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

05-30-2009 16:05 UTC-12

No Battle Left

After one double up Philippe Rouas was still only on 1,350 when he pushed again. He found callers in two spots before the flop came down {A-Spades}

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The first player checked before the second one bet 2,500, forcing a fold. He then tabled {7-Clubs}

for a flopped set leaving Rouas' {A-Clubs}

in big trouble.

The turn {2-Clubs}

offered hope but the {10-Spades}

sealed his fate. He quickly hurried off to sweat his player, Noah Schwartz, who is down to the final ten players in the $40,000 NLH event.

05-30-2009 16:10 UTC-12

Jeff 'YellowSub86' Williams has managed to escape from a big pair after reraising preflop to 2,650. The big blind made it around 12,000 with only 8,000 behind, putting the former EPT Monte Carlo champion to a decision. Williams asked his opponent if he would tell him later what he had if Williams folded.

"I'll show," came the reply.

Williams then folded what he said was a big pair and got shown {A-Diamonds}

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Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

05-30-2009 16:23 UTC-12

Good Ol' Trusy Rock Surely?

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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.

05-30-2009 16:33 UTC-12

Captain Shows No Mercy to Jason

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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 16:43 UTC-12

Hoedown!

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

05-30-2009 16:57 UTC-12

Crowds Flock to See Jesus but He Needs Resurrection

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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 17:14 UTC-12

A Short Stack Double and Some Chip Counts

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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 17:20 UTC-12

Trani-Hell-o

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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 17:20 UTC-12

Clock Is A-Ticking

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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...