Jason Mercier: 50,000
Franklyn Caldwell: 50,000
Ryan Fair: 49,000
Bill Davis: 44,000
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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Jason Mercier: 50,000
Franklyn Caldwell: 50,000
Ryan Fair: 49,000
Bill Davis: 44,000
down a 
board.
against an all-in opponent's 
, but oh, the board can be so cruel.Board:
Melber made a straight, and his opponent made his way out.
had smacked right into Cardoza's 
. No change on the board, and Cardoza doubled up. Fair is still on a commanding 46,000 or so, though.
flop with 
but finding himself up against another player's 
. A total absence of kings and not enough diamonds to save Schleger on the 
turn and 
river, and out he goes.
hit nothing at all on the 
board, leaving his opponent to rake in his former chips with pocket 
.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
flop. No miraculous re-binking for the gent with queens, and Meehan is now the proud possessor of 17,000 in chips.
"What's that for?" he asked suspiciously as I asked him his name. "It's because you're chip leader," said I. "Oh," he said. Then, happy as Larry, "Am I really chip leader?" Yes he is. That's why we do this job. It's for those little bits of happiness we can spread across a card room.
board. With a number of chips already in the pot that can only be described as a lot, Tommy Pope announced all in, and after some rather tense dwelling time, Faraz Jaka announced call.Jaka:
Pope:
Yikes.
With that rather cruel river, Pope doubled up to a chip lead contesting 92,000, while Jaka's healthy stack was decimated. Don't feel too sorry for Jaka, though -- he managed to make a straight flush the very next hand to knock out a player, and is on a very respectable 28,000.
