same table as John Juanda. After watching Juanda chip up to 42,000, Chan did better by making back-to-back flushes to chip up to 46,000. The second flush filled on the turn, {3-Diamonds}

. Chan bet 2,500 and was called by one opponent. When the river paired sevens, {7-Spades}

, Chan fired 5,000 and was called again. He showed down {A-Diamonds}

to collect the pot.

07-05-2009 07:46 UTC-12

Another One Bites the Dust

[user111541]

After a flop of {Q-Spades}

a player was all in with {K-Hearts}

against the {J-Diamonds}

of James Vanderhaar.

The board ran out {Q-Spades}

giving Vanderhaar a full house, eliminating his opponent.

Tags: James Vanderhaar

07-05-2009 07:50 UTC-12

Harrington Takes a Hit

[user108095]

Over in the red section, Court Harrington raised to 250 from middle position and got reraised to 900 by the player on his left. Harrington made the call and then check-called for 1,000 more on a flop of {5-Diamonds}

.

When the board paired with the {6-Spades}

, Harrington bet 2,700 and got the call. Both players checked the {J-Diamonds}

on the river and Harrington turned over {7-Diamonds}

only to see his opponent table {Q-Spades}

.

07-05-2009 07:51 UTC-12

Ng Five-Bets Preflop, Then Folds

donpeters

After the button raised to 250, the small blind made the call. Action was now on the big blind, Evelyn Ng, and she reraised to 900. The button was next and four-bet to 3,000 before the small blind folded. Ng then five-bet to 7,900 and the button called.

The flop brought {10-Hearts}

and Ng fired out a bet of 9,000. Her opponent raised all in and Ng folded, dropping to 12,000 chips.

Tags: Evelyn Ng

07-05-2009 07:55 UTC-12

Commentary From Fabio

donpeters

Fabio Cappola came over to our media desk and let us know how the play is going on his table. "So somebody bets 400 preflop and there's six callers. Then there's an ace and a queen there on the board and queen four wins the hand!"

Tags: Fabio Cappola