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

06-19-2009 16:37 UTC-12

Aces Cracked for Lindgren

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There has been a long, sad line of players who've had their aces busted in today's tournament, and Erick Lindgren is down to 8,000 after joining the list.

To be fair, he seemed to have just limped in preflop, but the {8-Spades}

looked harmless enough so he bet, getting one caller. Come the {K-Spades}

turn, his caller bet out from the big blind and Lindgren raised; the big blind reraised and Lindgren flatted.

Both players checked the {9-Spades}

river and Lindgren flipped his {A-Clubs}

-- only to discover that he was losing to his opponent's {10-Clubs}

.

Tags: Erick Lindgren

06-19-2009 16:29 UTC-12

Sands More of a Dune Now

[user46392]

David Sands is our new chip leader on 31,000.

The most recent chunk of that fat stack was acquired by knocking out Paul Darden, who got his last chip in on the river of a {4-Diamonds}

board. Unluckily for him, Sands was holding {K-Diamonds}

and Darden couldn't beat queens full and hit the rail.

06-19-2009 16:25 UTC-12

Pocket Fives Good to Beat Ho

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Maria Ho three-bet preflop and then bet every street of a {Q-Diamonds}

board and another lady at the table called her all the way down. Ho's opponent flipped over pocket {5-Spades}

and it was good. Yikes.

Ho down to 12,500.

Tags: Maria Ho

06-19-2009 16:19 UTC-12

Who's Still Here, and How Many CHips Have They Got?

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Daniel Negreanu: 23,500
Marcel Luske: 14,000
Ivo Donev: 13,000
Alex Kravchenko: 20,000
Matt Hawrilenko: 6,300
Marc Naalden: 18,500
Erick Lindgren: 6,000
Daniel Webb: 11,000
Henning Granstad: 13,000
Maria Ho: 16,000
Phil Hellmuth: 15,000
Teddy "Iceman" Monroe: 6,200
Paul Darden: 1,200
J.J. Liu: 7,500
Mickey Seagle (he says hi to the family!): 19,000

06-19-2009 16:04 UTC-12

Juanda Out of Here Already

[user46392]

And after the briefest of brief spells at the felt, Juanda has busted out of this tournament too.

He went all in under the gun with his unthreatening 400 chips and got called in three spots; his opponents checked down the {Q-Hearts}

board until one of them showed {A-Clubs}

to win the pot. Juanda mucked and was on his way.

Tags: John Juanda

06-19-2009 16:01 UTC-12

We're in the Monette

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new chip leader, and it is Mr. John Monette.

Already a big stack, he raised in late position and got a call from the big blind. Monette played the hand aggressively, betting to a check on the {10-Spades}

flop and raising to a bet on the {Q-Diamonds}

turn. Both players cagily checked the {10-Clubs}

river though, but Monette had nothing to fear. His opponent couldn't beat Monette's pocket {K-Spades}

and he's now up to 30,000.

06-19-2009 15:45 UTC-12

Juanda Explain Yourself?

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Fresh after being absolutely the last player to take his seat in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em the other day, John Juanda has done it again -- he seems to have popped in for one of his brief post-dinner short stack mini-appearances.

Wherever he spent the rest of his day, he now has 400 chips.

Tags: John Juanda