Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-02-2009 17:38 UTC-12

Cards Are in the Air

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We're back for the last two levels of the night. 570 players remain with blinds starting at 400/800 with a 100 ante.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-02-2009 18:12 UTC-12

Blair Hinkle Wins a Big Pot

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Blair Hinkle raised to 1,900 preflop and got called by the small blind, who then check-called for an additional 2,200 on a flop of {A-Hearts}

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The small blind check-called Hinkle's 5,000 chip bet when the {K-Hearts}

came on the turn and his 11,000 chip bet when the {5-Spades}

landed on the river.

Hinkle turned over {6-Hearts}

for the flush and his opponent mucked. Hinkle now has 48,000 chips.

06-02-2009 18:15 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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James Akenhead and Nick Binger are just two of the 50 players who have busted in the past twenty minutes or so.

06-02-2009 18:30 UTC-12

Sandra Naujoks - 40,000
Brandon Cantu - 46,000
Michael Pesek - 36,000
Michael Martin - 33,000
Matt Brady - 15,000
Gary Tang - 145,000 (chip leader)
Shaun Deeb - 35,000
Scott Freeman - 27,000
Alex Jacob - 12,000
Blair Hinkle - 36,000
Grant Hinkle - 43,000

06-02-2009 18:54 UTC-12

Joe Tehan Doubles Up

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Joe Tehan raised to 2,100 preflop and got reraised to 10,000. Tehan tanked for about 2 minutes before pushing his remaining stack into the middle.

He was called and Tehan showed {A-Hearts}

while his opponent held {Q-Hearts}

. A flop of {3-Clubs}

gave Tehan the lead, and he held on when the board ran out {10-Clubs}

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Tehan now has a little more than 40,000 chips.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-02-2009 19:00 UTC-12

New Chip Leader

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Victor Greely has taken over the chip lead. He's sitting on a stack of 185,000. Our previous chip leader, Gary Tang, is still sitting comfortably with a stack of 145,000.

06-02-2009 19:14 UTC-12

Chip Count Update

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A few stacks worth mentioning.

Lee Childs - 58,000
Minneapolis Jim Meehan - 46,400
Blair Hinkle - 25,000
Grant Hinkle - 45,000
Alex Jacob - 39,000
Sandra Naujoks - 52,100
Brandon Cantu - 56,000
Clark Hamagami - 35,300
Michael Pesek - 53,000
Michael Martin - 28,000
Francois Safieddine - 50,000
Joe Tehan - 38,000
Phil Tom - 13,000
Shaun Deeb - 20,500

Recently busted players include Scott Freeman and Matt Brady.

06-02-2009 19:25 UTC-12