button in Safari
Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Total Entries
446
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 446
Filter
David Baker seems to have snuck into the chip lead in the last few hands with 72,100, but there are a number of players trailing only slightly behind, so it's really anyone's game come tomorrow. Also still in, albeit on more modest stacks, are big names Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Brock Parker and Maria Ho.
We'll be back here at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when we'll be doing our damnedest to play down to a final table.
On his final hand he held
and was dominated by two players both holding 
. Everyone hit an eight, but Monroe failed to hit a jack to go with it, and while the other two players chopped the pot, he hit the rail.
Our chip leaders include Jared O'Dell, Simen Sagstuen and Soheil Shamseddin, all on over 40,000. Tommy Hang still leads as far as we can see, on over 50,000.
and was most unfortunate to smack into the small blind's pocket aces.
Also Matt Hawrilenko has somehow got down to just 1,000 -- imminent bustout seems likely...
He called a raise preflop, as did the gent in the big blind, and they went three-way to a
flop. The big blind checked and the original raiser bet; Granstad raised and the big blind got out of their way. The original raiser reraised, Granstad called all in, and was most disappointed to see his 
dominated by Mr. Original Raiser's 
.No help for Granstad from the
turn or 
river and out he went, not long before the end of the day.
Marc Naalden: 23,000
Daniel Negreanu: 13,000
Alex Kravchenko: dirty stack, but it could be in the vague region of 25,000
Tommy Hang: 51,000 and chip leader
Soheil Shamseddin: 42,000
Marcel Luske: 28,000
Ivo Donev: 16,500
Maria Ho: 22,000
Mickey Seagle: 5,000
Phil Hellmuth: 18,000
The soon-to-be-busted gent in question raised in mid position and Mueller called out of the big blind; the last of the unfortunate's chips went in on the flop and although he picked up a couple outs on the turn, none of them came through on the river and out he went.
Hapless bustee:
Mueller:
Board:
