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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
Total Entries
655
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 655
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. The 
fell on the river and Mercier bet 5,725 before his opponent shoved all in over the top. Mercier made the call and mucked when his opponent showed 
for the straight.After the hand, Mercier was left with just 4,000.
Graham raised to 475 from middle position and got called by the button along with both blinds. Action checked to Graham on the flop of
and he bet 825. The button raised to 2,000, the blinds folded, and Graham re-raised all in for his last 950. When the hands were turned up, Graham showed
vs. his opponent's 
. When the board ran out 
, Graham took the pot and now how has 6,700.
Bansi led for 1,000 more on the flop of
, and for another 1,200 on the turn of . When the 
hit the river, Bansi bet 2,000 and his opponent raised 6,000 more.Bansi thought the hand through for a few seconds before releasing his cards into the muck.
. 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.
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.
. 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.
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."
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
