Event 4 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1a | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

05-30-2009 18:43 UTC-12

Colouring Up

We're now on a 15 minute break while they colour (or color - for you on this side of the Atlantic) up the green 25 chips.

We'll be playing one more level and then be finished for the night.

05-30-2009 18:41 UTC-12

English Civil War

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When two stacks go to war:

Jon Heath has dropped down to about 16,000, after he and Dave Jones got it all in preflop with {A-?}

and

respectively. Big slick held and Jones, who was early all in with {8-?}

against

and

and got there, now has a very respectable 57,000.

05-30-2009 18:32 UTC-12

No Longer Soren Up

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Soren Kongsgaard is down to just 2,300, after losing a big pot. With fairly shallowish stacks cold-called a 2,000 raise with {K-?}

and saw a

flop. He got all in against his opponent's {Q-?}

but a

on the turn sent the pot the other way, leaving the Dane with just less than three big blinds left.

05-30-2009 18:20 UTC-12

No Troubles for D-W

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David Williams - Honestly, he's slightly more chuffed than he looks.

David Williams has knocked out a player with {A-Spades}

against

on a

board. As a result, the former Main Event runner-up is on 13,600.

05-30-2009 18:12 UTC-12

Jesus Crucified

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We're guessing that Chris Ferguson has been knocked out of the tournament as there is a slightly shorter beardless man now sitting in his place.

05-30-2009 18:00 UTC-12

Over at table 31, apparently there's a player playing so slow that the other players are seemingly upset that he's taking a couple of minutes on every decision. The most recent being a raise of 1,000 to him which took a calling of the clock by other players to get him to eventually fold.

05-30-2009 17:52 UTC-12

Routledge Rooting to the Top

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Joe Routledge looks to be our chip leader at the moment from the stacks I've seen so far. He's on about 75,000, which looks to be amongst the biggest of the stacks we found.

05-30-2009 17:45 UTC-12