2009 World Series of Poker

Event 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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

Oh No, Arnaud!

Young French EPT winner and aviator sunglasses enthusiast Arnaud Mattern is down to just 2,500 or so after a disastrous first hand. Holding {10-?} {9-?}, he somehow managed to lead out on an {8-?} {6-?} {3-?} flop and found one caller. Come the {7-?} turn, giving Mattern the nut straight, he overbet the pot and his opponent called. On to the {8-?} river and Mattern bet again. His opponent raised, and Mattern paid off the full house -- his opponent turned over pocket sixes to take the pot.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern

Still Trickling In

- EPT Grand Final runner-up Matt Woodward
- way-back bracelet winner Alan Smurfit
- EPT Dortmund winner Sandra Naujoks
- another way-back bracelet winner, Chris Bjorin
- Craig Marquis
- Brandon Cantu
- Kathy Liebert
- Sorel Mizzi

Brenes Busto

Brenes
Brenes
Humberto Brenes is an early casualty, getting it in with pocket jacks on the turn of a {9-?} {9-?} {8-?} {9-?} board. His opponent was holding aces though, and without a miracle jack on the river to keep him in, Mr Brenes is now at liberty to play the mixed event later this afternoon, or in fact do anything he pleases for the rest of the day, within certain legal restrictions, of course -- he is busto.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

Liv-in On the Edge

Sigh, now we can't look at her all day
Sigh, now we can't look at her all day
Also a before-the-first-break casualty is Ms Liv Boeree. She found herself the final pusher in a three-way all in confrontation -- and her {A-?} {K-?} was drawing pretty thin when she discovered she was up against pocket queens and pocket kings. A ten-high flop later, and the rest of the day's her own.

Tags: Liv Boeree

Seabeast a Lock to Win This

Jay "Seabeast" Kinkade has had a pretty good start, getting his chips in with {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} against an opponent's {A-?} {J-?} on an {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {5-Diamonds} flop. Bink! Diamond on the turn for a flush, and a complete lack of re-binking for his opponent doubled up the Seabeast.

"This is the first coinflip I've ever won in this building," he announced happily, after totally failing to score a cash last year. "I'm a lock to win this!"

Channing's Life Not As Bad As He Thinks It Is

F*** his life
F*** his life
Neil Channing has had a moderate-to-losing start -- he's currently on a not-great-but-ok 4,500. He's been having some hassle this week trying to organize a 12-bedroom house in Vegas on short notice -- he's started a new staking venture and would like all his horses in the same stables, so to speak. "I think I've got a house," he said, "I spoke to the lady at 2am and told her to go ahead with it..."

"How much does it cost?" asked a tablemate.

"F*** my life..." was the only response.

Tags: Neil Channing

Two Pair No Good for Tovish

A poor first few levels for Nina Tovish. Sharing a table with Masa Kagawa, she's down to a precarious 2,150 already. "I got snapped off," she said, apparently running two pair into a better two pair. Still hanging in, though.

Tags: Nina Tovish

Breaktime

Off the the players go for 20 happy minutes in the sunshine/Poker Kitchen/queue for the men's room.

A couple chip counts in the meantime:

TJ Cloutier: 8,000
Ylon Schwartz: 4,500
Jan von Halle: 8,000
Masa Kagawa: 6,000
Rick Trigg: 10,000
Anton Allemann: 13,500

Stop! Bracelet Time

Mercier loves his new rewards card
Mercier loves his new rewards card
Play will resume very shortly, after the bracelet ceremony on a very tiny stage near the televised final table. Diamond rewards cards have been issued, and the national anthem is currently playing. Some people are standing with hands on hearts, others are seated and itching for play to restart. Surreal.