Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-10-2009 14:07 UTC-12

Players Are Back

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The remaining players in today's shootout event have returned to the tables, which are now mostly 2- and 3-handed.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-10-2009 13:47 UTC-12

Break

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Players are now on a 20-minute break.

06-10-2009 13:43 UTC-12

More Winners

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More players advancing to Day 2 are:

Petr Jelinek
Kai Landry
Brandon Wong
Joel Casper
Tony Cousineau
Steven Gross
Brent Hanks
William Moorer
Rajesh Vohra
Joe Beevers
Kirill Rabtsov
Tommy Hang

06-10-2009 13:37 UTC-12

The Field Fills Out

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Peter Jetten won his heads-up match when he called his opponent's all in preflop with {A-Diamonds}

. His opponent showed {K-?}

and Jetten secured his lead with a flop of {5-Hearts}

. When the board finished {7-Hearts}

, Jetten advanced.

Also advancing is Clark Hamagami from Table 29.

06-10-2009 13:23 UTC-12

With more tables finishing for the day, Victor Ramdin has secured a spot in tomorrow's field. Joining Ramdin on Day 2 are Eugene Katchalov from Table 33 and Jeffrey Siegal from Table 173.

Also securing a spot on Day 2 is Alan Smurfit who held on to win his heads-up match.

06-10-2009 13:13 UTC-12

Chris Moore Goes Straight to Day 2

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On Table 38, Chris Moore raised preflop with {8-?}

and called by his opponent who held {J-?}

.

When his opponent checked a flop of {7-?}

, Moore pushed all in and got the call. A blank on the turn provided no help, but a {9-?}

on the river gave Moore the straight and a return trip back for Day 2.

Meanwhile, on Table 22, Leon Yanovski finally ended his marathon heads-up battle with Troy Sprungl when his {A-?}

held up against Sprungl's {J-?}

.

06-10-2009 13:03 UTC-12

Quick Updates

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Clark Hamagami has reached heads-up play on Table 29. He currently has a 4-1 chip lead on his opponent.

The action on Table 48 has finished for the day, with Franco Brunetti securing a seat for Day 2.

06-10-2009 13:01 UTC-12

Tran Advances

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When Theo Tran shouted "One for 10" after winning his heads-up match, he wasn't talking about today's finish. Instead, he was referring to the fact he's cashed in his first event of this year's series.

So far, Tran is guaranteed to take home at least $5,236 when he returns tomorrow to start in tomorrow's 100-player field. To get there, Tran called his opponent's all in bet on a board of {K-Clubs}

holding

against his opponent's {9-Spades}

.

When the board completed {3-Spades}

, Tran's 10s held and he moved on.

06-10-2009 12:56 UTC-12

Some Epic Battles Rage On

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While most of the days heads-up matches have been ending in relatively short order, a few others have been dragging on.

One of the day's longest fights has been between Troy Sprungl and Leon Yanovski at Table 22. When they started heads-up play more than two hours ago, Sprungl had 40,000 chips to Yanovski's 5,000. That lead has since reversed - and reversed again - throughout the afternoon.

Currently, Yanovski is in the lead, but no one is sure how long that will last.

Two other strong heads-up matches are also being fought. At Table 95, Craig Gray and Tommy Hang have been trading pots, with Hang currently in the lead with 29,000 chips.

Victor Ramdin is also heads up and is currently a 3-2 dog with 18,000 chips vs. his opponent's 27,000 chip stack.