2009 World Series of Poker
Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,406,400
Entries
256
Level
6
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 256
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. Markholt was in good shape to double up with a dominating 
. It wasn't meant to be though, as a queen on the flop would put Markholt out the door.Nick Rampone advances out of that pairing.
First, he raised from the button and Raymer mucked his hand; Haxton showed pocket nines, saying it was the best hand he's seen today. Next, Raymer open folded his button and Haxton rolled over pocket tens.
Finally after a raise and and reraise, Haxton was all in for 16,000 with another pocket pair - jacks. Raymer showed big slick.
Raymer ended up winning the race, defeating Isaac Haxton.
The flop came
and Somerville led out for 4,200. Lee reraised for 10,000 and Somerville moved all in for just a few thousand more. Lee called and showed 
for top pair, but Somerville had him out kicked with 
. The board filled out
and Somerville doubled up to 34,000 taking the lead in the match.
, and he had two live cards against the 
of Tom Dwan.The board would be useless for Le though, coming out
. With his wheel, Dwan has eliminated Nam Le and advanced to the second round.
Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
flop. Hellmuth led out with 1,500 chips. Benny Spindler min-raised to 3,000, and Hellmuth called.Fourth street was the
. Hellmuth bet again, this time 2,000. Spindler went into the tank, long enough for the Brat to poke at him. "I'm gonna show you a bluff as soon as you call," he said. Sure enough, he called.The river brought the
. Hellmuth checked this time, and the man across the table bet a healthy 7,000 chips. After just a moment to deliberate, Hellmuth called him down.Both players tabled
, and the pot was split down the middle.
. All of Kelly's chips went into the pot with 
, and Pham called him down with 
. The and filled out the board, and Kelly has been knocked off.David "The Dragon" Pham will play round two.
Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
