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

05-30-2009 17:24 UTC-12

Break Time

MarcC

Players on last break of the day.

05-30-2009 17:21 UTC-12

Sub's a Little Lighter

MarcC

Jeff Williams has just doubled a player up after he got it in with {A-Hearts}

versus his opponent's {K-Hearts}

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The board ran {7-Spades}

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Williams down to 12,300 now.

05-30-2009 17:20 UTC-12

Clock Is A-Ticking

[user76023]

We might not actually play all 10 levels tonight, the official plan is to play 10 though or until 350 players are left, whichever happens first and certainly it could be close...

05-30-2009 17:20 UTC-12

Trani-Hell-o

[user76023]

Marco Traniello has been knocked out just on the break, he was short-stacked and was in for his last 525 with {A-Spades}

and was up against {J-Hearts}

which held on a {10-Clubs}

board.

05-30-2009 17:14 UTC-12

A Short Stack Double and Some Chip Counts

MarcC

A super short stacked David Williams has just doubled up to 8,000. Not sure how the hand went down but I know he got it in with {A-Spades}

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A few other counts for you:

Corwin Cole 16,000
Marco Traniello 6,500
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 11,000
Jeff Williams 25,000
James Mackey 11,500

05-30-2009 16:57 UTC-12

Crowds Flock to See Jesus but He Needs Resurrection

[user76023]

Chris Ferguson is on the edge right now, he's got about 5,500 left and is being railed by a lot of the spectators who have left the $40,000 area. Certainly, he'll need to push soon.

05-30-2009 16:43 UTC-12

Hoedown!

[user76023]

The very lovely Maria Ho looks to have been eliminated from the tournament. Again, this makes our field reporter sad.

05-30-2009 16:33 UTC-12

Captain Shows No Mercy to Jason

MarcC

Jason Mercier raised from early position to 1,275 and only found a caller from Captain Tom Franklin in the big blind. When the flop came down {K-Spades}

Franklin check called Mercier's 1,600 bet.

The turn {7-Hearts}

slowed both players down as they checked it through to see the {J-Spades}

river that both players checked again. Franklin flipped over {Q-?}

that was good for the pot as Mercier mucked.

Franklin sitting pretty on 35,000 now but Mercier is still very healthy on 23,000.

05-30-2009 16:23 UTC-12

Good Ol' Trusy Rock Surely?

[user76023]

Slightly off the topic but the floormen were playing Roshambo to see who had to escort the first of remaining Brasilia tables over to the Amazon room.

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50