Event 24 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-11-2009 15:33 UTC-12

Ketteringham Hits the Mark

Mark Ketteringham is up to 32,000 after calling an opponent's all in holding pocket fives; the opponent turned over {A-?}

. Ketteringham's hand only improved on the {9-?}

board, while his hapless opponent is busto.

06-11-2009 15:19 UTC-12

And They're Off!

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Yeh - clearly surprised to be chip leader

It looks as though in the last couple of hands Anthony Yeh upped his stack to over 70,000. Let's see what he can do this level...

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Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

06-11-2009 13:47 UTC-12

Dinner Time; Yeh Leads

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As we head into the dinner break, it looks as though PokerNews' own Anthony Yeh is firmly in the lead on a mammoth 63,000.

Players are heading off to dinner now, and we'll be back in 90 minutes.

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06-11-2009 13:45 UTC-12

Robert Lichter has more than doubled up, his pocket kings holding up against one opponent's pocket queens and a much less good hand belonging to a super-short stack. He's up to 20,000 and stays in the game.

06-11-2009 13:35 UTC-12

More Big Stacks

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Jimmy Gorham: 42,000
Tommy Ly: 48,000
Anthony Yeh: 52,000 and totally buying all of us at PokerNews a round...

06-11-2009 13:30 UTC-12

Other Counts

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Dennis Phillips: definitely still in on 6,000
T.J. Cloutier: 9,500
Neil Channing: 6,500
Jeff Kimber: 12,000

06-11-2009 13:29 UTC-12

Grey Skies for Sunny

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Meanwhile former big stack Sunny Chattha has taken a massive hit -- he's down to just 13,500 from his earlier chip-lead-contending 35,000. All we know is that he was shaking his head in miserable disbelief as we strolled past his table...

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06-11-2009 13:25 UTC-12

Big Stack Watch

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The following gentlemen have amassed some rather nice stacks in the past few hours.

Darryl Fish (he ain't no...): 35,000
Ali Ansari: 42,000
Michael Chow: 45,000

06-11-2009 13:21 UTC-12

Oh Dear

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Wandering past Neil Channing's table, I happened upon an exchange between him and Jeff Kimber regarding John-Paul Kelly, currently playing the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em final table.

Kimber: "How's JP doing? You've got a piece, haven't you?

Channing: "No, nothing."

Kimber: "Yes you do. You bought a piece the other night."

Channing: "Really? I don't remember that."

Kimber: "You did, I was there. 15 percent."

Channing: "Did I really? I don't remember that at all, I must have been really drunk."

Channing's day has just improved immeasurably.

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