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

07-06-2009 08:53 UTC-12

Suck, Re-Suck For Schulman

[user80015]

Nick Schulman opened to 250 from the cutoff and found two callers including Kenny Tran out of the small blind.

The flop of {10-Spades}

was checked round to see the {6-Hearts}

fall on the turn. Tran checked, Schulman fired 600 and his opponent on the button made the call before Tran passed.

When the river landed the {J-Spades}

Schulman's 1,200-chip bet was called by his opponent holding {7-Clubs}

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Schulman however tabled his {A-Spades}

for a bigger two-pair after the river paired the board to see him moved back over starting stack.

07-06-2009 08:51 UTC-12

Nice Turn for Rousso

Shamus

Five players had limped to see a flop come {4-Hearts}

. None bit. The turn was the {5-Clubs}

, and this time when it checked to Vanessa Rousso decided she'd toss out four (100) dark blue chips. With various degrees of deliberation, all of her opponents folded.

"I liked that turn guys," said Rousso as she flipped over her {5-Hearts}

and dragged the small pot. She's up at 34,500 now.

07-06-2009 08:51 UTC-12

Minieri Shrinks to Nothing

[user46392]

It turns out that Dario Minieri could get smaller after all -- his stack has now in fact dwindled to absolutely nothing, after getting his last chips in with top pair on the flop against his opponent's flush draw. The flush duly came in, and Minieri duly headed back to the Shire, without that one bracelet to rule them all.

Minieri: {Q-Diamonds}

Mr. Opponent: {9-Diamonds}

Board:

Tags: Dario Minieri

07-06-2009 08:48 UTC-12

Lee's Opponent Mucks QQ

donpeters

An under-the-gun player made it 300 to go before Bernard Lee called from middle position. The flop came down {J-?}

and both players checked.

The turn brought a {2-?}

and the first player bet 1,000. Lee raised to 2,800 and his opponent called. The river was a {5-?}

and after his opponent checked, Lee fired a bet of 3,350. His opponent tanks and then folds {Q-?}

face up.

Lee - 32,000

Tags: Bernard Lee

07-06-2009 08:48 UTC-12

Esfandiari Chips Up

[user80015]

Antonio Esfandiari and his now trademark visor

With a raise to 300 and a call before him, Antonio Esfandiari made the call from the button.

On the flop of {J-Spades}

the original raiser checked, before the caller made it 1,100 to go. Esfandiari put in a raise to 3,400 to take the pot down and climb to 32,400.

With eight WSOP cashes to his name, but no Main Event one to his name, Esfandiari will be looking at making 2009 his year to break his drought.

07-06-2009 08:47 UTC-12

Arieh Gets a Double Up

[user67765]

We didn't catch the action but arrived at the table to see Josh Arieh raking in the chips after a huge clash on the river on a board of {3-Clubs}

.

Arieh tabled {K-Clubs}

as his unfortunate opponent revealed {Q-Clubs}

. Nuts over second nuts will do it! Arieh is up to 56,000.

Tags: Josh Arieh

07-06-2009 08:45 UTC-12

Euros In The Field

[user76023]

There's a lot more Europeans playing today with many making it into the Brasilia room including former EPT champions Joao Barbosa and Peter Jepsen, WSOPE main event runner-up John Tabatabai, Italian bracelet winners Max Pescatori and Dario Alioto.

07-06-2009 08:43 UTC-12

Hamilton Flops Nuts

[user80015]

Catching the action on the turn with the board reading {8-Clubs}

Lisa Hamilton led out for 600 from the big blind.

Her opponent check-called out of the small blind, before check-calling once again; this time for 1,300 when the river landed the {4-Hearts}

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Hamilton tabled {9-Spades}

for the flopped nut straight, and the pot as she climbed to 33,000 in chips.

07-06-2009 08:42 UTC-12

Mizrachi Under Half His Stack

donpeters

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 250 from the cutoff seat before the player in the small blind reraised to 750. Mizrachi made the call.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts}