2009 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,715
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2715
Filter
(1)
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
after his lone opponent checked. That opponent raised to 1,500. Appleman threw in a call, leaving himself 175 behind. That 175 went in on the 
river. Appleman's 
, a pair of kings, was out-turned by his opponent's 
, trip tens.Appleman, wearing a red sweatshirt instead of his usual Horseshoe jacket, shrugged and headed off towards the red section of the room, where the cash games are located.
. Liebert had second action and bet 600 after her first opponent checked. After the button player folded, things turned curious.The third player in the hand check-raised Liebert the minimum, to 1,200. Liebert responded with a minimum three-bet to 1,800. Her opponent called.
The turn came
and after a check, Liebert moved all in for 1,125. Her opponent open-mucked 
, allowing Liebert to drag the pot and increase her count to 6,500.
Obviously there have been plenty of eliminations since the start of play. Yet oddly the space on the tournament clock which should show the number of players remaining in the tournament is blank.
On a flop of
the under-the-gun player moved in, driving the third player out of the pot. The cards were then opened:Gowen:
Opponent:
The board bricked out, sending Gowen to the rail.
Smith told his table that the kid was never going to back down, so he admitted defeat and paid his bet. Down $1,000, Gavin still had to live with the pain of broken blood vessels in his abdomen for more than a month.
Oh, and for what it's worth, the red-bellied pro is sitting on 10,200 chips right now.
Fortunately for Sevillano, he managed to pull an ace on the flop to earn himself a timely double up to 9,200.
