."If I have the best hand, I raise," announced Hellmuth, "If I have the worst, I just call. That's what I do." His opponent declined to comment.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$2,995,720
Entries
1,646
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,646
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."If I have the best hand, I raise," announced Hellmuth, "If I have the worst, I just call. That's what I do." His opponent declined to comment.
Come the
flop, Gazes stuck his last in, his opponent called, and they were on their backs.Gazes:
Mr Opponent:
Turn:
River:
Double-up achieved. Gazes up to 9,100.
flop.Tran:
All-in Opponent:
Turn:
River:
"Good hand," said Tran and tapped the table; with 19,300 left, he can afford to be magnanimous.
No! As far as we can see, Mr Ferguson is playing Chinese poker on his phone. That's dedication, right there.
Trond Eidsvig: 11,000
Paul "Pab" Foltyn: 5,000
Karl Mahrenholz: 6,000
Eric Liu: 7,500
Kathy Liebert: 6,000, and reading the ingredients on her candy bar out loud for some reason
Cory Albertson: 9,500
Joe Grech: 7,500
And with that, players are heading off for another 20 minute break. Back shortly...
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
He and his opponent saw a
flop and Tran checked. His opponent bet 1,200, Tran raised to 3,700, his opponent moved all in and Tran called.Tran:
The Other Guy:
Turn:
River:
Job done.
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Other, unrelated, chip counts:
Chris Moorman: 9,600
Sunny Chattha: 10,000
J.J. Liu: 9,700
up against the all-in player's 
. Bink! A queen on the board comes good for Hakim."That's Luckbox," pipes up a tablemate as I'm asking Hakim how to spell his name, "With a capital 'W'." This confuses me. "Capital 'L'," he corrects, but the moment is gone.
