2009 World Series of Poker

Event 9 - $1,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$428,259
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,991,535
Entries
1,459
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Dario Downed

Dario Minieri only has one gear and it can win you chips very fast and lose you chips very fast. This time he lost chips fast and all of them.

He got it all in with {J-Spades} {K-Hearts} against David Squires' {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} and never caught up. Squires seems to be our chip leader right now with 161,000.

Two Brits at Opposite Ends of the Spectrum

Chris Moorman just came to chat to fellow Brit Praz Bansi after he was eliminated. It's a different story for Praz who has just tipped the ton scales at 101,000.

He just busted another player to reach that amount when they got it in on a queen, three, rag flop. His opponent held aces to Praz's flopped set of threes.

Dario Clotted

Dario Minieri has stopped bleeding chips and is back up to 60,000 after being as low as 40,000 just recently.

He raised from EP and received calls from both blinds. He then pushed on a {Q-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} board after the SB had bet 4,500. All the time the SB was thinking about calling Dario was talking in his ear. Exactly what he said is a mystery because of his thick Roman accent but it clearly did the trick on his opponent.

This is What It's All About

180 players remain, 144 of them are getting paid so we will reach the money tonight.

Final table payouts:

1. $428,000
2. $264,814
3. $170,000
4. 115,230
5. 80,896
6. 59,049
7. 42,320
8. 42,320
9. 30,311

The first payout level is $2,668 so that's the first goal for the remaining players.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Got Them In A Spin

Praz Bansi is playing table captain right now to the frustration of his table mates especially the player to his right. Praz has made him fold many seemingly marginal hands and he just faced another big river bet on a queen high board and took a very long time to fold ace-jack face up.

Praz then knocked a short stack out with {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} to his {A-Diamonds} {8-Spades} on a {J-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {7-Spades} board.

Another player who lost the very next pot to Praz said "God, I want to play back at you".

"Why do you want to play back at someone who's always got it" was the reply. As he was saying this he gave me a wink from under his cap brill.

Tags: Praz Bansi

It's the Food They Eat!!

Ever wondered why the Vietnamese are so good at poker? It's all about the food they eat.

Jeremiah Smith came back from dinner with 15,000 and now he's sitting on a stack of 115,000. He kindly informed us he ate Vietnamese for dinner rounded off with a 5 hour energy drink and he attributes his success to that.

Another Hit

Dario Minieri has taken another hit. The board showed {9-Spades} {6-Spades} {4-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {J-Clubs} and Minieri called a 9,200 bet only to be shown {K-Spades} {10-Spades}. Minieri flashed {A-Spades} and folded. He's down to 48,000 now.