Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-19-2009 18:22 UTC-12

Hellmuth Up There

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Phil Hellmuth is now in contention for the chip lead -- he's up to 32,000.

A raising war on the {A-Spades}

flop led Hellmuth and his opponent to see a {K-Diamonds}

turn. Hellmuth bet out and then called a raise, and then bet out on the {9-Hearts}

river. His opponent called but soon mucked -- Hellmuth turned over {K-Clubs}

for a turned set.

06-19-2009 18:24 UTC-12

New Chip Leader

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One gentleman has now passed the 40,000 mark, and he is one Mikhail Tulchinskiy.

Marcel Luske is also not far behind -- he's up to 30,000.

06-19-2009 18:33 UTC-12

The Iceman and the Needle King were in a blind on blind confrontation.

Teddy "Iceman" Monroe raised from the small blind and Marc "Needle King" Naalden called out of the big. Iceman bet every street of the {10-Spades}

board and Naalden flatted every street until the river, when he raised. Monroe passed and dropped down to 12,600; Naalden meanwhile moved on up to 14,000.

Tags: Iceman Marc Naalden

06-19-2009 18:44 UTC-12

Chip Counts for Your Delectation

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Marcel Luske: 30,000
Al Lalani: 12,000
Henning Granstad: 10,000
Colby Pitt: 8,000
Maria Ho: 20,000
Shannon Shorr: 16,000
Phil Hellmuth: 30,000
Rep Porter: 38,500
Greg Mueller: 8,000
John Monette: 32,000
Teddy "Iceman" Monroe: 15,000
Matt Hawrilenko: 15,000
Alex Kravchenko: 20,000
David Sands: 39,000
Daniel Negreanu: 22,000
Rafe Furst: 31,000

06-19-2009 18:48 UTC-12

Shamseddin Headed for Good Things

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Shamseddin in the $10k - Soheil, so good

After making the final table in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em event, Soheil Shamseddin looks set for a deep run in this one too -- he's currently up to a chip-leading 40,000 or so.

Tags: Soheil Shamseddin

06-19-2009 18:54 UTC-12

Hang Tough

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New chip leader!

Chips are flying around faster than the one terrified moth that always manages to find its late-night way into the Amazon Room, and the beneficiary of a big chunk of those is Mr Tommy Hang -- he's up to 50,000.

Tags: Tommy Hang

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

06-19-2009 19:06 UTC-12

Mueller's Still Here

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Greg Mueller is below average but better than he was -- he's up to 13,500 after knocking out a player.

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: {Q-Clubs}

Mueller:

Board:

Tags: Greg Mueller

06-19-2009 19:17 UTC-12

More Chip Counts

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Teddy "Iceman" Monroe: 3,000
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

06-19-2009 19:21 UTC-12

Granstad Finish

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A total lack of chips for Mr. Henning Granstad, and the necessary conclusion that he is busto.

He called a raise preflop, as did the gent in the big blind, and they went three-way to a {10-Spades}

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 {K-Diamonds}

dominated by Mr. Original Raiser's {A-Spades}

.

No help for Granstad from the {10-Clubs}

turn or

river and out he went, not long before the end of the day.

Tags: Henning Granstad