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

Updated Chip Counts

Here are some fresh counts from around the room.

Nam Le - 3,600
Liv Boeree - 4,050
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier - 14,000
Maridu Mayrinck - 4,000
Noah Schwartz - 11,900
Grant Hinkle - 9,000
T.J. Cloutier - 5,700
Justin Bonomo - 11,100
Rafe Furst - 7,400
Theo Tran - 3,000
Tiffany Michelle - 12,800
Jordan Morgan - 12,300

JJ Liu Gives Back

On a flop of {4-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, J.J. Liu called a 1,000 chip bet late position and went heads up to the turn, which brought the {6-Hearts}.

Her opponent pushed all in for 1,850 and Liu thought for about 20 seconds before making the call. Her opponent turned up {K-?}{J-?}, dominating Liu's {Q-?}{J-?}, and when the {6-Spades} came on the river, Liu's chips slid one spot to her right.

Liu still has approximately 9,000 chips following the hand.

Ferguson Gets Respect

Action folded to the small blind, who raised to 550 preflop. Chris Ferguson took his time, as usual, before reraising all in for about 3,000.

The small blind instantly mucked, prompting the player in the cut off to joke to Ferguson, "That'll teach him."

Ferguson just smiled and stacked the chips.

Chris McCormack Doubles Up

After losing a big pot to Bryan Micon, Chris McCormack rebuilt his stack when he got all of his chips in the middle on a board of {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}.

McCormack showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} for straight and flush draws while his opponent showed {A-Spades}{J-Clubs} for a straight draw. When the {2-Diamonds} hit the river, McCormack's kicker was enough to win the pot. He's back at 3,700.

J.C. Tran Takes a Nice Pot

J.C. Tran raised to 450 from middle position and got three callers, including the players in both blinds.

Everyone checked the flop of {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Tran check-called a bet of 900 when the {A-Clubs} hit the board. He went heads up to the river where both players checked the {A-Spades}.

Tran showed {J-Spades}{7-Spades} for aces full of jacks and took the pot when his opponent showed pocket 4s. Tran now has 5,300 in his stack.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Bryan Micon Doubles Through Chris McCormack

Chris McCormack min-raised to 300 preflop and called Bryan Micon's reraise to 1,400.

On a flop of {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}, Micon pushed all in for his last 975 and McCormack called. Micon showed {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} to McCormack's {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, and held on to take the pot when the {6-Spades} and {10-Diamonds} completed the board.

Micon is at 5,275 after the hand while McCormack is down to 1,425.