2009 World Series of Poker
Event 32 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Kevin Saul -- 24,000 at break.
Jeff Williams -- 4,225 at break
David Plastik -- more than 12,000 at break
Tiffany Michelle running sick with 33,000.
A Bunch of Chips Off Brady
Sorel Morell
The board ran . Turned two-pair for the man from Toronto to unluckily eliminate his opponent.
"Show Me Jack-Nine"
Phillips and Pham were chatting jovially as the latter made his decision. "Show me jack-nine," concluded Pham as he called.
Phillips turned over instead to claim the pot as Pham mucked. Phillips on 13,000 now.
Lost His Way
His navigation skills improved though, as he had no trouble in finding his way back to my table again to collect the half eaten sub he accidentally left here. I'm hungry too!
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Making Your Own Luck
Bryan Paris is not one of these players. Sitting with , a hand that a lot of players would fold to a raise and three-bet. Paris decided to four-bet out of the blinds after witnessing the action in front of him. It worked against the initial raiser, but the second player moved all in with . Paris was committed and called all in.
Sometimes the willingness to 'play poker' brings in a certain amount of luck and this time it brought a flop for a straight flush for Paris. He's up to 19,000 as a result of his stroke of good fortune.
How They Doing Over Here?
Charles Dolan -- 13,000
Jon Friedberg -- 18,000
Larry Karambis -- 33,000
Jesper Hougaard -- 13,500
Michael Mizrachi -- 27,000
James Mackey -- 4,000
Bill Gazes 40,000
Matt Brady -- 2,000
Lee Watkinson -- 10,000
Theo Tran -- 17,000
Jim Sachinidis -- 8,000
Noah Schwartz -- 11,000
Moto Mabuchi -- 23,000
Kevin Saul -- 29,000
Lee Childs -- 15,000
How They Doing Over There?
Chau Giang -- 21,000
Jan von Halle -- 17,000
David "The Maven" Chicotsky -- 12,300
Jason Sommerville -- 35,000
Alex Fitzgerald -- 8,000
Tiffany Michelle -- 41,000
JC Alvarez -- 14,000
Cliff Josephy -- 6,000
Ryan Young -- 5,000
Nick Binger -- 18,000
Jason Mercier -- 4,000
Michael Binger -- 7,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson -- 20,000
Paul Wasicka -- 5,000
Jacob Fernandez -- 15,000
David Levi -- 25,000