2009 World Series of Poker

Event 16 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$124,959
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$490,035
Entries
359
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Forrest Falls

Ted Forrest eliminated
Ted Forrest eliminated
Ted Forrest saw most of his chips leave his dwindling short stack when he called a seventh street bet with his board showing:

Forrest: (X-X) / {6-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Spades} / (X)
Opponent: (X-X) / {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} / (X)

His opponent tabled his down cards of {A-Spades}{K-Spades}{7-Clubs} to take the pot down and leave Forrest with only 500 in chips.

A few hands later Forrest found himself all in with jacks and sixes, only to run into trip aces.

Tags: Ted Forrest

Terrence Chan Eliminated

Terrence Chan called off all of his chips apart from an ante against his opponent when both boards ran out as follows:

Chan: {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs} / {J-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs} / {6-Diamonds}
Opponent: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} / {8-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} / {6-Hearts}

All in on the next hand, Chan would see his tournament end at the hands of Bryan Devonshire when both players boards fell:

Chan: {Q-Spades}{9-Spades} / {10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{J-Clubs} / {A-Hearts}
Devonshire: {8-Clubs}{7-Hearts} / {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{8-Spades} / {5-Hearts}

With Chan on the rail, Devonshire moves to over 12,000 in chips.

Tags: Bryan DevonshireTerrence Chan

Kessler's Table of Death

Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler
"Of all the tables in the tournament I had to draw this one!" sighed Allen Kessler as he moved into the main tournament area.

It is understandable to feel for Kessler as he is seated alongside Mel Judah, the most established player on the table with 39 WSOP cashes including two bracelets in 7 Card Stud.

Nick Frangos is another and boasts WSOP Circuit victories and over $800,000 in tournament earnings.

Finally, David 'Gunslinger' Bach has cashed nine previous times at the WSOP and has lifetime earnings of over $1,200,000.

With Kessler sitting on just over 7,000, it just may be his chance to mix it up with the best and push his stack skyward.

Tags: Allen KesslerDavid BachMel JudahNick Frangos

Caro Eliminates Opponent

With betting on every street, Mike Caro has just sent an opponent to the rail while gaining some valuable chips from another when he folded on seventh street.

Caro: {K-Hearts}{5-Spades} / {5-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades} / {4-Spades}
Opponent 1: (X-X) / {4-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} / (X)
Opponent 2: (X-X) / {4-Clubs}{6-Spades}{A-Hearts}{K-Spades} / (X)

As the first opponent took a long walk out the building, the other was left with only several big bets as Caro climbed to over 7,500 in chips.

Tags: Mike Caro

Chip Counts

Here are some of the counts from around the room:

Alan Boston - 12,100
David Levi - 11,500
Nick Frangos - 9,100
Cyndy Violette - 8,200
Men Nguyen - 8,800
Kai Landry - 3,000

Ylon Schwartz Eliminated

Ylon Schwartz eliminated
Ylon Schwartz eliminated
Three players saw sixth street with Ylon Schwartz being all in on fifth with the final boards reading:

Schwartz: {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs} / {J-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{9-Spades} / {9-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts} / {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} / {2-Clubs}

With Schwartz's two pair just falling short against his opponent, he exited to the rail.

Tags: Ylon Schwartz

Level: 6

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Recent Eliminations

Perry Friedman and his new hair style are out the door!
Perry Friedman and his new hair style are out the door!
With action starting to quicken up, we have seen some of our recent notables head to the rail.

Michael Binger, Esther Rossi, Paul Darden, Jan Von Halle, Tom Schneider, Bob Lauria, Doug 'Rico' Carli and Perry Friedman have all been eliminated.

Sheikhan Busts

Shawn Sheikhan unable to stay alive
Shawn Sheikhan unable to stay alive
Shawn Sheikhan was involved in a four-player mash with all his money going in on fifth street.

It was two-bet on fifth and then one-bet on sixth before seventh was checked down with the following boards being tabled:

Sheikhan: {9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} / {7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} / {7-Diamonds}
Opponent: {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs} / {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} / {A-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Spades}{J-Spades} / {Q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} / {2-Diamonds}
Opponent: {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} / {7-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades} / {A-Diamonds}

With Sheikhan unable to best his opponents straight, he headed to the rail after tapping the table and saying, "Good luck everyone"

Tags: Shawn Sheikhan

Justin Bonomo Exits

Bonomo in happier times
Bonomo in happier times
Justin Bonomo is another on their way home after running into an opponent's full house.

Bonomo instantly mucked when he saw his opponent turn over their cards for a final hand of {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}.

Tags: Justin Bonomo