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

06-11-2009 13:45 UTC-12

More for Lichter

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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 13:47 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.

Tags: Anthony Yeh

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

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...

Tags: Anthony Yeh

06-11-2009 15:33 UTC-12

Ketteringham Hits the Mark

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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 15:36 UTC-12

Going Up, and Going Down

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Big stacks get bigger -- Minh Luu is up to an extremely healthy 40,000.

Meanwhile former big stack fallen on hard times Sunny Chattha is having a miserable time of it -- he's down to 5,000 now and looks extremely depressed.

Tags: Minh Luu Sunny Chattha

06-11-2009 15:39 UTC-12

Horner Not Really Stealing the Blinds All That Much

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Brent Horner looks like he has a very large stack, but it is in fact around the 25,000 mark -- not small exactly (the average is currently around 15,000), but not nearly as big as it looks owing to all the small denomination chips he's accrued. "I like to give the impression that I'm stealing the blinds all the time," he said.

I strolled past his table just in time to see him bet out 1,600 on a {Q-Spades}

flop and then insta-fold with a grin when his opponent announced all in.

Tags: Brent Horner

06-11-2009 15:41 UTC-12

Hellmuth Busts Gazes

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Bill Gazes is busto.

He open-shoved for his last 2,750 from the cutoff, but Phil Hellmuth found {A-Clubs}

on the button and called. No hope for Mr Gazes on the {7-Diamonds}

board, and out went he and his hat with a gentlemanly handshake.

Hellmuth is up to a slightly below average 11,200.

Tags: Bill Gazes Phil Hellmuth

06-11-2009 15:51 UTC-12

Mizrachi Up There

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Robert Mizrachi called a late position raise in the small blind and saw a {6-Diamonds}

flop. He check-called a 2,500 bet, and proceeded to the turn.

Turn: {8-Clubs}

Again Mizrachi checked and this time when his opponent bet 5,000, he raised to 10,000. His opponent moved in for 17,750 and Mizrachi called, as you do when you've turned a full house.

Mizrachi: {8-Spades}

Mr Opponent: {10-Clubs}

River: a meaningless {9-Clubs}

Mizrachi up to 51,000.

Tags: Robert Mizrachi

06-11-2009 16:12 UTC-12

Good Heavens

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Poker players come from all backgrounds and all walks of life, but I have to say that man of the cloth is one of the more unlikely professions for a gentleman seated at a WSOP table.

Nevertheless, spying a gentleman at the tables wearing the traditional dog collar, I couldn't help but be curious. Prop bet seemed more likely somehow, but Mr. Michael Wernette, of Chicago, assures us that he is indeed a bona fide priest, trying his luck right here in the Amazon Room. He's currently on around 9,500 in chips -- below average, but he's not in need of any divine intervention just yet. Marvellous.