2009 World Series of Poker

Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$692,658
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,078,500
Entries
655
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Hellmuth Scares Everybody In

Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov
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}{10-Spades}{3-Clubs}, and the {A-Spades} 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