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

07-06-2009 09:54 UTC-12

Feldman Drops One

donpeters

From the button, Peter "Nordberg" Feldman raised to 550. Both blinds made the call. The flop came down {6-Diamonds}

and both blinds checked. Felkdman fired a bet out 1,100. Only the small blind called.

The turn added the {K-Spades}

to the board and both players checked. The river was the {A-Spades}

and the small blind checked. Feldman bet out 2,400 and was called.

The small blind tabled {A-Diamonds}

and Feldman held only {Q-Clubs}

. Feldman is now down to 33,000.

Tags: "Nordberg"FPeter Feldman

07-06-2009 09:52 UTC-12

In Seif Hands

[user76023]

Mark Seif makes it 550 from middle position and gets one caller behind him.

The flop of {2-Hearts}

is checked before Seif bets 1,100 on the {6-Spades}

turn and gets called. Both players check the {5-Spades}

river and Seif turns over {8-Diamonds}

to win.

Seif up to 34,500.

07-06-2009 09:50 UTC-12

Less for Jesper

[user46392]

The other day, when he had more chips, in a different, happier tournament

Jesper Hougaard has somehow dropped down to just 6,500. The exact circumstances of this are hazy, but the gentleman immediately to his left is currently the possessor of a suspiciously large stack...

Tags: Jesper Hougaard

07-06-2009 09:47 UTC-12

"You're saying if I fold you'll show me?"

While we have had our usual small percentage of players willing to gamble it up with a starting stack of 300 big blinds, many have shown the ability to resist losing it all with an overpair. Or at least claim as much.

There was about 5,000 in the middle and the flop had come {3-Hearts}

. It had checked to the player on the button who bet 3,000, then his opponent in early position check-raised to 7,500, sending the player on the button into the tank. Finally, after a bit of back-and-forthing, came the offer to show from the check-raiser if his opponent folded.

Eventually the player on the button did fold, and his opponent fulfilled his promise by showing {K-Hearts}

.

The player on the button claimed to have folded queens. And his opponent claimed that was exactly the hand on which he'd put him. We don't claim any assurances regarding the validity of either claim.

07-06-2009 09:47 UTC-12

Alioto's Cold Four-Bet Wins

[user76023]

Dario Alioto who won a PLO bracelet at the WSOPE in 2007 made a raise to 550 from UTG. The button called the raise before a gentleman wearing, well, what I can only describe as half of a Wookie costume reraised to 2,800.

Alioto thought for a moment before now making it 8,000 and the button quickly folded. The big blind, in his astounding Chewbacca shoulder pads, also gave it up allowing Alioto to rake a nice little pot.

07-06-2009 09:39 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user67765]

The players have managed to find their way back to their seats and the cards are back in the air.

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

07-06-2009 09:13 UTC-12

Break Time

Shamus

Players are now taking the first 20-minute break of the day.

07-06-2009 09:13 UTC-12

Scary Movie 2

Shamus

Marlon Wayans just had another run-in with the same opponent who'd recently cracked his pocket queens with the mighty five-deuce. In this one, Wayans' opponent raised to 450, and Wayans had called from the button. "Round Two!" said Wayans.

The flop came {10-Hearts}

, and both checked. The turn was the {7-Clubs}

. This time Wayans' opponent bet 1,350, Wayans raised to 4,000, and got the call.

The river was the {3-Hearts}

. This time Wayans' foe checked, and Wayans bet 6,000. This was turning into a potentially scary situation for Wayans, but after a short think his opponent folded. Wayans chips back to 24,000 on that one.

Tags: Marlon Wayans

07-06-2009 09:12 UTC-12

Arieh Leads The Pack

[user67765]

Josh Arieh would be very close to our chip leader at the first break in play after a series of big hands and big pots went his way in the final minutes of play in that level.

Arieh fired 1,200 on the flop, called 1,500 on the turn before raising a bet of 4,000 to 11,000 on the river on a board of {J-Spades}