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Blinds are 200/400 with a 50 ante, and we're assuming Andy Black is kind of sweaty.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,078,500
Entries
655
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Blinds are 200/400 with a 50 ante, and we're assuming Andy Black is kind of sweaty.
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
David Pham Doubles
Pham then check-called 4,100 on a flop of
, and check-called an additional 7,200 on the turn of 
.The
on the river didn't appear to change anything, and Pham check-called his last 5,325 after DeWitt's all-in bet. DeWitt mucked his hand, giving Pham the pot worth 39,750. After the hand, DeWitt still has a stack of 34,000.
Matusow Calms Hellmuth
Hellmuth bet 2,000 on a board of
, and got check-raised by his opponent. Hellmuth started to boil a little before laying down his pocket queens, complaining to Matusow how his opponent probably called him with "a nothing hand like 
".When his opponent turned over ace-king, Hellmuth settled a little and decided it was a reasonable play. Matusow laughed, told Hellmuth to keep his cool, and went back to sweat Huck Seed, David Chiu and Todd Brunson at the $10K mixed games final table.
Hellmuth has about 8,000 chips after the hand.
Jimmy Fricke "Slow Walks" to Table 1
Gavin, who had just posted the big blind, joked that Fricke "slow walked" his way to the table in order to avoid the hand. Fricke joins an all-star line-up at the table that also includes Vanessa Rousso, Josh Arieh, and Greg Raymer.
From Bad to Worse for Smith
Smith bet 1,100 on a flop of
and Rousso raised to 3,000. Both players checked the on the turn, and Smith bet 2,800 when the 
hit the board. Rousso thought about the hand and stated, "That may be a defensive bet," before making the call.Smith turned over
, but got notched by Rousso whose 
gave her a better pair. The hand dropped Smith's stack to 14,000 and boosted Rousso's stack to 39,000.
"Action Bob"
Bob, who is wearing headphones and who didn't acknowledge our presence has, according to Little, "lost six pots in a row and still has chips." To be fair, Seiver added that at least two of the losses were due to bad beats where Bob got two-outed.
We'll keep an eye on Bob throughout the night. Little swears he'll be back up at 50,000 soon enough. Right now, Bob has 18,000 while Little has 27,000 and Seiver has 15,500.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Paul Wolfe Eliminated
Paul, who was short stacked, had pushed preflop with pocket sevens and was called by the button who held ace-queen. Paul was ahead all the way to the river on a board of
, but was done in when the 
completed the board.Wolfe said he got short stacked a few hands earlier when he held
and called an all-in bet on a flop of 2-3-4. His opponent turned over 
for two pair, and caught his full house when the hit the turn.
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