Started 3rd Jul, 2009

2009 World Series of Poker

Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em | Day 1a

Number of players - 6494
  • Wed Jul 01 2009 04:06 GMT-70
    Round: 3 Blinds: 150/300 Ante: 0
  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:38 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium

    Dinner Bell

    We've reached the end of the second level, and it's time for the dinner break. The players have 90 minutes to chow down before getting back to the poker tables.

    Play will resume just after 6:00pm.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:37 GMT-70 | Posted by change100

    Jon Turner Doubles

    Jon Turner moved all in for 4,025 behind an early position raiser and earned a call. Turner's pocket kings held up against pocket tens to double his stack to 8,700.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:35 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin

    Moorman Climbs Back into Positive Territory

    We got to Chris Moorman's table as he put 3,900 chips into the pot on a board of {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Spades}.

    The bet was enough to force his opponent to fold, and Moorman climbed back to the black with a chip stack of 32,500.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:34 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium

    One Jack Short of Jerky

    Stewart Scott opened the pot with a raise, and three players made the call before Lana Maier raised to 3,750. Scott and two others folded, but a player in middle position came along to the flop.

    Heads up then, the first three cards off the deck were {J-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {8-Spades}. Maier continued out with 4,750, and her opponent insta-called.

    The turn card came the {7-Spades}, and Maier bet again, 11,000 this time. Her opponent called once more to see the river bring the {4-Diamonds}. Both players checked on the end, and Maier tabled {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}. Her opponent flashed his {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} as they went into the muck, and Maier has climbed to 60,000 by virtue of her triple jacks.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:34 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train

    Table Your Cards to Collect the Pot

    One of the more misunderstood rules at the 2009 World Series of Poker involves a hand mucked without showdown. To give an example, action between Mandy Baker and one opponent checked on the river of a {10-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {k-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} board. Baker had first action and was obligated to open her hand first. Instead she tossed it into the muck.

    Baker's opponent kept his hand closed and waited for the pot. The dealer instructed him to open his hand.

    "Why?" the player asked. "No one else has cards." A floor was summoned who ruled that in order to push any pot at showdown, the winning hand must be tabled, regardless of whether any players still have a live hand. Baker's opponent then opened {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} and collected the pot.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:31 GMT-70 | Posted by change100

    He Called With...What?

    The UTG player made it 1,200 to go and the action was folded around to the blinds. The small blind accidentally exposed {A-?} {3-?} as he mucked, and Isaac Haxton called from the big blind.

    The flop came down {J-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}. Haxton checked, the UTG player bet 2,000, Haxton moved all in for 9,650 and the UTG player called.

    The hands?

    UTG {K-Hearts} {10-Spades}
    Haxton {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs}

    The turn was the {3-Hearts}, which would have made the small blind quads. The river was the {Q-Diamonds} and Haxton raked in the pot, increasing his stack to 24,000.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:27 GMT-70 | Posted by change100

    Back in Black

    There was 2,000 already in the pot when the flop came down {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}. Andy Black led out from the small blind for 1,000 and the button called. The turn came the {Q-Spades} and Black fired again, this time for 2,000. The button called and they went to the river, which fell the {8-Hearts}. Black bet another 2,000 and the button called.

    Black turned over {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} and took down the pot, taking his stack back up to 41,000.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:22 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
    Tony G.
    Tony G.

    Tony G in Reverse

    Tony G played two hands against the same opponent and came out on the wrong end each time.

    In the first hand, Tony bet 1,000 from the big blind on a board of {6-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}. When his opponent raised to 3,000, Tony mucked ace-king face up. His opponent showed king-queen and took the chips.

    A few hands later, Tony bet 1,000 on a flop of {K-Spades}{A-Hearts}{4-Spades} and his opponent min-raised. Tony then check-called for 5,000 when his opponent bet the {6-Clubs} on the turn, and an additional 10,000 after his opponent bet the {10-Clubs} on the river.

    When his opponent showed {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}, Tony mucked. His stack now stands at 52,500.

  • Wed Jul 01 2009 02:18 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
    Erik Cajelais
    Erik Cajelais

    Cajelais Cracks Rockets to Double

    We imagine all of the chips went in on the {2-Clubs} {7-Spades} {5-Spades} flop or the {10-Clubs} turn in a hand between Erik Cajelais and one opponent. We say that because the opponent had {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} and because Cajelais won the hand with a set of fives, {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}. Whenever it went in, it eventually all went out to Cajelais to increase his count to 70,000.

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