2009 World Series of Poker

Event 33 - $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$460,836
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Total Entries
185
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 185
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Lisandro Busts

Jeff Lisandro Eliminated
Jeff Lisandro Eliminated
According to the big screen we've only lost eight players in the first four levels of play. One of them was a man who already has a bracelet this year, Australian Jeff Lisandro.

He also had a rough day at the office and committed his last chips with {A-?}{Q-?} in a battle of the blinds against Rob Hollink who was defending with {J-?}{2-?} and flopped trip jacks to leave Lisandro headed to an early dinner.

Tags: Jeff Lisandro

Bloch Out

It hasn't been a good day for Andy Bloch. He was short stacked and committed his last chips holding pocket fours but his opponent made a flush with {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs} when a third club fell on the river.

Tags: Andy Bloch

Gas Attack in the Brasilia Room

Drama on Bruno Fitoussi and Maya Geller's table -- there were four people still in a hand with their shirts pulled up to cover their noses and mouths, unable to concentrate on the game, and a couple of players had actually jumped back from the table. The cause? It seems that someone had beans for breakfast and had released a blast of wind that could only be described as poisonous. No-one was admitting to being the culprit. An excellent tournament strategy, in our opinion.

Set On The River

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein
Eli Elezra opened with a raise from under the gun, before Barry Greenstein popped it up from middle position. An opponent in the cutoff then 4-bet with both Elezra and Greenstein making the call.

They saw a {4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{Q-Spades} flop where the action checked to the cutoff who tossed out a bet. Elezra folded but Greenstein made the call.

On the {4-Spades} turn, again Greenstein checked and then called the bet from his opponent. As a big pot was developing they went to the river where the {9-Clubs} landed. Greenstein checked, his opponent bet and this time Greenstein put in the check-raise. His opponent called but mucked when Greenstein tabled {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} for a rivered set. Greenstein is now up to 41,000.

Tags: Barry GreensteinEli Elezra

Not So Richey Today

Brett Richey has been crippled and then eliminated from today's Limit World Championship. Richey first ran into pocket aces on a board of {5-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{q-Spades} and then had his last chips in the middle preflop with pocket fives against {A-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} only to see an ace spike on the river.

Tags: Brett Richey

Matusow Unimpressed

Matusow - mouthing off
Matusow - mouthing off
Mike Matusow clearly doesn't think too much of the standard of play in this awesome field. "Do you guys play here every day?" he asked as he raked in a 15,000 pot that he'd won with pocket queens.

Up he goes to the luxurious environs of 48,000 in chips.

Tags: Mike Matusow

Pickering Makes Nice Call

Jamie Pickering is well known in tournament circles throughout Australia, but is perhaps remembered in these parts for his epic drunken heads-up battle with Vanessa Selbst last year for a bracelet in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event.

He's still in search of that elusive WSOP gold and hopeful this might be his day. It hasn't being going so well today, but we just caught him making a nice call down which might turn his day around.

Pickering called preflop and bets on every street on a board of {8-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{K-Spades}{10-Spades}{Q-Clubs} to see his opponent table {A-Clubs}{9-Spades} for just ace-high. Pickering revealed {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} to the chuckles of his opponent as he moves back up above 20,000 chips.

Tags: Jamie Pickering

Oppenheim Finds an Opportunity

After an early setback put him down to 24,000, David Oppenheim has bounced right back and is currently sitting pretty on 46,000.

Most recently finding himself in the big blind holding {6-Spades} {7-Spades} he called a raise from the cutoff and saw a {4-Clubs} {4-Spades} {7-Hearts} flop, which he checked, then raised to a bet, then four-bet to a reraise. His opponent called and then backed off -- Oppenheim bet the {5-Hearts} turn and the {3-Diamonds} river and just got a call every time. His opponent mucked when he saw that Oppenheim had made the straight, and Oppenheim took the pot.
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