Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-06-2009 13:25 UTC-12

More Counts

Some more counts from around the room include:

Chad Brown - 16,000
Captain Tom Franklin - 30,000
Bill Chen - 29,000
Dennis Phillips - 7,000
Greg Raymer - 22,000
Humberto Brenes - 10,000
Nenad Medic - 8,000
Paul Wolfe - 11,000
Ted Lawson - 28,000
Allen Cunningham - 21,000
Theo Tran - 25,000
Jimmy Fricke - 60,000
Gavin Griffin - 11,000
Victor Ramdin - 50,000
David "Devilfish" Ulliott - 20,000
David Pham - 25,000
Eric Liu - 24,000
Mike Sexton - 30,000
Jonathan Little - 32,000
Scott Seiver - 21,000
Jared Hamby - 8,000
Ted Forrest - 26,000

06-06-2009 13:12 UTC-12

Hellmuth Scares Everybody In

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Phil Hellmuth raised to 700 in late position and got called in five places, including by Ivan Demidov in the big blind.

All six players checked the flop of {6-Diamonds}

, and the

on the turn got checked three times before the player in the cutoff bet out 2,700, forcing the rest of the table to fold.

After the hand, Hellmuth had a stack of 21,300.

Some other chip stacks from that area of the room include:

Chris Ferguson - 20,000
Michael Gracz - 42,000
Ivan Demidov - 27,300
Jerry Yang - 33,000
Marco Traniello - 18,500
Justin Bonomo - 23,000
Andy Black - 6,000
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier - 22,000

06-06-2009 13:01 UTC-12

Rousso Bests Smith

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In a battle of the blinds, Gavin Smith check-called a bet of 600 by Vanessa Rousso on a flop of {7-Hearts}

. Smith check-called another 1,000 on the turn card, the {Q-Hearts}

and led for 2,350 when the {7-Clubs}

hit the river.

Rousso called and turned over {5-Spades}

for a full house, and Smith mucked. At the end of the hand, Rousso has a stack of 31,000 while Smith has 24,000.

A few other chip stacks in the vicinity belong to:

Josh Arieh - 16,000
Erick Lindgren - 33,000
Chau Giang - 9,000
Tiffany Michelle - 10,000
Michael Mizrachi - 11,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

06-06-2009 12:49 UTC-12

Thomas Keller Loses a Monster Pot

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We caught this hand on the turn when Thomas Keller check-called a 4,100 chip bet on a board of {5-Spades}

.

When the river brought the {A-Clubs}

, Keller tanked before finally check-calling an additional 5,000. When his opponent turned up {5-Hearts}

for a set, Keller mucked.

At the end of the hand, he still has 26,000 in chips.

06-06-2009 12:26 UTC-12

Praz Bansi Hits the Rail

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We caught this hand on the river when Praz Bansi bet 4,000 on a board of {A-Clubs}

and got check-raised to 12,000 by the big blind.

Bansi tanked over calling for his last 11,500 and tried fishing for information from his opponent.

"You have ace-jack?" he asked.

Andy Black, sitting on Bansi's right, said "You know he can't tell you. He can only lie."

Bansi asked again, and the big blind said he did not in fact have ace-jack. Bansi finally made the call, and the player in the big blind tabled -- wait for it -- ace-jack for the full house.

Also recently eliminated from the field was John Juanda.

06-06-2009 12:13 UTC-12

Will it Help?

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Table 49 now has three big names occupying the 7, 8 and 9 seats, with Markus Lehmann sandwiched between Carlos Mortensen and Ted Forrest.

Lehmann is trying to ignore his playing partners by thumbing though Daniel Negreanu's Hold 'Em Strategy guide.

06-06-2009 12:04 UTC-12

Gavin Griffin Hits Quads

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Gavin Griffin pushed his 5,100 chips into the pot from middle position preflop and got called by the small blind. The hands were turned over and we we're racing, with Griffin showing {9-Hearts}