2009 World Series of Poker

Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$666,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,809,715
Entries
2,791
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Humberto Brenes Eliminated

Humberto Brenes put all of his chips in the middle preflop and got one caller. Brenes showed {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} while his opponent showed {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

The race didn't last long as the flop came {9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. A meaningless {4-Diamonds} and {7-Spades} sent Brenes to the rail.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Chip Counts

Here are some recent counts from around the floor.

Humberto Brenes - 10,700
Phil Tom - 11,000
Sandra Naujoks - 39,000
Clark Hamagami - 13,400
Joe Tehan - 16,000
Michael Pesek - 17,500
Michael Martin - 28,000
Matt Brady - 6,800
Alan Smurfit - 6,000
Court Harrington - 14,500
Shaun Deeb - 30,700
Francois Safieddne - 31,000
Liv Boeree - 10,300

Jerry Yang is an Interested Observer

Jerry Yang is hanging on the rail a couple of hours after busting from today's event. Turns out, he's sweating one of his students from home in California.

She's sitting on a short stack, but Jerry seems optimistic about her chances of hanging on.

J.J. Liu Eliminated

We caught this hand just as J.J. Liu was standing up at the table.

She got all of her chips in the middle with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} on a flop of {5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{J-Hearts}. Her opponent called with {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and turned the flush with the {4-Hearts}. A meaningless {2-Diamonds} on the river ended Liu's day.

Rafe Furst was also eliminated from the tournament.

Minneapolis Jim Eliminates a Player

The hijack raised to the 3,000 preflop on Minneapolis Jim Meecham's small blind, and Meecham took about 15 seconds before making the call.

On the flop of {2-Spades}{J-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, Meecham bet 10,000 and got the call. Meecham turned up aces and his opponent showed queens. A {3-?} and {5-?} on the turn and river gave Meecham the wheel and he's now sitting on 26,175 chips.

We're Back

2,791 players started today's tournament. 889 are returning to the tables after dinner.

Blinds are 200/400 with a 50 ante.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Dinner Break

Players are on break for 90 minutes. Cards will be in the air again at 8:30 pm.

John Caldwell and Justin Bonomo were both eliminated from the tournament just before the break.