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West showed
, Gowen 
, and the board came 
. We didn't get the third player's hand, but it didn't beat Gowen's aces full. After eliminating those two players, Gowen now has 8,300.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Total Entries
453
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 453
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West showed
, Gowen , and the board came . We didn't get the third player's hand, but it didn't beat Gowen's aces full. After eliminating those two players, Gowen now has 8,300.
We've now lost about a third of the field, as 296 remain.
In other news, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson has about 8,500, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer has 22,000, and Amnon Filippi has approximately 30,000. We're hoping Filippi starts constructing one of those eye-popping chip structures, as he'll sometimes do.
(Apologies to Dr. Pauly for theft of post title.)
. Juanda bet 5,500, and was called. The turn was the , Juanda pushed his last 1,775 out, and was quickly called again.Juanda showed
for aces and fives, and his opponent turned over 
for the nut flush. Juanda was in tough shape, but the arrived on the river to give him the improbable boat and keep him in the tournament.Juanda now has about 20,000.
only to run into an opponent with .A king flopped, and Traniello couldn't catch up.
against three other players, two of whom were also all in before the flop. The board came
, and the player holding A-Q-10-8 took the hand with a straight.
After Hellmuth put in a minimum raise to 200 in a PLO hand, four players called. The flop came Q-10-3 with two hearts, and Hellmuth bet the pot, getting two callers. The turn was a seven, and Hellmuth again bet the pot, leaving himself just 300 behind. This time just one player, Danny Smith, called.
The river was the
, completing a possible flush, and the last of Hellmuth's stack went in. Hellmuth showed Q-J-9-3 (all black cards) for two pair and a busted straight draw, while Smith showed J-10-9-4 with two hearts for the rivered flush.
Level: 4
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
versus Heimowitz' A-A-, and Heimowitz' rockets held.
, Chau Giang checked, a player to his left bet 1,700, another called, and Giang folded. The turn was the . The first player bet 5,200, and the second reraised all in for only about 3,000 more. The first bettor mucked instantly, prompting Giang to rise from his massage and make as if to look at what cards he must have folded. Giang wasn't successful (or that serious), and prompted a good chuckle from the table.
