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

06-10-2009 11:59 UTC-12

A Pot for Pescatori

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At his three-handed table, Max Pescatori and his opponent saw an unraised flop of {7-Clubs}

.

Max called his opponent's 700 chip bet on the flop and called another 1,550 when the turn brought the {5-Spades}

. Max led for 2,000 when the {A-Clubs}

fell on the river, forcing a fold.

Max now has about 11,000.

06-10-2009 11:49 UTC-12

Cards Back in the Air

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Players have returned from their second break of the day. Blinds are now 200/400 with a 50 ante.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

06-10-2009 11:27 UTC-12

Break Time

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Players are on another 20-minute break.

06-10-2009 11:27 UTC-12

A number of tables have ended for the day, with these nine players coming back tomorrow.

David Baker
Andrew Margolis
Cristano Blanco
Matthew Berkey
Malte Strothmann
Robert Fikac
Marco Liesy
Shay Scruggs
Daniel Hirleman

Berkey defeated Jean "Prince" Gaspard to win his table while Hirleman got to tomorrow's round by beating Thayer Rasmussen heads up.

06-10-2009 11:26 UTC-12

Table Updates

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We have some updates from some of the shorter tables before the break.

At Table 2, we're down to three-handed play with Scott Freeman in the lead with 18,500. Nearby, Theo Tran is also three-handed with a stack of 19,400 while Max Pescatori has 8,000 at his three-handed table. Kiril Gerasimov is also three handed with a stack of 24,000.

06-10-2009 11:22 UTC-12

Winner Winner

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Also in the Brasilia Room, we have three players advancing to tomorrow's elimination round. We'll be keeping track of Joe DeNiro, Brian Saltus and Jonathan Jaffe when they start the round of 100 tomorrow.

06-10-2009 11:20 UTC-12

News from Brasilia

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There's a lot of action from across the hall where Sabyl Cohen-Landrum has 7,000 in three-handed play and Nick Binger has 19,500 at a four-handed table.

Also doing well is Dennis Phillips, who has 25,000 in three-handed play.

06-10-2009 11:01 UTC-12

On the Far Side of the Room

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We got to the far side of the room a few minutes ago where we found Victor Ramdin sitting on 18,000 chips in five-handed play.

A couple of tables away, Humberto Brenes has busted while Shannon Elizabeth is down to 3,600 at a seven-handed table.

06-10-2009 10:53 UTC-12