2009 World Series of Poker

Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$569,199
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$2,995,720
Entries
1,646
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,646
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Shak Doubles Up, Busts Out

Beth Shak is right back up to her starting stack. A short-stacked gentleman got his chips in preflop with {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}, but Shak woke up with {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} and a complete absence of nines and so on on the board sent the gentleman home and put Shak up to 6,100.

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But wait! Breaking news just in: Beth Shak is now out.

She limped in the cutoff and the small blind squeezed. "Let me just tell you that this is not the best call if I make it," said she, and then called anyway.

Shak: {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}
Small blind: {A-Hearts} {7-Hearts}

Board: {K-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {Q-Hearts}

For a happy moment Shak thought she'd won the hand, but then realized her mistake with great sorrow. Off she goes.

Tags: Beth Shak

What Are They Playing For?

Here's the really important bit:

1) $569,254
2) $350,019
3) $230,670
4) $161,768
5) $116,833
6) $92,867
7) $76,390
8) $65,905
9) $59,315
10-12) $41,640
13-15) $29,148
16-18) $20,400
19-27) $14,828
28-36) $12,761
37-45) $10,425
46-54) $8,897
55-63) $7,639
64-72) $6,770
73-81) $6,081
82-90) $5,452
91-99) $4,942
100-117) $4,523
118-144) $4,194
145-171) $3,894

Hellmuth Flops Trips

Sit up straight, now
Sit up straight, now
Just before players headed off for their hard-earned dinner break, Phil Hellmuth got himself involved with an opponent who raised preflop to 900. Hellmuth called, and they saw a {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} flop, which they both checked.

They saw an {8-Spades} turn which was checked to Hellmuth; this time he bet 700, and his opponent called.

Come the {9-Spades} river, it checked once again to Hellmuth, who this time bet 1,350. "Pass," announced his opponent. "Don't do that," begged Hellmuth, but it was done. Hellmuth showed him {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}. Up to 12,700.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

No Run of the Mill-ar Double Up

An extremely fortunate double up for Alex Millar, who tangled his {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} with another player's {A-Spades} {A-Hearts}. The flop came down {9-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} though, and all the chips went in.

Turn: a flush-tastic {5-Diamonds}
River: a completely irrelevant {J-Hearts}

Millar doubled up to 16,000, while Mr Aces quietly shook his head in disgust and disbelief.

May the Fours Be With You

Dan Heimiller is up to 36,000, happily reraising preflop and then calling his opponent's 10,000 push.

Heimiller held {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades}, his opponent could only boast {4-Hearts} {4-Clubs}, and a frankly uninteresting board of {J-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} changed absolutely nothing and sent the hapless owner of the pocket fours to the rail.
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