2009 World Series of Poker

Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣5♦
Prize
$313,673
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,363,635
Entries
1,000
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 1,000
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Today is All About the Luck of the Draw

One of the interesting things about a shootout tournament is that tables don't break as they get short-handed, which means players will be squaring off against the same opponents all day long.

For some players, like Phil Ivey, who is the only pro at his table, this can make for a relatively short day with easy pickings. Others didn't get quite so lucky though, landing at tables with other known pros who can make for stiff competition.

Some of the interesting table groupings we've found today include:

Shannon Elizabeth and Humberto Brenes
Adam Junglen and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi
Jonathan Little, Chris McCormack and David "Devilfish" Ulliott
Paul "Eskimo" Clark, Nick Binger and Ryan DeAngelo
Alexander Kostritsyn and Eric Froehlich
Gavin Griffin and Scott Clements

Early Eliminations

A few notable players have already made their exits from today's event, including Chad Brown, Doug Lee, Shaun Deeb, Chino Rheem and Lika Gerasimova who recently finished in fifth place in the $5K No-Limit Hold 'em tournament.

Froehlich Tangles with Kostritsyn

We picked this hand up on the turn when Eric Froehlich bet 800 on a board of {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades} and got flat called by Alexander Kostritsyn.

When the {8-Hearts} paired the board on the river, Froehlich check-called a 2,200 bet by Kostritsyn and showed {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, which couldn't beat the Russian's {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}.

Kostritsyn has 9,300 while Froehlich has 4,000.

More Eliminations

A few more players have left the tournament area, including Allen Kessler, Lars Bonding and Matt Keikoan.

Meanwhile, Victor Ramdin is running over his table, which is already down to seven players. Ramdin has almost tripled his starting stack, which stands at more than 13,000, while everyone else is at or below their original stack size.

Two Pros Going in Two Directions

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey
Scott Fischman and Phil Ivey are sitting only a few tables apart in the Amazon Room, but their days couldn't be going any differently.

As we watched, Fischman got a walk in the big blind and flashed the {A-Clubs} before taking the pot. It was a big win for him, considering he's down to just 500 after losing a big hand earlier on.

Ivey's table, on the other hand, has already lost three players, with chips fairly well distributed among the survivors. Ivey has more than slightly doubled his starting stack, and is sitting on about 10,000.

A Tough Climb for Noah Schwartz

Noah Schwartz is playing at what turned out to be a big action table, which is already down to five-handed play.

Schwartz still has most of his starting stack with 4,300 chips. The problem is, one player has the majority of chips on the table, having built his stack up to almost 30,000 in the early going.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Tran Pads His Stack

Theo Tran
Theo Tran
Theo Tran called an opponent's all in with {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and was ahead of {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}.

When the board ran out {5-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, Tran held on and bumped his stack up to 6,900.

Some other counts from around the room include:

Scott Freeman - 5,300
Erick Lindgren - 5,300
Paul Magriel - 4,800
Alan Jaffray - 3,200
Jason Young - 11,000
Hal Lubarsky - 2,200
David Inselberg - 6,200
Thomas Keller - 12,000
Clark Hamagami - 7,700
Scott Clements - 800
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