2009 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,078,500
Entries
655
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 655
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Graham bet another 350 on the flop of
and both players checked the 
on the turn. Graham led for 850 more when the 
hit the river and his opponent said "You're a nice guy, I'll give you 850," before making the call.Graham turned over
for second pair and took the pot. He's now got just over 5,000 chips.
In the next hand, Esfandiari got all against Jesse Chinni and was hoping not to bust because the two have a $5,000 bet on busting one another.
Chinni raised to raised to 1,000 to isolate Esfandiari and showed
versus Esfandiari's 
When the board ran out
, Esfandiari doubled again to stay in alive.The table now has a crowd of players gathered around watching the action.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The player in the 1 seat then re-raised all in for 3,000 and the player in the 2 seat called all in for 2,000. Esfandiari put his last 275 in the pot, and Chinni called. The hands were:
Chinni -
1 seat -
2 seat -
Esfandiari -
When the board ran out 6-3-5-A-7, Esfandiari had flopped two pair and the player in the one seat rivered a straight and took the entire pot.
When the hand was over, Gracz looked at Esfandiari who was packing up and said "They may find another chip under your bag. You'd better pack up and go away."
. His opponent raised to 21,000 and Forrest tanked, trying to determine what he was up against."You have two Aces? Three 8s?" Forrest asked before finally making the call and then shoving his last 950 into the middle when the
hit the river.His opponent called, showing
, which couldn't beat Forrest's 
.The pot put Forrest near the chip lead with 55,000.
After a flop of
, Lederer pushed his last 2,500 into the middle and Mortensen quickly called. Lederer showed 
for top pair while Mortensen showed 
for a set.The
on the turn and provided no help for Lederer, who was sent to the rail.
. Both players checked the
on the turn, and Griffin's opponent led for 1,600 on the river, which brought the 
. Griffin thought for a few seconds before making the call and showing 
for just king high.The other player flashed
for a busted straight draw before tossing his cards in the middle. When the table complimented Griffin on the call, the losing player in the hand piped up, "Yeah, but how much are you down?"For the record, Griffin has lost nearly half his stack and is sitting with 8,500.
