Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-14-2009 13:17 UTC-12

Poker?

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Right, this is a poker tournament so perhaps we should tell you about some of the poker being played. In the stud round, James Van Alstyne took down a huge pot (getting three bets in on sixth street) after starting with rolled up jacks. He's up to 5,600 in chips after that pot.

Tags: James Van Alstyne

06-14-2009 13:29 UTC-12

Rousso Regrouping

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Stud Hi-Lo:

Vanessa Rousso: x-x / {J-Clubs}

/ x
Opponent: x-x / {A-Clubs}

/ x

The razz round didn't seem to treat Vanessa Rousso very well, but she's rebounded a bit in Stud Hi/Lo. She called a bet on fifth street and then raised when her opponent led out again on sixth street. He called that raise, but slowly shook his head after squeezing his river card. In the face of a final bet from Rousso, he mucked.

Rousso is back up to about the starting stack of 4,500.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

06-14-2009 13:48 UTC-12

Even More Players?!

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Shirley Rosario during Event 21, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Some players seem to keep popping up out of the field at us. We're not sure if they're late arrivals or we missed them on our first sweeps. But please welcome to the party:

Noah Schwartz
Max Stern
Sam Khouiss
Anna Wroblewski
Jimmy Fricke
Chris Amaral

There are plenty of champions in the room, as befitting a WSOP tournament. One such champion is Shirley Rosario, who took first place in the $1,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the California State Poker Championships just a month ago. Rosario has already notched one cash during the 2009 WSOP -- she finished in 20th place in Event 25, $2,500 O.E. Rosario considers the split-pot games to be her best in the H.O.R.S.E. rotation.

There hasn't been much movement so far in Rosario's stack, but it's still very early.

Tags: Shirley Rosario

06-14-2009 13:58 UTC-12

One Last Sweep

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With six minutes left in the level (and late registration extending through the break) we don't plan to run across too many more surprises in the field. But another sweep of the Miranda Room has turned up these late entrants:

Sam Grizzle
Richard Ashby
Jeff Lisandro
Dario Alioto
Michael Binger

And all on the same table are:

Michael Craig
Jen Harman
Sam Simon
Ray Davis

Harman and Davis were joking with the dealer. "This is my driver," said Harman, pointing at Davis. Davis laughed and said, "Yeah. I'm movin' up from Mac Donalds. Yes, I called it 'Mac'."

06-14-2009 14:03 UTC-12

Break Time!

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Players are on a twenty-minute break. When they return, we should start to see some more significant movement in the stacks.

06-14-2009 14:23 UTC-12

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. The board shows 770 total runners in this event, but that number is yet to be confirmed.

Level: 3

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-14-2009 14:29 UTC-12

LOL Internet Pokerz

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Gavin Smith is sitting one table behind Mike Matusow and couldn't resist getting a little jab in on "the Mouth" after Matusow mentioned being called down by ace-high all the time on the internet.

"Hey Mike," Smith called out. "Did you put that in your book - about throwing your computer in your pool?"

"No," replied Matusow sheepishly.

"I think people would like to hear that," said Smith. It was at that point that Matusow, with his eye on the Lakers game, went off in search of Jerry Buss.

Tags: Gavin Smith Mike Matusow

06-14-2009 14:44 UTC-12

Very, Very Late Arrivals

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Now in Miranda:

Lacey Jones
Howard Lederer
Annie Duke
Al Barbieri (fresh off of his third-place finish in Event 26)
Todd Brunson
Chris Ferguson
Marco Traniello (Hey! Look!)
Erick Lindgren
Phil Ivey

Lindgren is seated at the Sam Simon / Ray Davis / Jen Harman / Annie Duke table. He played a recent three-way pot of Stud Hi-Lo with Davis and one other player. On fifth street, the boards were

Davis: x-x / {2-Spades}

Opponent: x-x / {6-Spades}

Lindgren: x-x / {4-Spades}

Lindgren and Davis checked to the third player. His bet was raised by Lindgren, chasing Davis out of the pot.

Lindgren caught another trey on sixth street against his opponent's {9-Hearts}

. Those open two pair brought a sixth street and seventh street bet from Lindgren. At showdown he opened {4-?}

in the hole for a full house; his opponent showed {7-?}

for a seven-six low and a chopped pot.

06-14-2009 14:53 UTC-12

Bach Fills Up, Still Under Par

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Stud:

One of the later arrivals to this tournament was David Bach. He just took down a nice pot from a single opponent. We caught the action on sixth street, where the boards were

Bach: x-x / {8-Diamonds}